| Bodil Arnesen |
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| The Norwegian-born soprano Bodil
Arnesen is one of the most exciting sopranos in her country. After a solo concert with St. Lukes Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall, The New York Times described her as “a Norwegian soprano with a velvety tone and a graceful interpretative manner.” She has performed concerts, recitals, and opera engagements in Europe country and abroad. She has also toured around the World in different venues with famous orchestras.. At an early age, she won a large number of top prizes for singers, among them are: HRH Princess Astrid Music Competition in Trondheim , The ARD Competition in Munich, Kirsten Flagstad Music Prize for singers, Mirjam Helin International singing competition in Helsinki, Robert Shumann prize and Edvard Grieg Prize. She has an equally active career in the broadcasting and recording studios. The 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic Organizing Committee appointed Bodil Arnesen to be one of the official musicians participating in worldwide culture presentations for the Olympic Games. Among her many recordings, Bodil Arnesen achieved great success with the Album Edvard Grieg Songs released on Naxos. It became a worldwide success in the classical music field and led to being a bestseller of Naxos. In a Gramophone review for her Grieg recital on Naxos, she won praise for her “lyrical soprano with just the right freshness for these open – air songs of spring and hope.” During 2008, Bodil Arnesen recorded two CD`s, including one in which she sings lieders of Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf. The second CD contains Opera and Oratorio Arias of G.F. Händel. Bodil Arnesen gave a recital at Wigmore Hall in 2003, and now she will return to give her second recital there with Rudolf Jansen. 9/5/08 |