Ola Kvernberg

Ola Kvernberg
Kvernberg at the 2018 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Kvernberg at the 2018 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Background information
Born (1981-06-16) 16 June 1981 (age 43)
Fræna, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentViolin
LabelsJazzland
Websitewww.olakvernberg.com

Ola Kvernberg (born 16 June 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his virtuosic string swing violin playing and his international performances. He is the son of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the brother of traditional musicians Kari Kvernberg Dajani and fiddler Jorun Marie Kvernberg,[1] and grandson of the fiddler and traditional music composer Peter L. Rypdal. Kvernberg studied classical violin from the age of nine, and won 3rd prize in a great classical violin competition in Italy when he was fourteen.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Impulsfestivalen: Stor konsert med familien Rypdal Kvernberg" (in Norwegian). DigitaltFortalt.no. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20.
  2. ^ Jorun Marie Kvernberg. "Eit hundreårsminne - Spelemannen Peter L. Rypdal" (in Norwegian). DigitaltFortalt.no.
  3. ^ "Ola Kvernberg Biography - SNL.no". 22 April 2020. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)