Gjertrud Lunde - (singer, composer) was born into a musicians’ family in Norway and had her first performances already at the age of four. During her studies at the conservatory in Stavanger (Norway), she won several singing competitions, prizes and scholarships. She post graduated in The Hague (The Netherlands) in both classical singing and early music. Simultaneously she continued performing in different productions, festivals and concert tours throughout Europe and USA. She settled down in Germany where she developed her vocal technique further, started composing her own music and found a new sound combining her primary music styles: early music, world- and jazz. This led up to her debut album “Hjemklang” (Ozella Music 2014) with @Arve Henriksen (trumpet, electronics), @Wolfert Brederode (piano), @Florian Zenker (guitars, electronics) and Bodek Janke (drums, percussion). Lunde’s debut got worldwide recognition and her album was voted one of the best releases of 2014 in “All About Jazz”. Together with her band, Gjertrud Lunde is touring worldwide and has performed her compositions in Japan, USA, Lebanon, big parts of Europe and Scandinavia.