In 1867 Edvard Grieg founded the Norwegian Academy of Music in this city, then known as Christiania
EXQUISITE HEIGHTS | The Tretyakov Gallery ... [PAR] Both the music and the very name of Edvard Grieg are inextricably linked to ... 
and Rubinstein's Third Piano Concerto (summer 1869, in Christiania, now Oslo); 
... Edvard Grieg was born in Bergen, an ancient city "where it always rains", and 
the ... to establish the first Norwegian music academy, and four years later 
founded... [DOC] [TLE] Edvard Grieg  Biography of Norway's Greatest Composer - Mnc.net [PAR] Harald Herresthal is a professor at the Norwegian State Academy of music in 
Oslo.