Torbjørg Aas Gravalid was born in Kviteseid in 1916, and was taught on the hardanger fiddle by the likes of Gunnleik Høyset, Halvor Høyset and Torkjell Haugerud. In the 1930s, the toured the country along with Signe Flatin, another prominent hardanger fiddle player. She was one of few females in the elite class of hardanger fiddle players in her day.