08.Johannes Gerworkian Hellman
2024
16: 9 4’14’’
video, concert, commissioned
Johannes Geworkian Hellman is a leading figure in the Nordic folk and world music scene and is considered one of the most prominent hurdy-gurdy players of his generation. For the past ten years, he has regularly toured Scandinavia, Europe, the USA, and Canada, performing original compositions and blending ancient and contemporary sounds.
In recent years, there has been a growing revival of the hurdy-gurdy, an instrument with medieval European origins—including in Portugal—which is taught at the Ponte Velha Music School of the Associação Cultural Tirsense.