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Lecture in Tianjin
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
Yesterday I gave a lecture at the Conservatory of Music in Tianjin. I was invited by my friend ...
Read More Jew’s harps from the Bronze Age!
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
I have now travelled for some days in the Northern parts of China. In Chifeng (Inner Mongolia) we ...
Read More On the way to China
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
Today I travel to China to give a lecture at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music – and to ...
Read More New bronze lur replicas
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
The trombonists Jens Chr. Kloster and Gaute Vikdal has arranged, in collaboration with the bronze caster Peter Jensen ...
Read More A warm welcome for Jordas skjulte toner
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
The book is now out and available on the market. The response so far has been overwhelming! Thanks ...
Read More Book launch
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
My book, Jordas skjulte toner. Musikk og instrumenter fra steinalder til vikingtid ("The Earth’s Hidden Tones. Music and ...
Read More Klokkesteiner, elgkjever og Granholtsang på P2 (Norwegian only)
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
I forbindelse med boka mi, Jordas skjulte toner. Musikk og instrumenter fra steinalder til vikingtid (som blir lansert ...
Read More Lyre from Norum Church
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
This summer I have worked with instrument building. One of the projects was to build a reconstruction of ...
Read More New article: Prehistoric sound, modern classification
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
What significance did various kinds of sound have for people in the distant past? How can we approach ...
Read More Cold and snow: A four-year memory
~ By Gjermund Kolltveit
In January four years ago, a cold wave lay over Scandinavia and Europe. The newspapers and media were ...
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