Astrid Kvalbein

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Astrid Kvalbein
Born13 October 1971
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Soprano, music critic, musicologist, rector of the Norwegian Academy of Music

Astrid Kvalbein (born 13 October 1971 in Oslo) is a Norwegian soprano, classical music critic and musicologist, and the rector (i.e. president) of the Norwegian Academy of Music, serving since 2021. [1]

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Career

Kvalbein was born in Oslo and is the daughter of the theologian Hans Kvalbein. She is both a performer and an academic musicologist. She earned her doctorate in musicology at the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2013 with a dissertation examining the work of Pauline Hall (1890–1969) as a classical composer, [2] and subsequently worked as a senior researcher at the institution until her 2021 election as its rector, its highest office. [1]

She is well known[ according to whom? ] as the long-time classical music critic of Norway's two largest newspapers, Aftenposten and Verdens Gang .

As a performer Kvalbein has been a member of contemporary and avant-garde music groups Søyr, vonDrei (with Solveig Slettahjell and Ellen Aagaard) and asamisimasa. [3] [4] [5]

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  2. Musikalsk modernisering : Pauline Hall (1890-1969) som komponist, teatermenneske og Ny Musikk-leiar
  3. Astrid Kvalbein, Norwegian Academy of Music
  4. "Astrid Kvalbein", Periskop
  5. "Forsker ved Norges musikkhøgskole, Astrid Kvalbein," Khrono
  6. Komponistforeningens likestillingspris til Astrid Kvalbein, Ballade