Dan Lundberg: Swedish folk Music - from village greens to concert platforms
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Dan LUNDBERG Dan Lundberg, b. 1959, is Director of Svenskt visarkiv (Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research) and a professor in music and cultural diversity. In addition to these positions, Dan Lundberg is a senior lecturer in musicology at the University of Stockholm. In 1994 he defended his thesis on modal improvisation in Turkish folk- and popular music. He's an active member of the international ethnomusicology scientist society, mainly through his memberships of the International Council of Traditional Music (ICTM). Dan Lundberg is the president of the ESEM - European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, since 2008. Dan Lundberg has been an active musician on the Swedish world music circuit, specializing on Eastern European folk music. Lundberg's main musical focus has been on his band the Orient Express. Lundberg's key publications include books and papers on Swedish and European folk music, and music and identity. On clarinette in Gösses! from 'Mahala' (SJECD11)

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Dan Lundberg: Swedish folk Music - from village greens to concert platforms