Lisa Ullén

Pianist and composer
Stockholm

Lisa Ullén is a pianist and composer, born in Seoul, Korea, raised in Örnsköldsvik. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, with advanced jazz studies at Chapel Hill in North Carolina, USA, as well as studies at Elektronmusikstudion EMS in Stockholm. She tours internationally, both solo and in several groups. Her music has been presented at several international festivals and on radio and television, and she has released around twenty records under her own name. In 2018 she received P2 Jazz radio's prize as composer of the year, and in 2019 her solo work Piano works received the Manifest prize in the Jazz category. In 2022, she was this year's guest of honor at the Umeå jazz festival.