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Ole Kristian Ruud (born 2 October 1958) is a Norwegian conductor.
Ruud was born in Lillestrøm. He studied clarinet with Richard Kjelstrup at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy and made his debut in Oslo with the National theater. Ruud was principal conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra from 1987-1995 and of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra from 1996-1999. In 1999, he became one of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra's artistic directors, specializing in Norwegian repertoire. He has been professor of conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music since 1999.
In 1992, he was awarded the Grieg Prize, and in 1993 conducted Edvard Grieg's complete incidental music to Peer Gynt with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London's Royal Festival Hall. In 2005, he completed recording the complete orchestral works of Grieg with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, for BIS records.
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Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk is a Norwegian cellist.
Håvard Gimse is a Norwegian classical pianist from Kongsvinger, and the brother of the cellist Øyvind Gimse. He has received the Griegprisen (1996) and the Steinway Award (1995). Gimse has done several recordings for Naim Audio, Naxos Records, Sony Classical Records, Chandos Records and Simax.
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall.
Arve Tellefsen is a Norwegian violinist who has worked with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Arvid Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt, Gary Bertini, Evgeny Svetlanov, Bryden Thomson, Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo Berglund, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Walter Weller and Zubin Mehta. In the UK, he has appeared with the Royal Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, The Hallé, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Welsh Orchestra, the Liverpool Philharmonic and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Ole Olsen was a Norwegian organist, composer, conductor and military musician.
Arve Moen Bergset is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, hardanger fiddler, and classical violinist. He is known both for his solo works as well as for his works with Bukkene Bruse.
Eva Knardahl Freiwald was a Norwegian pianist, with a noted career both as a child prodigy and adult performer.
Eivind Aadland is a Norwegian conductor and violinist. He has been concert master of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2020 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875. It premiered along with the play on 24 February 1876 in Christiania.
Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15, is the fourth and last symphony by the French composer Hector Berlioz, first performed on 28 July 1840 in Paris. It is one of the earliest examples of a symphony composed for military band.
The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra is a Swedish professional symphony orchestra. It is based at the concert hall De Geerhallen, in the center of Norrköping.
The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Stavanger, Norway. The SSO principal venue is the Stavanger Concert Hall, performing in the Fartein Valen concert hall.
Stig Evald Börje Westerberg was a Swedish conductor and pianist, whose career was based mostly in his home country.
Trond Halstein Moe is a Norwegian operatic baritone.
Ole Windingstad was a Norwegian conductor, pianist and composer. He was the conductor of the Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra in Brooklyn, New York and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. His most notable symphonic composition was The Tide.
Geir Henning Braaten is a Norwegian pianist. In Oslo, he studied with Nicolai Dirdal from age five, and later with Robert Riefling, both at the Oslo Conservatory of Music. He also studied in France with Yvonne Lefébure, with Bruno Seidlhofer in Vienna. He debuted in 1966 and has toured widely, especially in the east, including Turkey, Yugoslavia, France, USSR, U.S., Korea, Middle East and Taiwan. He has performed on Hong Kong radio and played with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Braaten has collaborated with conductors including Moshe Atzmon, Aldo Ceccato, Mariss Jansons, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi and Walter Weller. His complete edition of Grieg gave rise to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and won the prestigious MIDEM award. He has had a close collaboration with world renowned violinist Aaron Rosand. He has retired from his position associate professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music, but continues his busy concert schedule, both as soloist and in chamber music with violinist Ole Bohn among others.
Maria Badstue is a Danish orchestral conductor. She came to attention after winning the special prize at the prestigious Lovro von Matačić Competition 2011.
Terje Wik Mikkelsen is an acknowledged Norwegian conductor with his main career in Europe and Asia.
Cathrine Winnes, born 1977, is a Norwegian music conductor.
Ingrid Tabita Borghild Berglund is a Norwegian conductor and cellist.