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*If you’d like to hear a recording of this event, please contact us at [email protected]. In the meantime, enjoy a playlist of relevant and included material below.* Erik Rydvall began playing violin at the age of five, before discovering the nyckelharpa at 18, beginning his own approach after studying with masters of the tradition. Erik is a founding member of the Swedish folk music trio Nordic. Together with one of Norway’s top Hardanger fiddle players, Olav Luksengård Mjelva, he formed the duo Rydvall/Mjelva. 2012 saw the release of their highly acclaimed debut album “Isbrytaren” (“The Icebreaker”), unifying traditional nyckelharpa and hardanger fiddle music for the first time ever. He is a musician always on the lookout for new impulses and challenges.