Grieg Hall Grieg Hall Grieg Hall () is a 1,500 seat concert hall located on Edvard Griegs' square in Bergen, Norway. Grieghallen was named in honor of Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who served as music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882. It serves as the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. The building was designed in modernist architecture style by the Danish architect Knud Munk. Construction was started in 1967, with completion during May 1978. Grieghallen is used each year for a series of concerts, ballet and opera performances. The facility has featured symphonic, choir, jazz and pop
Schak Bull 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 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