Marianne Beate Kielland

&#34;Gramophone&#34; writes about MARIANNE BEATE KIELLAND: «The mezzo-soprano is quite outstanding: strong, firm, sensitive in modulations, imaginative in her treatment of words, with a voice pure in quality, wide in range and unfalteringly true in intonation.» She is educated from Norwegian Academy of Music, where she studied with <a href="spotify:artist:4XfiGPJxzp05DoY9f4FLet" data-name="Svein Bjørkøy">Svein Bjørkøy</a>. She has also studied with Oren Brown and <a href="spotify:artist:24fwyM31DLDqYOPvQ0jFFr" data-name="Barbara Bonney">Barbara Bonney</a>.

She is one of Europe&#39;s foremost mezzo-sopranos, and she regularly appears in the concert halls of Europe, Japan and America with conductors such as: <a href="spotify:artist:0MPbAeGQj0YatrUMdY2KEr" data-name="Andrew Manze">Andrew Manze</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1e1MH5T2dWA8AtpxXifoFd" data-name="Michel Corboz">Michel Corboz</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0LuP5risHsMdL4yjm2bl8u" data-name="Leonardo García-Alarcón">Leonardo García-Alarcón</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3u8mSdcO8xyU7y9iYxeGth" data-name="Christopher Moulds">Christopher Moulds</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3r1dphXjVBOwbUAYrrkEkQ" data-name="Fabio Biondi">Fabio Biondi</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3faEZMpTmZFXpELU1EwWNL" data-name="Jordi Savall">Jordi Savall</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1CqIIrCkdFMduTzAdIaeZb" data-name="Rinaldo Alessandrini">Rinaldo Alessandrini</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2doHoCdxgjLYG7v9N80I1m" data-name="Masaaki Suzuki">Masaaki Suzuki</a>, Thomas Søndergård, Thomas Dausgaard, Rune Bergmann, <a href="spotify:artist:1FWDcayB8TeqDhiuP9A2o5" data-name="Jos Van Immerseel">Jos Van Immerseel</a> and Daniel Reuss.

In 2012, she was US Grammy nominee in &#34;Best Vocal Classical Album&#34; for <a href="spotify:album:6pwD34lxRfzZ1R8rBeqETh" data-name="Veslemøy Synsk (Garborg/Thommessen/Grieg)">Veslemøy Synsk (Garborg/Thommessen/Grieg)</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:0cB7A5TX7POH7N10k0c48K" data-name="Olav Anton Thommessen">Olav Anton Thommessen</a>, and with this and more than 50 other recordings and a wide range of repertoire and performances, she is established as a remarkable interpreter of music from baroque to contemporary era. In 2020, Marianne Beate was nominated for the prestigious German classical music award &#34;OPUS Klassik&#34; in the category &#34;Best singer of the year&#34;!

<a href="spotify:album:14acmdDi9eSefJLCVDqRPN" data-name="Sibelius: Orchestral Songs">Sibelius: Orchestral Songs</a> was released in 2022, <a href="spotify:album:28B6tkWUd7rWp4RzrVzmfL" data-name="Franz Schubert: Goethe Songs">Franz Schubert: Goethe Songs</a> came out in 2024 and <a href="spotify:album:38SaWWhIhaOzwvKpmXPqMl" data-name="Nordic Noël">Nordic Noël</a> was released right before Christmas 2025!

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