Background:
Maren Onarheim is a Norwegian singer and composer born in Lillesand, a picturesque coastal village in the south of Norway. She later moved to the Norwegian city of Bergen to attend the University there. Today she lives in Bergen and in Antibes in the south of France. She is a member of TONO, the Nordic Copyright Bureau.
Theoretical Education :
1986 Junior College of Music “Oddernes Gymnas”
1989 University of Agder in Kristiansand, Music teacher studies
1999 University of Bergen, Bachelor of Arts
Singing education:
Vocal was her main instrument at the University of Agder. Maren also performed with the Opera Choir in Kristiansand as well as the Kristiansand Minster Cantors.
Later she took singing lessons for several years with singing mistress Sigfrid “Siff” Pettersen.
Concerts
Musical workshops with painter Ulf Nilsen (Art Galleri Bouhlou in Bergen 2005)
Musical workshop with painter Ulf Nilsen and composer Ivar Kolve (Henie Onstad Art Center in Oslo 2005)
Collaboration with the author and poet Geir Uthaug (“Den Røde Mølle” in Fredrikstad and Tronsmo Bookshop in Oslo 2005)
The opening concert at the Rosendal Manor (“Baroniet” 2006)
Musical teamwork med pianist Tove Kragset (“Andøen Gård” in Kristiansand 2006 and ”Utstein Kloster” for Norwegian Hull Club 2007)
Private concerts as well as performances at weddings, funerals, etc.
Work experience:
Musical Nursery School
Promter at the Theater of Kristiansand.
Discography
2004 the CD ” Love’s Philosophy”
Her own compositions to lyrics by Shelley, Keats and Lord Byron, performed by herself with famous Ketil Bjørnstad at the grand piano. Recorded in Oslo at Fagerborg Lydstudio. The CD was presented in whole on national Norwegian radio (NRK P2 “Visebølgen” 2005)
2008 the CD ” To a Butterfly”
Her own compositions to lyrics from various poets, including among others William Wordsworth, May Sarton, Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Lord Tennyson - performed by herself with Tove Kragset at the piano and Johan Sebastian Blum at the cello. Recorded in Bergen at “Your Favorite Music”.
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