Sissel's New Manager

"Sissel exchanges her manager Arne Svare, her partner through 17 years, with Secret Garden manager Barry Matheson and veteran producer Bjørn Nessjø now that she will gamble more on classical crossover music," --translated from today's VG (Verden's Gang).

"To take over the responsibility for the career of such a great artist as Sissel Kyrkjebø is a big challenge which we readily take up," said Barry Matheson to VG, who has been partly responsible for making Secret Garden a huge star in the classical crossover genre.

Bergens Tidende predicted last week that Nessjø would take over management (with possibly Matheson as well).

Sissel's New Album Cover

This is the new album cover design for Sissel's upcoming "De beste 1986-2006" album. The release date of the album has been postponed a week. It will now be released on 20. November.

De beste...

According to an article in today's VG (Verdens Gang), Sissel's new album will be titled "De beste 1986-2006" (The Best 1986-2006), a greatest hits album to celebrate 20 years since her first album was released.

Sissel Ends 17-Year Business Partnership

Sissel has decided to leave her manager of 17 years, Arne Svare, over disagreements this summer while recording her next album. She wanted to go in a different musical direction than he thought she should.

It is reported Sissel will continue to record folk/classical music for the foreseeable future.

Sissel will also be releasing a compilation album of her best songs on Nov. 13th.