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Harald Björköy comes from Trondheim, Norway. He made his debut as a singer in 1982 and has since then been singing concerts in Europe and in the USA. In 1991 he made his debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York He has guested in main roles at the Norwegian Opera and sings frekvently with
the norwegian profecional symphony orchestras.

He have received prizes in norwegian and european song contests  and have received the Grieg Prize for his performances and recordings of Edvard Grieg’s
songs

His lied repertoire includes the great Schubert and Schumann cycles, songs by Grieg, Sibelius, V Williams and Hugo Wolf. His opera repertoire includes roles such as Don Ottavio, Stewa, Alfredo, Manrico, Canio. He also sings the oratorio repertoire and the masses in the romantic style such as Verdi: Requiem, Rossini’s Messe Solennelle and Bruchner masses.

Last season he sang the role Olav Tryggvason in a CD recording and at the first performance of the norwegian composer Hjalmar Borgstrøm’s opera ”Thora paa Rimol” written in 1894.