- Anders Norudde
Anders Norudde (born Anders Stake, 1960) is a Swedish folk
musician ,multi-instrumentalist , andluthier .After finishing school, Anders took a job at the ironworks in
Degerfors , where, in his spare time, he practicedorienteering and played rock music on the guitar. After hearing the bandKebnekaise on the radio, Anders became interested in the melodies of traditional Swedish folk music. He began attending folk music festivals inRansäter ,Värmland , and was particularly inspired by the music ofAnders Rosén andMats Edén ofGroupa .He also developed an interest in the construction of musical instruments, and participated in a four-year course in violin making in
Leksand . Graduation from this course qualified him as a member of S.V.I.T. (Swedish Violinmakers in the Italian Tradition). Anders has built 16 fiddles (including theviola d'amore played byMagnus Stinnerbom ), and has sold all but one of them (aHardanger fiddle that he still plays). In 1987, he formed the bandHedningarna together with percussionistBjörn Tollin andlutenist Hållbus Totte Mattson wanting to explore the possibilities of developing a new musical style based on elements of traditional music. The group wrote and played a major part of the music to theatre project "Den stora vreden" (rough translation: "The Great Wrath") at Gävleborgs folkteater (the county theatre of Gävleborg), first time performed in 1988, that attracted much attention. A fairly large portion of the music on their first record was originally performed in that play.Anders has dedicated an important amount of his creativity to the potentials offered by such ancient instruments as
Swedish bagpipes , themoraharpa (a variant ofnyckelharpa ) and thewillow flute . As part of his work with Hedningarna, Anders has constructed a number of unique instruments, some reproductions of ancient instruments such as themoraharpa , and some novel instruments based on a combination of traditional and modern design principles.In the mid-'90s, Anders and his fiancée Ingrid spent a considerable amount of time and effort renovating the old cottage of Anders's grandmother, located in the northern part of the Udden headland in Lake Ölen,
Degerfors , for which they won an award. When they married in 1997, they decided that they would both take a new surname. They decided on "Norudde", in honor of the cottage.He currently lives in
Karlskoga with his wife Ingrid and two children, John and Hedda.Discography
*Hedningarna (with Hedningarna), 1989
*Kaksi (with Hedningarna), 1991
*Blå Bergens Borduner, 1993
*Trä (with Hedningarna), 1994
*Kruspolska: SASHA mixes, 1994
*Hippjokk (with Hedningarna), 1997
*Karelia Visa (with Hedningarna), 1999
*Kan Själv / Himself (solo), 2000
*1989-2003 (with Hedningarna), 2003
*Med hull och hår (withLeo Svensson and Göran "Freddy" Fredriksson, 2003
*Böndernas underverk / Farmer's Miracle (withLennart Gybrandt ), 2005External links
* [http://www.svit.se/_svit.html S.V.I.T. - Swedish Violinmakers in the Italian Tradition]
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