About

Emilia Amper is a nyckelharpa player, singer, composer and teacher from Sweden.

The last year has been very successful for her: In August 2010 she was crowned World Champion of nyckelharpa, and in 2011 she was nominated as Artist of the Year at the Swedish Folk Music Awards. Together with the Norwegian chamber orchestra The Trondheim Soloists and the Norwegian fiddler Gjermund Larsen she won the Spellemannsprisen 2011 (Norwegian Grammy) for best classical album and was nominated for two American Grammy Awards.

Emilia combines a deep knowledge and love for the Swedish traditional music and an open-minded passion to experiment, compose and meet new music and cultures. She has a broad musical background and education and has played with different Swedish and Nordic folk music groups and artists, and also with for example Persian classical musicians, pop/rock and jazz musicians (such as Jon Lord from Deep Purple!) and as a soloist with chamber orchestra.

Emilia has performed concerts all over Europe, in North and South America, Asia and Africa, and is also a popular teacher and dance musician in Sweden and abroad. Her musical passions are polskas, bowing techniques, expression and dance groove, and her style of playing has been described as dynamic, elegant and groovy.

Right now Emilia is working full time as a free lance musician in her own company Emilia Amper Music, with ensembles and projects like Absolut Trio, The Trondheim Soloists, RESiDANS and ODE, as well as with different duo and solo projects. She is also working on her debut solo album at the esteemed BIS Records, and with Absolut Trio's coming debut album.