Ragnhild Furebotten (born 10 March 1979 in

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) is a

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and composer, and former member of the traditional folk band

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and present member and founder of

Hekla Stålstrenga Hekla Stålstrenga is a Norwegian folk and folk rock band specializing in North Norwegian traditional music. It was formed in 2008 as a duo by fiddler Ragnhild Furebotten and guitarist Tore Bruvoll. They had their first recording as a duo, for wh ...

Career

Furebotten picked up the fiddle at the age of six, and started her formal musical studies when she attended the music program at

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, at the age of 16, earning her

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in 1998. This is where she first came into contact with guitarist Tore Bruvoll, with whom she has collaborated since. Later she joined Bruvoll at the

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(1998–2000). Furebotten received her diploma from 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 ...

(2000–2004), and during her studies she was an exchange student at the Fyn Conservatory of Music in

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and there she studied under the guidance of Danish fiddler

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, among others. Now residing in

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, she works as Regional Musician of Culture in Troms (2013), besides being a freelance musician. Furebotten is a mediator of the Northern Norwegian (traditional Norwegian fiddle music), a tradition she knows well, and interprets and expresses in a completely new and modern way. She is also a fiddler in the Northern Norwegian traditional folk music band

(established in 2005) who were (young artists) at the Festival of North Norway in 2006 as well as being awarded the

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award for young artists. The Norwegian folk music trio Fotefar was also established in 2005. In the summer of 2007 she made the commissioned work ''Fot'' for the festival Kalottspel, and was soloist for the project Arctic Subcircle in 2008. Furebotten has released a series of albums with different musical constellations. In the band Majorstuen she was awarded the

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in 2003 for the best traditional folk album of the year for the debut album ''Majorstuen''. She also participated on the albums ''Jorun Jogga'' (2004) and ''Juledrøm'' (2006) until she left the band. They became the first Norwegian folk music band to receive the official showcase at

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world music trade fair in 2007. The same year she released her debut solo album ''Endelig Vals'' as part of the Ragnhild Furebotten Trio, including

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and

Gjermund Larsen Gjermund Larsen (born 29 July 1981 in Verdal, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk musician (violin) and composer, known from several bands and recordings. Career Larsen is a trained musician from the Ole Bull Academy at Voss, and the tradi ...

. In 2008 she released the album ''Hekla stålstrenga'' together with Tore Bruvoll. Both albums were nominated for the

in the class traditional folk and traditional dance music. For the solo album ''Never on a Sunday'' (2011) Furebotten was awarded the 2011

in the class Traditional folk/traditional dance music, and in 2013 she appeared at the Oslo World Music Festival.

Honors

*2004:

in the class Traditional folk for the album ''Majorstuen'', as part of the band Majorstuen *2005: Intro-folk award in the band Majorstuen *2006:

award for young artists *2006: at the Music Festival of Northern Norway in the band Hekla stålstrenga *2011: Spellemannprisen in the class Traditional folk/traditional dance music for the album ''Never on a Sunday''

Discography

Solo albums

;As part of Ragnhild Furebotten Trio: *2007: ''Endelig vals'' (Ta:lik Records), as part of the Ragnhild Furebotten Trio including

and

;Duo with Tore Bruvoll: *2008: ''

'' (Ta:lik), nominated for the

2008 ;With

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, Anders Eriksson, Marius Haltli,

Frode Nymo Frode Nymo (born 27 November 1975), is a Norwegian jazz musician ( alto Saxophone), and older brother of the tenor sax. player Atle Nymo. Career Nymo was born in Egersund and brought up in Valnesfjord, near Fauske. Early in his career, he ...

, Torben Snekkestad and Lars Andreas Haug: *2011: ''Never on a Sunday'' (Ta:lik Records)

Collaborations

;As part of

including: *2002: ''Majorstuen'' (2L Records) *2004: ''Jorun Jogga'' *2006: ''Juledrøm'' ;As part of the trio Fotefar including Lena Jinnegren and Bendik Lund Haanshus: *2009: ''Fest'' (

Kirkelig Kulturverksted Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV) is a Norwegian company and record label, founded in 1974 by Erik Hillestad. Among the musicians who have issued records on the label are Ketil Bjørnstad, Kari Bremnes, Erik Bye, Ole Paus, Sigvart Dagsland, Bjørn Eidsv ...

), featuring Håvard Lund ;As part of

: *2011: ''Makramé'' (Ta:lik), nominated for the Spellemannprisen 2011 *2013: ''Dyrandé'' (Ta:lik) ;With others: *2002: ''Klassisk Kalvik'' (DaWorks), with

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;With Brynjar Rasmussen: *2011: ''Arctic Mood'' (Nordnorsk Jazzsenter, Finito Bacalao Records)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Furebotten, Ragnhild 1979 births Living people People from Saltdal People from Målselv Norwegian fiddlers Norwegian women violinists Spellemannprisen winners 21st-century Norwegian violinists