1953 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1953 in Nordic music.
Events
- 1–15 June – The 1st Bergen International Festival is held in Bergen, Norway.[1]
- 31 October – Nordmanns-Forbundet, a friendship association in the United States, holds a "Music of Norway" concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring music by Edvard Grieg and Sparre Olsen, with Percy Grainger as piano soloist.[2]
- unknown dates
- Swedish tenor Jussi Björling records roles from the operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, both with Stockholm Opera.[3]
- The Wihuri Sibelius Prize, founded by Antti Wihuri, is awarded for the first time, to Jean Sibelius, after whom it is named.[4]
New works
- Kurt Atterberg – Sinfonia per archi[5]
- Erland von Koch
- Dag Wirén – String Quartet no. 4[8]
Popular music
- Åke Gerhard & Leon Landgren – "Mjölnarens Iréne"[9]
Film music
Musical films
- Lumikki ja 7 jätkää (Snow White and the 7 Loggers), with music by George de Godzinsky[13]
Births
- 28 February – Osmo Vänskä, Finnish clarinettist, conductor and composer[14]
- 22 April – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer[citation needed]
- 4 May – Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Icelandic composer, filmmaker and politician[15]
- 10 June – Svein Nymo, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 2014)[16]
- 30 June – Ståle Wikshåland, Norwegian musicologist (died 2017)[17]
- 14 July – Åke Parmerud, Swedish composer and artist [citation needed]
Deaths
- 2 February – Bergliot Ibsen, Norwegian mezzo-soprano (born 1869)[18]
- 9 December – Issay Dobrowen, Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor (born 1891)[19]