Sverre Bruland

Norwegian conductor and trumpet player. Born February 2, 1923 in Stavanger – Died September 24, 2013. Bruland studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York from 1949 to 1950, and also at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Between 1946-1963 he was a trumpet player for Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkester in Oslo. He made his debut as a conductor in 1954, for Filharmonisk Selskaps Orkester. He was kapellmeister in NRK between 1966-1988, and chief conductor for Kringkastingsorkestret between 1976-1988.