The Hardanger Fiddle

Coming from the soloistic tradition of the Hardanger fiddle, playing and developing solo music is an important part of what I do. As of 2024 I have released three solo albums. Jotunheimen (2021), an album with traditional Hardanger fiddle tunes from Valdres – in this album I focused on playing some of the real bangers of Valdres. In 2024 i released I lydarlæte and Stillheitas diskotek. The first of these two is a collection of listening tunes, lydarlæte, which is a distinctive music tradition from Valdres that is associated with a unique listening context before the advent of concert performances on the Hardanger fiddle. A music tradition that was meant for listening, not dancing – at a time when Hardanger fiddle music was associated with dancing or ceremonial contexts. Stillheitas diskotek is my own recompositions of listening tunes, where I search for the inner sound of the listening tunes, their ornaments and a play with time.