Benedikte Shetelig Kruse (born 20 December 1979 in

Oslo, Norway Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

) is a Norwegian singer and actor, daughter of Professor of music, Gro Shetelig Kruse, and the Composer

Bjørn Kruse Bjørn Howard Kruse (born 14 August 1946) is a Norwegian painter and composer. He is also professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Personal life Kruse is the son of Colonel Erling O. Kruse (born 1922, died 2016) and E ...

. She is the sister of actress and singers Jannike and

Anine Kruse Anine Susanne Kruse Skatrud (born 1 November 1977 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician and choral conductor, the daughter of Professor of Music Gro Shetelig and the composer Bjørn Kruse, sister of actress and singers Jannike and Benedikte ...

Career

Kruse studied music at the Foss videregående skole, and is a graduated singer and

singing teacher Vocal pedagogy is the study of the art and science of voice instruction. It is used in the teaching of singing and assists in defining what singing is, how singing works, and how proper singing technique is accomplished. Vocal pedagogy covers a ...

from the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the co ...

, with experience from theater and television. She has worked with educational music programs for children and youth together with

Anja Eline Skybakmoen Anja Eline Skybakmoen (born 17 October 1984 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and married 31 July 2014, to the guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie. Ca ...

. In 2004 together with

Ane Carmen Roggen Ane Carmen Stuve Roggen (born 16 September 1978) is a Norwegian singer, conductor, arranger, and journalist. She is the younger sister of jazz singer Live Maria Roggen and the twin sister of jazz singer Ida Roggen. Education Roggen attended ...

, she sang the choir on the record '' Nomadesongar'' with

Lars Klevstrand Lars Klevstrand (born 30 September 1949) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer and actor. He was born in Drammen, Buskerud, the son of Olav Klevstrand and Grethe Sofie Larsen, and was brought up in Bærum. Career His debut album was ''Vi ...

. Together with her sister

and

Ida Roggen Ida Rannveig Stuve Roggen (born 16 September 1978 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, information officer, and literary scholar, and is the younger sister of jazz singer Live Maria Roggen and twin sister of Soprano Ane Carmen Roggen. ...

she comprises the vocal group

Pitsj Pitsj (founded 1999 in Oslo, Norway) is a female Norwegians, Norwegian a cappella quintet. The band consists of Anine Kruse, Anine and Benedikte Shetelig Kruse, Benedikte Kruse, the twin sisters Ane Carmen Roggen, Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen, and An ...

. and has also done many dubbing jobs. In 2011 she performed the Show Pitsj & Gumbo at the

Oslo Concert Hall Oslo Concert Hall (''Oslo Konserthus'') is a concert hall located in Vika, Oslo, Vika, a part of Oslo city centre in Norway. It is the base of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (''Oslo-Filharmonien''), but it also aims to be one of the premier music ...

, where "A capella møter en hot New Orleans-rett" (A capella meets a hot New Orleans Dish). In January 2014, the Kruse sisters celebrated music with a New Year Show, getting excellent recipient in the local press.

Discography

*1992: ''Wenches Jul'' (CNR Records), with

Wenche Myhre Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born 15 February 1947), known in some countries as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, Danish, German and Swedish markets and languages. Early caree ...

*2004: '' Nomadesongar'' (Tylden & Co), with

*2005: ''Distant Shores'' (Everyday Records), with Trond Teigen' *2005: ''Rain'' (Everyday Records), with

Paal Flaata Pål Flåta (born 8 April 1968) is a Norwegian vocalist, known from the band Midnight Choir and as a solo artist. Career Flaata was born in Skien, Norway. He started his career in the Skien band Memphis News and has since then been involved i ...

*2006: ''

'' (

Grappa Grappa is an alcoholic beverage: a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin that contains 35 to 60 percent alcohol by volume (70 to 120 US proof). Grappa is made by distilling the skins, pulp, seeds, and stems (i.e., the poma ...

), within

*2009: ''

Gjenfortellinger ''Gjenfortellinger'' with Pitsj is a jazz a cappella album. It was released in 2009 on Grappa Music (GRCD 4317). Track listing # «Fanteguten» (4:07) (Trad / Arr.: Sverre Indris Joner) # «Skjøre / Fragile» (3:27) (Sting /Norsk lyrics: Kje ...

'' (Grappa), within Pitsj *2009: ''Edvard Grieg in jazz mood'' (Universal Music, 2009), Pitsj with

Kjell Karlsen Kjell Oddvar Karlsen (29 July 1931 – 5 May 2020) was a Norwegian band leader, composer, arranger, jazz pianist and organist, and a Nestor of Norwegian music and show business, with a career spanning more than 60 years. He was the father of the ...

("I Dovregubbens hall") *2009: ''Med Andre Ord'' (DnC), with

Jannike Kruse Jannike Kruse Jåtog (born 16 June 1975) is a Norwegians, Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Kruse, Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine Kruse, Anine and Benedikte ...

*2009: ''Autographs'' (EMC Classic), with Otto Graf *2010: ''16 Sanger Til Maneten Medusa'' (Schmell), with Åshild Watne *2014: ''Snow Is Falling'' (Grappa Music)

References

External links

Pitsj website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kruse, Benedikte Shetelig Norwegian women jazz singers Musicians from Oslo Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music 1979 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian women singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian singers Pitsj members