Sigrid Moldestad

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Sigrid Moldestad
Birth name Sigrid Terese Moldestad
Born (1972-07-19) July 19, 1972
Breim, Gloppen, Sogn og Fjordane
Origin  Norway
Genres Folk, traditional music
Occupations Singer, songwriter, musician
Instruments Vocals, fiddle
Years active 1998  present
Labels Heilo
Associated acts Spindel, Gamalnymalt, Christine Guldbrandsen
Website Official website

Sigrid Terese Moldestad (born in Breim, Gloppen, Norway on July 19, 1972) is a Norwegian folk singer, musician and instrumentalist who plays the fiddle. She performs solo or with Sigrid Moldestad & Band[1] She was also part of the duo Spindel and the trio Gamalnymalt.[2]

Career

She is a graduate of the Firda High School and Ole Bull-akademiet. She worked at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in the late 1990s in its regional Sogn og Fjordane offices and for NRK P3 from 1993-1999. She became a full-time freelance musician in 2000, and received a government scholarship grant in 2001-2002.

She became part of the duo Spindel alongside Liv Merete Kroken and accompanying band made up of Ivar Kolve, Olav Tveitane and Dagfinn Andersen. Both Moldestad and Kroken accompanied Christine Guldbrandsen as back up fiddler musicians[3] in 2006 Norwegian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest with the folk song "Alvedansen".[4] Norway came 14th overall.

Sigrid Moldestad was also part of Gamaltnymalt alongside Håkon Høgemo and Einar Mjølsnes. The three won the "Spellemannprisen 2005" (equivalent of the Norwegian Grammies) for their self-titled album Gamaltnymalt

Sigrid Moldestad was also soloist in performances with the Breimskoret (the Breim choir) and has taken the role of Édith Piaf on stage.

Spindel have released two albums, the self-titled Spindel in 2001 and Aminje in 2005.

She released her debut solo album Taus in 2008. It was produced by Morgen Skage and by Sigrid Moldestad herself and included musicians Jørgen Sandvik, Anders Hall, Sigbjørn Apeland and Anders Bitustøy. Taus, meaning silence is about was about restoring the memory of forgotten, marginalised female fiddlers. She followed that up with Sandkorn mostly of her own compositions plus a cover of covers, arranged with elements of folk and rock music.

Awards

  • In 2005, she was co-winner with Håkon Høgemo and Einar Mjølsnes of Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian Grammy Award) in the Folk category for their debut album Gamaltnymalt.
  • In 2007, she won Spellemannprisen again in the Folk category for the song "Taus" (meaning silence).
  • In 2008, the Gloppen municipality gave her its cultural prize
  • In 2010, she was awarded Folkelarmprisen, the Norwegian Folk Music Award, for "best folk singer of the year"[5]
  • The same year, she won the Fylkeskulturprisen award.[6]
  • In 2012, the Vossajazzprisen

Discography

Albums

as Spindel
  • 2001: Spindel (Heilo)
  • 2005: Aminje (Heilo)
as Gamalnymalt
  • 2005: Gamalnymalt
Solo
Year Title Peak
position
Certification
NOR[7]
2008 Taus
2010 Sandkorn
2012 Himlen har sove bort mørkret 26

Also appears on

  • Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (3CD, Nascente 2011)

References

  1. "Sigrid Moldestad & Band" (in Norwegian). NorskCountryTreff.no. Retrieved 2012-12-09. 
  2. "Sigrid Moldestad & Band" (in Norwegian). Logen-Teater.no. Retrieved 2012-12-09. 
  3. "Spindel Biography" (in Norwegian). Folkogdans.Custompublish.com. Retrieved 2012-12-09. 
  4. "Eurovision Norway 2006". Toutube.com. Retrieved 2012-12-09. 
  5. NRK: Ukas P2-artist Sigrid Moldestad (in Norwegian)
  6. "SFJ.no: Fylkeskulturprisen til Sigrid Terese Moldestad" (in Norwegian). Toutube.com. Retrieved 2012-12-09. 
  7. "Sigrid Moldestad Discography". NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-12-09. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Mari Kvien Brunvoll
Recipient of the Vossajazzprisen
2012
Succeeded by
Tore Brunborg
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