Instruments:
Violin/fiddle, nyckelharpa, vocals
Role:
Violinist on Music To Stand Around And Feel Awkward To & vocalist and violinist/arranger on Antithetic Affiliation
(Former) Bands/Projects:
AmmA, The Tiny Folk Collective; guest/session with Heidevolk
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Biography
Hanna de Wijs-van Gorcum (credited as Hanna van Gorcum on the album) is a Dutch violinist, singer and nyckelharpa player based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Her playing draws on traditional Scandinavian and Irish music as well as baroque and rock, spanning experimental folk, early/classical and progressive metal contexts. She performs and records as a solo artist (including the album “Whispers”) and was a member of the experimental folk band AmmA, a project that blends folk, early music, classical, jazz and metal influences.
She has also worked in the Dutch folk-metal scene, performing nyckelharpa as a guest musician with Heidevolk and the folk band Alvenrad. She is married to Jacco de Wijs, lead singer of Heidevolk.
Detail credits on TDW material
Hanna performed the violin solo on the song Butterlifes on Music To Stand Around And Feel Awkward To and played and arranged all violin and viola parts (except for Anthem) and sang lead and choir vocals on The Antithetic Affiliation.
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