Delegates
the world music professionals directoryEmilia Amper
- function: World champion of nyckelharpa, singer, composer
- company: Emilia Amper Music
participation in
- WOMEX 2010
- WOMEX 2011
Emilia Amper from Sweden is the current World Champion of Nyckelharpa and winner of the Spellemannsprisen (Norwegian Grammy) 2011 for Best classical album (together with The Trondheim Soloists and Gjermund Larsen). She was also nominated for two Grammy Awards in the US and as Artist of the Year at the Folk Music Awards in Sweden 2011.
Emilia Amper possesses a deep knowledge and love for the Swedish traditional music and an open-minded passion to experiment, compose and meet new music and cultures. She has a broad musical background and education and has played with different Swedish and Nordic folk music groups and artists, and also with for example Persian classical musicians, pop/rock and jazz musicians (such as Jon Lord from Deep Purple) and as a soloist with the world famous chamber orchestra The Trondheim Soloists. Emilia has performed concerts all over Europe, in North and South America, Asia and Africa, and is also a popular teacher and dance musician in Sweden and abroad. Her musical passions are polskas, bowing techniques, expression and dance groove, and her style of playing has been described as dynamic, elegant and groovy.
