About Emelie Waldken
Emelie studied classical violin in Geneva (Switzerland) until getting in 2014 the Certificate needed to attend a professional violinist's career. However, her heart had always been beating for folk music, which she had started exploring on her own.
In 2011, Emelie met the Swedish nyckelharpa and this changed her life. She attended workshops with Torbjörn Näsbom and adapted her violin repertoire to this new instrument. In august 2014, she went to Sweden to attend the famous one-year course at Eric Sahlström Institute in Tobo. The sparkling Swedish music scene was a revelation and Emelie decided to dive deeper into this repertoire and style, which lead her to study at Malungs Folkhögskola in Dalarna. Inspired by teachers such as Mia Marin, Patrik Andersson and Niklas Roswall, the young musician grew a lot during these two years. She also learned many folk dances from Sweden and Norway and started teaching both music and dancing. During this period, Emelie travelled Europe extensively by train, meeting musicians, instrument builders and playing in the streets aswell as on stage.
Nowadays based in the region of Uppsala (Sweden), Emelie frequently travels back to the continent, especially to Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, France and Switzerland to perform, teach and meet other musicians.
On fiddle and nyckelharpa, Emelie's playing is known as energetic, precise, rich in ornaments and playful. Dancers praise her rhythmical steadiness and the energy they get from her bow. The passionate fiddler is playing with several bands aswell as solo, for concerts and balfolks. Emelie is also very active in promoting scandinavian folk music and dance and tries to make the nyckelharpa more well-known and accessible to all.
In 2011, Emelie met the Swedish nyckelharpa and this changed her life. She attended workshops with Torbjörn Näsbom and adapted her violin repertoire to this new instrument. In august 2014, she went to Sweden to attend the famous one-year course at Eric Sahlström Institute in Tobo. The sparkling Swedish music scene was a revelation and Emelie decided to dive deeper into this repertoire and style, which lead her to study at Malungs Folkhögskola in Dalarna. Inspired by teachers such as Mia Marin, Patrik Andersson and Niklas Roswall, the young musician grew a lot during these two years. She also learned many folk dances from Sweden and Norway and started teaching both music and dancing. During this period, Emelie travelled Europe extensively by train, meeting musicians, instrument builders and playing in the streets aswell as on stage.
Nowadays based in the region of Uppsala (Sweden), Emelie frequently travels back to the continent, especially to Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, France and Switzerland to perform, teach and meet other musicians.
On fiddle and nyckelharpa, Emelie's playing is known as energetic, precise, rich in ornaments and playful. Dancers praise her rhythmical steadiness and the energy they get from her bow. The passionate fiddler is playing with several bands aswell as solo, for concerts and balfolks. Emelie is also very active in promoting scandinavian folk music and dance and tries to make the nyckelharpa more well-known and accessible to all.
Instruments
Nyckelharpa with 4-rows keyboard by Jean-Claude Condi & Bernard Dimet (FR)
Nyckelharpa bow by Jean-Claude Condi
Violin by unknown German builder from the 19th century
Baroque violin bow by The Bow Studio (SE)
Låtfiol (resonance fiddle) with two resonance strings modified by Emelie Waldken
Hurdy-gurdy by Xavier Leclerc
Fiddle by unknown Romanian builder, with octave strings
Rebec with three strings by Emelie Waldken
Singing, kulning
Nyckelharpa bow by Jean-Claude Condi
Violin by unknown German builder from the 19th century
Baroque violin bow by The Bow Studio (SE)
Låtfiol (resonance fiddle) with two resonance strings modified by Emelie Waldken
Hurdy-gurdy by Xavier Leclerc
Fiddle by unknown Romanian builder, with octave strings
Rebec with three strings by Emelie Waldken
Singing, kulning
Teachers
Nyckelharpa : Olov Johansson, Niklas Roswall, Sonia Sahlström, Ditte Andersson
Scandinavian fiddle : Mia Marin, Patrik Andersson, Linnéa Aall-Campbell
Classical violin : Raffaello Diambrini-Palazzi, Bianca Mihaies-Favez
Singing : Agneta Stolpe, Ditte Andersson
Hurdy-gurdy : Yves Donnier
Scandinavian fiddle : Mia Marin, Patrik Andersson, Linnéa Aall-Campbell
Classical violin : Raffaello Diambrini-Palazzi, Bianca Mihaies-Favez
Singing : Agneta Stolpe, Ditte Andersson
Hurdy-gurdy : Yves Donnier