Anna Bergström-Simonsson

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Anna Bergström-Simonsson (1933)

Anna Katarina Bergström-Simonsson (1853–1937) was a Swedish voice teacher who first taught in Swedish girls' schools and later at the Royal Seminary for Women in Stockholm. From 1903 to 1920, she was engaged by the Royal Conservatory, becoming a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1912. In 1914, she was awarded the Litteris et Artibus for her services to Swedish culture.[1][2][3]

Biography[]

Born on 30 December 1853 in Färnebo near Filpstad, Värmland, Anna Katarina Bergström was the daughter of the miner Olof Larsson Bergström and his wife Brita Cajsa née Nilsson. She was one of the family's 11 children.[4] From 1873 to 1876 she studied at the Royal Conservatory in Stockholm, graduating as an organist.[3]

From 1876 to 1880, she was a singing teacher in Filpstad, after which she taught in several other girls schools in Stockholm, including the Brummer School. From 1897, she taught voice at the Royal Seminary for Women and from 1903 to 1920, she headed the test department at the Royal Conservatory. Thanks to a grant from the Royal Music Academy she went on a number of study trips to the surrounding countries and attended the international school singing meeting in 1905 in Copenhagen.[3] Bergström-Simonsson was widely recognized for her teaching methods at the Conservatory and the Seminary, receiving warm appreciation from her students for her enthusiam.[2]

In collaboration with the voice teacher at the Gothenburg teachers' training college Olof Holmberg, for a number of years she gave courses based on a systematic approach to singing teaching which was applied in Swedish schools by the folk school authorities.[2] In 1914, she was awarded the Litteris et Artibus for her services to Swedish culture.[5]

Anna Bergström-Simonsson died in Stockholm on 30 January 1937.[4][6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Anna Bergström-Simonsson 80 år" (in Swedish). Svensk Läraretidning. 1933. p. 1298. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Bergström-Simonsson-Simonsson, Anna Katarina" (in Swedish). Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 34. 1922. p. 579. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Englund, Boel (29 October 2004). "Kapitalbeskrivning, Bergström Simonsson, Anna" (in Swedish). Uppsala universitet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Anna Katarina Simonsson (Bergström)". Geni. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. ^ Nyström, Pia; Kyhlberg-Boström, Anna (1966). Kungl. Musikaliska akademien: matrikel 1771-1995 (in Swedish). Musikaliska akad. ISBN 91-85428-99-X.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Bergstrom Simonsson, Anna Katharina (fem)". Composers Classical Music. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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