Lilleba Lund Kvandal Explained

Lilleba Lund Kvandal
Birth Name:Annbjørg Helene Lund
Birth Date:21 April 1940
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Death Place:Bærum, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Relatives:David Monrad Johansen (father-in-law)
Occupation:Opera singer
Alma Mater:Oslo Conservatory of Music

Annbjørg Helene "Lilleba" Lund Kvandal (21 April 1940  - 30 September 2016) was a Norwegian soprano singer and song teacher.

She was born in Oslo to Casper Lund and Signe Jensen, and was married to composer Johan Kvandal from 1976. She studied at the Oslo Conservatory of Music and further in Hamburg, Munich and Zagreb. She made her concert debut in Augsburg in 1963. Between 1963 and 1970 she was assigned with various opera houses in Germany.[1] [2] [3] In 1966, she won third prize in the ARD International Music Competition.

She edited the folk song collection Norske folkeviser gjennom tusen år from 2000, based on the song collections of Catharinus Elling, Ludvig Mathias Lindeman and others. The collection includes children's songs (lullabies, singing games), youth songs, shieling songs and melodies (calls, nymph songs, and tunes for zither, flute and goat horn), medieval ballads, comic ballads, and hymns.[4]

With her husband, who died in 1999, she resided at in Bærum.[5] She died in 2016.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Lilleba Lund Kvandal . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 8 October 2016.
  2. Encyclopedia: Johan Kvandal . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Nils . Grinde . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 8 October 2016.
  3. News: Nekrolog: Lilleba Lund Kvandal . Dagne Groven . Myhren . Aftenposten . 7 October 2016 . 8 October 2016.
  4. Book: Norske folkeviser gjennom tusen år . Lilleba Lund . Kvandal . 2000 . Cappelen . 82-02-18473-8.
  5. News: Synger hele dagen. Sjølie. Mette. 21 April 2015. Budstikka. Norwegian.