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Hildegunn Gjedrem
New York based singer and composer Hildegunn Gjedrem
About Me
Born and raised in the rural southwest of Norway, Brooklyn-based vocalist
and songwriter Hildegunn Gjedrem is emerging as a multi-faceted musical
force.
Her new album Share Your Secret marks a stark departure from her
previously jazz-centric career into a new world of smart, lushly arranged
pop.
Hildegunn left Norway in 2001 to pursue a jazz studies degree at the
world-famous University of North Texas, quickly rising to faculty level and
conducting several vocal jazz ensembles. While in Texas, she was
awarded “Best Jazz Vocalist” by Downbeat Magazine, was granted the
coveted Norwegian G9alt Scholarship of the Arts, and was a finalist in the
prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival's Vocal Jazz Competition, judged by Al
Jarreau. She was also a featured vocalist for the Grammy-nominated One
O'Clock Lab Band.
Since moving to New York City in 2009, Hildegunn's talents have been
employed by celebrities such as Catherine Zeta Jones, Donald Trump,
Michael Douglas, and Ralph Lauren, as well as Queen Sylvia of Denmark.
She has performed with some of the city's finest jazz and pop musicians,
including Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra and ground-breaking instrumental
ensemble Snarky Puppy.
Equally gifted as a writer, performer, studio singer, string arranger, and
with an image and fashion sense as powerful as her talent, Hildegunn
Gjedrem embodies the very thing the music industry is in desperate need
of.