Trio Mediaeval nominated for Grammy Award

After having received enthusiastic reviews right after its release, the CD Folk Songs was now nominated for a Grammy Award. The Scandinavian folk songs, recorded by Trio Mediaeval together with percussionist Birger Mistereggen for the ECM label, have been nominated for a Grammy as "best chamber music performance". The awards ceremony will be held on 8 February in Los Angeles.

The news about their nomination reached Anna Maria, Linn Andrea and Torunn upon their return from a highly successful US-tour. The New York Times wrote about the Trio Mediaeval's performance: "(...) these three voices blended with a supernatural clarity and beauty that might cause even a confirmed agnostic to contemplate a spark of divinity in these centuries-old manuscripts."

For a comprehensive list of the Grammy nominees see http://www.grammy.com

Anna will present a paper: 'Modern performance of medieval music: female
voices' at the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society Conference 2008 on the 26th of April in Bristol, UK.

Watch a video clip of trio mediaeval and Birger Mistereggen talking about 'Folk Songs'.