Photo courtesy to Gaute Ulltang
Henrik Nordtun Gjerstad
hardanger fiddle
Henrik Nordtun Gjertsen is a hardanger fiddle player and violinist from Sandnes in Norway. He studies for his Bachelors in folk music performance at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Henrik has a strong connection to Hardanger and the surrounding areas and focuses mostly on the music form these areas. Henrik studies with acclaimed folk musicians like Håkon Høgemo and Andreas Bjørkås and is focused on preserving the traditions while still making room for the tradition to develop naturally. .