Aviaja Lumholt is a greenlandic/danish singer, pianist, composer, performer, drumsinger and mask-dancer. She has a Master from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, and was trained in maskdancing from the greenlandic theatre, Tuukkaq. She grew up in both Greenland and Denmark, and has also lived in Japan, Germany and the USA. She now lives in Copenhagen. In 1996 she recieved the Roland Music Price for mixing inuit drumsinging with contemporary music. Aviaja has explored inuit culture and nature philosophy on many stays in especially North Greenland, and has done music- and maskdancing workshops in several countries i.a. Greenland, Denmark and Alaska. She has been a feature artist on many albums, film- and theater soundtracks, tv-shows and in the radio, and performed with artists from all over the world.