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Lisa Ullen

A native of Seoul, Korea, Lisa Ullén grew up in the northern part of Sweden, and is based in Stockholm. She is a graduate of the Royal Musical Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, where she studied classical piano in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since the late 1990s, she has devoted herself entirely to improvised music, in the form of free jazz as well as avant garde and contemporary classical and experimental music. A versatile player with a singular musical vision, Ullén has repeatedly proven her ability to imprint her absolute sense for tonal texture on whatever musical context she appears in. Internationally recognized as a distinctive and uncompromising musician and composer, Ullén over the last decade has produced more than fifteen albums. Ullén has collaborated extensively with many well-known Swedish artists and dancers, and has also scored several dramatic productions

Live at Kafé Hærverk

By Amalie Dahl

Label: Trost Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Wavelet; Eco-Echoes; Bølgende; Floating.

Live at Moldejazz

By Amalie Dahl's Dafnie EXTENDED

Label: Sonic Transmissions Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Intro; Floating; Drifting_Turning; Parallels; Slow_Motion; In Flux; Longing.

Amalie Dahl's Dafnie

Torino Jazz Festival 2026

by Antonio Baiano
May 16, 2026

Space: Embrace the Space

by John Sharpe
January 11, 2025

The second album from the Swedish collective Space, comprising pianist Lisa Ullén, bassist Elsa Bergman and drummer Anna Lund, finds further intrigue and sustenance in the soil that nurtured its eponymous 2022 debut. The three principals share a vision of the piano trio that accentuates the percussive aspects of the format. They have honed that synergy ...

Embrace the Space

By Lisa Ullen

Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Look; The Immeasurable; All at once; Cyklop; Bleach; Rage; Composure; Blood & Money.

JazzFest Berlin 2024

by John Sharpe
November 11, 2024

JazzFest Berlin 2024 Haus Der Berliner Festspiele Berlin, Germany October 31-November 3, 2024 Intro For its sixtieth edition, the renowned JazzFest Berlin not only presented a full program of 24 shows by over 120 performers from around the globe, but also ran a research lab looking back at the event's history, ...

Patricia Brennan, Ola Tunji & Ingerbrigt Haker-Flaten

by Maurice Hogue
September 16, 2024

Vibraphonist Patricia Brennan put together a very strong ensemble to make Breaking Stretch, one of the best releases of 2024. Her original compositions and ever-growing skills on her instrument draw on elements of her native Mexico, and that helps to set apart this terrific new album. The free jazz scene of Mexico City gets additional space ...

Space: Embrace the Space

by Hrayr Attarian
June 18, 2024

The innovative Swedish trio Space is a collaborative unit that consists of three masters of improvisation. Pianist Lisa Ullen, bassist Elsa Bergman, and drummer Anna Lund separately and together work in the border zone between the modern western classical idiom and that of free jazz. The thrilling Embrace the Space is the ensemble's second release and ...