Listen Fridays at 9:00am (replayed on Saturday also at 9am) to Paula Granquist’s “Art Zany: Radio for the Imagination”
Paula’s Guest/Topic this week: Paula’s guest today is Andrea Een. She has taught Hardanger fiddle, violin and viola at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota since 1977. She received the St. Olav Medal in 2002, given by King Harald V of Norway for her promotion of greater knowledge of Norwegian culture abroad. Een has studied the Hardanger fiddle, a nine-string folk violin unique to Norway, with some of the leading fiddlers in that country. In 2004 she released her solo CD, “From the Valley” which combines her original fiddle solos with traditional dances and tone poems from West Norway. Her poetry has been published in literary journals and the chapbook, “Some Days We Name It Love” (Heywood Press, 1994). Visit andreaeen.com for more details.
