Ellen Andrea Wang (born 10 October 1986 in

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) is a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass and singer) and composer. She is the cousin of singer-songwriter Marthe Wang. Raised in

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, Oppland, she released her debut album, ''Diving'', in 2014. She formed the band

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in 2010. Wang has toured with

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and

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and has performed with

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Career

Wang started playing the violin at a young age, but substituted an upright bass for the violin at the age of sixteen, and attended the

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under guidance of the bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr. She is leading her own Ellen Andrea Wang Trio and the band "Pixel", is a driving force in the band "SynKoke", and is in addition part of the band Dag Arnesen Trio (2010 -). The gig by "Pixel" including drummer Jon Audun Baar, trumpeter Jonas Kilmork Vemøy and saxophonist Harald Lassen, was noted as "one of the most memorable moments" of the Match and Fuse Festival, by the Jazz magazine Down Beat. Ellen Wiki

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, well known from the "Eple Trio" and

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's band. On the drums is

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, who collaborates with

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and Susanna Wallumrød among others. The trio play an innovative jazz with elements from the rock and pop world. At Vossajazz 2014, she appeared within Ivar Kolve's ''Polyostinat'' experience. Here she performed with Norwegian elite musicians, and delivered an indulgent polyrhythmic and polyharmonic treat for the discerning ear. At

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2014, Wang presented material from her debut solo album ''Diving''. The Ellen Andrea Wang Trio play a wonderful mix of jazz, pop and rock, with catchy melodies and hypnotic grooves. In October 2014 the bands "Pixel" and "SynKoke" delivered gigs at the London venue Vortex Jazz Club during the 'Match and Fuse Festival'. Wang received the Kongsberg Jazz Festivals great musician price in July 2015. The prize is awarded to a musician who has a leading position on the Norwegian jazz scene. In 2018 she released the album ''Run, Boy, Run'' with the vocal trio Gurls including Hanna Paulsberg and Rohey Taalah on the

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label.

Honors

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

: "This year's Talent Award" at "DølaJazz» *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

: "Statkraft Young Star" at " Oslo Jazzfestival" *2012: "New Star of The Month" by the "Japan Magazine" *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: Featured at Young Nordic Jazz Comets within

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

: The Kongsberg Jazz Award (DnB Award) at Kongsberg Jazzfestival

Discography

Solo albums

Ellen Andrea Wang Trio *

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: ''Diving'' (

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) *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: ''Blank Out'' ( Jazzland) *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: ''Closeness'' (Ropeadope Records, 2019) *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

: ''There is a place'' - single (Ropeadope Records 2020) With SynKoke *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

: ''Hokjønn'' (AIMSoundCity) * 2011: ''The Ideologist'' (Kokeplate) With

* 2012: '' Reminder'' (

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) * 2013: ''We Are All Small Pixels'' (

) * 2015: ''Golden Years'' (

) ; With Gurls *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

: ''Run Boy, Run'' (

)

Collaborations

With Pastor Wang Quintet *

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: ''Blå Hymne'' (Wango Productions) With The Opium Cartel * 2009: ''Night Blooms'' (Termo) With Dag Arnesen Trio *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: ''Norwegian Song 3'' (Losen) With Amherst * 2010: ''A Light Exists in Spring'' ( NorCD) With

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* 2011: ''Terminal Twilight'' (Termo) * 2017: ''Future Hopes'' (The Laser's Edge) With Lena Nymark * 2014: ''Beautiful Silence'' (

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Ellen Andrea 1986 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Jazz double-bassists Musicians from Gjøvik People from Søndre Land Women double-bassists 21st-century women musicians 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers Pixel (band) members Jazzland Recordings (1997) artists Propeller Recordings artists