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Erlend Apneseth
Erlend Apneseth
	Apneseth at the 2018 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Background information
Born	11 August 1990 (age 34); Jølster, Sunnfjord
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz, impro
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Hardanger fiddle (Hardingfele)
Website	erlendapneseth.com

Erlend Apneseth (born 11 August 1990) is a hardingfele player from Jølster in Sogn og Fjordane.^[1]

Biography

Apneseth is known for his critically acclaimed albums on HUBRO / Grappa, with his trio featuring drummer Øyvind Hegg-Lunde (drums, percussion) and Stephan Meidell (guitar, electronics), as well as his own solo-projects. He has written music for cinema, theatre, dance performances, poetry, and musical ensembles and orchestras in different genres. As a soloist he has appeared with Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester and The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra among others. He has received several awards, such as Gammleng-prisen, Øyvind Berghs Minnepris and the Folkelarm-award. Erlend Apneseth Trio's album «Salika, Molika», featurering accordionist Frode Haltli, received both the NOPA prize and Spellemannprisen, and was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize 2020.

Honors

2012: Grappa Music debutant award
2013: Fureprisen (2013)
2014: Øivind Bergh memorial award
2014: Music Scholarship from Sparebanken Vest
2014: Ingerid, Synnøve and Elias Fegerstens foundation for the Norwegian composers and performing musicians
2016: Folkelarm-award for Det Andre Rommet
2016: Nominated for Spellemannprisen Det Andre Rommet
2017: Nominated for Spellemannprisen Nattsongar
2017: Nominated for Spellemannprisen Åra
2018: Gammleng-prisen
2018: NOPA-award 2018 Salika, Molika
2019: Nominated for Folkelarm-award 2019 for Salika, Molika (with Frode Haltli)
2019: Spellemannprisen 2019 for Salika, Molika
2019 Forsberg & Aulies legat 2019
2019 Nominated for Nordic Music Prize 2019 Salika, Molika
2020 Folkelarm-award 2020 Fragmentaritum