Ensemble C4
Biographie Ensemble C4
Daniel Sæther
studied at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2005-2010) and the Royal Academy in Den Haag (2010-2011). He has performed as a countertenor in Norway and abroad since 2011, including concerts in Sweden, Italy, Spain, England, Vietnam and Brazil, with a wide-ranging repertoire from early music to contemporary.
In Norway he often appears as soloist and ensemble singer, both in concert settings and opera. In the autumn of 2019 Sæther had a singing engagement at the National Theatre in its production of Forelska i Shakespeare based on the film Shakespeare in Love and received glowing reviews in the Norwegian press for his contribution. From 2018-2020 he was awarded the government grant Statens Arbeidsstipend to work with contemporary music for countertenor on baroque instruments and document this in concerts and recordings.
Sæther is a founding member of Ensemble Freithoff and Ensemble C4, both of which perform chamber music in Norway with a focus on Renaissance and Baroque music. In 2020, Sæther released the album Unexpected Songs (LWC1204) for which he was nominated as Singer of the Year at the German Opus Klassik awards in 2021. His second solo album in 2022, Vintersong (LWC1236), achieved nominations in four categories.
Ensemble C4
is a Norwegian baroque ensem ble founded by the three musicians Caroline Eidsten Dahl (recorder), Daniel Sæther (coun ter-tenor) and Ingrid Økland (baroque violin). The repertoire includes both early music and new music, and the ensemble has developed several regular concert productions with which they have toured in the last years.
In recent years, the ensemble has increasingly received commissions and collaborated with major players in the Norwegian music scene. The ensemble has received funding from Arts Council Norway since 2015. They had their international concert debut in August 2024, with a tour to the Venice and Trentino regions in Italy. Since 2020, the ensemble has col laborated with the Norwegian composer Knut Vaage, and has premiered several of his works for countertenor and baroque ensemble.
Ensemble C4, with its extensive concert ex perience and skilful interplay between the musicians, has developed a playful and virtu oso style. In January 2024, the ensemble’s first CD, G. F. Händel’s Neun Deutsche Arien, was released on LAWO Classics. A Love for Telemann is the ensemble’s second CD release.
