[1][2] Born on 24 June 1971 in Trondheim, Båtnes started playing the violin at the age of four.

In 1981, when she was ten, she performed in a children's concert with the Oslo Philharmonic, appearing as a soloist a year later.

[3] She studied under Dorothy DeLay in the United States, Ruggiero Ricci in Salzburg, David Takeno in London and Arve Tellefsen in Oslo.

She has played as a soloist with orchestras in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Belgian, participating in broadcasts from these countries as well as from Finland, Spain and the United States.

[4] She is playing on the "Arditi" violin, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1689, on loan from Dextra Musica.