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 ...
We enjoyed a visit recently from QQQ, an avant-Norwegian-fiddle-folk-band. Band leader and Princeton University Music Professor Dan Trueman plays a traditional Hardanger fiddle, distinctive for its ...
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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 ...
With the sounds of a traditional Norwegian fiddle, a viola, a classical guitar and a drum set, the music of QQQ suggests an odd kind of Americana. Geographically, it would probably live somewhere ...
Like many classical-music groups, the Apollo Chamber Players savor works by revered composers. But the Houston quartet also performs gypsy melodies from Hungary, Norwegian fiddle music and British ...
About 15 years ago, Larry Trueman had a visitor to his Long Island laboratory. Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, then an undergraduate student in theoretical physics at Trinity College in Dublin, turned up for ...
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