10th November 2011 at Horseshoe, London EC1.
Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.
Country: Sweden. Style: Traditional Swedish.
Lineup: Matts Arnberg (fiddle).
Since 2004 musicians featured at an annual weekend instrumental workshop organised by Tania Simon has appeared at the Islington Folk Club the previous week. All but one were soloists (there was one trio). All but one were Swedish (the other was from Norway). All have played the fiddle (though some performers have also supplemented this with the nyckelharpa or the hardanger fiddle).
Matts Arnberg is from Dala-Floda in Västerdalarna in central Sweden. He plays the reperteriore of the area (polskas, hupplek, kringellek and hagervals), mainly from the Tillmann family of fiddlers (father Olof and his four sons). He also plays violin in the Kungliga Filharmonikerna (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) based in Stockholm.
Tags: World Music Sweden Traditional Swedish Music Matts Arnberg Fiddle Violin Scandinavian Fiddle Night Islington Folk Club Horseshoe
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10th November 2011 at Horseshoe, London EC1.
Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.
Country: Sweden. Style: Traditional Swedish.
Lineup: Matts Arnberg (fiddle).
Since 2004 musicians featured at an annual weekend instrumental workshop organised by Tania Simon has appeared at the Islington Folk Club the previous week. All but one were soloists (there was one trio). All but one were Swedish (the other was from Norway). All have played the fiddle (though some performers have also supplemented this with the nyckelharpa or the hardanger fiddle).
Matts Arnberg is from Dala-Floda in Västerdalarna in central Sweden. He plays the reperteriore of the area (polskas, hupplek, kringellek and hagervals), mainly from the Tillmann family of fiddlers (father Olof and his four sons). He also plays violin in the Kungliga Filharmonikerna (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) based in Stockholm.
Tags: World Music Sweden Traditional Swedish Music Matts Arnberg Fiddle Violin Scandinavian Fiddle Night Islington Folk Club Horseshoe
© All Rights Reserved
10th November 2011 at Horseshoe, London EC1.
Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.
Country: Sweden. Style: Traditional Swedish.
Lineup: Matts Arnberg (fiddle).
Since 2004 musicians featured at an annual weekend instrumental workshop organised by Tania Simon has appeared at the Islington Folk Club the previous week. All but one were soloists (there was one trio). All but one were Swedish (the other was from Norway). All have played the fiddle (though some performers have also supplemented this with the nyckelharpa or the hardanger fiddle).
Matts Arnberg is from Dala-Floda in Västerdalarna in central Sweden. He plays the reperteriore of the area (polskas, hupplek, kringellek and hagervals), mainly from the Tillmann family of fiddlers (father Olof and his four sons). He also plays violin in the Kungliga Filharmonikerna (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) based in Stockholm.
Tags: World Music Sweden Traditional Swedish Music Matts Arnberg Fiddle Violin Scandinavian Fiddle Night Islington Folk Club Horseshoe
© All Rights Reserved
10th November 2011 at Horseshoe, London EC1.
Islington Folk Club, www.islingtonfolkclub.co.uk/ifc.html.
Country: Sweden. Style: Traditional Swedish.
Lineup: Matts Arnberg (fiddle).
Since 2004 musicians featured at an annual weekend instrumental workshop organised by Tania Simon has appeared at the Islington Folk Club the previous week. All but one were soloists (there was one trio). All but one were Swedish (the other was from Norway). All have played the fiddle (though some performers have also supplemented this with the nyckelharpa or the hardanger fiddle).
Matts Arnberg is from Dala-Floda in Västerdalarna in central Sweden. He plays the reperteriore of the area (polskas, hupplek, kringellek and hagervals), mainly from the Tillmann family of fiddlers (father Olof and his four sons). He also plays violin in the Kungliga Filharmonikerna (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) based in Stockholm.
Tags: World Music Sweden Traditional Swedish Music Matts Arnberg Fiddle Violin Scandinavian Fiddle Night Islington Folk Club Horseshoe
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