Grete Pedersen

Grete Pedersen is a Norwegian choral conductor and former footballer.

Career in music

She is on the staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music. She is noted for her work with Det Norske Solistkor which she has conducted since 1990. She often features Scandinavian repertoire, but her recordings include a critically acclaimed version of the Bach motets.
She has also worked as a guest conductor abroad, for example with the BBC Singers, and is the artistic director and principal conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival.
In 2025, after 35 years, Pedersen ends her position as artistic director at Det Norske Solistkor. From early 2026, she will instead serve as professor at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University and principal conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum.

Awards

She is a recipient of the Norwegian Music Critics Award.
Her recording of the Bach motets on BIS received a Diapason d'Or in 2018.