Not long before his death on Sept. 4, 1907, Edvard Grieg was rowing near Troldhaugen, his beloved home. He gazed up at the high cliff and said, “Here I would like to rest.” The composer was granted ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Although most Norwegians celebrate Norway’s most famous composer ...

Playwright Henrik Ibsen pressured composer Edvard Grieg to write incidental music for his play, "Peer Gynt," but Grieg thought the play was a totally unmusical subject. Grieg's music turned out to be ...

January 12, 2018 • Watch the young Russian musician, who The Times of London calls "the most astounding pianist of our age," play a smart, Chopin-focused concert on a grand piano, precisely wedged ...

Daniel Hope zählt zu spannendsten Persönlichkeiten des internationalen Musiklebens: In der Sendung "WDR 3 Persönlich" präsentiert der Geiger, Autor und Weltbürger Musik, die ihn bewegt, beeinflusst ...

A collapsed left lung when he was 16 took its toll on Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), and the majority of his pieces are short forms in which Grieg tried, as he put it, "to build dwellings for men in which ...

Edvard Griegs (1843-1907) "Lyrische Stücke für Klavier" erfreuten sich stets großer Beliebtheit. Er schrieb bewusst für ein breites Publikum und gab auch außerhalb des klassischen Konzertsaals als ...

Von Edvard Grieg kann er nicht lassen. Dem Schöpfer der Peer-Gynt-Suiten, des a-Moll-Klavierkonzerts oder der Suite Aus Holbergs Zeit ist Prof. Dr. Joachim Dorfmüller seit vielen Jahren eng verbunden.