The Musician
Emelie Waldken is a passionate fiddler and nyckelharpa player.
She has studied both classical music and traditional Scandinavian music.
She has also accumulated a strong experience of European balfolks.
Emelie plays a lot for dancing, praised for the incredible energy she gives dancers and for the playfulness and steadiness she transmits.
She also plays for concerts, solo or with diverse bands and projects, gladly telling stories about the tunes and instruments involved.
In recent years, Emelie started learning to play the cello, aiming to add more bass tones to her musicality.
The musician also repairs and sometimes builds or modifies instruments, in a historically-informed way.
She has studied both classical music and traditional Scandinavian music.
She has also accumulated a strong experience of European balfolks.
Emelie plays a lot for dancing, praised for the incredible energy she gives dancers and for the playfulness and steadiness she transmits.
She also plays for concerts, solo or with diverse bands and projects, gladly telling stories about the tunes and instruments involved.
In recent years, Emelie started learning to play the cello, aiming to add more bass tones to her musicality.
The musician also repairs and sometimes builds or modifies instruments, in a historically-informed way.
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 & cello bow by The Bow Studio (SE)
Låtfiol (resonance fiddle) with two resonance strings modified by Emelie Waldken
Cello by Josef Bakos (RO)
Hurdy-gurdy by Xavier Leclerc (FR)
Singing, kulning
Nyckelharpa bow by Jean-Claude Condi
Violin by unknown German builder from the 19th century
Baroque violin bow & cello bow by The Bow Studio (SE)
Låtfiol (resonance fiddle) with two resonance strings modified by Emelie Waldken
Cello by Josef Bakos (RO)
Hurdy-gurdy by Xavier Leclerc (FR)
Singing, kulning
Studies
Nyckelharpa : Olov Johansson, Niklas Roswall, Sonia Sahlström, Ditte Andersson (Eric Sahlström Institute 2014-15)
Scandinavian fiddle : Mia Marin (ESI & Malungs Folkhögskola 2014-16), Patrik Andersson (Malung 2015-16), Linnéa Aall-Campbell (2015)
Classical violin : Raffaello Diambrini-Palazzi (1996-2007), Bianca Mihaies-Favez (2007-2014)
Singing : Agneta Stolpe (2016), Ditte Andersson (2015)
Hurdy-gurdy : Yves Donnier (2018)
Scandinavian fiddle : Mia Marin (ESI & Malungs Folkhögskola 2014-16), Patrik Andersson (Malung 2015-16), Linnéa Aall-Campbell (2015)
Classical violin : Raffaello Diambrini-Palazzi (1996-2007), Bianca Mihaies-Favez (2007-2014)
Singing : Agneta Stolpe (2016), Ditte Andersson (2015)
Hurdy-gurdy : Yves Donnier (2018)