“A perfect blend of calm contentment and soaring spirit” – The Independent Read more Live From London – Christmas festival 2020 November 1st, 2020Īfter the global success of the 'Live From London' vocal festival, the VOCES8 Foundation and friends return with a snow-dusted selection of your favourite holiday pieces this Christmas Read more Ola Gjeilo new single – Luminous Night May 10th, 2020ĭecca single release featuring Tenebrae and Thomas Gould Read more Ola Gjeilo piano book “Night” released April 1st, 2020 Mesmerising album out now Read more VOCES8 new single released in advance of “Infinity” album May 18th, 2021 News - VOCES8 new album released – “Infinity” August 27th, 2021 Ola’s music is published by Walton Music, Boosey & Hawkes, Chester Music and Edition Peters. For more information, please visit, or find Ola on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. He is currently composer-in-residence with DCINY and Albany Pro Musica. In 2015, the Choir of King’s College Cambridge performed Ola’s Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium) at the annual BBC-televised Christmas Eve service.
All recordings are available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and all major platforms.
He is especially inspired by the improvisational art of film composer Thomas Newman, jazz legends Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny, glass artist Dale Chihuly and architect Frank Gehry.Īn exclusive Decca artist, Ola’s albums include the bestselling solo piano album Night (2020) Ola Gjeilo (2016) and Winter Songs (2017), featuring Tenebrae, VOCES8 and the Choir of Royal Holloway. Ola grew up in a musically eclectic home listening to classical, jazz, pop and folk, a broad background he later incorporated into his classical composition studies at The Juilliard School, the Royal College of Music in London, and currently as a New York City-based freelance composer. Ola Gjeilo is one of the most frequently performed composers in the choral world. An accomplished pianist, improvisations over his own published choral pieces have become a trademark of his collaborations. Although Norwegian by birth, it is perhaps Ola’s adopted country of America that has influenced the composer’s distinctive soundworld the most, evolving a style that is often described as cinematic and evocative, with a lush, harmonious sound.
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