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Jullie Hjetland is a Danish musician and composer who records in folk, jazz and

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genres. She was a recipient of the in 2009 and 2014.

Life and career

Hjetland completed her bachelor's degree in folk music at the

Carl Nielsen Academy of Music Syddansk Musikkonservatorium - Danish National Academy of Music, as it is now known, is located in Esbjerg, Denmark, opposite St Nikolaj Church. Founded in 1946 as a local private initiative, it was first known as ''Vestjysk Musikkonservatorium ...

in Odense. She was awarded a master's degree in folk music from the Ole Bull Academy in Voss, Norway (part of the University of Bergen). Born to a Danish mother and a Norwegian father, Hjetland records in eight Nordic languages. She is the frontwoman of the Danish folk band Basco, also performing folk-influenced electronic music as part of her project Lukkif. ''

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'' magazine describes Hjetland a "shining light of the Danish Nordic roots scene" and praises her "huge vocal range". Hjetland has also collaborated with the Danish musician and composer to form a duo combining elements of folk, dream-pop and ambient music. In 2009, Hjetland was named Vocalist of the Year at the . She was named Musician / Singer of the Year in 2014."Danish Music Awards Folk 2014 blev uddelt lørdag aften"
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*, via official YouTube channel *, in Danish and English {{DEFAULTSORT:Hjetland, Jullie Living people Danish folk singers Danish electronic musicians 21st-century Danish singers 21st-century Danish musicians Danish women musicians Danish women composers 21st-century Danish composers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century women composers