For more music, check out my You Tube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/maed57.
Shorted English version from ECM homepage(http://www.ecmrecords.com/Background/Background_1660.php)
"Virtuoso instrumentalist, songwriter and composer
Mats Edén is one of the defining figures of the new
Swedish folk music.
Edén offers dedication to some of the fiddlers who have
preceded him, legends Lejsme Per Larsson, masters of the
old school of playing like Torleiv Björgum, and also near-contemporaries
like Anders Rosén.
Rosén was one of the players who, in the 1970s, revived the tradition of making abundant use of resonating strings. Mats Edén took this concept one step further with the development of a fiddle with five sympathetic strings: he called this instrument the "bordunfiol", or the drone-fiddle.
Värmland's geographical proximity to Norway has encouraged Edén to look over the borders at related traditions.
Edén also studied in Norway, taking classes in composition with Lasse Thoresen and Olav Anton Thommessen, gaining the theoretical and practical knowledge that would enable him to establish his own slant on contemporary composition, while making use also of his knowledge of Scandinavian folk tradition."
I am now half time teaching folk music at the Academy of Music in Malmö and half time freelance musician and composer.
For more info about the folk music departement at Malmö Academy of Music: http://www.mhm.lu.se/
Some of the records
Struling AMCD 728
Avtryck AMCD 746
Läckerbiten AMCD 733 - nominated to GRAMMY
Niss Kerstin - TRÄD. AMCD 739
Milvus - with Jonas Simonson and The Cikada String Quartet ECM 1610
Ellika Frisell
med Sven Ahlbäck och Mats Edén
Tokpolska
GCD-36
Nordan - with Lena Willmark/Ale Möller ECM 1536 GRAMMY AWARD
Agram - with Lena Willemark/Ale Möller ECM 1610
Vägen In - with Tina Quartey, AMCD 755
Reviews:
www.cdroots.com/amigo-eden-avtryck.html
www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/eden.html
www.cdroots.com/amigo-eden-lackerbiten.html.
www.rootsworld.com/freereed/eden.html
Groupa:
Av bara farten/Vildhonung AMCD 729 Månskratt AMCD 725 with Lena Willenark. GRAMMY AWARD Imeland AMCD 730. GRAMMY AWARD Groupa 15 years. North side. NSD 6010
Lavalek XOUCD 125
Fjalar XOUCD 134
Records avalible at http://cdon.se/ or http://www.cdroots.com
Selection of my work at Swedish Music Information Centre
Scores and parts at:
www.mic.stim.se
filed under:
Contemporary classical
Member of FST - Society of Swedish Composers
SKAP - The Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Proud father of six kids
Goa gubbe! Men det hade ju såklart varit ännu bättre om du hade fått mer hemlängtan och bestämt dej för att flytta "hem" igen! Då menar jag HEM som i HEM TILL VÄRMLAND!!! Dags att höras snart om plattan också. Kram
Klyftor växer och orättvisor blir allt fler i takt med att fler och fler människor känner att inget går att ändra på, men hur liten man än kan känna sig så kan man alltid påverka och ju fler som känner att de kan påverka desto större ändring kan man åstadkomma. 'Korrespondens i Tystnadens Tid' heter den nya låten på min sida, kom in och lyssna och kom ihåg att ensam kommer aldrig vara stark!
Alla som vill det får vara min vän. /Jens Ihlström
just a word to tell you that you (your bands and music) are a big inspiration for us... you're walking on the razors edge between tradition and musical perspective. I'm not a real fiddle lover but when I hear you... it just sounds...
here, in france, why try to develop the swedish traditionnal music which is one of the most important in the whole europa. our own music is full of scandinavian influences...
Kouame Sereba was awarded the price Folk Musician of the Year during the Folk Music Awards at Folkelarm. (Oslo- Norway) - "Thank you" is a word that covers my feelings right now, said a deeply touched Sereba.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
Hej Mats. I am enjoying the new tunes you've put in your player! I hope your summer was good and that you got a lot from your garden Did you try making cider this year?
Hej Mats! I really like the new tunes you've posted - especially Bjoorndans. What a very cool piece! Hope your summer is going well & your garden is bountiful
Gatumusiken i Göteborg har belagts med förbud, så får det naturligtvis inte gå till! Jag lämnar in min protest i form av en visa som finns att lyssna på min sida, den heter "Göteborg Göteborg". In och lyssna...ut och spela!
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Did you try making cider this year?
