About me:
Folk musician and Riksspelman on violin from Vendel in Uppland, inspired by fiddlers such as Viksta-Lasse and Hjort-Anders.
Collaborations:
Duo with nyckelharpa player Cecilia Österholm in ”Erika och Cecilia”; duo with fiddler Robert Larsson; the Vendel based group ”Trollrike spelmän”; the ”Spel-Stina group”; duos with fiddlers Anna Nylén and Mia Jones.
Concerts given:
With ”Erika och Cecilia” at Villa san Michele, Capri 2012;annual concerts at Midsommer in Uppsala domkyrka; The Uppsala concert house 2010; at the ”Polar prize” banquet, Stockholm 2010; at Skansen with Benny Andersson, Stockholm 2010; Folk & Tanz im Rudolstadt, Germany 2007 (the biggest festival for folk- and world music in Europe); The American folk alliance conferance in Memphis USA 2007; Tour for the Rikskonserter (concertssweden) 2007; The festival Bidasoa Folk, Spain 2006; The folk music festival in Kaustinen, Finland 2006, representing the Swedish Radio; Radio concerts in Cologne at WDR3; The library in Alexandria, Egypt 2005, at the inauguration of”The Anna Lindh Foundation for dialogue between cultures”; several tours in France playing at festivals such as the Ris-Orangis festival for world music,Festival d'ile de France in Villarceaux and at the festival in Soucourt; Il posto delle Fragole, Rome, 2002.
CD:s:
”Erika och Cecilia": ”Pärlor” in 2004 and ”Örhängen” in2007 (Tongang.se)
”Spelstina” 2007 (Tongang.se)
Participation on CD:s with other artists such as Malena Ernman, Eva Hillered, Lars-Anders Johansson, Daniel Lantz.
Prizes and awards:
- Riksspelman (Fiddler of the nation) in 1998
- The Viksta-Lasse award in 1999
- The Pekkos-Gustaf award in 2004
- The Uppsala kommuns kulturstipendium 2009
- The award of Musikens hus vänner i Uppsala 2009
- The Upplands Spelmansförbund gold medal 2012