France Ellegaard
France Marguerite Ellegaard (born October 10, 1913 in Paris , † April 17, 1999 in Espoo , Finland ) was a Danish and later Finnish pianist .
Life
France Ellegaard was born as the daughter of the six-time Danish cycling world champion in the sprint Thorvald Ellegaard and his wife Karen in Paris. At the age of six she gave her first concert in Paris, where she studied at the Conservatory until 1932 and lived there for the following years. She made her Danish debut at the age of 14 in Copenhagen in 1927 . In 1933 she was awarded the French Médaille des Arts, Sciences et Lettres and in 1936 she received the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat , a Danish scholarship.
Ellegaard toured all of Europe, especially with her interpretations of French and Impressionist music. She also made recordings. When France was occupied by the Wehrmacht , she first moved to Denmark, where she played the piano in a revue, and then settled in Sweden in 1943. In March 1949 she married the Finnish painter Birger Carlstedt and took Finnish citizenship. France Ellegaard went on concert tours until the early 1960s. From 1969 to 1975 she taught piano at the Sibelius Academy and occasionally gave small concerts.
Web links
- France Ellegaard danskefilm.dk (Danish)
- France Ellegaard on kvinfo.dk (Danish)
- France Ellegaard on youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ lib.umd.edu (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ellegaard, France |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ellegaard, France Marguerite (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1999 |
| Place of death | Espoo , Finland |