Anne Hytta is among the foremost
performers of the Hardanger violin in Norway. In 2006
she was awarded the Norwegian Folk Music Award for
Best Solo Album for her CD “dag, kveld, natt” / “day,
evening, night”, a collection of tunes from Telemark.
As well as performing traditional repertoire in solo
and group performances she writes and performs new
music with her trio Slagr. They have just released
their new CD “Solaris” to great acclaim and their
music has been described as “contemporary world music
from the north”. She has collaborated with musicians
from all over the world in international traditional
music projects and in the last year alone she has
worked with musicians from Romania, Zanzibar and Iran.
Her interest in Middle Eastern music led to a
scholarship to study with Ross Daly in Crete. Anne
also plays the medieval vielle with several early
music groups. She is currently studying composition
part-time at the Academy of Music in Oslo and she
regularly visits the UK and the US to teach hardanger
violin. Anne received a Norwegian Government Grant for
Young Artists in 2006 and 2007.