Liv Glaser

Liv Glaser (born 23 September 1935 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist, music teacher, and professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music, the daughter of violinist Ernst Glaser and pianist Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, and married 1971 to director of culture Carsten Edvard Munch (1927–2005).[1][2][3][4]

Liv Glaser
Glaser ca. 1965
Glaser ca. 1965
Background information
Born (1935-09-23) 23 September 1935
Oslo
OriginNorway
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician, music teacher
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitenmh.no/en/about_nmh/staff/liv-glaser
Parents
RelativesErnst Simon Glaser (half-brother)

Biography

Glaser was raised in a family where both parents were professional musicians. From 1952 to 1956 she studied with classical pianist Robert Riefling, and later with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris. Her debut concert was in Oslo in 1960. She has lectured at the Norwegian Academy of Music from 1973, where she was appointed professor in 1994.[1][2][3] Her paternal half-brother is cellist Ernst Simon Glaser.[4]

Glaser has cooperated with the conductor Sir John Barbirolli. Having been a soloist in Prokofiev's third piano concerto, in Oslo under his taktstock, he invited her to Hallé Orchestra in Manchester 1962, with the same concert, and in 1963 she played Grieg's A minor concert with him and Hallé Orchestra on tour.[1][2][3]

Glaser's repertoire ranges widely. She has played a lot of French music that she became close to during their studies in Paris. The classical repertoire might have been her closest, but she has also performed much Norwegian music, especially chamber music Grieg and compositions for piano solo, and has for many years been a regular performer at the Festspillene i Bergen (Bergen International Festival). She has collaborated with Arve Tellefsen for several years.[1][2][3]

She was appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2018. [5]

Honors

Discography
Edvard Grieg
  • 1965: Lyric Pieces Vol. I (RCA Victor Red Seal)
  • 1965: Lyric Pieces Vol. II (RCA Victor Red Seal)
  • 1965: Lyric Pieces Vol. III (RCA Victor Red Seal)
  • 1965: Lyric Pieces Vol. IV Concluded (RCA Victrola)
  • 2007: Lyrical Travels With Edvard Grieg (Simax Classics)
Klaus Egge
Agathe Backer Grøndahl
  • 1975: Romanser (Norsk Kulturråds Klassikerserie), feat. Kari Frisell
  • 1975: Klaverstykker (Norsk Kulturråds Klassikerserie)
  • 1988: Piano Pieces And Songs (Norsk Kulturråds Klassikerserie), compilation feat. Kari Frisell
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • 1991: Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Simax Classics)
  • 1993: Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 6, 11 and 14 (Simax Classics)
  • 1995: Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 7, 8, 9 and 10 (Simax Classics)
  • 1999: Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 12, 13 and 17 (Simax Classics)
  • 2000: Mozart Piano Sonatas, No. 15, 16 and 18 (Simax Classics)
Franz Schubert
  • 1997: Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin (Simax Classics), feat. Per Vollestad
Dedicated Ernst Glaser's 100 years anniversary
Other
  • 2006: Muzio Clementi For All Ages (Simax Classics), recited on a Longman & Clementi 1799
  • 2014: Liebestreu (LAWO), feat. Helene Wold[7]

References
  1. Nesheim, Elef. "Liv Glaser". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Liv Glaser". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. "Pianolegenden Liv Glaser 75 år" (in Norwegian). NRK. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. "40 søskenår ingen hindring" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. "Utnevnelse til St. Olavs Orden" (in Norwegian). Det norske kongehus. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. "Lindemanprisen til Liv Glaser" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 29 October 2004. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. "Liebestreu – LAWO: LWC1053". PrestoClassical.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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