In recent years Kristian has met with many young European musicians, among them the members of the English/Finnish/Danish band Baltic Crossing . In 2004 Kristian Bugge became the first musician ever to receive the Radium Award. The prize is awarded by the team behind the music programme Radium at the Danish Radio's P2.
Kristian's début CD was released summer 2005. It was nominated in four categories at The Danish Music Award - Folk 2006, in which Kristian received the awards as Danish debut of the year and Danish Folk Instrumentalist of the year!
Sing Out!, volume 50 2 summer 2006: ...a remarkable impressive debut ... Bugge is a superb fiddle player, with a great control and tone, and very mature sence of tradition ... What..s most evident here, apart from Bugge..s great technical ability - which is also true of every other musician here - is his relentless questing for music. He..s as eager as a puppy to absorb sounds, to discover traditions and explore them. More than that, he..s blessed with a powerful imagination in terms of arrangements. Welcome a great new Danish fiddler; he..s going to be around for a long time. -CN
fROOTS , october 2005 by Andrew Cronshaw : very strong debut album by a fiddler of great facility and lift who..s obviously going to be, indeed already is, a major mover as the Danish roots wave gathers momentum...
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