Anja Lauvdal (born 1987 in
Flekkefjord
is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Flekkefjord. The villages of Sira, Gyland, Rasvåg, Kirkehavn, and Åna-Sira are ...
, Norway) is a Norwegian
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
musician (piano and keyboards) and composer.
Career
Lauvdal studied music on the Jazz program at
Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, NTNU,
where she joined the acoustic jazz band "Moskus" together with fellow students,
Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson
Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson (born 5 February 1988 in Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian Upright bassist.
Career
Dietrichson holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Performance by the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, where he and some fe ...
(double bass) from
Haugesund and
Hans Hulbækmo
Hans Hulbækmo (born 1989) is a Norwegian musician (drums, percussion, saw, Jew's harp and vibraphone) and composer, son of the traditional folk musicians Tone Hulbækmo and Hans Fredrik Jacobsen, brother of pianist Alf Hulbækmo, and known ...
(drums) from
Tolga, at NTNU. Their debut album was ''Salmesykkel'' (2012)
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.
Lauvdal played with the band "Ósk" at "Parkteateret" in 2013, a project that builds on the narrative 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
*2011: Statkraft's Young Star Grant
[
*2015: Recipient of the Sparebank 1 JazZstipendiat, within the duo Skrap together with Heida Mobeck
]
Discography
; Broen
* 2013: ''Broen/Invader Ace: The split jump drug EP (10" EP'') (Kakao Musikk)
* 2015: ''Yoga (LP) (Nabovarsel)
* 2017: ''I <3 Art'' (Su Tissue)
; Within Your Headlights Are On
* 2011: ''Your Headlights Are On'' (Dayladore Collective)
; Within Moskus
* 2012: ''Salmesykkel'' ( Hubro)[
* 2014: ''Mestertyven'' (Hubro)
* 2016: ''Ulv Ulv'' (Hubro)
* 2018: ''Mirakler'' (Hubro)
; Within Snøskred (Avalanche)
* 2012: ''Whiteout'' (Riot Factory)]
References
External links
Moskustrio official Website
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21st-century Norwegian pianists
Norwegian jazz pianists
Norwegian jazz composers
Women jazz pianists
Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
1987 births
Living people
Musicians from Flekkefjord
21st-century women pianists