Anine Susanne Kruse Skatrud (born 1 November 1977) 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 Kruse, and married to trombonist and bandleader Even Skatrud Andersen.
Career Born in Oslo, Kruse studied music at Foss videregående skole before she attended the Norwegian Academy of Music. Here she got her diploma as choral conductor and singer, and after ten years of studies and as lecturer at the Academy, she soon (2014) get her master's degree in Conducting.
Together with her sister Benedikte Kruse, Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Ane Carmen Roggen and Ida Roggen, Kruse comprices the vocal group Pitsj.
In 2011 she performed the collaborative concert Pitsj & Gumbo in Oslo Concert Hall, where "A capella møter en hot New Orleans-rett". She has also sung within Det Norske Solistkor, World Youth Choir and World Chamber Choir, and in addition conducts the choir Bærum Vocal Ensemble.
Discography 1992: Wenches Jul (CNR) with Wenche Myhre 1996: Gagarin – En Romfartsopera (Hemera) with Håkon Berge 2006: Pitsj (Grappa) with Pitsj 2006: Mylder (Richie Rich's Salsa House, with Jan-Tore Saltnes 2009: Gjenfortellinger (Grappa) with Pitsj 2009: Edvard Grieg in Jazz Mood (Universal, 2009) with Pitsj & Kjell Karlsen ("I Dovregubbens hall") 2009: Med Andre Ord (DnC) with Jannike Kruse 2014: Snow Is Falling (Grappa)
References
External links Jeg reiser alene/Ole Paus – Anine Kruse Skatrud on YouTube