The nyckelharpa or keyed fiddle was present on the European music scene for a short period at the end of the Middle Ages. Pushed away by the new viol and violin families, the nyckelharpa survived within a tiny enclave in Sweden. There, the instrument experienced a stormy technical development. The result: a completely new nyckelharpa, with a magical, haunting sound.RESONANS is quartet of professional musicians, who with four nyckelharpas bring a versatile repertory to a surpring new life.
RESONANS: the magical sound of four nyckelharpas
The nyckelharpa or keyed fiddle was present on the European music scene for a short period at the end of the Middle Ages. Pushed away by the new viol and violin families, the nyckelharpa survived within a tiny enclave in Sweden. There, the in-strument experienced a stormy technical development. The result: a completelynew nyckelharpa, with a magical, haunting sound.RESONANS is quartet of professional musicians, who with four nyckelharpas bringa versatile repertory to a surpring new life.