Warpeha composes for the hardanger d’amore, a violin-like instrument related to the traditional Norwegian hardanger fiddle. It has five top strings and five sympathetic strings that resonate ...
Traditional dance music. Compact disc. Published by UNESCO and Auvidis in collaboration with the International Council for Traditional Music. Program notes in English and French (11 p. : ill.) ...
The insular valley of Setesdal is opening itself to visitors, hoping to embrace the modern age while fighting to protect its unique traditions. In the steep-sided valley of Setesdal in Norway, the ...
Bud Larsen, Hardanger Fiddle maker and teacher, looks at part of a fiddle a student is making. It is part of a growing community of fiddle makers marking the 200th anniversary of the first arrival by ...
Bud Larsen built his first Hardanger fiddle when he was in the seventh grade. Now 80 years old, he’s built more than 40 of the instruments and repaired well over 100. He learned the craft from Gunnar ...
Linking arms at the waist, they resume the circuit. The dance is the post-script to the day at Landskappleiken, Norway’s annual traditional music and dance competition. Landskappleiken (“national ...
Megan Peterson, a 2008 graduate of Grand Forks Central High School, was 12 years old when she attended a music camp and first heard someone playing a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. "It sounded silvery, ...
This evocation of an aspect of country life is part of a radical reinterpretation of Edvard Grieg’s 19 Norske Folkeviser (19 Norwegian Folk Songs), composed in 1896. The first piece in the cycle is ...
BRATTLEBORO -- Twilight Music presents Finnish and Norwegian fiddle band Frigg at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, 139 Main St., on Wednesday, May 2, at 7:30 pm. This dazzling young septet combines ...
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