ROTVÄLTA

One of Swedens most "secret" folkmusic bands soon to have a Twentieth Anniversery!

Rotvälta is Susanne Rosenberg (voice), Sven Ahlbäck (fiddle), Mikael Marin (viola) and Mats Olofsson (cello). How did it all start? - Well Susanne and Sven has played together since 1980 (in groups GRANNLÅT and KVICKROT) and Sven and Mikael started to play together in 1987. So in 1988 it was time to form ROTVÄLTA for the specific musical direction that significed the music and taste of the musicians of Rotvälta, (Mats joined in 1995).

The music of ROTVÄLTA can be described as modal, riff based, ornamented, with blue notes, heavy towards Hendrixs, Bartok and still meditativ an soft as dawn.

Until today the group has only released two albums "Hemlig stod jag" (1991) and "i Österled" (1995) - but even so the group and its music have influenced other musicians and young generations with their way of playing.

The different members of ROTVÄLTA are all engaged in a lot of other groups and projects all the time but the favourit music of ROTVÄLTA still lingers.....

To celbrate the twentieth anniversery there will be one of thoose rare moment where ROTVÄLTAs music will be heard ! In june 2008 Rotvälta hope to release the new album "Tjilin" at the spelmanstämma of Ransäter!

Do you want to book a concert with ROTVÄLTA? contact Udda Toner info@uddatoner.com

What do the members do when they don't play with ROTVÄLTA?
Well - they are all extraordinary good cooks - So sometimes they cook - but besides that:

Sven does some serious research and programming for a new software on automatic notation and playes with his groups LUFTSTRÅK and BOWING 9.
Mikael do vast touring with his group VÄSEN and playes with the string-all-stars group BOWING 9
Mats is first cellist in GÄVLEBORGS Symfoniorkester and plays contemporary music with his group PÄRLOR FÖR SVIN and
Susannes whereabouts you can read more about on the other pages of this website.