Petter Berndalen

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Petter Berndalen "Rhythm of Sweden Part1"



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Petter Berndalen "Melody on Drums 1"



Upcoming events:
23/8 CD Recording with Kraja - Mahogny Studios - Noraström
27/8 Solo concert - CD RELEASE - Stallet 20.00 - Stockholm
3/9 Solo concert - Aggershus 19.00 - Berga
4/9 Botkyrkas Internationella Allsång - Subtopiafestivalen 19.00 - Botkyrka
5/9 Gravity - Stockholms Konserthus - Stockholm
8/9 Free Peaces - Showcase 10 - Göteborg
10/9 Unni Boksasp Ensemble - Folkelarm 18.30 - Oslo
11/9 Unni Boksasp Ensemble - Folkelarm 21.00 - Oslo
13-16/9 CD Recording with Caoimhin O Raghallaigh - Dublin
16-19/9 Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, Sean Og & Nic Gareiss - Fringe Festival - Dublin
26/9 Solo concert - Sveriges Radio P2 - Världens Liv - SRP2
3/10 Free Peaces - Dieselverkstan - Stockholm
9/10 SPÅR - Linköpings Folkmusikfestival - Linköping
9/10 Solo concert - Linköpings Folkmusikfestival - Linköping
30/10 Improvisensation - Umeå Jazzfestival - Umeå
1/11 Free Peaces - Tonspråk Rikskonserter - Vänersborg
10-13/11 Master classes and Solo concert - Sibelius Academy - Helsinki
18/11 Free Peaces - Lidingö
19/11 Free Peaces - Lidingö
23/11 Teater Sláva - Uppsala Konsert & Kongress
26/11 Guest with Kraja - CD RELEASE - Stallet - Stockholm
29/11 Free Peaces - Lidingö
30/11 Free Peaces - Stockholm
12/11 Ranarim - Stallet - Stockholm



Petter Berndalen has turned the accepted conditions and past norms of drum playing up-side-down. He is fascinated by the melodic function of solo fiddle performers of Swedish folk music, and this forms the basis for his playing. His goal is not to play something that fits in with folk music, but rather to play something that undoubtedly IS folk music. He achieves this by studying solo fiddle players and applying every minute detail to his percussion playing.
An important question within his work is how central aspects of melody, such as hierarchical form and phrasing, melodic contour, ornamentation, etc. can be represented percussion playing on a drum kit where precise pitch transitions are not possible. Other important questions concern how to capture the rhythmic and metrical flexibility and ambiguity of Swedish traditional fiddle music on an instrument in which the rhythmic expression is precise and explicit. In his work, Petter explores the artistic possibilities in this translation based on the idea that this is really solo percussion music.



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Petter Plays Tobias Drums & Bosphorus Cymbals



Yaneka at Abbey Road Studios March 2008



[ni:d] at Korrö Folk Music Festival. July 2007



Warming up before a concert with Gjallarhorn in Ternat, Belgium



Percussion show on new years eve 2006