Edvard Grieg Alexander Greig, travelled widely, settling in Norway about 1770, and establishing business interests in Bergen. Edvard Grieg was raised in a musical family. His mother was his first piano teacher and taught him to play at the age of six. Grieg studied in several schools, including Tanks Upper Secondary School. In the summer of 1858, Grieg met the eminent Norwegian violinist Ole Bull, who was a family friend; Bull's brother was married to Grieg's aunt. Bull recognized the 15-year-old boy's talent and persuaded his parents to send him to the Leipzig Conservatory, the piano department of which was directed by
Stein Grieg Halvorsen Stein Grieg Halvorsen Halvor Bernt Stein Grieg Halvorsen (19 October 1909 – 11 November 2013) was a Norwegian theatre actor. He was born in Kristiania, the son of composer Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935) and Annie Grieg (1873–1957). He was married to Elizabeth Inga Else Margrethe Thaulow (1903–1968) from 1940, then after her death to Vibeke Laura Mowinckel Falk from 1971. Stein Grieg Halvorsen was employed at Nationaltheatret from 1928 to 1935, Den Nationale Scene from 1935 to 1936, and again Nationaltheatret from 1936 to 1939 and from 1945 to his retirement in 1997. His son, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, is half