LOVLID, UNNI

The Norwegian Unni Løvlid from Hornindal is one of her country’s most versatile singers. Unafraid to try something new and with an interest in the combinaton of the traditional and the innovative, in 2006 she was voted folk musician of the year in Norway. She trained at the Norwegian Academy of Music, since when she has been busy with several recordings, countless concerts and teaching. Together with her educational music training, she has drawn a great deal of inspiration and knowledge from her mother Oline Løvlid and the area where she grew up around Hornindal. She was born directly into the Norwegian music tradition and her deep roots here make her extremely successful and credible as an innovator. She has also taught at Ole Bull Akademiet and the Norwegian Academy of Music. She not only performs as a soloist but is also involved in several folk-music collaborations. She is a member of the groups Fjøgl and Rusk, and has recorded two albums with the latter. She has released a handful of recordings under her own name including So ro liten tull (1999) through her own company Løvlyd, and Vita (2005, Heilo), which was recorded in the Emanuel Vigeland mausoleum in Oslo.

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