Eva Knardahl

Eva Knardahl Freiwald (10 May 1927 – 3 September 2006)[1] was a Norwegian pianist, with a noted career both as a child prodigy and adult performer.

Idar Karevold, a music professor in Oslo, said that Knardahl's Italian style was unique in Norway.

In a later interview, she told about the US era that the famous composer Henry Mancini often visited the symphony orchestra in Minneapolis.

He used to bring his chosen soloists with him during the performance of his compositions, but had so much confidence in Knardahl that he never brought any external pianist.

In the USA, collaboration with pianist Artur Rubinstein, composer Igor Stravinsky and conductors Rafael Kubelík, Henry Mancini and André Previn made great artistic progress.