Results for "Faroe Islands"

Arnold Ludvig

Born: February 27, 1968

Arnold Ludvig, Master of Music – CV – born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, on Feb. 27th,1968.

Bassist since 1980 and composer since 1991, Arnold started playing with the iconic Faroese progressive jazz-rock band, Plúmm, in 1984 and began playing jazz in the late 80’s. His first 3 jazz compositions were released with Plúmm & Holger Laumann, in 1991. Arnold studied jazz at FÍH in Reykjavik, Iceland from 1990-93 and received a scholarship in 1992 for Best Student, and furthered his jazz studies at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, from 1993-95. He earned his living as a much in demand, free-lance musician in Montreal, from 1995-2003. Geraldine Hunt (US) & The Arnold Ludvig Trio played 4 nights weekly at Biddle’s Jazz Club in Montreal between 1999-2003, performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and toured Quebec extensively.

Anna Iachino

Born: January 22, 1961

Anna Iachino from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, of Italian descent is the songwriter, vocalist, rapper, spoken word artist, poet, electronic music composer, dancer, and storyteller with a comical bent.  Arnold Ludvig from the Faroe Islands is the composer, arranger, and award-winning virtuoso bass player.  Together, they are a dynamic husband and wife team and the creators of MonkeyRat founded in 2006, in the Faroe Islands.  MonkeyRat delivers multi-genre music rooted mainly in Funk. The band was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark with award winning guitarist, Alain Apaloo from Togo, Africa and superb Danish drummer Jens Stoklund.