"RITE" is released!
http://www.musiconline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp?id=33946
Musicians who contribute on "RITE":
Unni Løvlid, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Håkon Kornstad, Frode Haltli, Lene Grenager, Ragnhild Furebotten, Ingar Hunskaar, Helge Sten, Helge Nordbakken and Den Norske Operas Barnekor /The Norwegian National Opera Children’s Choir.
For more information contact anngunn@grappa.no
In 2005 I released "VITA"
VITA is released by Grappa Musikkforlag, and the recording was made by Helge Sten. VITA is based entirely on Unni Løvlid's voice, and her presence and intensity as a performer.
The recording was made in what has been called one of Oslo's best kept secrets: Emanuel Vigeland's Mausoleum at Slemdal. Vigeland erected the building himself in 1926 intending it to be a museum for his paintings and sculptures, but subsequently decided that it would make a suitable mausoleum. All the windows were bricked up, and Vigeland's ashes were placed in an urn above the door. The dark room is covered with frescoes forming a single huge painting entitled VITA, depicting dramatic scenes from human birth to death. In keeping with the Italian tradition Emanuel Vigeland called his building "Tomba Emmanuelle".
On the first sunday in May each year, I give one concert in this room.
For booking in Europe, please contact ELEN-music. Dimiter Panev, panev@gmx.net
http://www.elen-music.com/art089en.php
For booking in the US and Canada, please contact sandy@OnQueueArtists.com
We're now planning a "RITE"tour in the US 12. - 30. of September 2009.
For information about distribution in the different countries, please contact info@musikkoperatorene.no or info@grappa.no
In 2008 Unni toured Tanzania, China, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and Korea together with Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Becaye Aw. Together they've written music based on the texts written by the norwegian writer Olav H. Hauge. This project will be released as a CD in April 2009 at GRAPPA. For more information about this project contact unni@unni.no
Unni Løvlid is from Hornindal in the county of Sogn og Fjordane in west Norway. She has learned her music from many different sources in Hornindal, including Marta Seljeset Frøland. According to the classification system of the national folk music competition Unni belongs in the top category of folk musicians, something which provided her with a fundament for her masters degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Her wide-ranging musical activities include concerts and tours in Norway and abroad, and teaching engagements at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Ole Bull Academy. Unni has received a number of awards for her contributions to folk singing, and she became "traditional musician of the year 2006".
She released her first solo recording So ro liten tull in 1999 on her own label, Løvlyd; the recording was subsequently released in book form by Lyche Musikkforlag.
Unni participated on Listen – the Art of Arne Nordheim, Aurora 2002 and at Draumkvedet of Arne Nordheim 2006. She's contributed to a number of other recordings for FORTAL, RUSK, Honndalstausene, NRK, Radio France, and Karl Seglem, among others.
In addition to her career as a solo performer Unni is a member of the trio RUSK with Frode Haltli and Vegar Vårdal. Unni is continually involved in new productions and events. She is known for her collaboration on contemporary music projects as well as in folk music; in 2003 she performed in the premiere of Maja Ratkje's opera No Title Performance and Sparkling Water during the Ultima Festival. She's performed in a trio together with horn player and Fe-mail member Hild Sofie Tafjord, and chello player Lene Grenager (both members of SPUNK). In 2007 she performed "Pierrot lunare" by Arnold Schoenberg.
