Guro Hjemli (Soprano)

Born: February 5, 1977 - Hamar, Norway

The Norwegian soprano, Guro Evensen Hjemli, began to sing and play piano at an early age. She attended the Music School of Stange, and in 1997 she started to study singing at the Conservatory of Trondheim with Sissel H.Aune and Kåre Bjørkøy. She appeared in Trondheim as a soloist in various concerts and with two semi-professional choirs: MidtNorsk Solistensemble and Schola St.Sunnivae. She has also had lessons with Emma Kirkby, Jill Feldman and Barbara Schlick.

In 2006 Guro Hjemli completed her postgraduate studies in early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basle with Gerd Türk, with a soloist diploma. During the studies she has had several performances in the context of the concert series Freunde Alte Musik, under the baton of Joshua Rifkin and Jesper Christensen. Today she makes both solo performances, as well as with various ensembles in Switzerland and also at home in Norway, as the Chor der J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen (formerly: vocal ensemble Schola Seconda Pratica of J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen), Cantilena Davos or Herr Berlins Peblinge. She is also active as a choir director.

Guro Hjemli lives in Ådalsbruk, Norway with her husband and two children.

Sources:
J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2009)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2009); Christoph Wydler (January 2020)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Rudolf Lutz

Soprano

DVD: BWV 131, BWV 159, BWV 188
DVD/CD (2007): BWV 38

Rudolf Lutz

Soprano

Member of Chor der J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen:
DVD/CD: BWV 1, BWV 7, BWV 9, BWV 18, BWV 20, BWV 22, BWV 23, BWV 26, BWV 34, BWV 55, BWV 61, BWV 66, BWV 70, BWV 73, BWV 93, BWV 94, BWV 95, BWV 96, BWV 99, BWV 103, BWV 107, BWV 108, BWV 109, BWV 111, BWV 119, BWV 127 [2017], BWV 135, BWV 136, BWV 137, BWV 144, BWV 146, BWV 161, BWV 173, BWV 176, BWV 180, BWV 191, BWV 198
DVD/CD (2006): BWV 48
DVD/CD (2007): BWV 182, BWV 172, BWV 33, BWV 38, BWV 36
DVD/CD (2008): BWV 81, BWV 125, BWV 166, BWV 129, BWV 78
BSSG [D16-9] (2022, Video): BWV 19
[V-2] (2016): BWV 232

Grete Pedersen

Soprano

Member of Det Norske Solistkor:
[C-2] (2015-2017): BWV 118, BWV 225-230

Links to other Sites

J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen: Guro Evensen Hjemli, Sopran [German, N/A]
Guro Evensen Hjemli, sopran (Nivalis Barokkorkester) [Norwegian
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