The Cedar Presents
An Evening with Stundom
Wednesday, March 10, 2027
Doors 7PM | Show 7:30PM
Seated | All Ages
This show is part of The Cedar's Global Roots Series, made possible in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Marbrook Foundation, the Rosemary and David Good Foundation, and the hundreds of donors whose generosity helps sustain our programs each year.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Inspired by the traditional dance music of their ancestors, the Danish trio Stundom invites you into a wondrous, immersive world, blending folk traditions with classical chamber music and modern symphonic elements to set a “towering new standard for Nordic folk music.”
STundom
Inspired by the traditional dance music from its Nordic ancestors, Stundom invites you into a wondrous immersive world, and mixes folk traditions with classical chamber music and modern symphonic elements. With a blend of the violin, the cittern, and the piano, Emma Kragh-Elmoe, Villads Hoffmann and Julian Svejgaard share a unique musical chemistry and ability to create capturing melodies.
Stundom is one of the most acclaimed groups of New Nordic Folk Music in Denmark today, and the trio has been nominated for the Danish Music Awards Roots/Folk several times, e.g. "Artist of the Year" and "Album of the Year" at Danish Music Awards Roots in 2024 and 2022. In 2022 Emma, Julian and Villads were all separately nominated as "Composer of the Year" as well.
In 2015, Emma Elmoe and Villads Hoffmann started the duo Elmoe & Hoffmann in Copenhagen as a part of the young, growing Danish folk music scene, and soon thereafter, they won the "New Talent" prize at the Danish Folk Music Awards. In 2017, the duo were joined by Danish folk pianist Julian Svejgaard for the recording of their debut album Vandkanten, and the duo became a trio, changing their name to Stundom, which is an old Nordic word for ‘from time to time,’ a reflection of the mission of the trio; to create new music in the present, inspired by the times that went before, for the times that will come.
In 2024, Stundom released its second studio album Hvis ikke de er dode, lever de endnu following their critically acclaimed debut album mả jeg holde din hảnd? (2021).
The group has appeared on BBC Scotland, BBC Alba, TG4, played live on BBC Radio 3 and the classical Danish National Radio station P2, and have played at some of Europe's biggest festivals, both in and out of the folk music world, such as Roskilde Festival [DK], Celtic Connections [UK], Tonder Festival [DK], Het Lindeboom [FR] and Folkelarm [NO].