Unni Løvlid
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Born | Hornindal, Nordfjord | 23 March 1976
Origin | Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
Genres | Folk, traditional music |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Piano, fiddle |
Years active | 1997 – present |
Labels | Heilo |
Website | www |
Unni Løvlid (born 23 March 1976) is a Norwegian musician.[1] She was raised in Hornindal, Sogn og Fjordane, where she was taught to play piano, fiddle, and Hardanger fiddle. Her interest in folk music was initiated by her mother, Oline Ragnhild Løvlid who taught her about the traditional music of Nordfjord.
Career
After studying music at Firda gymnas, Unni went to the Toneheim folkehøyskole at Hamar. She continued her musical studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 2007, she won the Gammleng-prisen in the folk music class.
Together with Sigrid Moldestad and Liv Merete Kroken, she started the stage and cabaret trio Fjøgl. They set up three performances in 2001–2004, among them they were of one of the draws at The international folklore festival in Forde 2001.[2]
Discography
Solo albums
- Unni Løvlid Ensemble
Collaborations
- 2009: Seven Winds (Heilo), with Becaye Aw & Rolf-Erik Nystrøm
Compilations
- 2009: Når Eg Står Her På Dei Høge Nutar, with various artists
- 2012: Nordic Woman (Heilo), with various artists
Unni Løvlid also appears on
- 1997: Ingunn Linge Valdal og Knut Ivar Bøe: Ferdafolk
- 2000: Hornindalstausene: Frie former
- 2001: Norsk folkemusikk og folkedans
- 2002: Rusk
- 2002: Listen – The Art of Arne Nordheim
- 2005: Bridges: Live in China
- 2006: Rusk II
- 2006: Gjenklang
- 2006: Draumkvedet (Arne Nordheim)
- 2011: Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia
References
- ^ "Unni Løvlid Biography in Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesleksikon" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Nakne damer med harding" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 7 May 2001. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
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- Norwegian folk musicians
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- 1976 births
- People from Hornindal
- Living people
- Heilo Music artists
- 21st-century Norwegian folk musicians