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Andreas Ulvo

About Me



"I hate music, but I like to sing"
- Leonard Bernstein
I was born on the 22th of July 1983. Growing up in a very small place called Tobøl in Eidskog, Norway, I had no other choise but to try to entertain myself in the best way possible. After all I didn't have a slightest interest in soccer, which was the only option available (is there a ball involved?!?) And that's how I started playing the piano and eventually a Hammond A100, bougth for all my savings at the age of 15.
My main projects is Ulvo Ensemble and Eple Trio , but I'm also working with bands like Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet, Mathias Eick Quartet, Shining, Karl Seglem, Frøy Aagre Offbeat, Thom Hell to mention some. Currently studying at the Masters degree on the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway.
I hope you like my music, and if you don't, that's OK, as long as you like to sing...
I'm also a photographer. You can see some of my pictures HERE
New record right around the corner:
Ulvo Ensemble - The sound of rain needs no translation.
Release concert at Victoria, Oslo, 30th of August 2008.
Get the new album here!
Get the new album here!
På västkusten (Silversmith)

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Member Since: 20/09/2006
Band Website: www.ulvo.no
Band Members: Andreas Ulvo - piano, hammond a100, sidstation, melodica, fender rhodes and other instruments with keys on them.

My main projects:

Ulvo Ensemble:
Andreas Ulvo: piano
Morten Engebretsen: clarinet
Erlend Habbestad: cello

Eple Trio:
Andreas Ulvo: piano
Sigurd Hole: bass
Jonas Howden Sjøvaag: trommer

I'm also working with these bands and artists: Mathias Eick Quartet, Shining, Solveig Slettahjell, Frøy Aagre, Karl Seglem & Thom Hell to mention some.

Influences: Olivier Messiaen, Jan Johansson, Arvo Pärt, Igor Stravinsky, Neil Young, Leslie Feist, J.S. Bach, Federico Mompou, Misha Alperin, Glenn Gould, Dinu Lipatti, Charles Mingus, Radiohead, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, John Cage, Skuli Sverrison, Thom Yorke, Ghazal

Sounds Like: Rain on a sunny day, snow in summer, boiling ice, frozen steam
Record Label: AIM records, Norcd
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The new Ulvo Ensemble album reviewed at All About Jazz

Ulvo Ensemble "The Sound of rain needs no translation reviewed at allaboutjazz.com
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:29:00 GMT

Ulvo Ensemble - reviews

Here are some reviews of "The sound of rain needs no translation" (in Norwegian)"Dagbladet", 5 of 6:HERE"Dagsavisen":HERE"Side 2 / Nettavisen", 5 of 6:HERE
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:02:00 GMT

Ulvo Ensemble - Debut record!

The first release under my own name is right around the corner now. It a really wierd feeling suddenly having a record with my own name on it. I picked it up from print yesterday, and I think it looks...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:09:00 GMT

Mathias Eick Quartet - review

allaboutjazz.com has posted an article of the concert I did with Mathias Eick Quartet at Maijazz in Stavanger a couple of weaks ago.Here is the link:http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=2949...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:48:00 GMT

SHINING won Alarmprisen!

 Shining von the prize for best record for their release "Grindstone" (2007) in the genre jazz  We are very happy!!Thanks to all the people that voted for us on the internet!Cheers,Andreas
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:16:00 GMT

Tour with Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet

    In november, I'm going on tour in Germany with Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet as a substitute for Morten Qvenild. I'm really looking forward to play with these fantastic mu...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:32:00 GMT

Shining nominated for Alarmprisen

http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/09/27/513347.htmlSuper!- A
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:39:00 GMT

EPLE TRIO - review

Eple Trio got their first review on the new record "Made this" today. The norwegian paper Aftenposten gave us 5/6. Check it out here (in norwegian): http://oslopuls.no/musikk/article1707533.eceThe rec...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:31:00 GMT

Nice times for nice music

Shining's brand new record "Grindstone" received a great review in yesterdays issue of the norwegian newspaper "Dagbladet". If you read norwegian you can read the review here if you like. If you're no...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:07:00 GMT

Blog around the clock (pronounce clog!)

¡Hola space-amigos!I guess it's about time to post a new blog!I recently joined the crazy metal-jazz-group Shining and will be playing keyboards on the release tour for the new record "Grindstone" tha...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:02:00 GMT