Arve Moen Bergset

Arve Moen Bergset, born on March 13, 1972, in Sandnessjøen, is a Norwegian songwriter, singer, violinist, and Hardanger fiddle player. He began formal instruction at eight with Sondre Bratland and released his first cassette Litle fuglen in 1986, followed by the award‑winning album Arvesølv in 1987, which earned him the Spellemannprisen in the folk music/old dance class. In 1994, he served as an Olympic musician at the Lillehammer Winter Games, and in 2002 he recorded the Two Concertos for Hardanger Fiddle and Orchestra by Geirr Tveitt with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ole Kristian Ruud. He joined the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra as a violinist in 2003 and also performed as a soloist and with the folk group Bukkene Bruse.