BENEDICTE MAURSETH

\\ Norwegian folk musician, composer and writer //

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BENEDICTE MAURSETH

Benedicte Maurseth is a Norwegian folk musician, composer and writer. She started playing the Hardanger fiddle at eight years old with Knut Hamre, and has traditional music from Hardanger as her specialty. Maurseth has collaborated with many of the leading artists across genres, such as Jon Fosse, Svein Tindberg, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Knut Hamre, Berit Opheim and Nils Økland. She has toured as a soloist and in collaboration with others in Norway and internationally, and has made several CD recordings on Grappa and ECM. Maurseth has composed music for the stage version of Jon Fosse's Andvake at Det Norske Teatret in 2009 and for Morgon og kveld at Nationaltheatret in 2015. In 2014 Maurseth debuted also as author through Det Norske Samlaget with the book: Å vera ingenting – Samtalar med spelemannen Knut Hamre.