Odd Grüner-Hegge

Odd Ragnar Grüner-Hegge (September 23, 1899 – May 11, 1973) was a Norwegian conductor and composer. He was the longest-serving conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, and he was the conductor at the Norwegian National Opera in the 1960s.

Grüner-Hegge married Sigrid Elena Feinsilber (1904–1977) in 1929, and then in 1944 Karen Welle (1914–2006), who was the daughter of the priest Ivar Welle.

From 1925 to 1929, he was also connected with Dagbladet as a music critic.

Conductor Starting in 1931, Grüner-Hegge shared the position of chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic with Olav Kielland. This continued until 1933, when the philharmonic switched to having a single conductor and Kielland received the job. Klaus Egge, Øistein Sommerfeldt, and Edvard Fliflet Bræin. Grüner-Hegge was a Freemason and held the sixth degree in the Norwegian Order of Freemasons.

Compositions Sonate for fiolin og klaver (Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1914) Suite for klaver (Suite for Piano, 1917) Trio for fiolin, cello og klaver (Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, 1919) Elegisk melodi for strykere (Elegiac Melody for Strings, 1943)