Anja Lauvdal
| Anja Lauvdal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1987 (age 28–29) Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Labels | Dayladore Collective, Hubro Records, Nabovarsel |
| Associated acts |
Your Headlights Are On Moskus Broen Skrap |
| Website | Anja Lauvdal on Myspace |
Anja Lauvdal (born 1987 in Flekkefjord, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano and keyboards) and composer known from several new Norwegian bands and recordings.
Career
Lauvdal studied music on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, NTNU,[1] where she joined the acoustic jazz band "Moskus" together with fellow students, Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson (double bass) from Haugesund and Hans Hulbækmo (drums) from Tolga, at NTNU. Their debut album was Salmesykkel (2012)[2] Lauvdal also played in "Your Headlights Are On" with a self-titled debut album Your Headlights Are On (2011) and "Avalanche" debuting with the album Whiteout (2012), with Hans Hulbækmo. "Skadedyr" is another project initiated at NTNU together with Heida Mobeck, performing at Victoria, in 2012.[3]
Lauvdal played with the band "Ósk" at "Parkteateret" in 2013, a project that builds on the nartrative traditions of old traditional and folk music, and with clear singer/songwriter notations it moves between jazz and pop to convey emotion or strong opinions. Oskar Yazan Mellemsether joined with additional musicians Vegard Edvardsen, Heida Mobeck, Siv Øyunn Kjenstad and Thorstein Lavik Larsen in 2010 to form the band "Ósk". In 2011 gave many gigs and concerts, including on "By:Larm" 2011, "Pstereofestivalen", "Nattrock" and "Storåsfestivalen".
In 2015 she released the album "Yoga" with the band Broen.
Honors
- 2011: Grappas Debutantpris, within Moskus[4]
- 2011: Statkraft's Young Star Grant[1]
- 2015: Recipient of the Sparebank 1 JazZstipendiat, within the duo Skrap together with Heida Mobeck[5]
Discography
- Broen
- 2013: Broen/Invader Ace: The split jump drug EP (10" EP) (Kakao Musikk)
- 2015: Yoga' (LP) (Nabovarsel)
- Within "Your Headlights Are On»
- 2011: Your Headlights Are On (Dayladore Collective)[6]
- Within "Moskus»
- Within "Avalanche»
- 2012: Whiteout (Riot Factory)[7]
- Within Skadedyr
- 2013: Kongekrabbe (Hubro)
- 2016: Culturen (Hubro)
References
- 1 2 "Young Star stipend til jazz-pianist". Statkraft. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
- 1 2 Mosnes, Terje (5 September 2012). "Talenter underveis" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ↑ "Skadedyr som gir gåsehud" (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ↑ Thime, Eik (21 October 2011). "Anja Lauvdal vant platekontrakt" (in Norwegian). Avisen Agder. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
- ↑ "Norges største jazzpris til Skrap" (in Norwegian). FireFlate.no. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Anja Lauvdal – Band Biography". Groove.no. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ↑ "Anja Lauvdal Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-19.