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Ellen Nisbeth

Swedish violist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ15624500 ↗
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Ellen Nisbeth (born 1987) is a Swedish violist. She performed on Britta Byström's CD, "Invisible Cities" and on Ensemble Ernst's CD, "...BUT..." As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation's "Rising Star" program, Nisbeth performed "Tales Of Lost Times" for solo viola by Katarina Leyman and other works by Kaija Saariaho at

Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in January 2018.

Career

Ellen Nisbeth studied viola with Peter Herresthal at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. She also studied at The Royal College of Music in London and the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 2015, Nisbeth was appointed Associate Professor of Music at the University of Stavanger in Norway. Nisbeth also teaches at Edsberg Castle and the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. Regularly giving masterclasses and performing around the world, Nisbeth has achieved a well known status as a violist. She performs on a Dom Nicolo Amati viola from 1714.

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“Ellen Nisbeth” enters the record as swedish violist. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ellen, Nisbeth and Swedish can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2018, 2015, 1714—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-06-16. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Ellen, Nisbeth and Swedish.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15624500. VIAF identifies the subject as 26146095196600371202. The Library of Congress control number is no2016040484. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987, 2018, 2015 and 1714.

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