Grete Pedersen

Grete Pedersen (born 1960) is a Norwegian choral conductor and former footballer.[1]

Career in music

She is noted for her work with Det Norske Solistkor which she has conducted since 1990. She often features Scandinavian repertoire, but her recordings include a critically acclaimed version of the Bach motets. She has also worked as a guest conductor abroad, for example with the BBC Singers (the BBC's professional chamber choir).[2]

She is on the staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music and is the artistic director and principal conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival.[3]

In 2025, after 35 years, Pedersen ends her position as artistic director at Det Norske Solistkor. From early 2026, she will instead serve as professor at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University and principal conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum. [4]

Awards

• She is a recipient of the Norwegian Music Critics Award.
• Her recording of the Bach motets on BIS received a Diapason d'Or in 2018.[5]

References

1. The Bach Festival’s new artistic director combines classical mastery with a creative and subversive passion Archived 2023-01-05 at the Wayback Machine by Christopher Neely. Monterey County Weekly, 27 Oct 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
2. "Performances of Grete Pedersen". BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
3. Grete Pedersen: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Archived 2023-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. Carmel Bach Festival. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
4. "Grete Pedersen appointed as professor in the practice of conducting and principal conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum". Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
5. "Diapason D'or til Det Norske Solistkor". Ballade (in Norwegian). 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2020-04-24.