Biography

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Every once in a while a beautiful voice comes along. Such a voice belongs to Cecilia, who is renowned for her unique and crystal clear sound. She has released 7 albums, 2 by Universal Music Norway, been singing worldwide, sales of 300,000 copies. Currently promoting her new album “Amazing Grace”. Cecilia started her career in 1994 singing for 5,000 people in Sydney, Australia. Her first album “Voice of the Feminine Spirit” went gold there, selling more than 50,000 copies. The album includes her famous rendition of “Amazing Grace”. On her first Australian tour she was singing for 30,000 people in the 5 biggest cities. The world-renowned spiritual author Stuart Wilde was the first one to recognize the special quality of Cecilia's voice when he heard her sing "Amazing Grace" at one of his seminars. He offered to help her, and made it possible to record "Voice of the Feminine Spirit" and to go on tour with himself and several other spiritual authors such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson and Dr. Deepak Chopra. On Cecilia's two first albums, Stuart Wilde was also the lyricist and the executive producer.

Cecilia grew up in Harstad, a small town north of the Arctic Circle in Norway. She has had an interest for music all her life. As an 11-year-old she saw the opera "Aida" on TV, and wanted to become an opera singer. Cecilia has 6 years of classical training from conservatories in Norway, Denmark and Germany. Received 1.0 as final marks at the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, Norway, which was looked at as impossible to get. Cecilia’s unique voice reaches 3 octaves, and she has been singing everything from classical to

pop. Instead of continuing the classical path Cecilia started to practice with a singing teacher in New York, Oren Brown, who was renowned for finding a singer’s natural voice. The music on Cecilia's second album “Voice of Violet 19”, released in most continents in 1997, was a collaboration between producer and composer David Lord and lyricist Stuart Wilde. David Lord is best known for his work with Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, and Jean Michel Jarre.

Based on these two albums, this very talented Nordic singer found the interest of PolyGram’s staff in Norway. Cecilia signed a recording deal with PolyGram/ Universal Music Norway in 1997. Universal Music released her third album “Inner Harmony” in 1999 (Mercury), and re-released her second album, included a new track “When You Wish Upon A Star” for the Japanese market.

Cecilia has performed in many countries, as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, England, Germany, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the USA including Hawaii. The summer of 1999 Cecilia moved to Los Angeles. She signed an agreement with Northern Light Music to develop her music. During this work, she performed in the USA, including Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the largest ballroom in the USA, the Roseland Ballroom in New York, where she opened an event for breast cancer in memory of Linda

"Cecilia’s voice joyfully bursts forth with effortless spontaneity

from the depth of her soul" Dr. DEEPAK CHOPRA

Biography

Manager: Arne Slattsveen w w w . C e c i l i a s i n g s . c o m Phone: +1 818 712 6948 22245 Miranda St Mobile: +1 310 292 4104 Woodland Hills Email: arne@ceciliasings.com CA 91367, USA

McCartney. Cecilia was singing at the Miami Arena for 8,000 people, with Al Di Meola on guitar, and she entered the new millennium by performing at the Deepak Chopra’s Millennium event where His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a speech. In 2001 Northern Light Music released her Christmas album “Let There Be Peace On Earth”. In February 2002 came the single “My Beloved”, which was co-written by Cecilia. Cecilia was singing at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City; including a concert for Nu Skin at the World of Ice, singing for the Norwegian National Television (NRK), the King of Norway, and also for the Crown prince and princess. NRK made a music video of “My Beloved” at the top of the Olympic mountains.

In April 2002 Cecilia moved from Los Angeles to New York, and continued to work on her style and new songs with producer Art Labriola. In March 2003 a "Best of Cecilia" album was released in Europe by Protasis, Greece. Cecilia has never been in Greece, but through radio play she became so popular that they requested a best of album.

Cecilia's music has been used in TV series, documentaries, and videos in America and Asia, and on compilation albums worldwide. In Asia she was on the compilation album “Voices: 18 of the Most Beautiful Voices in the World” released by Universal Music Korea in 2004, also including stars as Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Jose Carreras, Sarah Brightman, and Kiri Te Kanawa. In 2005 Cecilia moved back to New York starting on a new album, and working with her singing teacher, Dr. William Riley, who is also the singing teacher and mentor for Celine Dion, and several other stars. Cecilia worked with producer Art Labriola to arrange and produce new songs in a modern classical crossover style. The album “The Healing Voice” was released in 2006.

Dr. Wayne Dyer was the one who took initiative to Cecilia next album “Amazing Grace”, released in 2007. She was a guest at his seminar in San Francisco, and he asked her to come on stage where he had her perform “Amazing Grace” a cappella. The response was overwhelming, and Dr. Dyer asked Cecilia: “Would you mind recording 10 of what I think are the most spiritual and beautiful songs that I have ever heard?” He contacted Hay House, who loved the idea, and wanted to distribute the CD in all English speaking countries.