Helga Myhr Solo

Helga Myhr is a hardanger fiddle player, singer and composer working in the field of Norwegian folk music and contemporary and experimental music. Her first solo album, Natten veller seg ut, was released on the label Motvind Records in October 2019, that also received a nomination to Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian Grammy Awards). On the album we can listen to Myhr’s experimental interpretations of folk music from her home region, Hallingdal. Myhr focuses on different creative modes of expression that arise when you enter the musical material of a tradition and open your ears to improvisation and experimental music. Myhr often uses both the fiddle and song at the same time, and in this way brings forth the special and challenging interplay emerging when one person plays and sings at the same time.

“…det er eiendommelig hvilken rolig kraft det er i hardingfelespillet hennes, enten hun spiller en tradisjonell springar eller improviserende samtidsmusikk som utforsker instrumentets klangpotensiale og taktile beskaffenhet. Myhr er en rystende musiker i mange forskjellige settinger, for eksempel i det melodisterke og jazzete bandet Morgonrode, men det er som solofremfører hun gjør mest overveldende inntrykk…”

• Audun Vinger, Jazz i Norge, 25. juni 2021

Helga Myhr - fele og vokal

Foto: Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard