"The rich, rasping, intense timbre of the Hardanger fiddle has always attracted me, and at the age of 11 I started taking lessons from Einar Løndal in Tuddal. His playing made a strong impression on me from the very beginning. Einar always stated that “you must interpret the air”.

Norwegian country airs as I have learned to play them have strictly defined structures. However, to a certain extent at minimalist level you are free to vary motifs and to add colour through ornamentation, and I think it these elements that have made me feel that playing airs is a natural mode of musical expression for me. I like the music, and I like performing it in my own way."

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