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She is a mezzo-soprano born in Namsos, Norway, who
took studies in drama and music at Oslo’s College of Early Childhood
Education. She also took
singing studies at Oslo at the Ronningen County College.
After starting out on her singing career she performed
with ensembles that include Con Spirito, Nordic Voices and The Norwegian
Soloists. Then in 1997 she
became a co-founder of the successful Trio Mediaeval who quickly gained
recognition and are a busy touring group and active recording artists.
Albums she has appeared on include Words of the
Angel, Stella Maris, Sor dit Elle and the Grammy Award nominated Folk
Tales.
Aside from her work with Trio Mediaeval, she also
gives solo performances with Grex Vocalis and coaches a junior theatre
group.
Trio Mediaeval recordings
Beata Viscera (Perotin)
ECM New Series B0005057-02 (CD: Stella
Maris)
Sources:
- http://www.triomediaeval.no/biog_torunn.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_Medi%C3%A6val
- http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5062412
- http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/albumList.jsp?name_id1=56020&name_role1=2&bcorder=2
- http://new.music.yahoo.com/trio-mediaeval/tracks/den-signete-dag-the-day-of-joy--51803784
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