Ingfrid Breie Nyhus

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (born 26 September 1978 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist, the daughter of fiddler Svein Nyhus and the younger sister of fiddler Åshild Breie Nyhus.

Nyhus plays primarily classical music, but also exerts in music styles like contemporary music and folk music and also plays fortepiano (early piano). She has studied piano at Norwegian Academy of Music, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover. In 1999 she won the Ungdommens Pianomesterskap (The Norwegian Youth piano championship] and also received the award for her interpretation of Geirr Tveitt. In 2005 she was the first recipient of Den norske solistpris (The Norwegian Soloist Award) when it was awarded for the first time during the Festspillene i Bergen. The winter 2008 she became the NRK P2 soloist. She has performed at concert series and festivals in Norway and Europe.

Together with her father and sister she released the album Tre Nyhus (2005). In 2007 she released the album Edvard Grieg: Slåtter Opus 72, together with her sister, performed with piano and Hardanger fiddle. The album was nominated for 2007 Spellemannprisen in the category Classical music.

• 2005: Den norske solistpris (The Norwegian Soloist Award)

Solo albums

• 2015: Abstraction in Folk Art (LabLabel)
• 2015: Stille-stykkje (LabLabel)
• 2015: Slåttepiano (LabLabel)

Collaborations

With Sven Nyhus and Åshild Breie Nyhus

• 2005: Tre Nyhus (Heilo)

With Åshild Breie Nyhus

• 2007: Edvard Grieg: Slåtter Opus 72 (Simax)

With Eir Inderhaug composed by Bjørn Kruse

• 2016: Portrait With Hidden Face (LabLabel)