Christopher S. Pedersen
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Christopher S. Pedersen is a Norwegian baritone.
He was born in the town of Skjeberg
, Norway
.
Pedersen has his bachelor degree in performing arts
from The Norwegian Academy of Music
. Pedersen studied with professor Håkan Hagegård
, professor Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, among others. Pedersen has taken many masterclasses abroad.
Christopher S. Pedersen has participated in countless concert appearances in Norway, and abroad.
Pedersen has been given many scholarships, Sine Butenschøn scholarship for singers (2005,2008,2009), Scholarship of The Norwegian Academy of Music (2008,2009), among others.
He won first price in the competition "Ungdommens Musikkmesterskap 2008".
He was born in the town of Skjeberg
Skjeberg
Skjeberg is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The last administrative centre was Borgenhaugen.The parish of Skjeberg was established as a municipality January 1, 1838...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
Education
Pedersen started his musical education early, by singing in a church choir, and taking piano lessons from the age of 8.Pedersen has his bachelor degree in performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
from The Norwegian Academy of Music
Norwegian Academy of Music
The Norwegian Academy of Music is a music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education. As a university college, it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate...
. Pedersen studied with professor Håkan Hagegård
Håkan Hagegård
Håkan Hagegård is a Swedish operatic baritone.He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has performed on stages across the world, including Carnegie Hall, the London Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Sydney Opera House, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna...
, professor Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, among others. Pedersen has taken many masterclasses abroad.
Christopher S. Pedersen has participated in countless concert appearances in Norway, and abroad.
Pedersen has been given many scholarships, Sine Butenschøn scholarship for singers (2005,2008,2009), Scholarship of The Norwegian Academy of Music (2008,2009), among others.
He won first price in the competition "Ungdommens Musikkmesterskap 2008".