Unni Løvlid

Unni Løvlid (born 23 March 1976) is a Norwegian musician. She was raised in Hornindal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, where she was taught to play piano, fiddle, and Hardanger fiddle. Her interest in folk music was initiated by her mother, Oline Ragnhild Løvlid who taught her about the traditional music of Nordfjord.

Career After studying music at Firda gymnas, Unni went to the Toneheim folkehøyskole at Hamar. She continued her musical studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 2007, she won the Gammleng-prisen in the folk music class.

Together with Sigrid Moldestad and Liv Merete Kroken, she started the stage and cabaret trio Fjøgl. They set up three performances in 2001–2004, among them they were of one of the draws at The international folklore festival in Forde 2001.

Discography

Solo albums Unni Løvlid Ensemble 1999: So ro liten tull (Personal Label) 2005: Vita (Heilo) 2008: Rite (Grappa) 2013: Lux (Heilo)

Collaborations 2009: Seven Winds (Heilo), with Becaye Aw & Rolf-Erik Nystrøm

Compilations 2009: Når Eg Står Her På Dei Høge Nutar, with various artists 2012: Nordic Woman (Heilo), with various artists

Unni Løvlid also appears on 1997: Ingunn Linge Valdal og Knut Ivar Bøe: Ferdafolk 2000: Hornindalstausene: Frie former 2001: Norsk folkemusikk og folkedans 2002: Rusk 2002: Listen – The Art of Arne Nordheim 2005: Bridges: Live in China 2006: Rusk II 2006: Gjenklang 2006: Draumkvedet (Arne Nordheim) 2011: Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia