HURDY GURDY Demonstrated & played by Matthias Loibner

Matthias Loibner is one of the world’s leading hurdy gurdy players. In 2011 Matthias appeared in a live studio session on BBC Radio 3’s World on 3 with Lopa Kothari. He plays hurdy-gurdy in an unheard-of way. He treats his instrument tenderly or relentlessly and oscillates between nearly forgotten and newly found sounds - from ancient music to experimental dancefloor in solo-concerts, in a duo “Ajvar&Sterz“ with Bosnian singer Natasa Mirkovic-DeRo and “FIDIBUS“ with Austrian quarter-tone trumpet player Fra