Erlend Apneseth (born 11 August 1990) is a

hardingfele 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 f ...

player from

Jølster Jølster is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the village of Skei. Other villages in the municipality included Helgheim, Ålhus, ...

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...

Biography

Erlend Apneseth Trio at the 2016 Nattjazz

Apneseth is known for his critically acclaimed albums on HUBRO / Grappa, with his trio featuring drummer Øyvind Hegg-Lunde (drums, percussion) and Stephan Meidell (guitar, electronics), as well as his own solo-projects. He has written music for cinema, theatre, dance performances, poetry, and musical ensembles and orchestras in different genres. As a soloist he has appeared with Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester and The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra among others. He has received several awards, such as Gammleng-prisen, Øyvind Berghs Minnepris and the Folkelarm-award. Erlend Apneseth Trio`s album «Salika, Molika», featurering accordionist Frode Haltli, received both the NOPA prize and Spellemannprisen, and was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize 2020.

Honors

* 2012:

Grappa Music Grappa Musikkforlag (established 1983 in Norway) is a Norwegian music company initiated and directed by Helge Westbye. It is one of the oldest and biggest independent record companies in Norway today. The company represents prominent Norwegian a ...

debutant award * 2013: Fureprisen (2013) * 2014:

Øivind Bergh Øivind Bergh (3 December 190925 January 1987) was a Norwegian violinist and orchestral leader. Biography Øivind Ingvard Bergh was born in Hamar, Norway. His parents were Even Johannesen Bergh (1873–1958) and Karen Hanssen (1881–1940). He ...

memorial award * 2014: Music Scholarship from Sparebanken Vest * 2014: Ingerid, Synnøve and Elias Fegerstens foundation for the Norwegian composers and performing musicians * 2016: Folkelarm-award for Det Andre Rommet * 2016: Nominated for Spellemannprisen Det Andre Rommet * 2017: Nominated for Spellemannprisen Nattsongar * 2017: Nominated for Spellemannprisen Åra * 2018: Gammleng-prisen * 2018: NOPA-award 2018 Salika, Molika * 2019: Nominated for Folkelarm-award 2019 for Salika, Molika (with Frode Haltli) * 2019: Spellemannprisen 2019 for Salika, Molika * 2019 Forsberg & Aulies legat 2019 * 2019 Nominated for Nordic Music Prize 2019 Salika, Molika * 2020 Folkelarm-award 2020 Fragmentaritum

Discography

Solo albums

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: ''Blikkspor'' ( Grappa) *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

: ''Det Andre Rommet'' ( Hubro), with Erlend Apneseth Trio *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: ''Nattsongar'' (Hubro) * 2017: ''Åra'' (Hubro), with Erlend Apneseth Trio * 2019: ''Salika, Molika'' (Hubro), with Erlend Apneseth Trio and Frode Haltli * 2019: ''Fragmentarium'' (Hubro), Erland Apneseth with an Ensemble * 2021: Lokk (Hubro) Erlend Apneseth Trio

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Apneseth, Erlend Norwegian fiddlers Norwegian musicians Grappa Music artists Hubro Music artists People from Jølster Musicians from Kristiansand 1990 births Living people 21st-century violinists