Silje Aker Johnsen

Silje Marie Aker Johnsen is a Norwegian soprano and dancer. She is a member of Ensemble neoN.

In 2017 Aker Johnsen was awarded Spellemannprisen for the 2016 album Neon, as part of Ensemble neoN. Along with Christian Eggen, Cikada Ensemble and a number of other performers she was also nominated for another Spellemannprisen award in the same category this year, for the album Ophelias: Death By Water Singing, composed by Henrik Hellstenius.[1]

Aker Johnsen was the winner of the Norwegian Society of Composers' 2013 Performer of the Year award.[2] An experpt of the justification read,

What she does as a performer is almost impossible. She is a true virtuoso. A performer that can do virtually anything.[1]

  1. ^ Norsk komponistforening. Årets utøver 2013 - Silje Aker Johnsen, http://www.komponist.no/arets-utover-2013-silje-aker-johnsen/

As of 2017, Aker Johnsen is also a research fellow at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Spellemann. Årets nominerte (2016), http://www.spellemann.no/p/nyheter/artikkel/?art=arets-nominerte-2016
  2. ↑ Official site of Ensemble Neon, http://ensembleneon.no/
  3. ↑ Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. Silje Aker Johnsen, http://www.khio.no/om-kunsthogskolen-i-oslo/ansatte/operahogskolen/silje-aker-johnsen
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