Emilia Amper

• country:Sweden
• region:Scandinavia
• style(s):Folk, Scandinavian
• label:BIS Records
• type:Band, Solo, Composer/Songwriter, Small Ensemble, Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra
• gender:female
• instrumentation:instrumental, vocal, string, unplugged
• artist contact:Emilia Amper Music

Line up

• Anders Löfberg (cello)
• Emilia Amper (nyckelharpa & vocals)
• Fredrik Gille (percussion)
• Lena Jonsson (violin)

Links

• Emilia Amper homepage
• Spotify
• Youtube
• Instagram
• Facebook

Nordic tradition with an explorer’s vision

Emilia Amper is one of Sweden’s most sought after folk musicians, Swedish and American Grammy nominee, Norwegian Grammy winner, Artist of the Year at the Swedish Folk & World Music Awards, World champion on the nyckelharpa, awarded National fiddler of the realm and winner of the Nordic Composer’s award the NPU Prize. In her music, a deep knowledge and love for traditions meet an endless, open-minded exploration of the nyckelharpa’s possibilities. With her charisma, virtuosity and energy she moves with ease across stylistic boundaries and touches people in both small and big venues across the world.

Emilia Amper Band features her own music for nyckelharpa, vocals, string ensemble (in arrangements for everything from trio up to full symphony orchestra!) and percussion. She also plays with Swedish world trio ODE, and Björn Meyer´s Swiss/Egyptian/Iranian/Swedish project Garden of Silence, and in duos with early and contemporary recorder player Anna Petrini, Swedish folk cellist Anders Löfberg and Swedish/Iraqi super star singer and multi-instrumentalist Nadin Al Khalidi (from Tarabband). She has performed as a soloist with classical orchestras such as Västerås Sinfonietta, The Trondheim Soloists, Camerata Nordica, Neubrandenburg Philharmonie, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, with Swiss flamenco company Flamencos en route and Ballett am Rhein in Düsseldorf, with Kurdish, Indian, West African, Persian, Latin and Arabic musicians, as a studio musician and with pop/rock and jazz musicians (including Jon Lord from Deep Purple, who wrote a song for her...). She has performed all over Europe, in Canada and the US, Brazil, Namibia, China, India, The United Arab Emirates, Hongkong and Iran. She is also a popular teacher in Sweden and abroad, and has given workshops in nyckelharpa and Swedish folk music all over the world and taught at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
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"It was everything I want in a gig. If only more orchestral performances were like that! I enjoyed it more than any I've ever been to."
Andrew Cronshaw fRoots

"The strings on Emilia Amper’s nyckelharpa cuts like high voltage lines through open Swedish landscapes"
Jan Gradvall DI Weekend
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"Brilliantly well-made"
PO Tidholm Dagens Nyheter
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"Guaranteed one of this year’s best folk music albums"
Kalle Tiderman, Lira
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"I have never experienced anyone, anytime, who could so transfix an audience"
Robert von Bahr founder and owner of BIS Records
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