Ingfrid Breie Nyhus

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Her work intertwines elements from folk, contemporary and classical traditions. She grew up in a folk music family, with the pols tradition from her father Sven Nyhus, and she studied classical piano in Norway, Finland and Germany. In her music Slåttepiano, she recreates the sounds and forms of Norwegian instrumental music traditions in a pianistic improvisatory world, a project that has received international acclaim. She regularly performs at international venues and festivals within folk, classical, contemporary, jazz and improvised music. 

• Ingfrid Breie Nyhus: piano 

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