Sissel Kyrkjebø, also known as just Sissel, is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. She was born in Bergen, Norway, the gateway to the fjords on Norway’s western coast. It’s a place where she has always found her muse. Sissel’s music has already touched millions. A child star since the age of 11, she is now a national institution in Norway and has performed all across the globe, selling six million solo albums since her recording debut at the age of only 16 and is a featured vocalist on the biggest selling sound track recording in history, Titanic (30 million sold).

Sissel has enjoyed a rich and varied career spanning more than 20 years that has included singing the Olympic hymn at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, representing Norway at the Nobel Peace Prize Galla Concert, and performing at the first Christmas concert in Moscow with the great tenors Plácido Domingo and Jose Carreras. Sissel has performed for kings and queens, and performed duets with Charles Aznavour, Neil Sedaka, Warren G, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Josh Groban, Diana Krall, Russell Watson and The Chieftains.

She received her first U.S. Grammy nomination on Dec 6th, 2007 for her collaboration with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. “Spirit of the Season” was nominated for the Best Classical Crossover Album of the Year, as well as Best Engineered Classical Album. Billboard also selected the album as"2008 Year-End Top Classical Albums".

Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from Pop and Traditional Folk songs, to Classical vocals and Operatic Arias. She possesses a "crystalline" voice and impressively wide vocal range, sweeping down from mezzo-soprano notes, in Arias such as Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix from Saint-Saëns's Opera Samson et Dalila, to the F natural above the soprano C.

In 2009 Sissel will release a new album and will tour in Norway and Sweden.