# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjarne-brustad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:31:27.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjarne-brustad"
name: "Bjarne Brustad"
slug: "bjarne-brustad"
description: "Bjarne Brustad was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist. He was born in Kristiania, now Oslo. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as Paris, Munich and Berlin, where he received musical inspiration and contacts. From 1928 to 1943, Brustad was viola soloist with Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Oslo. He wrote symphonies, compositions for violin and orchestra, chamber music and opera. His opera Atlantis was finished in 1945. After World War II he was also active in organizing work."
tagline: "Norwegian musician (1895-1978)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1895-03-04"
deathDate: "1978-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump