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Johan Halvorsen (Johan August Halvorsen) was born on 15 March, 1864 in Drammen, Norway, is a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist (1864 - 1935). Discover Johan Halvorsen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Johan August Halvorsen
Occupation Conductor, pedagogue, violinist
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 15 March, 1864
Birthday 15 March
Birthplace Drammen, Norway
Date of death 4 December, 1935
Died Place Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norway

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Who Is Johan Halvorsen's Wife?

His wife is Anna Grieg (28 June 1894 - 4 December 1935) ( 1 child)

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Wife Anna Grieg (28 June 1894 - 4 December 1935) ( 1 child)
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Children Stein Grieg Halvorsen

Johan Halvorsen Net Worth

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1864

Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.

Born in Drammen, he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life.

He received his musical education in Kristiania (now Oslo) and Stockholm, and was a concertmaster in Bergen before joining the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

He was a concertmaster in Aberdeen, then a professor of music in Helsinki, and finally became a student once again, in St Petersburg, Leipzig (with Adolph Brodsky), Berlin (with Adolf Becker), and Liège (with César Thomson).

1885

He became concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic in 1885, and principal conductor in 1893.

1893

Returning to Norway in 1893, he worked as conductor of the theatre orchestra at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen and of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

1899

In 1899 he was appointed conductor of the orchestra at the newly opened National Theatre in Kristiania, a position he held for 30 years until his retirement in 1929.

As well as theatre music, Halvorsen conducted performances of over 30 operas and also wrote the incidental music for more than 30 plays.

Following his retirement from the theatre he finally had time to concentrate on the composition of his three symphonies and two well-known Norwegian rhapsodies.

Halvorsen's compositions were a development of the national romantic tradition exemplified by Edvard Grieg though written in a distinctive style marked by innovative orchestration.

Halvorsen married Grieg's niece, and orchestrated some of his piano works, such as a funeral march which was played at Grieg's funeral.

Five days after Halvorsen died, Grieg's cousin and widow Nina Grieg also died.

His best known works today are the Bojarenes inntogsmarsj (Entry March of the Boyars) and Bergensiana, along with his Passacaglia and Sarabande, duos for violin and viola based on themes by George Frideric Handel.

2016

In early 2016, librarians at the University of Toronto announced that they had located the manuscript score of his violin concerto, performed only three times in 1909 and considered lost.

The piece received its fourth performance, 107 years later, in 2016.