Else Paaske

Else Paaske (born 1941) is a Danish mezzo-soprano concert singer and educator. Her repertoire covers both Lieder and oratorios. She performed from 1965 until the mid-1980s, becoming one of Denmark's most celebrated mezzo-sopranos. She then became a lecturer at the Royal Danish Academy of Music until her retirement in 2004.

Biography Born in 1941, Else Paaske first studied under Dora Sigurdsson in Copenhagen and Hans Gertz in Stockholm. From 1960 to 1965, she attended the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, earning a diploma in singing in 1964. She then studied in Vienna under Eugenie Ludwig (1966–67). In 1976, she completed pedagogical studies in music at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.