Kvonn
Kvonn
Angelika Nielsen, violin
Sharon Weiss, recorder
Ívar Bærentsen, mandolin, guitar
Kristian Blak, piano
Mikael Blak, bass
KVONN is a lively group of musicians from the Faroe Islands that plays traditional and contemporary folk music from Scandinavia. KVONN’s repertoire includes music composed by the band members, as well as traditional tunes and tunes from the 18th century notebook of Faroese musician and scholar Jens Chr. Svabo.
Three of the musicians, Sharon Weiss, Ívar Bærentsen and Kristian Blak, are regular members of the international, Faroe-based group Spælimenninir, that since 1977 has toured widely in Europe, the United States, Japan and Australia playing at folk festivals, dances, clubs, and concerts and conducting educational programs in schools and universities.
Since their early teens, both Angelika Nielsen and Mikael Blak have performed often with Spælimenninir, and for the last few years KVONN has existed as a group on its own.
The band released CD June 2007.
KVONN appears in two versions: full band, including all five musicians, and the smaller version without bass player Mikael Blak.
Related discography by Spælimenninir on TUTL records:
Spælimenninir í Hoydølum (1977), Umaftur (1978), Burturav (1980), Á ferð (1984), Rekaviður (1984), Hinvegin (1986), Flóð og Fjøra (1996), Malargrót (2003)
Kristian Blak is band leader of world music band Yggdrasil. Angelika Nielsen and Mikael Blak also play with Yggdrasil and appear on Yggdrasil’s recordings Risastova (2006), Askur (2007), Seta (2009)
