Education
Ole Bulletin Akademiet.
composer singer violinist songwriter arranger
Ole Bulletin Akademiet.
She performs solo or with Sigrid Moldestad and Band. She was also part of the duo Spindel and the trio Gamalnymalt. She is a graduate of the Firda High School and Ole Bulletin-akademiet.
She worked at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norsk Rikskringkasting) in the late 1990s in its regional Sogn og Fjordane offices and for Norsk Rikskringkasting P3 from 1993–1999.
She became a full-time freelance musician in 2000, and received a government scholarship grant in 2001–2002. Together with Unni Løvlid and Liv Merete Kroken, she started the stage and cabaret trio Fjøgl.
They set up three performances in 2001–2004, among them they were of one of the draws at The international folklore festival in Forde 2001. She became part of the duo Spindel alongside Liv Merete Kroken and accompanying band made up of Ivar Kolve, Olav Tveitane and Dagfinn Andersen.
Both Moldestad and Kroken accompanied Christine Guldbrandsen as back up fiddler musicians in 2006 Norwegian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest with the folk song "Alvedansen".
Norway came 14th overall. Spindel have released two albums, the self-titled Spindel in 2001 and Aminje in 2005. Moldestad was also part of Gamaltnymalt alongside Håkon Høgemo and Einar Mjølsnes.
She released her debut solo album Taus in 2008.
lieutenant was produced by Morgen Skage and by Sigrid Moldestad herself and included musicians Jørgen Sandvik, Anders Hall, Sigbjørn Apeland and Anders Bitustøy. Taus, meaning silence is about was about restoring the memory of forgotten, marginalised female fiddlers.
She followed that up with Sandkorn mostly of her own compositions plus a cover of covers, arranged with elements of folk and rock music