1935 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1935 in Nordic music.
Events
- 23 November â Helvi Leiviskä makes her debut as a composer, premiering her own piano concerto.[1]
- 8 December â Jean Sibelius celebrates his 70th birthday. Adolf Hitler awards him the Goethe-Medal.[2]
- 14 December â Sven Blohm's melodrama Ãde jul is premièred by the Stockholm Concert Society, conducted by Adolf Wiklund.[3]
- unknown date â Wilhelm Peterson-Berger founds the Frösö outdoor festival at Frösön, his summer home.[4]
New works
- Leevi Madetoja â Juha (opera)[5]
- Väinö Raitio
- Maidens on the Headlands[6]
Popular music
- Alice Tegnér â "Melodi"[7]
- "När ljusen tändas därhemma" â translated into Swedish by Nils Hellström
Film music
Births
- 19 May â Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer[11]
- 9 April â Tore Jensen, Norwegian jazz trumpeter[12]
- 23 September â Liv Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher[13]
- 12 December â Juhani Aaltonen, Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist[14]
Deaths
- 9 January â Dina Edling, opera singer (born 1854)
- 12 January â Albert Lindström, Swedish organist, arranger and composer (born 1853)[15]
- 18 January â Svante Sjöberg, Swedish organist, arranger and composer (born 1873)[16]
- 11 May â Nanna Liebmann, Danish composer and music critic (born 1849)[17]
- 10 November â Adrian Dahl, Swedish pianist, composer and music critic (born 1864)[18]
- 4 December â Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, conductor and composer (born 1864)[19]
- 9 December â Nina Grieg, soprano and wife of Edvard Grieg (born 1845)[20]