HAUGAARD & HØIRUP (Denmark)

Violinist Harald Haugaard and guitarist and singer Morten Alfred Høirup's duo, formed in 1998, has become one of the most successful constellations ever in Danish folk music. Their concerts, both in intimate venues and on some of the largest stages of European and North American Folk and World Music festivals, have gained Danish folk music a new recognition with enthusiastic audiences, outstanding reviews and innumerable radio- and TV appearances.

Haugaard & Høirup specialize in an elegant mixture of traditional Danish music and original compositions, seasoned with a few old Danish songs in fresh interpretations. The duo has gathered their traditional material from family members, friendships with older 'tradition carriers' and from the great old Danish music collections. The Haugaard & Høirup sound is Danish music at its most melodious: light and untroubled with its own sweetness, with a hint of the enchanted and a touch of the diabolical. The duo has renewed the power of Danish music with fresh spirit and performs it with humour and a slight ironic twist.

 | Friday Falu Folkets Hus 20.00 |