Emilia is one of Sweden’s most sought-after folk musicians. There are many significant events on Emilia’s CV. She was the World Champion of the nyckelharpa in 2010, named Artist of the Year at the Swedish Folk & World Music Awards in 2013, nominated for the Swedish Grammis, the Manifest Prize, and Album of the Year at the Swedish Folk & World Awards for “Trollfågeln” in 2013. She has also been doubly nominated for an American Grammy and won a Norwegian Grammy for “In Folk Style” together with the Trondheim Soloists, Gjermund Larsen, and 2L in 2010. She was awarded the NPU Prize (a prize given to a selected Nordic composer each year by all Nordic countries’ composer organizations) in 2013.
Emilia teaches at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, served on the board of the Eric Sahlström Institute (Sweden’s institute for traditional music, song, and dance) from 2009 to 2016, and has been a member of UTOM (Young Thoughts on Music), a think tank for musicians and music producers under 40, since 2018. She composed the commissioned work “Till Reser Anna” for the Västerås Sinfonietta as part of the project “Reflections on Visa från Utanmyra,” and has performed in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Greece, Iran, The Gambia, Namibia, India, the USA, Canada, Brazil, Romania, Italy, the UK, Ireland, China, Poland, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates.
Frontside has existed since 2019 and is largely driven by volunteer efforts, but we are highly dependent on additional financial sponsors and fundings. All contributions are used to engage fantastic musicians, rents of venues and all other things that make the festival a magical experience.
Welcome as a member of the Frontside Chamber Music Association.
As a member, you will continuously receive our newsletters and advance information about tickets.
If you wish to donate some extra money, it would be greatly appreciated! You will then belong to our Tone-donating members and will continuously receive our newsletters and advance information about tickets, as well as be offered a glass of sparkling wine in a unique meeting with our artists during the festival days.
If you wish to sponsor the festival with larger amounts, we are extremely grateful. You will continuously receive our newsletters and advance information about tickets, as well as be offered a glass of sparkling wine in a unique meeting with our artists during the festival days, and your name will be published (upon agreement) on our website.
Our membership register contains information about names and addresses, in some cases also phone numbers and/or email addresses. The register is used only for sending out membership information. The association will not sell or otherwise share personal information with any other party. Upon leaving the association, the information will be deleted and will only remain in the records that we are required to keep for seven years according to accounting laws. For further information or if you wish to be removed from the register, please contact our treasurer, Catrin Bernsro: catrin@bernsro.se
