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Also known as Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel

Danish singer, composer, and pianist

Person · Open Library

Born
1980
Works
2

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  • Agnes Obel
  • Aventine

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Sound · Copenhagen, Denmark

Agnes Obel is a Danish singer, songwriter, music composer and musician.

Known for

  • Agnes Obel en concert Collège des Bernardins, Paris — Self2016
  • Agnes Obel: iTunes Festival 2013 London — Singer2013
  • The Boy Who Walked Backwards1995
  • Morgenmagazin — Self1992

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Denmark
Active from
1980
alternativealternative singer/songwriteralternative/indie rockambient popart popclassical music

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
978,018
Total plays
28,040,779

Tags

folksinger-songwriterfemale vocalistsdanishindie

Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28th october 1980) is a Danish singer-songwriter. Her first album, Philharmonics, was released by PIAS Recordings on 4 October 2010 in Denmark, Norway, Germany and other European countries. Since February 2011, Philharmonics is certified gold. On September 30th 2013, she released her second album Aventine. Agnes Obel was born Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel in 1981. Living in Copenhagen, and coming from a musician family, Agnes Obel learned piano at a very young ag

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Key facts

Born
Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel , ( 1980-10-28 ) 28 October 1980 (age 45) , Copenhagen , Denmark
Origin
Berlin , Germany
Genres
Chamber pop neo-classical jazz
Occupations
Singer songwriter musician
Instruments
Vocals, piano
Years active
1990–present
Labels
PIAS Recordings Deutsche Grammophon Universal Classics
Spouse
Alex Brüel Flagstad
Website
agnesobel .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Caroline
Gender
female
Citizenship
Danish Realm
Place of birth
Copenhagen
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
music composing
Instrument
voice
Record label
Play It Again Sam
Official website
www.agnesobel.com
Image
Agnes-obel-1315691380.jpg
Residence
Berlin
Voice type
soprano
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Commons category
Agnes Obel
date of birth
1980-10-28
start of work period
2009-00-00
social media followers
441000
name in native language
Agnes Obel
influenced by
Claude Debussy
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Encyclopedic overview

Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28 October 1980) is a Danish singer, songwriter, and musician based in Berlin.

Her debut album, Philharmonics (2010), was released by PIAS Recordings and certified gold in June 2011 by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) after selling 10,000 units. At the Danish Music Awards in November 2011, Obel won five prizes, including Best Album and Best Debut Artist. Her second album, Aventine (2013), received positive reviews and charted in the top 40 of the charts in nine countries.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agnes Obel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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