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Niko Valkeapää

Niko Valkeapää
Valkeapää performing in Márkomeannu, Norway, on 28 July 2008.
Valkeapää performing in Márkomeannu, Norway, on 28 July 2008.
Background information
Birth nameNiko-Mihkal Valkeapää
Born (1968-12-30) 30 December 1968 (age 55)
Enontekiö, Finland
OriginSami
GenresYoik, traditional, folk music
Occupation(s)Teacher, musician, writer, artist, politician and actor
InstrumentVocals
LabelsDuippidit
Websitewww.nikovalkeapaa.no

Niko-Mihkal Valkeapää (born 30 December 1968) is a Finnish Sami musician, joiker (Sami folk singer), teacher, actor and politician.

Biography

Niko Valkeapää at Riddu Riđđu in 2009.

Born in Enontekiö, Finland, he has been described as "one of Sami music's foremost performers."[1] Valkeapää has been living in Kautokeino Municipality, Norway since 1990.[2] He is godson of Sami artist and joiker Nils-Aslak Valkeapää.

He won the Sámi Grand Prix (1994, 1995), received the Spellemann award in 2003 (open class) with his debut album, and the Liet Ynternasjonaal award, the international music prize for minority music. He has toured across Norway, including the Nattjazz festival in Bergen, and the Northern Norway music festival Riddu Riđđu in Manndalen [no], Norway. His work has been considered part of the "third wave" of modern Sami music culture, which he has done much work on, among others Georg Buljo [no].

Awards

In 2005, Valkeapää received the Áillohaš Music Award, a Sámi music award conferred by Kautokeino Municipality and the Kautokeino Sámi Association to honor the significant contributions the recipient or recipients has made to the diverse world of Sámi music.[3][4]

Discography

  • Niko Valkeapää, Duippidit, 2003
  • Sierra, Duippidit, 2004
  • Birrat birra, Duippidit, 2008
  • Gusto, Duippidit, 2012
  • ÄÄ, Duippidit, 2012
  • Ráfi - Tranquility, Duippidit, 2015
  • Gáldu - Source, Duippidit, 2019

Also appears on

  • Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia, 3CD-set, Nascente 2011

References

  1. ^ mic.no, Niko Valkeapää, 10 May 2004, retrieved 11 January 2009
  2. ^ mic.no, A Search for Identity, 6 February 2005, retrieved 11 January 2009
  3. ^ Skancke-Knutsen, Arvid (28 March 2011). "Mari Boine jubilerer" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Folkorg.no. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ Hætta, Wenche Marie. "Hvem-Hva-Når om Sámi Grand Prix" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Anders P. Bongo [Wikidata]
 Recipient of the Áillohaš Music Award
2005 		Succeeded by


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko_Valkeap%C3%A4%C3%A4