Borghild Holmsen was a Norwegian

Norwegians

Norwegians constitute both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in United States, Canada and Brazil.-History:Towards the end of the 3rd...

 pianist, music critic and composer. She studied piano with Agathe Backer-Grøndahl and Otto Winter Hjelm

Otto Winter Hjelm

Otto Winter Hjelm was a Norwegian musician, conductor, writer, composer and music critic. He was born in Christiana, and studied in Leipzig and Berlin. He became a leading force in Norwegian music, established a music school in 1864 and founded the music Conservatory in Christiana with Edvard...

, and continued her studies with Carl Reinecke

Carl Reinecke

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was a German composer, conductor, and pianist.-Biography:Reinecke was born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany; until 1864 the town was under Danish rule. He studied with his father, Johann Peter Rudolph Reinecke, a music teacher...

 and Salomon Jadassohn

Salomon Jadassohn

Salomon Jadassohn was a German composer and a renowned teacher of piano and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory.-Life:...

 in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 and Albert Becker

Albert Becker (composer)

Albert Ernst Anton Becker was a German composer and conductor of the Romantic period.Becker was born in Quedlinburg. In 1853–1856 he studied music composition under Siegfried Dehn in Berlin. He taught on the faculty of the Akademie der Künste where his famous pupils included Johan Halvorsen and...

 in Berlin

Berlin

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. She made her debut in 1898 in Christiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, afterward touring as a concert pianist in Europe

Europe

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 and the United States

United States

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After ending her concert career, she became the first piano teacher in Sæverud, and also taught at the Music Conservatory in Bergen

Bergen

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. She wrote as a music critic for the Arbeidet og Bergens Arbeiderblad.

Wiorks

Selected works include:

• Violin Sonata Opus 10
• Barcarolle, Op.1, No. 1
• Scherzo, Op. 1, No. 2