- Kristin Mellem
Kristin Mellem (born
March 21 ,1965 ) is a Norwegian musician (violin ), composer and conductor, known fromNord-Norge 's musical scene.She was educated at
Nordnorsk Music Conservatory andBergen Music Conservatory (1984-90), has worked as a violin teacher inBalsfjord ,Bergen ,Hadsel , andTromsø . Furthermore, she has been named regional musician and conducter of the Vesterålen Symphony Orchestra, part of the Nordnorsk Chamber Orchestra (1987-97), Tromsø Symphony Orchestra (1993-), associated withHålogaland Teater ("Spellemann på taket", 2002) and the National Concerts (1997-2000). Mellem has contributed to theEventyr festival in Tromsø since 1998, toured withBoknakaran (2001-02), and contributed on releases with "Moya på Tvoya".With the Tromsø Symphony Orchestra she composed the performance "Reiser gjennom tid" ("Travels through time"), (2002). For the
Nordlys festival in 2004 she composed the production "Stemmemøte" ("Meeting of voices") withSolveig Kringlebotn andIngor Ánte Áilo Gaup (joik ); together with Gaup, "Jeddehus" was released the following year and nominated for theEdvard award . In cooperation withBjørn Andor Drage she composed and presented fiddle melodies with the Tromsø Symphony Orchestra in the production "Armon Lapset" - "Nådens barn" (2004). The other musicians wereFinn Sletten (percussion ) andSigmund Lillebjerka (violin), along with joik singerInga Juuso .Since 2003 she has led "
Vajas " (English: Echo) withNils Johansen (synthesizer ) from Bel Canto andÁnde Somby (joik). Their debut was withNana Urfolksdager in 2003, and have since toured internationally.External links
* [http://www.vajas.info/infoENG.htm vajas.info]
* [http://www.mellems.com/indexENG.htm mellems.com]Mellem has a child, born in 2005, with Somby. Somby has two children from a former marriage, and Mellem has children from another relationship too. Mellem and Somby live in Krokelvdalen, Norway.
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