Marianne Beate Kielland
Mezzosoprano
Foto: Liv Øvland
Magasinet Gramophone skriver om 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.»
Hun har studert ved Norges Musikkhøgskole under Svein Bjørkøy, men har også studert med Oren Brown og Barbara Bonney. Hun er i dag etablert som en av Europas fremste sangere, og opptrer jevnlig på konsertscenene i Europa og Østen og Amerika under dirigenter som Masaaki og Masato Suzuki, Andrew Manze, Leonardo Alarcon, Herbert Blomstedt, René Jacobs, Christopher Moulds, Jordi Savall, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Pablo Heras-Casado, Han-Na Chang, Juanjo Mena og Ottavio Dantone.
Selv om Marianne Beate Kielland har fokusert på konsertrepertoaret i sin 25 år lange karriere, har hun også gestaltet operaroller på store scener, som Bolshoj-teateret i Moskva, Opera Comique i Paris, Opera Royal i Versailles, Winterfestspiele i Salzburg og New National Theatre i Tokyo.
Kielland ble i 2012 nominert til Grammy innen kategorien «Best Vocal Classical Album» for sin CD-utgivelse «Veslemøy Synsk» av Olav Anton Thommessen, og har med denne og nærmere 70 andre innspillinger, samt utstrakt konsertvirksomhet befestet seg som en bemerkelsesverdig interpret av repertoar fra barokken helt fram til vår tids musikk.
The magazine Gramophone 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 studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music under Svein Bjørkøy, and has also studied with Oren Brown and Barbara Bonney. Today, she is established as one of Europe’s leading singers, performing regularly in concert venues across Europe, Asia, and the Americas under conductors such as Masaaki and Masato Suzuki, Andrew Manze, Leonardo Alarcón, Herbert Blomstedt, René Jacobs, Christopher Moulds, Jordi Savall, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Pablo Heras-Casado, Han-Na Chang, Juanjo Mena, and Ottavio Dantone.
Although Marianne Beate Kielland has focused on concert repertoire throughout her 25-year career, she has also performed opera roles on major stages such as the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Opéra Comique in Paris, Opéra Royal in Versailles, the Winter Festival in Salzburg, and the New National Theatre in Tokyo.
In 2012, Kielland was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category “Best Vocal Classical Album” for her recording Veslemøy Synsk by Olav Anton Thommessen. With this and nearly 70 other recordings, along with extensive concert activity, she has established herself as a remarkable interpreter of repertoire ranging from the Baroque to contemporary music.
