Eivor Palsdottir

Eivør grew up in Gøta, a little village, in the remote Faroe Islands. All her life Eivør has felt the urge to create and perform. At the age of fifteen the young hopeful girl left school in order to dedicate all of her time to what she loved doing – writing music.

Much has changed since then. Eleven years on, seven albums and numerous awards later, she is now a mature and experienced artist, and has become one of the brightest stars on the North Atlantic horizon. She has amazed and astonished audiences across the world with her extraordinary music and charisma.

However in essence Eivør is still the same Eivør; driven by her passion for music, she is deeply rooted in her homeland’s strong heritage. What makes her so special is not just her inspiring and breathtaking voice, but the fact that she is an all-round artist – a painter, storyteller, poet and composer. All this creative energy combines into a spellbinding and remarkable expression on stage, which has the ability to touch the innermost and unexplored emotions in its audiences.

Here are some facts about Eivor’s life and career:

At 13 she gave her first performance on Faroese television and won a national song contest in the same year.

In 1999, when Eivor was 15, she quit school and started performing professionally with rock band Clickhaze and jazz quartet Ivory. When she was not touring or practicing with either of those bands she could usually be found singing with the old purveyors of traditional styles, trying to learn all the melodies, rhymes and stories.

In 2000 her first album ”Eivor Palsdottir” was released: a mixture of traditional Faroese ballads and new songs written by Eivor and her band, and performed with a folky and jazzy feel.

In 2001 Eivor and her other band ”Clickhaze” won the national Faroese band contest ”Prix Foroyar”.

In 2002, Eivor left the Faroes in favor of Reykjavík, Iceland to study singing (classical and jazz). At that time she also joined ethno/world/jazz group Yggdrasil, lead by composer and music guru behind the Faroese TUTL label Kristian Blak. She released an album with the group later that year.

2002 also saw the release of a rock album with Clickhaze and more touring with the band in the Faroes, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Greenland.

2003 was the year of her second solo album. “Krakan”, which won the nomination for an Icelandic Music Award in three categories. Eivor was awarded Best Singer and Best Performer in Iceland, 2003.

In 2004 Eivor performed concerts with the Faroese Symphony Orchestra and sang solo in Kristian Blak's 2004 opera, “Firra”.

The same year she recorded her third solo album together with award winning Canadian producer Bill Bourne.

In 2005, the world famous Danish Radio Big Band released its 40th anniversary album. All the titles on the album are written and sung by Eivør. 2005 was also the year where Eivor composed and performed the music for the theatre play “Ulfhamssaga”, for which she was awarded ”Best Music Score, 2005” in Iceland.

In 2006 Eivor moved to Copenhagen and instantly became a darling of the local folk scene – winning six Danish Music Award Folk nominations (bringing home two of them) and grants from several foundations in the country.

In 2007 Eivor released her 5th solo album ”Human Child,” recorded and produced in Ireland by legendary producer Donal Lunny. The album is released in both Faroese and English. At one point Eivor had two entries (Faroese and English versions of the same album) in the Top Five charts in both the Faroes and in Iceland.

In 2008 Eivor is based in hometown Gota in the Faroes but touring all around the world.

2009 - working on a new cd

2010 The CD larva is released in august and Copenhagen Records is now Eivør´s record label. Eivør has been touring in Danmark, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Schwitzerland and Faroe Island.

Here are some selected AWARD WINS and NOMINATIONS - ordered by country first and then year:

FAROE ISLANDS

Faroese Music Awards 2010
BEST FEMALE SINGER _ nominee

Faroese Music Awards 2009
BEST FEMALE SINGER - nominee

Faroese Music Awards 2008
BEST FEMALE SINGER - nominee

The National Faroese Radio Honorary Prize 2007
MUSIC PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR - nominee

Faroese Music Awards 2007
BEST FEMALE SINGER - WINNER

Faroese Music Awards 2006
BEST FEMALE SINGER - WINNER

The National Faroese Radio Honorary Prize 2006
MUSIC PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR - WINNER

Newspaper Dimmalaetting honorary award 2005
PERSON OF THE YEAR - WINNER

Faroese Music Awards 2004
BEST FEMALE SINGER - WINNER

Prix Foroyar (Faroese National Battle of the Bands)
BEST ROCKBAND (CLICKHAZE) 2001 - WINNER

Arsins Songrodd, Faroes, 1997 (14 years old)
SINGER OF THE YEAR - WINNER

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ICELAND

Icelandic Music Awards 2008
BEST FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR- nominee

Icelandic Theatre Awards 2005
BEST MUSIC SCORE (COMPOSER AND PERFORMER) - WINNER

Icelan