Swedish stars collaborate with local folk musos

Among the three Swedes expected here are Leif Karlsson and Gšran Premberg. Karlsson is one of Sweden's leading percussionists, specialising in Medieval and Renaissance music. He was a member of the percussion ensemble Kroumata from its foundation in 1978 until 2008.

Born in 1958, he studied at the Ingesund College of Music in Arvika and subsequently joined the Vasteras Symphony Orchestra. During the1970s, he worked as orchestral percussionist with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Drottningholm Opera.