Astrid Kvalbein

Astrid Kvalbein (born 13 October 1971 in Oslo) is a Norwegian soprano, classical music critic and musicologist, and the rector (i.e. president) of the Norwegian Academy of Music, serving since 2021.^[1]

Kvalbein was born in Oslo and is the daughter of the theologian Hans Kvalbein. She is both a performer and an academic musicologist. She earned her doctorate in musicology at the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2013 with a dissertation examining the work of Pauline Hall (1890–1969) as a classical composer,^[2] and subsequently worked as a senior researcher at the institution until her 2021 election as its rector, its highest office.^[1]

She is well known^{[according to whom?]} as the long-time classical music critic of Norway's two largest newspapers, Aftenposten and Verdens Gang.

As a performer Kvalbein has been a member of contemporary and avant-garde music groups Søyr, vonDrei (with Solveig Slettahjell and Ellen Aagaard) and asamisimasa.^[3][4][5]

• Gender Equality Award of the Norwegian Association of Composers (2018)^[6]

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