Åshild Breie Nyhus

Åshild Breie Nyhus (b.1975) belongs to the fourth generation of a family of violinists and fiddle players from Røros, who also have roots in Hallingdal where the Hardanger fiddle originated. As a soloist on the Hardanger fiddle Åshild has performed with several orchestras in the Nordic countries, and her folk music performing has taken her all over Europe. She combines performing traditional music on the fiddle, Hardanger fiddle and nyckelharpe (a Swedish keyed fiddle) with a career as a classical…

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Åshild Breie Nyhus (b.1975) belongs to the fourth generation of a family of violinists and fiddle players from Røros, who also have roots in Hallingdal where the Hardanger fiddle originated. As a soloist on the Hardanger fiddle Åshild has performed with several orchestras in the Nordic countries, and her folk music performing has taken her all over Europe. She combines performing traditional music on the fiddle, Hardanger fiddle and nyckelharpe (a Swedish keyed fiddle) with a career as a classical violinist and violist in the Oslo Philharmonic and Norwegian Chamber orchestras.

2007