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About Kjetil Eivindsson Flatin
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Kjetil Flatin (born in Seljord on 19 November 1879 , died on 3 November 1960 ) was a Norwegian fiddler from Seljord in Telemark . He bought the place Ramberg , where he lived a lifetime.
In the first half of the 1900s was Kjetil Flatin among the best fiddlers in the country. Flatin was known for his clear tone and a conscious use of dynamics , which was unusual and new in Norwegian folk music .
Flatin began early playing fiddle , and the first fiddle say he made himself. He played at weddings already as 8 years old. Sixteen years old he attended kappleik in Bo and won 2nd prize.
He won several 1st prizes at racing toys on fiddle. The main include: Landskappleiken Bergen in 1904 , where he got 1st prize with Aslak Lund Tveit and Olav Mo , and Edvard Grieg must have been one of the judges, and Landskappleiken in Oslo in 1910 , where Johan Halvorsen was one of the judges.
In slekta Kjetil Flatin we find prominent fiddlers who Olav Bægjuv , Øystein Langedrag and Leiv Sandsdalen . Flatin brought forward "Myllarspelet" after Sandsdalen. He also played many tunes by Lars Fykerud and Olav Groven . He traveled around the country and and concerts, which he continued for many decades. He was in the US on a concert tour in two years, from 1904 to 1906.
In 1911 he received Tele county Youth Kind honorary diploma. He was firm fiddler on the big anniversary exhibition in 1914 at Frogner in Oslo .
The daughter Signe Flatin ( 1912 - 1975 ) was an accomplished fiddle performer and traveled on many concert trips with his father. She married fiddler Leiv Neset . Kjetil Flatin has recorded several tunes in NRK . For his 80th birthday his in 1959 made Eivind Groven a radio program ( "Folk Half an hour") with the two.
Kjetil Flatin was an accomplished violin maker and made more than 200 Hardanger fiddles . A period he apprenticed to Gunnar Rostad .
Kjetil Flatin also composed some tunes .
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Kjetil Eivindsson Flatin's Timeline
| 1879 |
November 19, 1879
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To, Seljord, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
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| 1907 |
December 8, 1907
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| 1912 |
December 11, 1912
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Ramberg, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
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| 1960 |
November 3, 1960
Age 80
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Ramberg, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
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