Voices of Scandinavia

Brothers Lawrence Wilde and Charles Boguinia come together to present a program of piano music by Edward Grieg and new new compositions for the Swedish nyckelharpa, violin and piano inspired by Swedish and Norwegian Folk music. The concert is the culmination Lawrence’s artistic research of Scandinavian folk music and the Swedish nyckelharpa. Last year Lawrence spent a year studying and researching Scandinavian folk music and new music in Stockholm Sweden.

Lawrence is a composer, violinist and nyckelarhap player. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Juilliard School and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at Princeton University. Charles is a pianist and composer, he studied piano at the New School in NYC with Vladimir Feltsman and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Boston.

The Voices of Scandinavia concert will open with a pre-concert discussion about Scandinavian folk music and a demonstration of the Swedish nyckelharpa.