Daniel Sæther

About Daniel Sæther

Countertenor Daniel Sæther studied at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2005-2010) and the Royal Academy in Den Haag (2010-2011). He has performed as a countertenor in Norway and abroad since 2011, including concerts in Sweden, Italy, Spain, England, Vietnam and Brazil, with a wide-ranging repertoire from early music to contemporary.

In Norway he often appears as soloist and ensemble singer, both in concert settings and opera. In the autumn of 2019 Sæther had a singing engagement at the National Theatre in its production of Forelska i Shakespeare based on the film Shakespeare in Love and received glowing reviews in the Norwegian press for his contribution. From 2018-2020 he was awarded the government grant Statens Arbeidsstipend to work with contemporary music for countertenor on baroque instruments and document this in concerts and recordings.

Sæther is a founding member of Ensemble Freithoff and Ensemble C4, both of which perform chamber music in Norway with a focus on Renaissance and Baroque music. In 2020, Sæther released the album Unexpected Songs (LWC1204) for which he was nominated as Singer of the Year at the German Opus Klassik awards in 2021. His second solo album in 2022, Vintersong (LWC1236), achieved nominations in four categories.