QUOTES

[The] choir is very good in so many aspects, but above all it is worth to notice that you managed to get all our attention. We believed you, trust[ed], enjoy[ed]/your musicality [which] is on a high level. Everything is so natural, modest but deep and interesting at the same time/true artistry. Congrats!
Karmina Šilec, Slovenia,
jury member of the choral competition Grieg International Choir Festival

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Still the best choir in town – in my head and heart ❤
Elin Angerman, audience

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Bergen Cathedral Choir are satisfied with the good collaboration with Ole Bull Chamber Choir in the co-production with BFO (Bergen Filharmonic Orchestra). Parts of the choral repertoire demands a larger choir, and I very much like the idea of joining two choirs from Bergen that sound so well together.
Kjetil Almenning, Bergen Cathedral Cantor

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– so newly formed but so accomplished already – for your immensely expressive, generous singing in both intimate & extrovert pieces that was both moving & breathtaking to listen to. You exhibited such control, clarity of sound, & memory skills. ‘Virgencita’ was astonishing; it had exactly the sense of calm, stillness, intense moments of silence & the bell-like quality that is the essence of Arvo Part’s later works. ‘Leonardo’ was exciting & uplifting; ‘Peccavi super numerum’ full of variety of interpretation & good ensemble. Your Grieg was exquisite.
Ghislaine Morgan, singing teacher and choir coach

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I hope you win…
Arvo Pärt, composer
(on rehearsal before the finals of the London International Choral Competition; We achieved second place/Runner Up in the finals.)

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I heard and saw OBK at the Rafto award ceremony yesterday. It was magic!
Gro Rakner Meinelly, choral conductor

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Thank you for the beautiful silence in the Pärt.
Lorenzo Donati, head of the choral competition og Guido d’Arezzo, Italy

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Your performance was sleek and extraordinarily well-prepared; the sound across the ensemble was at all times warm and full, showing excellent vocal, ensemble (and conducting!) technique. I could go on but really, from start to finish it was a pleasure to listen to you sing and I feel that all chamber choirs (especially in the UK) could learn a lot from hearing you.
Victoria Ely, choral conductor

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You were AWESOME!
Sven Åge Birkeland, artistic and managing director at BIT Teatergarasjen
(about the singing of Ole Bull Chamber Choir in the show Oslo by Mette Edvardsen)

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You have something quite extraordinary …
Sofi Jeannin, jury member of the choral competition of Gudio d’Arezzo, Italy