NEW COURSE - "Nyckelharpa for Beginners" with Josefina Paulson

Use the code NYCKELHARPAFTW for 20% off (valid through Jun 26)

We are very pleased to release a beginners course on the Swedish national instrument: The Nyckelharpa. This beautiful instrument is a centerpiece in the traditional music from Sweden and Josefina has made a great course to get you started on the instrument.

Josefina takes you through the first steps on your journey towards mastery. First, you need an instrument, then know whether it is playable. Then learn how to hold, bow and use the keys. And not to forget, how to tune this beast of an instrument.

You will learn a couple of beautiful tunes and the style of playing that comes with them. Most of the tunes are from Uppland and Västmanland where Josefina has dug through the archives and brought a lot of music from the scoresheet back to the dancefloor and concert halls.

Josefina Paulson, a former World Champion of Modern Nyckelharpa (2016), is a freelance musician and producer touring all over the world with her instrument. Visited passionate dancers and listeners in Australia, the USA, Japan, all around Europe, and Sweden. She works both as a soloist and in different constellations. As a traveler in music, a lot of her collaborations started out of curiosity for fellow musicians' way of expressing the same thing, in movement or sound that later resulted in a fusion of our traditions. Some examples of these meetings are the quartet SIRUS (SE/BE/FR), the duo Ciumafina (SE/IT) the trio “the undercurrent” (SE/CAN), and nyckelharpa DUO Näsbom/Paulson (SE).

Josefina is back in Tobo, at Eric Sahlström Institutet as one of the main teachers for nyckelharpa. Also giving lessons at Sjöviks folkhögskola and the artistic director for The World music orchestra of Västmanland.

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