Troldhaugen is the former home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina Grieg . Troldhaugen is located in Bergen, Norway and consists of the Edvard Grieg Museum, Grieg's villa, the hut where he composed music, and his and his wife's gravesite.
8-628: The building was designed by Grieg's cousin, the architect Schak Bull . The name comes from trold meaning troll and haug from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill or knoll. Grieg is reputed to have said that the children called the nearby small valley "The Valley of Trolls" and thus gave the name for his building as well. Edvard Grieg himself called the building "my best composition hitherto". Edvard and Nina Grieg finished building Troldhaugen in 1885. Edvard and Nina Grieg lived in Troldhaugen when he
16-560: The business world from Edvard Grieg's amazing musical legacy. 60°19′10.56″N 5°19′46.12″E / 60.3196000°N 5.3294778°E / 60.3196000; 5.3294778 Schak Bull Schak August Steenberg Bull (10 May 1858 – 25 January 1956) was a Norwegian architect. He was born in Årstad as the son of Colonel Jens Munthe Bull (1815-1905) and his wife Johanne Margrethe Hagerup (1817-1888). His brother Edvard Hagerup Bull
24-527: The name of his home in one of his piano pieces, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen , Opus 65, No. 6. Troldhaugen and its surroundings are now operated as the Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen, which is dedicated to the memory of Edvard Grieg. In 1995, a museum building was added, with a permanent exhibition of Edvard Grieg's life and music, as well as a shop and restaurant. In the villa's living room stands Grieg's own Steinway grand piano , which he
32-582: The summer and autumn months, as well as many other concerts and events. Troldsalen, which was completed in 1985, is an elegant and beautiful concert hall, with excellent acoustics. The floor-to-ceiling windows behind the stage provide the audience with a lovely view of the composer's hut and Lake Nordås. In 2024 an episode of the Evolving Enterprises podcast featured the Musical Curator Johannes Holtmon and considered what we can learn in
40-686: Was a judge and politician, and his maternal grandfather was politician Edvard Hagerup . Also, he was a nephew of composer Ole Bull and architect Georg Andreas Bull , an uncle of composer Sverre Hagerup Bull and a cousin of architect Henrik Bull and composer Edvard Grieg . In April 1884 he married Ivarna Berle. Schak Bull graduated from the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich or ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) in 1879, after which he returned to Bergen , Norway to work as an architect. He
48-406: Was given as a silver wedding anniversary present in 1892. Today the instrument is used for private concerts, special occasions, and intimate concerts held in connection with Bergen International Festival . In addition, the noted Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has recorded an album of selections from Grieg's ten volumes of Lyric Pieces . Troldsalen, a concert hall, offers concert series in
56-518: Was home in Norway, mostly in the summer. Troldhaugen was the home of Edvard Grieg from April 1885 to his death. After the death of her husband in 1907, Nina Grieg moved to Denmark , where she spent the remainder of her life. Grieg's and his wife's ashes rest inside a mountain tomb near the house. Troldhaugen is a typical 19th-century residence with a panoramic tower and a large veranda . Grieg's small composer's hut overlooks Nordås Lake. Grieg immortalized
64-577: Was responsible for several important buildings, including Troldhaugen , the residence of his cousin Edvard Grieg, several churches and commercial buildings. He adhered mainly to the architectural style historicism before 1900, and Jugendstil after 1900. From 1914 he formed a partnership with his son Jens Munthe Bull. Bull was also a member of Bergen city council. In total he was the architect of 186 buildings in Bergen, as well as several in other parts of
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