teachers voice academy

Susanna Eken is one of Scandinavia’s most prominent voice teachers and has educated singers for more than 40 years. She has been teaching at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory as associate professor in voice and vocal techniques, and at the Opera Academy at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen. During the last 25 years Eken has taught several Scandinavian and international singers, among them Randi Stene, Mari Eriksmoen, Magnus Staveland, Johannes Weisser and Lise Davidsen.

Mezzo-soprano Randi Stene is one of Scandinavia’s leading opera and concert soloists, and appears on the most important European stages. Since 1989 she has been engaged at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. She has a large repertoire, covering both the classical mezzo roles and many new or rarely performed works. She is Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music. From August 2020, Stene is the new Opera Director of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. Stene is artistic leader of the Summer Academy Voksenåsen Voice.

Specialist in ear, nose, and throat diseases.

Employed for several years as a senior medical consultant at the Head and Neck Surgical Department, Rigshospitalet Denmark. Since 2011, engaged in private medical practice as a specialist.

External lecturer at the University of Copenhagen (voice and speech disorders). Part-time instructor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Chief medical consultant for drama and opera at the Royal Danish Theatre. Medical consultant for the Danish National School of Performing Arts. Medical consultant at the private hospital Aleris-Hamlet. Instructor at vocal courses both nationally and internationally.

Åshild Kyvik Bauge is an experienced vocal pedagogue with a teaching degree from Bergen Teachers College. She is also a vocal coach certified by the Norwegian Association of Music Teachers. She later completed her performance degree and diploma examination in singing at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Since 1996 and up to the present day, she has been a vocal teacher at Rud High School in Bærum. For 15 years, she was affiliated with the Norwegian Academy of Music as a part-time teacher and lecturer until she was employed as an associate professor in vocal pedagogy at Barratt Due Institute of Music in 2005.

In addition to her teaching practice, Åshild has an extensive concert career as a mezzo-soprano. In 2014, she co-authored the book “Sangteknikk i barne- og ungdomskoret” (Singing Technique in Children and Youth Choirs) with Randi Clausen Aarflot. Currently, she is working on a textbook on vocal pedagogy for Gyldendal publishing house in collaboration with Kristin Kjølberg, an associate professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music.