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There are multiple Artists called Grieg: 1. Mistag for Edvard Grieg. Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer of the Romantic period, born in Bergen in 1843. Being the first famous composer from his country, he tried to develop a distinctly Norwegian style of composition. He is known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, his Lyric Pieces for piano, and the music he wrote to accompany the Ibsen play Peer Gynt. The influence of Norwegian folk music is palpable in much of his work. 2. Grieg are also an alternative metal band from Brisbane, Australia. Featuring members of No Anchor...

Edvard Persson (1888-1957) was a Swedish actor and singer. Overall, Persson made 45 feature films, among those were South of the Highway and Kalle på Spången. He was one of the most popular film actors of his time, often playing the same kind of character - the jovial and good-natured man from the South of Sweden. As a singer he released numerous records. Among his more famous songs were Kalle på Spången, Jag har bott vid en landsväg, Jag är en liten gåsapåg från Skåne and Vi klarar oss nog ändå. .

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvořák did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively. Edvard Grieg is the most celebrated person from the city of Bergen, with numerous statues depicting his image, and...

Ole Edvard Antonsen is a Norwegian trumpeter, regarded as one of the most outstanding trumpet soloists world-wide. Starting out as a trumpeter in the Oslo Philharmonic, he left the orchestra to start a solo career in 1989, after having won the First Prizes of the CIEM-competition in Geneva in 1987 and the UNESCO competition in Bratislava in 1989. CDs he has made or particpated in making include "The Virtuoso Trumpet" (1989), "Tour de Force" (1992/92), "Trumpet Concertos" (1993)"Popular Pieces for Trumpet & Organ" (1994), "Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet" (1995), "Read My Lips" (1997), "Twentieth Century Trumpet" (1998, "New...