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date = "2017-12-28T11:35:00-05:00"
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short_bio = "Patrick Egersborg is a Norwegian singer and actor who has been studying and working as an opera singer for over a decade. He is also a member and leader of Operakollektivet, an independent opera company in Oslo with music and text written and composed by young creators for a younger audience.\n"
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Patrick Egersborg is a Norwegian singer and actor who has been studying and working as an opera singer for over a decade.

He has worked and studied in Berlin, London and Oslo and is now based in Copenhagen. He is also a member and leader of Operakollektivet, an independent opera company in Oslo with music and text written and composed by young creators for a younger audience. In 2016 they premiered their first opera, *Team Player*, about the generation that went from using a café as an office to actually working in a café. He is currently exploring other aspects of his creativity, resulting in the blog *Give Up Your Dream with Patrick Egersborg*. In the blog he writes about his own experiences with giving up his dream of becoming an international opera singer, and shares his  thoughts on how to redefine yourself as an artist or creative.
