Arve Moen Bergset
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Arve Moen Bergset is a folk music performer from Norway
. He was born in the Telemark
region of that country in 1972. He released two albums of folk and traditional religious music as a boy singer in 1986 (Litle Fuglen, cassette) and 1987 (Arvesølv, CD). Thanks to Arvesølv, he won the Norwegian Grammy award in the category of traditional music.
Bergset is a member of Bukkene Bruse
, a Norwegian folk music group, for whom he sings and plays the violin. Parallel to his folk music career, he is a classical musician, and is employed as a first violinist in the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
.
Bergset played the solo part in the recording of the two Hardanger Fiddle Concertos by Geirr Tveitt with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in September 1999, under the direction of Ole Kristian Ruud.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. He was born in the Telemark
Telemark
is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...
region of that country in 1972. He released two albums of folk and traditional religious music as a boy singer in 1986 (Litle Fuglen, cassette) and 1987 (Arvesølv, CD). Thanks to Arvesølv, he won the Norwegian Grammy award in the category of traditional music.
Bergset is a member of Bukkene Bruse
Bukkene Bruse
Bukkene Bruse is a Norwegian musical group, focusing on a varied repertoire of traditional and folk-style Norwegian songs, but also including many new compositions based on various Norwegian musical traditions...
, a Norwegian folk music group, for whom he sings and plays the violin. Parallel to his folk music career, he is a classical musician, and is employed as a first violinist in the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
The Oslo-Filharmonien is a symphony orchestra based in Oslo, Norway. The orchestra was founded in 1919, and has since 1977 had its home in the Oslo Concert Hall. The orchestra consists of 69 musicians in the string section, 16 in the woodwinds, 15 in brass, 5 in percussionists, 1 harpist, and 1...
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Bergset played the solo part in the recording of the two Hardanger Fiddle Concertos by Geirr Tveitt with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in September 1999, under the direction of Ole Kristian Ruud.