Petter Berndalen

PERCUSSION
Petter's playing is especially adapted to emphasize the existing beat of the dance tunes and the ballads. His drumming follows the melodic line of the tunes in a playful manner. Petter's goal is not to produce an accompaniment that fits in with folk music but, rather, to create something that IS its very essence. He achieves this is by studying the ways in which the fiddler supports the melody, and integrating its curves and contours into his own playing.

Petter has studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and is the first percussionist in the world to hold a degree in Swedish folk music. He has previously studied in Sund Folkehögskole (Sund, Norway), Birka Folkhögskola (Östersund, Sweden), and the School of Music and Music Education at Göteborg University (Sweden).

petter@gjallarhorn.com