Marianne Beate Kielland

Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano) studied singing in Oslo and New York with teachers including Barbara Bonney, and sang in masterclasses with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. As one of the leading Norwegian concert singers, she has performed with orchestras including the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Concerto Köln and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, as well as vocal groups such as RIAS Kammerchor, Collegium Vocale Gent and the Gächinger Kantorei. She has performed with conductors including Phillippe Herreweghe, Helmuth Rilling, Joshua Rifkin and Manfred Honneck and has sung at some of the leading festivals including the Haydn Festspiele Eisenstadt, Bregenzer Festspiele, Bruges Baroque Festival and the Bergen International Festival.