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KVARTS is (left to right) Øystein Rudi, Erlend Styve, Jo Asgeir Lie and Tom Willy Rustad
One of Norway's best known traditional music bands, KVARTS (Norwegian for "quartz"), will be visiting the Upper Midwest from March 28 – April 5, 2009.
They will be presenting a series of performances and workshops in Northfield and Fergus Falls in Minnesota, Decorah in Iowa and Mt. Horeb in Wisconsin.
KVARTS has twice won the Spellemannspris — Norway's version of the "Grammy" — and their recordings and performances have won high critical praise.
The musical backgrounds of KVARTS' members range from classical to contemporary, bluegrass and blues to folk music. This range allows them to experiment and improvise without weakening their bonds to traditional folk music. Individually, the members of KVARTS are recognized throughout Norway for their skills as solo and group instrumentalists, music educators, composers and arrangers.
For more information and a complete schedule of events, see the MulteMusic.com posting.
KVARTS has been a real inspiration to us in Multe, so we hope you'll come and join us for these events.
