Kongero is: Anna Wikénius, Sofia Hultqvist Kott, Lotta Andersson, and Emma Björling
OFFICIAL PARTICIPANT OF GLOBAL MUSIC MATCH 2022
Kongero is a highly esteemed, world touring Swedish Folk'appella group singing powerful, evocative, haunting music. A concert with Kongero will take the listener on a fabulous journey, an all-embracing Scandinavian folk music experience. Amazing vocal polyphony, groovy, and powerful. We released our 6th album "Live in Longueuil" in the summer 2021 and it’s been so well-received!
We push the boundaries in trad/folk/world music as well as in a cappella and chamber music. We feel it’s important to share this passion with others. By conducting our workshops and master classes we make great music and long-lasting connections with singers wherever we go. To share is to gain something new, and by sharing our tradition, knowledge, and passion we get lots of positive energy, love, and powerful musical experiences.
This journey has, since 2005, resulted in extensive touring all over Europe, Canada, Barbados, and Singapore. We have done official showcases at Folk Alliance International, Nordic Folk Alliance, Nordic Showcase, Bourse Rideau, and we are an official participant of Global Music Match 2022.
Kongero runs the festival: Nordic Folk Fest and are board members of NASC – North Atlantic Song Community.
Kongero has released 5 own full-length albums (2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2021), one collaboration CD with the instrumental band Massivet ‘Vaerla Vaken’ (2018), and three Song Books consisting of our workshop material.
“... and my, my, what a birthday present for anyone with ears to hear. On a mix of traditional and self-composed pieces, they shine with a crystalline brilliance.”
- Chris Nickson RootsWorld USA, 2021. Om Live in Longueuil
“Terrific. Like camping out in a Swedish forest and hearing tales of joy, love, sadness, errant cattle, Estonian islands & too many beers.
Kongero made the audience’s heart sing with their soaring,
blended vocal dexterity and charm.” - Adrian Mealing, UK Touring
"The vocal harmonies are, as usual, heartbreakingly virtuoso, crystal clear and intense, full of tension that dissolves into lovely harmonies" - Alexandra Ullsten, Lira 2021. Om Live in Longueuil
”De fyra unga kvinnorna i sånggruppen Kongero är något av folkmusikens The Real Group.”
- Lars Landström, Allehanda.se
"Living proof that AUTOTUNE didn't need to be invented"
- Paul White, Soundonsound
"We had these ladies to kick off our Sol European Forum in Stockholm, they really owned the crowd, beautiful!"
- Paul Van Nobelen
"I normally don't like A Cappella groups, but when they keep the pitch and are as amusing as Kongero, I love it! Four skilled soloists that can sing together as one voice."
- Bart De Cock, Flanders, Belgium
"This group is a revelation. The beauty of the four voices is equaled only by the pristine, flawless arrangements. They provide a stunning example of a marriage between the traditional and the innovative. This magical Swedish music very much deserves to be heard far and wide."
- Jeff Meshel, Music Journalist Israel
"This group is a revelation. The beauty of the four voices is equaled only by the pristine, flawless arrangements. They provide a stunning example of a marriage between the traditional and the innovative. This magical Swedish music very much deserves to be heard far and wide."
- Jeff Meshel, Music journalist
Sweden +46 702205199
International +46 705840178
info@kongero.se
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