Ellen Ugelvik

Ellen Ugelvik has been invited to festivals such as Donaueschinger Musiktage, Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Tasten – Berliner Klaviertage, ECLAT, Wien Modern, Huddersfield contemporary music festival, Ultraschall, Tzlil Meudcan, Gaudeamus, Kammer Klang, Musikhøst, Rainy Days, Angelica Festival, Kwadrofonik Festival, ppIANISSIMO, Musik der Jahrhunderte; Südseite Nachts, Monday Evening Concerts, Cycle Music and Art Festival, Risør festival of chamber music, Ultima contemporary music festival and Borealis.
She collaborates with composers like Helmut Lachenmann, Carola Bauckholt, George Crumb, Simon Steen-Andersen, Mathias Spahlinger, Kristine Tjøgersen, Simon Løffler, Therese Birkelund Ulvo, Trond Reinholdtsen, Christian Blom and Øyvind Torvund.
Ugelvik’s commitment to contemporary music is widely recognised. She was acclaimed ‘Performer of the year 2016’ by The Norwegian Society of Composers. She has two times received a state grant for performing artists, one of the most coveted awards in Norway. Her recordings are rewarded with the Norwegian Grammy three times. She has performed as a soloist with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Oslo Sinfonietta, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Allegria and Risør Chamber Orchestra. She is a member of Ensemble asamisimasa and Jagerflygel.
Ugelvik works as a researcher at the Arne Nordheim Center for Artistic Research in Music at the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 2017 she completed her Ph.d. with the project ‘The soloist in contemporary piano concerti’. From 2019-2022 she is leading the project ‘Performing Precarity’.
August 2019