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Grete Pedersen

b. 1960

Norwegian conductor and football player

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Born 1960. Grete Pedersen is a Norwegian conductor, association football player, choir director and woman conductor.

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

Career in music She is on the staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music. She is noted for her work with Det Norske Solistkor which she conducted between 1990 and 2025. She has appeared as a guest conductor abroad, for example with the BBC Singers (the BBC's professional chamber choir), and as the artistic director and principal conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival.

She often features Scandinavian repertoire, but her recordings include a critically acclaimed version of the Bach motets.

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.

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.

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Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav‎

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Grete Pedersen?

Norwegian conductor and football player

When was Grete Pedersen born?

Grete Pedersen was born on 1 October 1960 in Sarpsborg.

What is Grete Pedersen's occupation?

Grete Pedersen is a conductor, association football player, choir director and woman conductor.

What nationality is Grete Pedersen?

Grete Pedersen is Norwegian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Grete Pedersen

· Wikidata: Q4972200

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