Vǫluspá | Tamburi Mundi Festival 2025

In the organizer's words:

SISU - Norwegian Percussion Ensemble & Øyonn Groven Myhren

The Norwegian percussion ensemble SISU and the singer and harpist Øyonn Groven Myhren present their latest concert program in Freiburg with Vǫluspá: A musical adaptation of a 9th century saga based on the Codex Regius, in which the old Norwegian frame drum plays an important role.

"Volva in Vǫluspá knows more than most. It was created before the world was created. She has experienced everything. She can see further than the furthest - far beyond Armageddon (Ragnarök)."

Vǫluspá was created shortly before the year 1000 - towards the end of the Viking Age. The oldest known version is performed, without omissions, without additions, without changes and in Old Norwegian. The performance uses a traditional Norwegian singing narrative style, with room for melodic fantasies and a lot of "here and now".

The instrumentation is a mixture of instruments that were used in the Viking Age and sound sources that were already in use back then. Sounds such as "dripping ice", "rustling leaves", "birdsong" and "clinking coins" are used. And last but not least, the bell rod appears in the role of Odin...

Vǫluspá will be performed in the original language.
We look forward to this very special musical experience!

With

Music: Øyonn Groven Myhren
Stage design: Tomas Nilsson
Øyonn Groven Myhren: harp, vocals
Tomas Nilsson (SISU): percussion, sound
Bjørn Skansen (SISU): percussion, sound

The production was made possible by funding from the "Norwegian Culture Fund and Fund for Performing Artists".

Price information:

Admission 18€ / 15€ (reduced) / 5€ for students & pupils