EDVARD GRIEGBorn in Bergen, Norway on June 15th, 1843
CHILDHOOD, FAMILY AND MUSICAL TRAINING•Grieg came from a musical family.•His mother was his first piano teacher (he began playing at 6 years old.)•At nine, he began composing. •He went away to a music conservatory in Leipzig, Germany at the age of 15. He graduated at 19.•He married his first cousin, Nina, when he was 24 years old. •They had a daughter a year later, who got sick and died at 13 months old.
HOW HE EARNED A LIVING, POPULARITY WITH SOCIETY, INTERESTING FACTS, KINDS OF MUSIC•He earned a living as a concert pianist, Music Director for the Bergen Orchestra, conductor and composer. •He was very popular in Norway. Much of his music was based on Norwegian folk music. •There were 30,000-40,000 people who attended his funeral.•He met and played his piano music for Franz Liszt and Tchaikovsky. They were both impressed!•He wrote piano sonatas and concertos as well as concertos for string instruments. He also wrote symphonic dances and songs, too. •His most famous pieces were written for a play “Peer Gynt”.