Qvam/The Square

TrondheimFOLK would like to warmly welcome you to an acoustic concert with the recent Spellemann Prize winners Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen and Bendik Sedåsgjelten Qvam! The concert will be held in the beautiful Atelier Ilsvika, and you are all invited.

Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen and Bendik Smedåsgjelten Qvam have deep roots in the traditional music of Nord-Østerdalen and Trøndelag. They have played together for over ten years, and have developed a great interest in and knowledge of the music from their homelands. They perform the dance tunes, songs and ballads with their own distinctive expression, with darkness, melancholy, hope and humor.

Their first duo album is called "Stråk", which means road, or area for travel and movement. Nord-Østerdalen and Trøndelag have been a thoroughfare for many different people. This album depicts parts of life in Nord-Østerdalen and Trøndelag, with the difficult working life, the young love that can be both wonderful and painful, and the eternal need for music and dance to try to forget the hard everyday life. For this album they won the Spellemann Prize in the category of traditional music in 2026.

Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen: vocals, guitar and lyre
Bendik Qvam: guitars, vocals, fennel horn and willow flute