Ambos

Silje (pronounced Sil-ee-yuh - born October 2, 1988) and Hogne (pronounced Hog-in-uh - born March 5, 1993) are the children of Hilde Midtbø and Lars Vevle. Both started playing hardanger fiddle at age five, studying with Norwegian hardanger fiddle instructors Jon Jelmert and Håkon Høgemo (two time Norwegian national hardanger fiddle champion) as well as studying solo piano locally with Anne Lise Fjelland and playing standard violin.

Both have competed at various Norwegian fiddle contests in solo and mass group classes for hardanger fiddle, and both are members of their local fiddle and dance group Osterøy Spel- og Dansarlag, having appeared on their 2003 album Spikjespel, released by Osterøy Spel- og Dansarlag, where Hogne appeared with the group's junior fiddlers and Silje as a soloist. Both have appeared as soloists and as a duet at various community events on the island of Osterøy, including May 17th (Norwegian Constitution Day) celebrations, Osterøyfestivalen and the 200th anniversary of the birth of legendary Norwegian violinist Ole Bull. They have performed at public and private functions in the regions of Osterøy and the City of Bergen and area, including invited soloists with regionally recognized concert band “Sandviken Ungdomskorps”, Bergen's Fargespill (Musical Colours) before the Queen of Norway, and at two the Bergen International Music Festival (Festspillerne i Bergen).

Both have studied Shetland fiddling with recognized fiddler Kevin Henderson and have studied Canadian fiddling with Patti Lamoureux and Calvin Vollrath. Both have also competed in Western Canadian fiddle contests, placing in the finals of the junior classes and appeared together as guest performers at the John Arcand Fiddle Fest in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (2005).

They released "Our Way", their first CD, in August 2011, at the John Arcand Fiddle Fest in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada entitled “Our Way”, recorded at Keyteck Studios in Hague, Saskatchewan, Canada with Wes Friesen.