SCHEDULE
15-24.8.2025: Oslo Chamber Music Festival (artistic leader)
* Songs by Lili Boulanger and Hector Berlioz with Wolfgang Plagge
* Rumi songs with Trygve Seim, Frode Haltli and Håvard Lund
* Pärt Berliner Messe and Bach Jesu meine Freude with Berit Norbakken, Trine Lund Soddy, William Wallace and Halvor Melien
* Durufle Requiem with Oslo Cathedral Choir
For more info, check out www.oslokammermusikkfestival.no
4. and 5.9.2025: Beethoven 9th symphony with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Jan Willem de Vriend
15-16.9.2025: Recording "Dolor Matris" by Henrik Ødegaard with Eesti Rahvusmeeskoor
21.-28.9.2025: Trondheim Chamber Musis Festival.
Songs and music by Britten, Respighi, Grieg, Schubert, Poulenc, Berio and more with Nils Anders Mortensen, Sidsel Walstad, Birgitte Volan Håvik, Meta4 Quartet and more.
For more info, check out www.kamfest.no
Concert program "Lamento" with Oslo Circles in Germany
10.10.2025 Gamle Aker kirke, Oslo
11.10.2025 Blaibach concert hall
12.10.2025 Burghausen
16.10.2025 in Oslo: Clara Schumann - Songs from Liebesfrühlingslieder with Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra and Holly Choe
Mahler Rückert Lieder with Oslo University Orchestra and Per Kristian Skalstad
25.10.2025: Kultursalen Bjørkelangen
26.10.2025: Universitetets Aula, Oslo
Concert program "Lamento" with Oslo Circles:
16.11.25: Eidsvoll church
22.11.25: Waldkirch, Germany
23.11.25: Lausanne Bach-Festival
25.11.25: Viersen, Germany
29. and 30.11.2025 in Oslo Cathedral: Bach Christmas Oratorio with Oslo Cathedral Choir, Barokkanerne and Oddgeir Kjetilstad
4. and 5.12.2025 in Lommedalen church: Händel Messiah with Norwegian Soloist Choir, Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra and Kristian Bezuidenhout.
22. and 23.12.2025 in Wiener Konzerthaus: Bach Christmas Oratorio with Wiener Symphoniker and Fabio Biondi.
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BIOGRAPHY
"A singer with such a 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."
Marianne Beate Kielland - mezzo-soprano is an outstanding Norwegian concert singer. She is educated from Norwegian Academy of Music, where she studied with Svein Bjørkøy. She has also studied with Oren Brown and Barbara Bonney.
She is one of Europe’s foremost classical singers, and regularly appears in the concert halls of Europe, Japan and America with conductors such as: Masaaki Suzuki, Juanjo Mena, Andrew Manze, Markus Poschner, Michel Corboz, Leonardo Alarcon, Herbert Blomstedt, Jordi Savall, Rinaldo Alessandrini, René Jacobs, Pablo Heras-Casadon Han-Na Chang and Ottavio Dantone.
Although Marianne Beate Kielland focused her 25 year long career on the concert repertoire, she has also performed operas on major opera stages, like Bolshoj-theatre in Moscow, Opera Comique in Paris, Opera Royal of Versailles, Salzburg Mozartwoche and New National Theatre in Tokyo.
In 2012 she was US Grammy nominee in "Best Vocal Classical Album» for "Veslemøy Synsk" by Olav Anton Thommessen, and with this and more than 65 other recordings and a wide range of repertoire and performances, she is established as a remarkable interpreter of music from baroque to contemporary era.
Marianne Beate Kielland is the artistic leader of Oslo Chamber Music Festival and also part-time associate professor at Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
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PRESS
NJ.com: Mahler songs with New Jersey Symphony
But the real power of these songs come from the vocal writing, and here Marianne Beate Kielland was truly golden in her interpretation. In possession of a rich, piercing Mezzo sound and excellent German diction Ms. Kielland made these old world songs feel fresh and immediate. She sang without the use of a score, as if the words and feelings were springing from her naturally. In her high notes, her voice throbbed with emotion. It was only 16-minutes long, but it made the whole concert worthwhile. "Songs of a Wayfarer" is one of the highlights of the NJSO season so far.
Ritmo.es:
Nebra with Al Ayre Espanol
Marianne Beate Kielland was the surprise of the evening. Kielland showed us an absolutely equal record in both the highs and the low ones. Her easy capacity for the legato left us precious phrases without prejudice to a great capacity for drama and power in the most forte passages. In addition her cadences were a delight.
Göran Forsling at Music web international about Mahler Einsamkeit:
I have lots of marvellous Mahler recording on my bending shelves, recordings that I will not voluntarily be separated from. This latest disc will now join those with Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Hampson and several others. I urge readers to follow my example.
About Sibelius Orchestrated Songs:
Kielland's even tone, flexibility and brilliant sensitivity to the text make this a rewarding collection (The Guardian)
- I don't know where Ms. Kielland has been hiding but I wish she'd get out more, she has a gorgeous instrument. (...) Svarta rosor is coming with me to the shower (Norman Lebrecht - The Critic)
- Norwegian mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland’s characterful performances are matchless, each song’s distinct character apparent. (Theartsdesk.com)
- Son timbre clair, sa diction nette et richement timbrée, son coloris parfois un rien morne cependant, rendent hommage au maître finlandais. (Resmusica.com)
DrehPunktKultur.at
«The incredible voice of Marianne Beate Kielland has left its mark on the 2019 Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival: "A particularly lucky choice had been made with Marianne Beate Kielland (Soprano II). She presented her Laudamus te in highly characteristic fashion, clearly articulated, also quick at hand with lyric elements. A singer with such charisma was almost a challenge for her colleagues. The three of them gave a well-balanced ensemble."
Bachtrack.com; Pergolesi and Durante with Freiburger BarockConsort
Kielland verzauberte mit einer Klarheit, Präsenz und inneren Anteilnahme, die ihre Grundlage in einem geeichten Kompass aus Phrasierung, Akzentuierung und wohlig geborgenem Timbre hatte. Er führte zu einer faszinierend-farbreichen Geschmeidigkeit und Öffnung, die die erste gesungene Klage Crimen adae quantum constat optimal ausleuchtete.
Kielland trumpfte dabei in noch anwärmenderem Charakter mit vibratolos angesetzen Leidenslängen ebenso auf, wie sie theatralisch, schlagkräftig und flammend dem aufrüttelnden Winden vor der Ermattung stupend effektvollen Nachdruck verlieh.
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