Eline Nygaard Riisnæs
Eline Nygaard Riisnæs | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 July 1913 Sandefjord, Norway |
| Died | 3 February 2011 (aged 97) Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician and musicologist |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Website | www |
Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (5 July 1913 – 3 February 2011) was a Norwegian pianist and musicologist at UiO, mother of the pianist and piano pedagog Anne Eline Riisnæs (1951-), and the saxophonists Knut Riisnæs (1945-) and Odd Riisnæs (1953-).[1]
Career[]
Nygaard Riisnæs was born in Sandefjord. She studied piano in Oslo with pianists and Nils Larsen, and in Stockholm with the great Russian pianist . She debuted in 1939 and played the year after with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1949 she toured the United States with among others . In Norway she had extensive concert collaboration with NRK. She taught Musicology at University of Oslo, and was attached to the University as a lecturer in 1971, associate professor from 1981 to 1983.[1] She died in Oslo, aged 97.
Honors[]
- "Lindemanprisen" 1979
- Kongens fortjenstmedalje i gull (1983)
References[]
- ^ a b "Eline Nygaard Riisnæs". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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