Bjarne Brustad

Bjarne Brustad
Born(1895-03-04)4 March 1895
Kristiania, Norway
Died20 May 1978(1978-05-20) (aged 83)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Composer, violinist and violist
Trollkvenna (Troll's Mill)
This sample of Brustad's music is the fourth movement of the Eventyrsuite (Fairy Tale Suite) for violin (1932)
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Bjarne Brustad (4 March 1895, in Kristiania, now Oslo – 20 May 1978, in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as Paris, Munich and Berlin, where he received musical inspiration and contacts. From 1928 to 1943, Brustad was viola soloist with Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Oslo.[1] He wrote symphonies, compositions for violin and orchestra, chamber music and opera.[2] His opera Atlantis was finished in 1945.[3] After World War II he was also active in organizing work.[2]

As a teacher at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, his students included Bjørn Fongaard[4] and Trond Øyen.

  1. ^ Music Information Centre Norway Archived 13 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Nesheim, Elef. "Bjarne Brustad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. ^ Græsvold, Hans Magne; Edvardsen, Sverre. "Bjarne Brustad". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Bjørn Fongaard - Biography". mic.no. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2019.