"When the students at the Royal Music Academy want to meet a "real" fiddler, they invite Bo." CLOSE ©2001 Nisswa-stämman - All Rights Reserved

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Bo "Bosse" Larsson Bo is the nephew to the legendary fiddler Leonard Larsson, best known as Viksta-Lasse (1897-1983), and Bo is keeping the tradition in an exceptional way. Bo is a highly respected fiddler in Sweden and is often asked to teach at workshops and courses around the country. He serves as a model for young fiddlers and is a constant source of inspiration. When the students at the Royal Music Academy are assigned to meet a "real" fiddler, they invite Bo. He is honored with many different distinctions, foremost among them is the title Riksspelman - (National Master Musician). He carries on the music of Viksta-Lasse and Gås-Anders, but also plays lots of tunes from Dalarna and Hjort-Anders (as Viksta-Lasse played with Hjort-Anders during many, many years). Bo's father, Sven Larsson, was a talented harmonica player and Bo learned much from him as well. Sven was also a master dancer. Thanks to him, the Uppland polska known as the bondpolska, was saved from extinction. Bosse has had a long fiddler's career performing with Viksta-Lasse, his father Sven and with his children Robert and Ingela. He has also been playing a lot with Ole Hjort and and in the 70's in the group "Tre Lekare" (with Leif Alpsjö and Elisabet Söderlund). Other fiddling friends of Bo's are the Åkerbypojkarna and Curt Tallroth. Bo has toured a extensively in Sweden and has also represented Sweden several times at international festivals, like Nisswa-stämman.