Eivind Stordal

Eivind Stordal started playing piano at 7 years old. As a young boy he grew up playing psalms and played piano for the church choir. Later he found his passion in jazz and pop. His greatest inspiration where Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock and the swedish pianist Jan Johanson. Eivind Stordal studied mathematics and became a self taught piano player. He is interested in exploring the interplay between the naive, melodious and consontant, and oppsoing dissonance.

Eivind Stordal plays piano in Ludum (a piano/drum duo) together with the drummer Mats Monstad. The duo plays avantguard music rooted in jazz traditions from both sides of the atlantic.

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