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"Where words leave off, music begins." - Heinrich Heine

“A singer with such charisma challenged her colleagues.” (Dreh-Punkt-Kultur) Mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland is famous for her strong stage presence and musical integrity. Gramophone Magazine writes about her: “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 graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music, where she studied with Svein Bjørkøy. Her other teachers have included Oren Brown and Barbara Bonney. Considered today one of Europe’s leading singers, she performs regularly on major concert stages in Europe, America and The East with conductors such as Masaaki Suzuki, Andrew Manze, Petr Popelka, Michel Corboz, Leonardo Alarcon, Herbert Blomstedt, Jordi Savall, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi and René Jacobs.
  In 2012 she received a Grammy nomination in the category ‘Best Classical Vocal Solo’ for her recording of Veslemøy Synsk by the composer Olav Anton Thommessen. In 2021 she received a prestigious OPUS Klassik nomination in the category ‘Female Singer of the Year’ for her recording of Schumann Lieder. With more than sixty other albums in addition to a demanding concert schedule, Marianne Beate Kielland is established as an exceptional performer with a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to contemporary.
  Together with pianist Nils Anders Mortensen she has previously released 12 recordings on the LAWO Classics label: Früh (LWC1033), Sæle jolekveld (LWC1040), Grieg (LWC1059), Young Elling (LWC1072), The New Song (LWC1097), Whispering Mozart (LWC1111), Songs: Kielland/Dørumsgaard (LWC1145), Einsamkeit – Songs by Mahler (LWC1157), Eivind Groven Songs (LWC1178), Schumann Lieder (LWC1197) with baritone Johannes Weisser, and Så kort ein sommar menneska har – Songs by Gisle Kverndokk (LWC1220), and Sigurd Lie Songs, Vol. 1 (LWC1256).
  In 2015 she released Påsketid (LWC1077) with violinist Elise Båtnes and organist Kåre Nordstoga, in 2017 Terra Nova (LWC1125) with composer and pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff, in 2020 The Lofoten Oratorio by Ketil Bjørnstad (LWC1202) with Lofoten Voices and MinEnsemblet, in 2022 Lamento (LWC1226), a collection of baroque laments, with Oslo Circles, as well as Jean Sibelius: Orchestral Songs (LWC1239) with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

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Sigurd Lie
Sigurd Lie: Songs, Vol. 2
Marianne Beate Kielland
Sigurd Lie
Songs, Vol. 1
Marianne Beate Kielland | Nils Anders Mortensen
Jean Sibelius
Orchestral Songs
Marianne Beate Kielland
Various composers
Lamento
Oslo Circles
Gisle Kverndokk
Så kort ein sommar menneska har - Songs by Gisle Kverndokk
Marianne Beate Kielland / Nils Anders Mortensen
Ketil Bjørnstad
Lofotoratoriet (The Lofoten Oratorio)
Marianne Beate Kielland
Robert Schumann
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 / Liederkreis, Op. 24 / Maria Stuart Lieder, Op. 135 / Songs from Myrthe
Marianne Beate Kielland
Eivind Groven
Eivind Groven Songs
Marianne Beate Kielland & Nils Anders Mortensen
Various composers
Er heißet Wunderbar!
Barokkanerne
Gustav Mahler
Einsamkeit | Songs by Mahler
Marianne Beate Kielland & Nils Anders Mortensen
Olav Kielland, Arne Dørumsgaard
Songs
Marianne Beate Kielland | Nils Anders Mortensen
Various composers
Terra Nova
Marianne Beate Kielland / Jan Gunnar Hoff
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Whispering Mozart
Marianne Beate Kielland
Various composers
The New Song
Marianne Beate Kielland
Various composers
Påsketid
Marianne Beate Kielland / Elise Båtnes / Kåre Nordstoga
Catharinus Elling
Young Elling
Marianne Beate Kielland
Edvard Grieg
Grieg, Haugtussa, Vinje, Ibsen
Marianne Beata Kielland / Nils Anders Mortensen
Various composers
Früh
Kielland / Mortensen