Ulv’s members are the two singers Agnethe Christiansen and Lena Susanne Norin, together with medieval fiddle player Elizabeth Gaver. They have a background in both classical and folk music, and are known from the international early music scene as members of the well-known medieval ensemble, Sequentia

Agnethe Christensen, originally from Uppsala, has lived for many years in Copenhagen where she has developed a profile in the Nordic music scene through her untraditional interpretations of both contemporary and early music. She has collaborated with several modern composers, participated in avant garde theatre, and recorded film music and CDs with historical music. Together with Paul Høxbro and Helen Davies, she founded the medieval ensemble Alba in 1992. Contact Agnethe Christensen

Lena Susanne Norin’s repertoire reaches from the early Medieval to the late Romantic periods. She has been featured as alto soloist in many recording productions with Das Rheinische Kantorei Köln (St. Matthew Passion), Cantus Cölln, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, The Ferrara Ensemble, and Sequentia. She has sung under the direction of Philippe Herweghe and René jacobs, and has often performed in Swedish radio, recently in Greig’s Haugtussa. Since 2002 she taught baroque voice at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. Contact Lena Susanne

Elizabeth Gaver has performed with the medieval ensemble Sequentia since 1992 and participated in a dozen recording projects. Since moving to Oslo in 1997, she has been a member of the Norwegian medieval groups ProMusic Antiqua, Oslo and Modus Ensemble. She also plays baroque violin with several orchestras and chamber ensembles. She has learned hardingfele tunes from Salve Austenå, and together with Hans-Hinrich Thedens, founded the folk music ensemble Feleboga which has presented concerts and dance workshops in Poland, Bangkok, Iceland, Germany, and the US. Contact Elizabeth Gaver

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Ulv is a new ensemble performing Nordic ballads and chorales with both the earliest known melodies and new melodies shaped from the special melodic language of the repertoire, telling the stories from the sagas and songs as they could have been heard in earlier times.

With many years of experience in the performance or early music, in theatre productions, as educators, and also with a background in folk music, Ulv presents this folk music repertoire heard from a medieval perspective.