Arve Moen Bergset (born 13 March 1972) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer,

hardanger fiddle A Hardanger fiddle ( no, hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than ...

r, and classical

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist. He is known both for his solo works as well as for his works with

Bukkene Bruse Bukkene Bruse (established in 1988 in Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk music band, presenting a varied repertoire of traditional and folk-style Norwegian songs, but also including many new compositions based on various Norwegian musical tra ...

Life and career

He was born in

Sandnessjøen Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sandnessjøen was granted special trading privileges in the late 1600s and it received town status in 1999. Sandnessjøen is located on ...

Nordland County Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, No ...

in 1972. When he was five, he moved to

Vinje Vinje is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Åmot. General inform ...

, an area with rich folk music traditions.

Odd Nordstoga Odd Nordstoga (born 10 December 1972) is a folk singer, musician, actor and editor from Vinje in Telemark, Norway. In 2004, he went from relative obscurity to becoming the country's biggest selling recording artist, with the phenomenal success o ...

was among his childhood friends. At eight, he started taking song lessons with

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.Anne Sofie Stang et al
Arve Moen Bergset
NRK, 6 September 2007 He released two albums of folk and traditional religious music as a boy singer in 1986 (''Litle Fuglen'', cassette) and ''Arvesølv'' in 1987. For ''Arvesølv'', he won the

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

award in the category of traditional music. Bergset is a member of

, a Norwegian folk music group, for whom he sings and plays the violin. In 1994, Bergset was an Olympic musician at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

.Arve Moen Bergset
Oslofilharmonien.no, retrieved 30 March 2013 Parallel to his folk music career, he is a classical musician, educated at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the co ...

. He has played with the

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and is since 2003 employed as a violinist in the

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra The Oslo Philharmonic (Oslo-Filharmonien) is a Norwegian symphony orchestra based in Oslo, Norway. The orchestra traces its roots to the Philharmonic Society founded in 1847 and the Christiania Musical Association co-founded by Edvard Grieg in 187 ...

. Bergset played the solo part in the recording of the two Hardanger Fiddle Concertos by

Geirr Tveitt Geirr Tveitt (born Nils Tveit; 19 October 1908 – 1 February 1981) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Tveitt was a central figure of the national movement in Norwegian cultural life during the 1930s. Life Early years Tveitt was born in Be ...

with the

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra ( no, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, SSO) is a symphony orchestra based in Stavanger, Norway. The SSO principal venue is the Stavanger Concert Hall (Stavanger konserthus), performing in the Fartein Valen concert hall. ...

in September 1999, under the direction of

Ole Kristian Ruud Ole Kristian Ruud (born 2 October 1958) is a Norwegian conductor. Ruud was born in Lillestrøm. He studied clarinet with Richard Kjelstrup at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy and made his debut in Osl ...

. Arve Moen Bergset also performs with his wife, pianist Gudrun Skretting. Their daughter Margrete (Maggie) was a finalist in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix Junior 2008.Eyvind Sverre Menne
MGP jr. jubel for"Maggie"
Budstikka, 5 September 2008 The family lives in Billingstad, Akershus County.

Discography

Solo records

* ''Litle fuglen'' (1986,

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) * ''Arvesølv'' (1987) *''Religiøse folketonar'' (1997)

As soloist

* Johan Kvandal: ''Fantasia for hardingfele og orkester'' (1999 – soloist with hardanger fiddle)) with Kristiansand kammerorkester and conductor Jan Stigmer. *

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: ''Bassoon Concerto; Oboe Concerto; The Lesson'' (2000 – soloist as classical singer at the Lesson) with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tony Harrison *

: ''To konsertar for hardingfele og orkester'' (2002 – soloist with hardanger fiddle) with

and conductor

Johan Halvorsen Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conducting, conductor and violinist. Life Born in Drammen, he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical ...

s ''Fossegrimen, Greetings to Roosevelt'' (2002 – soloist with hardanger fiddle) with

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO; lv, Latvijas Nacionālais simfoniskais orķestris) is a Latvian orchestra based in Riga. Its primary performance venue is the Great Guild Hall in Riga. In addition to regular symphonic concert ...

With Bukkene Bruse

See

References

1972 births Norwegian fiddlers Norwegian folk singers Norwegian traditional musicians Norwegian classical violinists Male classical violinists Living people People from Vinje People from Alstahaug Spellemannprisen winners Norwegian folk musicians 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century Norwegian male singers {{Norway-singer-stub