Ensemble 96
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Ensemble 96 is a Norwegian chamber choir
located in Oslo
. The choir works mainly with contemporary music and is partly funded by government grants. It has released several CDs, and given concerts and participated in national and international choral competitions. Ensemble 96 has just under 30 members.
Ensemble 96 was founded in 1996, and had its beginnings in the (now defunct) Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
The current conductor is Anine Kruse Skatrud. Kjetil Almenning. The founding conductor was Øystein Fevang
.
Ensemble 96's CD "Immortal Nystedt", published on the label 2L, was nominated for the 49th Grammy Awards in the categories Best Choral Performance and Best Surround Album. The choir was awarded The Norwegian Choir Association's Choral Award for 2007.
Chamber choir
A chamber choir or group of chamber singers is the choral equivalent of a chamber ensemble, using voices instead of instruments. This prestigious choir will usually consist of 20-40 elite and dedicated singers. Several chamber choir formats exist, ranging from barbershop groups to exclusively...
located in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. The choir works mainly with contemporary music and is partly funded by government grants. It has released several CDs, and given concerts and participated in national and international choral competitions. Ensemble 96 has just under 30 members.
Ensemble 96 was founded in 1996, and had its beginnings in the (now defunct) Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
The current conductor is Anine Kruse Skatrud. Kjetil Almenning. The founding conductor was Øystein Fevang
Øystein Fevang
Øystein Fevang is a Norwegian singer and choir conductor. He conducts the Oslo Philharmonic Choir. He studied singing and conducting at the music conservatory in Oslo and at the Norwegian Academy of Music...
.
Ensemble 96's CD "Immortal Nystedt", published on the label 2L, was nominated for the 49th Grammy Awards in the categories Best Choral Performance and Best Surround Album. The choir was awarded The Norwegian Choir Association's Choral Award for 2007.
First productions and commissioned works
- Antonio BibaloAntonio BibaloAntonio Gino Bibalo was an Italian-Norwegian pianist and composer of contemporary classical music, primarily operas.-Biography:...
: Psalm 8, November 2006 - Jon BalkeJon BalkeJon Balke is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer currently known for his Magnetic North Orchestra.He began with classical piano, but switched to blues at 12, though today he performs within several genres. At the age of 18 he joined Arild Andersen's quartet. By the mid-1980s he worked on his own...
: Palabras sueltas, Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2006 - Kjell Mørk Karlsen: O magnum mysterium, 2005
- Synne Skouen: En spøk (In Jest), 2005
- Knut NystedtKnut NystedtKnut Nystedt is an orchestral and choral composer.Nystedt was born in Kristiania , Norway, and grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important part of everyday life. His major compositions for choir and vocal soloists are mainly based on texts from the Bible or sacred...
: Jesu Sieben Worte, 2003 - Stephen Frost: Parapraxis, in cooperation with Norwegian bassoonist Sigyn Birkeland, 2003
- Wolfgang Plagge: Salve Crux, 2002
- Wolfgang Plagge: Psalm 84, 2001
- Trond Lindheim: wedding cantata Hjelp, de gifter seg! (Oh my, they are getting married!) on the Norwegian national broadcasting company (NRK TV) during the wedding of Crown Prince Haakon and Miss Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in 2001
- Wolfgang Plagge: Liknarbraut, 2000
- Ketil BjørnstadKetil BjørnstadKetil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....
: Old, in cooperation with Jai Shankar, Palle MikkelborgPalle MikkelborgPalle Mikkelborg , is a Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and record producer. He started playing professionally in 1960, and has since been a dominant figure on the Danish and international progressive jazz scene...
, Helen Davies and Ketil BjørnstadKetil BjørnstadKetil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....
, Vestfold International Festival 2000
Recordings
- "Kind" - 2L 2010 - Works by Marcus Paus, amongst others
- Immortal Nystedt - 2L 2005 - Works by Knut NystedtKnut NystedtKnut Nystedt is an orchestral and choral composer.Nystedt was born in Kristiania , Norway, and grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important part of everyday life. His major compositions for choir and vocal soloists are mainly based on texts from the Bible or sacred...
- Liknarbraut - 2L 2002 - Work by Wolfgang Plagge
- Old – Universal 2001 - Ketil BjørnstadKetil BjørnstadKetil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....
- Christmas album Det lyser i stille grender - Naxos 1998