Biography
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Born
23 November 1946
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Born In
Telemark, Norway
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Died
12 November 2024 (aged 77)
Agnes Buen Garnås (born 23 November 1946) is a Norwegian folk singer from the county of Telemark. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of Jondalen, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek on the ECM album Rosensfole.
From 1975 to 1977, she studied at the Telemark University College.
Her brother, with whom she has recorded, is the traditional musician Knut Buen.
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