The Fiddling Viking: A Tribute Concert

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Category
Entertainment
Start date
2019-09-17 19:30:00
End date
2019-09-17 21:00:00
Address / City
58 Park Ave., New York
Location
NY, US
Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen, known worldwide as "The Fiddling Viking," was greatly loved throughout Scandinavia. From the age of 15 until Asmussen’s death last year, San Francisco-based Danish violinist Mads Tolling kept in frequent contact with the older musician, who counseled him on his early musical training. Asmussen later donated a large chunk of his music collection to Mads, including many handwritten charts. In this performance honoring the musician, Mads Tolling and Danish guitarist Jacob Fischer (a 20-year member of Svend Asmussen’s quartet) plays a mix of tunes that span Asmussen’s career, ranging from his early 1940s and ’50s collaborations with guitarist Ulrik Neumann up to his more recent quartet works.
Organizer
Scandinavia House
Phone
212.779.3587
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