Ale Carr

Ale Carr is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist,^[1] music teacher^[2] and composer, known for his work with his Danish trio Dreamers' Circus and his collaboration with the Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.

The three members of the Dreamers' Circus band, July 2017. From the left: Nikolaj Busk, Ale Carr, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen.

Notable instruments includes the Nordic cittern and the träskofiol (clog-fiddle). Ale Carr is one of the leading players of plucked string instruments within the Nordic folk tradition.^[3]

On 16 July 2023 Ale Carr performed Vivaldi's Four Seasons together with Pekka Kuusisto and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the BBC Proms.^[4][5][6]

Awards

• 2008 - Zorn award in silver and the title of riksspelman (national folk musician) in Delsbo, Sweden, for playing violin in the tradition of Skåne^[7][8]
• 2013 - Danish Music Awards Folk - Artist of the Year^[9]
• 2017 - World champion in Clog-Fiddle^[10][11]
• 2020 - Danish Music Awards Roots - Composer of the Year^[12]