Don’t miss this exclusive Hobart appearance of the Benedicte Maurseth Quartet at the Theatre Royal.

A rare chance to hear a Norwegian supergroup live in Hobart for the first time. Fusing traditional music and contemporary evocations of the north: Benedicte Maurseth, Morten Qvenild, Mats Eilertsen and Håkon Stene.

Hardanger fiddle is the soul of traditional Norwegian music. Originally a seventeenth-century instrument, similarly sized to the violin, it has eight strings, four of which are ‘sympathetic’, creating extra resonance and possibilities for chordal playing. Benedicte Maurseth is the hardanger fiddle’s great contemporary player. She’s steeped in folkloric traditions, and a distinguished composer, recently commissioned by Kronos Quartet among others. 

This performance celebrates her new album, Mirra, created by the quartet joining us at the Theatre Royal in November.

Inspired by the country of her childhood — way up north in the Norwegian mountains and higher still onto the plateaus — sounds and survival patterns of reindeer have been central to Benedicte’s haunting new music, wrapped around age-old traditional tunes.

★★★★ – Her interspersed contributions on Hardanger fiddle are as entrancing as ever, whether channelling traditional music or improvising. The imaginative integration of all elements in a sort of propulsive acoustic ecosystem is uniquely and irresistibly stunning.” – SONGLINES

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