Nyckelharpa network, an innovative dissemination of a music…Sweden
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices 2023
EN: In around the 1950's, there were about 10 nyckelhapra players and a couple of nyckelharpa builders in one area of Sweden. Eric Sahlström (1912-1986) identified safeguarding needs and redesigned nyckelharpa to meet contemporary musical demands. Tobo Upplaqnd, 1984
EN: The nyckelharpa traditions have been continued by a number of enthusiasts, amateurs and professional builders and musicians. Here, in Dannemora, in the northern part of Uppland Province.
EN: The Eric Sahström Institute, Tobo, Uppland, is today a central node of the nyckelharpa network. A Nordic seminar in June 2007 with instrument makers and musicians from Finland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia
EN: Students of two-year nyckelharpa-building distance course at the Eric Sahlström Institute in Tobo, 2013-2014. The picture shows body frames destined to become modern three-row chromatic nyckelharpas, the Eric Sahlström model
EN: Based on the importance of conveying the music tradition to young people, ten skilled builders jointed the Eric Sahslström Institute in 2010. The result was 25 children's nyckelharpas, which are used in school
EN: Gunnar Alhbäck started the annually recurring Nyckelharpstämman in Österbybruk in 1975 together with the Österby Folk Dance Association. The picture shows Gunnar looking at the best-in-show nyckelharpa from the festival exhibition in 2014
EN: The network is founded on meeting and sharing. The dissemination of the musical tradition also takes place through various musical events and folk music gatherings. The musicians and nyckelharpa builder Hasse Gille (1931-2012) on the podium in 2003
EN: Children and young people perform a concert at the October Festival (Octoberstämman) at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress (UKK) in Uppsala, October 2015
EN: In 2009-2011, the Eric Sahlström Institute participated in CADENCE - a Grundtvig learning partnership and European network established by educational institutions in Germany, Italy and Sweden. Initiated and run by Marco Ambrosini and Karsten Evers from Germany: https://www.nyckelharpa.eu/cadence/
EN: Today the instrument is played by thousands of musicians around the world. Here, young musicians who represent the future of nyckelharpa network, in Österbybruk in 2004
