Horten Jazzclub har vært så heldige å få Ingrid
Olava til Horten i April.
Dette blir en meget stemningsfull og flott kveld på Stallen.
Om Ingrid Olava
Everybody wants to tell their story. Thank
you so much for stopping by my page. At six years of age,
I found a piano in my neighbour’s cellar. Some hours later I was able to
play “Do-Re-Mi” from Sound of music with my index
finger. I was very fascinated, and have been ever since. After
years of piano lessons and music reading, more precisely when
I turned twenty, I started singing when I was alone by the
piano. I hade discovered so many artists that I reckoned didn’t
have the largest voices in the world, but still was able to
give life to their stories. I immediately fell in love with
the concept of doing both at once, it felt like one drew from
the other, organic, simple and a way to completely lose myself.
Still I dreaded even the thought of anyone listening in. It
felt too personal. One day an old friend of mine (thank you
so much if you read this) caught me rehearsing, and stood quietly
and listened for a while before I noticed. He insisted that
I tried it on an audience. I was scared to death, but took
his challenge. I guess it must have been a secret longing that
made me cross that line that first time. The show wasn’t
all that good, but afterwards I felt like I was floating in
a cloud. I was so happy! Singing and playing for people makes
me incredibly full of joy. I had to take that serious, even
though “performing artist” or “song writer” isn’t
the easiest career choice I could have made. Funny enough,
the moment I started singing for real, I also wrote my first
song. I’ve written quite a lot by now. In the years that
have followed I have been lucky enough to sing with some of
Norway’s finest men and women, through back up vocals
and duets. Last winter I was the support act for Sivert Høyem
of Madrugada on his tour, and was able to meet eleven thousand
people live on the road. This whole experience has been leading
me up to this moment where I am able to present my solo album
with my own songs for anyone who wants to listen. Nothing in
the world could excite me more. From my little apartment in
Oslo, Norway I send you all the best possible wishes for 2008! |
http://www.myspace.com/ingridolava |
