Anine Kruse
Kruse with Pitsj at Ingensteds September 10, 2016.
Kruse with Pitsj at Ingensteds September 10, 2016.
Background information
Birth nameAnine Susanne Kruse
Born (1977-11-01) 1 November 1977
Oslo, Norway
GenresJazz, musical, choral music
Occupation(s)Singer, choral conductor
LabelsGrappa
Universal Music
Websitepitsj.no

Anine Susanne Kruse Skatrud (born 1 November 1977 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician and choral conductor,[1] the daughter of Professor of Music Gro Shetelig and the composer Bjørn Kruse, sister of actress and singers Jannike and Benedikte Kruse, and married to trombonist and bandleader Even Skatrud Andersen.

Career

Kruse studied music at Foss videregående skole before she attended the Norwegian Academy of Music. Here she got her diploma as choral conductor and singer, and after ten years of studies and as lecturer at the Academy, she soon (2014) get her master's degree in Conducting.[1]

Together with her sister Benedikte Kruse, Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Ane Carmen Roggen and Ida Roggen, Kruse comprices the vocal group Pitsj.[2]

In 2011 she performed the collaborative concert Pitsj & Gumbo in Oslo Concert Hall, where "A capella møter en hot New Orleans-rett".[3] She has also sung within Det Norske Solistkor, World Youth Choir and World Chamber Choir, and in addition conducts the choir Bærum Vocal Ensemble.

Discography

  • 1992: Wenches Jul (CNR) with Wenche Myhre
  • 1996: Gagarin – En Romfartsopera (Hemera) with Håkon Berge
  • 2006: Pitsj (Grappa) with Pitsj
  • 2006: Mylder (Richie Rich's Salsa House, with Jan-Tore Saltnes
  • 2009: Gjenfortellinger (Grappa) with Pitsj
  • 2009: Edvard Grieg in Jazz Mood (Universal, 2009) with Pitsj & Kjell Karlsen ("I Dovregubbens hall")
  • 2009: Med Andre Ord (DnC) with Jannike Kruse
  • 2014: Snow Is Falling (Grappa)

References

  1. 1 2 "Anine Kruse: Dirigent, Sanger" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pitsj". Pitsj.no. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pitsj & Gumbo". OsloKonserthus.no. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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