Vivianne Sydnes

About Vivianne Sydnes

Vivianne Sydnes is Cantor (choirmaster) at Oslo Cathedral and artistic director of Oslo Cathedral Choir. She regularly directs both unaccompanied choral repertoire and large-scale compositions for choir and orchestra, and has given world premieres of compositions by Lasse Thoresen, Torbjørn Dyrud, Andrew Smith, B. Morten Christophersen, and Gisle Kverndokk, among others.

Her work with the choir has enhanced its reputation and position in the musical life of Norway. Sydnes is a Professor of Choral Conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, responsible for the undergraduate programme in Choral Conducting and teaching students on the Church Music programme. She has also developed a web-based educational resource for choral conductors at vivianne.no.

She received a Bachelor's degree in Church Music from the Norwegian Academy of Music and a Master's diploma in Choral Conducting from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Between 2002 and 2012 Sydnes was Cantor at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

She has directed several recordings, including Nidaros Cathedral Choir's recording of 'Out of Darkness' by Torbjørn Dyrud, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2014 in the category 'Best Choral Performance'.