What is Gladys Nordenstrom?
[[File:Gladys Nordenstrom.jpg|thumb|Nordenstrom in January 2014]] '''Gladys Mercedes Nordenstrom-Krenek''' (May 23, 1924 – July 5, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[composer]]. She studied under [[Austria]]n composer [[Ernst Krenek]] at [[Hamline University]]. She later married him in 1950. She sometimes worked with Krenek on projects. After his death in 1991, she founded the Ernst Krenek Institute in 1998 and Krems die Ernst Krenek in 2004 in [[Vienna]], Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/214919|title=Gladys Nordenstrom-Krenek|work=oe1.ORF.at|language=de|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> In 2006, Nordenstrom was awarded the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]]. She was born in [[Mora, Minnesota|Mora]], [[Minnesota]]. Nordenstrom died on July 5, 2016 in [[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]], [[California]], at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slippedisc.com/2016/07/death-of-composers-american-widow-aged-92/|title=Death of composer's American widow, aged 92|work=Slipped Disc|date=July 5, 2016|access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordenstrom, Gladys}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:American classical musicians]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:American pianists]] [[Category:Musicians from Minnesota]] [[Category:Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{authority control}}