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.

Career

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

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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 Tore Bruvoll (born 30 October 1978 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian musician (guitar and multi-instrumentalist), composer and music arranger. Career Bruvoll was educated at Telemark University College (1997–1999), and is best known from the group ...

, with whom she has collaborated since. Later she joined Bruvoll at the

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

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(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 Hekla Stålstrenga (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

. 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

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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

: *2008: '' Hekla Stålstrenga'' (Ta:lik), nominated for the

2008 ;With Helge Sunde, Anders Eriksson,

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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 wa ...

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and

Lars Andreas Haug Lars Andreas Haug (born 12 April 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tuba), known from a variety of jazz groups and recordings. Career Haug was born in Frogner, Akershus. He obtained his Examen artium from the Music program at Rud High School ...

: *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

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: *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 Eids ...

), featuring

Håvard Lund Håvard Lund (born 20 October 1970 in Gildeskål, Norway), is a Norwegian jazz musician ( clarinet and saxophone) and composer, known from a series of recordings and collaborations with musicians like Anja Garbarek, Vigleik Storaas, Steinar Rak ...

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

Finn Kalvik Finn Bjørn Kalvik (born 30 April 1947) is a Norwegian singer and composer. Early career He was born in Fåvang, but his family moved to the working class district of Grorud, Oslo in 1952. Early in his career Kalvik found success putting music ...

;With

Brynjar Rasmussen Brynjar Rasmussen (born 30 June 1977 in Nordfjordeid, Sogn og Fjordane) is a Norwegian jazz musician (clarinet), brother of accordion player, photographer, social commentator, and botanist Sigve Brochmann Rasmussen (b. 1972), known from perfor ...

: *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