Leif Rygg

Leif Rygg
Born(1940-05-03)3 May 1940
Voss, Norway
Died4 February 2018(2018-02-04) (aged 77)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationFiddler
Awards

Leif Rygg (3 May 1940[1][2] – 4 February 2018)[3] was a Norwegian hardingfele fiddle player and folk music instructor.

Rygg was born in Voss and learned traditional fiddle playing from Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, Lars Skjervheim and Anders Kjerland. His albums include Nøringen from 1980 (jointly with Knut Hamre), Bjølleslåtten from 1994, a collection of traditional tunes after Ola Mosafinn, in collaboration with Knut Buen and Kåre Nordstoga, and which was awarded Spellemannprisen, and Lengt from 1995.[4]

He was named honorary member of the Norwegian National Association for Traditional Music and Dance in 1998, and received the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 2010. [1]

He received the Rff award  [no] from Rådet for folkemusikk og folkedans for 2010.[2]

He died on 4 February 2018.[3][5]

  1. ^ a b Mjør, Kåre Johan. "Leif Rygg". In Grepstad, Ottar (ed.). Allkunne (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Leif Rygg får Rff-prisen 2010". folkemusikkogfolkedans.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kvamsdal, Nils. "Ein bauta er borte". Hordaland (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ Bitustøyl, Kjell. "Leif Rygg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ Leif Rygg