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Marianne Beate Kielland
Marianne Beate KiellandPhoto: Liv Øvland

Marianne Beate Kielland

Mezzo-soprano | Norwegian | b. 1975

About Marianne Beate Kielland

Marianne Beate Kielland studied at The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo with Ingrid Bjoner and Svein Bjørkøy and earned a master’s degree in contemporary music in 2000. She has also studied with Oren Brown and Barbara Bonney. After completing her professional training she sang with the Hanover State Opera during the 2001/02 season before moving to Harstad and later to Svolvær, Norway. She quickly established a solid professional reputation and is now regarded as one of Europe’s foremost singers, working frequently with leading orchestras and on opera stages in Norway and throughout the world. Kielland regularly performs on the concert stages of Europe, Asia and America under such conductors as René Jacobs, Fabio Biondi, Jordi Savall, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Masaaki Suzuki, Herbert Blomstedt, Jukka Pekka Saraste and Andrew Manze.

In 2012 her CD recording Veslemøy Synsk (on which she collaborated with Nils Anders Mortensen) was nominated for a Grammy award in the category Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Thanks to this and over 70 other recordings, as well as her many performances on concert and opera stages, she has established herself as a distinguished interpreter of repertoire from the baroque period to the present day. Kielland was Artistic Director of the Oslo Chamber Music Festival from 2022 to 2025, and is Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

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