Pianist and composer Ingfrid Breie Nyhus bridges Norwegian folk traditions with the contemporary piano. With her background in a folk music family, she has cultivated a distinctive pianistic voice in the Slåttepiano series, reimagining sounds and structures of traditional folk through the world of the piano. Her playing has garnered international acclaim, and her wide-ranging career spans folk, jazz, improvisation, classical, and contemporary stages across Europe.
“This is music born of the soil with a vision beyond the horizons.”
Fiona Talkington, Songlines
“A unique vision of folk music transformed into art.”
Andy Hamilton, Piano International
“Mesmerizing stuff!”
BBC Late Junction
“With the pianist Nyhus, music becomes a ritual”
Alessandro Rigolli, Gazzetta di Parma
“Merging the contemporary and ancient, Slåttepiano II features the exquisite ear of Ingfrid Breie Nyhus”
Beach Sloth
New albums this autumn:
Silkegul – Slåttepiano III, release October 9th, 2026
Nyhus/Dæhlin: Mellom, feat. Terjungensemble, release August 28th, 2026
Find the music on Bandcamp: