Kirsten Bråten Berg
Kirsten Bråten Berg (* 1950 in Arendal ) is a Norwegian folk singer.
Berg completed his training as a silversmith in Oslo and has been running a workshop in Setesdal since 1973 . Her career as a folk singer began in 1970 when she attended a course with Agnes Buen Garnås . She became known for traditional Norwegian singing, the kveding . She performed all over Norway and made several albums. She has been awarded the Spellemannpris , the annual prize of the Norwegian record industry, several times , in 1987 she won the Landskappleik , the competition in traditional Norwegian music.
Around 1990 she met Arild Andersen , with whom she has since recorded several albums. In 1996, the album Frå Senegal Til Setesdal was created in collaboration with the Senegalese musicians Solo Cissokho and Kouame Sereba . In 1997 she was awarded the Radka Toneff Minnepris . Since 2000 she has been active in the Ensemble Stemmenes Skygge (Shadow of Voices), which also includes the Danish Marilyn Mazur and the Swede Lena Willemark .
Discography
- Sling Combas (1979)
- Kirsten Bråten Berg (1980)
- Slinkombas og bas igjen (1982)
- Min kvedarlund (1988)
- Juletid (1991)
- Sagn (1992)
- Cohen på norsk (1993)
- Våre best barnesanger 2 (1993)
- Arv (1993)
- Suede and Norvége (1993)
- Pilgrimen (1996)
- From Senegal to Setesdal (1997)
- Runar Strict (1999)
- Syng Du Mi Røst (2001)
- Stemmenes Skygge (2003/2005)
- Songen (2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stine Ljungquist Knudsen: Radka Toneff Minnepris. In: Laagendalsposten. November 27, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2017 (Norwegian).
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SURNAME | Berg, Kirsten Bråten |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian folk singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Arendal |