Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is best known for his Piano Concerto in a, Peer Gynt and his Lyric Pieces for piano. Grieg was enrolled in the Leipzig conservatory at the age of 15 concentrating on the piano. After leaving the conservatory he went to Copenhagen and in 1867 he married Nina Hagerup. In 1868, Franz Liszt, wrote a testimonial for Grieg to the Norwegian Ministry of Education, which lead to a travel grant for Grieg. When the two finally met in 1870 they went over Grieg’s pieces, which pleased Liszt. Although Grieg found fame in his life, he never found wealth and was eventually granted a government pension. He died in 1907 after a long period of illness.