Felemakeriet - Ole Bull Akademiet

22/04/2026

Our newest Hardanger fiddle made by Master artisan Wiebke Lüders and fellow Naomi Soni at the Hardanger fiddle workshop of the Ole Bull Akademiet in the course of a 6-months Homo Faber fellowship is now exhibited at the Milan Design Week (Arts & Crafts & Design at Casa degli Artisti, April 20-26 2026). 🥰💃🏼

17/03/2026

Hardingfela som Naomi Soni og Wiebke Lüders laga på felemakeriet som del av eit Homo Faber fellowship, er no ferdig. 😄Du kan sjå og høyra den i morgon (onsdag) klokka 19 i Osasalen ved Ole Bull Akademiet. Steinar Rygg kjem til å spela nokre slåttar, og etterpå blir det konsert med «Groupa. Kind of Folk Poland». Baren opnar klokka 18. Så kom, kom! 😀

The Hardanger fiddle made by Naomi Soni and Wiebke Lüders at the fiddle workshop as part of a Homo Faber fellowship is now finished.😄 You can see and hear it tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7:00 pm in the Osasalen at the Ole Bull Academy. Steinar Rygg will play a few tunes, followed by a concert with “Groupa. Kind of Folk Poland.” The bar opens at 6:00 PM. So come, come! 😀

22/01/2026

Working on the "golden Hardanger fiddle" for the Homo Faber fellowship, together with Soni. The gold was partly sponsored by Gullsmed Bjørgum 😀.

24/10/2025

Velkomne til konsert i Felemakeriet - Ole Bull Akademiet under Osafestivalen laurdag kl 1415!

15/09/2025

Our Hardanger fiddle workshop is featured in The Strad magazine! 😄

'There’s lots of interest in the Hardanger fiddle in this area... We get just as many violins and cellos as folk instruments'

Luthier Wiebke Lüders shares a look into her workshop in Voss, Norway. Link in comments 🎻

24/06/2025

Då er også den andre felemakaren ferdig med den nye hardingfela si. Gratulerer så mykje med ei knallgod fele, Anders Mjelde! 😀💐🎉

Now Hardanger fiddle number two has been finished by one of our "morgondagens felemakarar". Congratulations, Anders Mjelde — what a fantastic fiddle! 😀💐🎉

23/06/2025

Hurra! Då har den første av morgondagens felemakarar sett på strengene på hardingfela si og blitt ferdig med instrumentet sitt. Gratulerer, Magnus Dahle Pedersen! For ei nydeleg fele dette har blitt! 😀💐🎻🎉

Congratulations to Magnus Dahle Pedersen — the first of our 'morgondagens felemakarar' project to complete his Hardanger fiddle. What a beautiful result!" 😀💐🎻🎉

13/05/2025

Vegar Vårdal plays "I eikeskogen" from his new Album "Alumni" on our newest Hardanger fiddle made by Wiebke Lüders.😀