Svend Asmussen
Birthday
1916/02/28
Day of death
2017/02/07 (101 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also know as
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Biography
Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many of the other jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli. He played publicly until 2010 when he had a blood clot, his career having spanned eight decades. Asmussen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, was raised in a musical family, and started taking violin lessons at the age of seven. Aged 16 he...Read more
Acting
(1958) Musik ombord
as Jensen
(1991) Putte Wickman à la clarinette
as Self
(1949) Pippi Longstocking
as ---
(1950) Op og ned langs kysten
as Kapelmester Hans Herbert
(1956) Hvad vil De ha'?
as ---
(1956) Kispus
as Violinist (uncredited)
(1969) The Egborg Girl
as ---
(1947) Naar katten er ude
as Bent, Nete og Jørgens Ven
(1959) A Hullaballoo at the Castle
as ---
(1939) En lille tilfældighed
as ---
(1952) Drömsemester
as ---
(1942) Ta' briller paa
as Ebbe
(1949) Swing it, Boccaccio
as Svend Blom / Pamfilo
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
as ---
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self