Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (born 26 September 1978) is a Norwegian

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, the daughter of fiddler

Sven Nyhus Sven Nyhus (May 21, 1932 – May 20, 2023) was a Norwegian folk musician, fiddler, composer and musicologist. He was born in Røros; the son of construction worker and fiddler Peder Nyhus, and the father of Harding fiddler Åshild Breie Nyhus and ...

and the younger sister of fiddler Åshild Breie Nyhus.

Career

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus plays and creates folk, contemporary and classical music on the piano. She has studied piano at

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Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...

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and

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. In 1999 she won the Ungdommens Pianomesterskap (The Norwegian Youth piano championship] and also received the award for her interpretation of

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 ...

. In 2005 she was the first recipient of Den norske solistpris (The Norwegian Soloist Award) when it was awarded for the first time during the

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. She has performed at concert series and festivals in Norway and Europe within folk, classical, jazz and contemporary genres. Together with her father and sister she released the album ''Tre Nyhus'' (2005). In 2007 she released the album ''Edvard Grieg: Slåtter Opus 72'', together with her sister, performed with piano and

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 fo ...

. The album was nominated for 2007

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in the category Classical music. In 2015, she released the album "Slåttepiano", and in 2021 "Slåttepiano II".

Honors

*2005: Den norske solistpris (The Norwegian Soloist Award)

Discography

Solo albums

*2015: ''Abstraction in Folk Art'' (LabLabel) *2015: ''Stille-stykkje'' (LabLabel) *2015: ''Slåttepiano'' (LabLabel) *2021: ''Slåttepiano II'' (LabLabel)

Collaborations

;With

and Åshild Breie Nyhus *2005: ''Tre Nyhus'' ( Heilo) ;With Åshild Breie Nyhus *2007: ''Edvard Grieg: Slåtter Opus 72'' ( Simax) *2016: ''Hardanger Fiddle in Art Music'' (Simax) With Eir Inderhaug composed by

Bjørn Kruse Bjørn Howard Kruse (born 14 August 1946) is a Norwegian painter and composer. He is also professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Personal life Kruse is the son of Colonel Erling O. Kruse (born 1922, died 2016) and E ...

*2016: Portrait With Hidden Face (LabLabel)

Contributions

*2018: ''Donaueschinger Musiktage 2018'' composed by Agata Zubel *2017: ''Life Music'' composed by Helge Iberg *2008: ''But a Machine'' composed by Knut Olaf Sunde

References

External links

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Åshild & Ingfrid Breie Nyhus - Myllargutens bruremarsj (live, 2006)
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyhus, Ingfrid Breie Norwegian classical pianists Heilo Music artists Simax Classics artists Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Musicians from Oslo Women classical pianists 1978 births Living people 21st-century classical pianists