1953 in Nordic music

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.
• 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.
• unknown dates
• Swedish tenor Jussi Björling records roles from the operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, both with Stockholm Opera.
• The Wihuri Sibelius Prize, founded by Antti Wihuri, is awarded for the first time, to Jean Sibelius, after whom it is named.

New works

• Kurt Atterberg – Sinfonia per archi
• Erland von Koch
• Musica intima
• Musica malinconica
• Dag Wirén – String Quartet no. 4

Popular music

• Åke Gerhard & Leon Landgren – ""

Film music

• Toivo Kärki – Rantasalmen sulttaani
• Sven Gyldmark
• Farlig Ungdom
• Far til Fire

Musical films

• Lumikki ja 7 jätkää (Snow White and the 7 Loggers), with music by George de Godzinsky

Births

• 28 February – Osmo Vänskä, Finnish clarinettist, conductor and composer
• 22 April – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
• 4 May – Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Icelandic composer, filmmaker and politician
• 10 June – Svein Nymo, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 2014)
• 30 June – StÃ¥le WikshÃ¥land, Norwegian musicologist (died 2017)
• 14 July – Åke Parmerud, Swedish composer and artist

Deaths

• 2 February – Bergliot Ibsen, Norwegian mezzo-soprano (born 1869)
• 9 December – Issay Dobrowen, Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor (born 1891)

See also

• 1953 in Denmark

• 1953 in Iceland
• 1953 in Norwegian music
• 1953 in Sweden

References