Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | January 6, 1922 |
Birth Place | Norway |
Age | 98 YEARS OLD |
Died On | May 23, 1983 (age 61) |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Net worth: $18 million (2024)
About
Norwegian music Composer who served as the first Director of the Norwegian Concert Institute and was considered a neoclassicist and expressionistic.
Before Fame
His first composition to be played in public was his Trio for Strings, Opus 3, which debuted at the Young Nordic Music Festival in 1950.
Trivia
He taught composition at the Oslo Conservatory of Music beginning in 1973.
Family Life
He was the son of an Oslo publisher named Ernst Gustav Mortensen.
Associated With
He was less famous than fellow Norwegian Composer Edvard Grieg.