Rättvik man Hjärp Erik
was drawn to the accordion when Jularbo fever was rampant in
Sweden. But he wasn't interested in Calle Jularbo's music. Erik's
favourite music was to be found among the fiddlers in his home
village of Blecket, and especially at the home of his neighbor
Blank Kalle. Hjärp Erik has developed his own technique
for adapting the fiddle tune ornaments, quarter notes and bowing
strokes to his own instrument. Other accordionists, stunned,
wonder how he can play like he does. Erik, born in 1928, has
played the accordion for more than 60 years. Today he is more
active than ever and has become an important role model for many
accordionists and fiddlers in Sweden and America. Hjärp
Erik has one CD release on the Giga label in Sweden: Långt
Jässbod!
We at Nisswa-stämman are
thrilled to welcome Erik to Minnesota!
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