current projects
“Boeur might just be Aerialists’ secret weapon, bringing the wildness of Norwegian traditional music into the band’s beautifully eclectic sonic mix” - The Georgia Straight
This tune makes ghosts real” - Folking
ELISE BOEUR & ADAM IREDALE-GRAY
“There is an almost telepathic level of communication between the players” - Fatea
“Gripping and visceral” - Folkworld
Isa Holmgren (SE, voice) and Elise Boeur (CA, violin + hardingfele)
A new duo project for violin and voice that synthesizes Boeur & Holmgren’s mutual interest in the expressive elements of traditional Norwegian folk music, and their intimate and perceptive individual improvising styles, to create elegant and abrasive new works.
ELISE BOEUR SOLO HARDINGFELE
Elise Boeur welcomes you into the shimmering world of the 9-stringed hardingfele, sharing her deep love of the expansive forms and subtle elasticity of time in traditional Norwegian music. Elise’s solo performance is grounded in aural folk traditions and honed through intensive study in Nordic traditional music at Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, but what it’s really about is the sound - an ethereal cloud of overtones transporting a room to a timeless space.
I love working as a sideperson - I take great pleasure in inhabiting other musical visions, and do my best to translate them with warmth and clarity. Here are playlists in a couple of mediums with some of my collaborative work as a string player:
