Susanne Merethe Lundeng (born 18 August 1969 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk musician ( fiddle) and composer.

Career

Lundeng had Arvid Engegård as violin teacher and is a prominent practitioner of north Norwegian folk music. She has collaborated with

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and later

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(2005), among others. In the Midnight Sun Trio she collaborates with Knut Erik Sundquist (bass) and Arvid Engegård (violin). Within S.L. Band she collaborated with

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(piano), Håvar Bendiksen (guitar and accordion), Trond-Viggo Solås (bass) and Arnfinn Bergrabb (percussion). Lundeng got in contact with old fiddlers in

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at an early stage and she has undoubtedly contributed to the preservation of the Nordland traditional folk heritage. From the start Lundeng primarily was a promoter of traditional folk music from Nordland, she has over the years shifted more to perform the music she makes herself. But still she has the core of the Nordland folk music in most of what she writes. At the same time she gets inspiration both from jazz, contemporary and folk traditions from other countries.

Discography

Solo albums

*1991: ''Havella''( Heilo), slåtter from Nordland *1994: ''Drag'' (

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) *1997: ''Ættesyn'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with some of her own compositions and traditional folk music from Nordland *2000: ''Vals Til Den Røde Fela'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions *2004: ''Forunderlig Ferd'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions as well as some traditional works *2006: ''Nattevåk'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions *2011: ''Mot'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions as well as the contemporary works "Imella" by

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*2015: ''Nordalsslotter - Hilsen Susanne Lundeng'' (Havella Records)

Collaborations

*1994: ''Sweet Sunny North: Henry Kaiser And David Lindley In Norway'' (Shanachie) *1996: ''Sweet Sunny North, Vol. 2'' (Shanachie) *1996: ''Norske Turdansar II, frå Agder og Nord-Norge'' (Heilo), with Ånon-Egeland *2004: ''Aejlies Gaaltije'' (Vuelie), with

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*2011: ''Rolf Wallin: Wire and String'' ( Simax Classics) *2013: ''Flåte'' (Norway Music), with Hammer & Hersk (Arild Hammero & Daniel Herskedal)

Honors

References

External links

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Susanne Lundeng Biography
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