GKN5

Pulsating dance music from Norway

GKN5 creates modern interpretations of the unique Tovdals tradition and brings the captivating music both to pulsating dance floors at festivals and to the deepest corners of Scandinavian fiddle enthusiasts.

GKN5 are recreating the intricacies of the legendary fiddler Salve Austenå forming it into contemporary ensemble music. It is more than arrangements and compositions - it is a way of listening and co-creating the moment as if being one. Bridging over time and space captivating both pulsating dance floors and the deepest corners of our souls. GKN5 connects generations of Norwegian fiddlers and musicians to the audience of today. Since the debut the group has released two albums and toured some of the major festivals and venues of Northern Europe with their captivating instrumental music.

Members:

Guro Kvifte Nesheim - hardanger fiddle/hardanger D’amore

Anna Malmström - clarinet/bas clarinet

Anna Freiman - nyckelharpa

Jens Linell - tamburin

Thomas Eriksson - 12-stringed guitar