Erik Ask-Upmark

Erik Ask-Upmark is one of few harpists focusing on Nordic music on the Celtic harp. Erik has earned the official title of Riksspelman in Sweden (“Master Musician of the Realm”) and has released two solo CDs (Heaven’s Polska and Winter is Coming) and his music has appeared in everything from Dutch pop music to Norwegian death metal. He has performed all over Europe and America both as a soloist and with his own groups Svanevit, Dråm and Falsobordone; in November 2019 he even toured in China with a Norwegian ice music orchestra, playing the world’s first ice harp.