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European Nyckelharpa Training

For the continous nyckelharpa training see: www.training.nyckelharpa.eu

86days until
100th anniverary of Eric Sahlström

100th anniversary of Eric Sahlström

127days until
9th International Days of the Nyckelharpa

Days of the Nyckelharpa

For the International Days of the Nyckelharpa see:

Body, Instrument and Swing, one Unit

By Josefina Paulson
 
Abstract:
When the music is moving
When movement is music
Where the beat becomes an impulse to dance
Where every note is a word in a story
 
 

Josefina Paulson (Sweden)

Nyckelharpist, Lic Mental trainer and yoga instructor.
A modern musican with tradition, where the keyed fiddle sounds like nyckelharpa and brings an earthy taste into genres other than the traditional music. Josefina Paulson embraces the instrument’s many possibilities, from the roots of the Uppland tradition, to its large crown of new influences from other cultures. A musician standing grounded in her own tradition, exploring new territory.
In Delsbo in 2008, Josefina was awarded the title ”riksspelman” (national folk musican) by the Zorn Jury with the motivation ”for playing the nyckelharpa lively and skillful, in the tradition of Uppland” In Västmanland, in 2009 she received the Cultural Award from VLT on the ground ”Josefina IS music” At the moment Josefina is studying at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, bachelor in music, with the keyed fiddle as main instrument.