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Angelika Hansen & Thomas Loefke
Angelika Hansen & Thomas Loefke
Angelika Hansen is the Faroe Island’s number one traditional fiddle player. With deep roots in the musical tradition of her home country she also feels at home in jazz and classical music. After growing up in a musical family, she studied music in Reykjavik and Copenhagen. With her band “Kvonn” (“Angelika” in the faroese language), the Faroese Symphony Orchestra, with the Jazz formation Yggdrasil, with Aldubaran, with akkordeonist Anna Hüdepohl, with Norland Wind or as a solo artist she has toured all over Europe, the US, Australia, Japan, Greenland, Germany and Hungary.
Her latest album: Anna & Angelika – akkordeon & violin
Thomas Loefke learnt his trade in Dublin from Ireland’s leading harp players – Máire Ní Cháthasaigh, Helen Davies and Áine Ní Dhúill. Since 1984 he has been playing professionally and has won several international prizes, including first prize at the O’Carolan Harp Festival in Keadue. When not on tour with Norðan or Norland Wind he also tours with Riverdance fiddle player Máire Breatnach, with US-Cello / guitar-duo Acoustic Eidolon, pianist Lutz Gerlach, and as soloist.
Latest album: Rock Pools
