Damekoret Embla

Embla er et kvinnekor bestående av 24 sangere med base i Trondheim. Koret har sin opprinnelse ved Institutt for musikk ved NTNU.

Embla ble startet av  Norunn Illevold Giske i 1994, og hun dirigerte koret frem til sommeren 2020. Ketil Belsaas overtok som dirigent etter henne. 

I 2025 tok Marit Tøndel Bodsberg over som kunstnerisk leder. 

1. Norsk tonekunst i kontraster (1997)

2. Salve Regina (1999)

3. Utsyn (2001)

4. Nature’s first green (2006)

5. Iterum Femina (2011)

6. Glædelig jul (2024)

 Meritter 
Damekoret Embla har vunnet 18 førstepriser i internasjonale korkonkurranser. Blant utmerkelsene er Silver Rose Bowl i EBUs "Let the Peoples Sing" i 1999.

2022: City of Derry International Choir Festival (Ireland)
 2nd prize, international competition

2017: Grand Prix of Nations Berlin (Germany)
 2nd place, chamber choir
 4th place, folklore
 4th place, sacred music

2015: Canta al Mar, Calella/Barcelona (Spain)
 1st prize, folklore
 1st prize, chamber choir, equal voices
 1st prize, sacred music
 Highest score in the competition

2010: Florilege Vocal de Tours (France)
 1st prize, equal voices

2008: 10th Concorso Corale Internazionale Riva del Garda, (Italy)
 1st prize, female voices
 1st prize, sacred music

2006:   Fleischmann International Trophy Competition at the 52nd Cork International Choral Festival (Ireland)
 1st prize
 Highest score in the competition

2003:  Marktoberdorf International Choir Competition (Germany)
 1st prize, female choir

2000: National Choir Competition, Trondheim (Norway)
 1st prize, female choir
 Prize for the highest score in the competition

2000: Tolosa Choir Contest (Spain)
 2nd prize, folklore music 
 2nd prize, sacred music

1999: EBU’s International Choir Competition "Let the Peoples Sing"
 1st prize, equal voices 
 The Silver Rose Bowl – ”traveling trophy” for best choir in the competition

1999: International Choir Competition, Montreux (Switzerland)
 Best choir in competititon
 Best program and interpretation

1998: Polifonoco de Concorso, Arezzo (Italy)
 1st prize, reinnesance music
 2nd prize, romantic and newer music

1997: Schubert Festival, Vienna (Austria)
 1st prize, female voices
 The Schubert Prize for best interpretation of a work by Schubert

1996: International Choir Competition, Sligo (Ireland) 
 1st prize, folklore music
 1st prize, madrigals 
 1st prize, female voices 
 2nd prize, four or more voices

1994:  International Choir Competition, Oskarshamn (Sweden)
 1st prize, female voices

 Referanser 

 Eksterne lenker 
 Korets nettside

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