Pianist, improvisator, and composer Kjetil Mulelid has distinguished himself as an inventive artist, blending genres like jazz, psalms and free jazz in his music. After studying jazz at the acknowledged “Jazzlinja” in Trondheim (NO), he has played concerts and toured with his own music/projects in the whole Scandinavia, most of Europe, and Japan. In October 2017 he released his first self titled album with Kjetil Mulelid Trio on Rune Grammofon, which got honored by critics all over the world ("Best of the year" Jazz FM UK, “a magical album" - The Wire UK, “timeless quality" - Baby Blaue DE, “Unbelievable" - Written In Music NL). He has also released several well-spoken albums with other projects like Wako and Kjemilie and has played and worked with many great musicians as Arve Henriksen, Kirsti Huke, Ola Kvernberg, Eirik Hegdal, and Nils-Olav Johansen. “Kjetil Mulelid is not only a fascinating good pianist who draws on music that goes as far as psalm, folk, classical and pop as free jazz, he also knows how to translate these into strong compositions” - Written in Music (NL) "Here and elsewhere, Mulelid amplifies the material with intelligence and taste." - Textura (CA) "So, lately, I’ve been addicted to the music of Kjetil André Mulelid" - Bird is the worm (US) “Mulelid leads his young trio with a maturity that contradicts his age” - All About Jazz (US)