Petter Udland Johansen
Versatile musician Petter Udland Johansen sings, plays modern violin and Hardanger fiddle, and composes. He is a longtime member of the early music group Hirundo Maris, headed by Arianna Savall.
Johansen was born in Oslo in 1971. He studied singing, violin, and piano as a child. Johansen did his undergraduate studies at the Music Academy of Norway, earning a diploma there in 1996. Johansen went on to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, where he studied with singer Richard Levitt, also the teacher of countertenor Andreas Scholl. Remaining there from 1997 to 2000, he went on for further lessons in Basel with tenor Hans Peter Blochwitz. He has continued to be based in Basel, with its rich early music scene. He also mastered the Hardanger fiddle, a Norwegian folk instrument with drone strings, and the mandolin as well. Making a living in the 2000s by giving vocal workshops in several European countries, he became associated with singer Arianna Savall, the daughter of early music viol giant Jordi Savall. The pair formed Hirundo Maris in 2009, intending to explore early musical links between Scandinavia and the Iberian peninsula, and that year, Johansen made his recording debut on the Hardanger fiddle on Savall's album Peiwoh, which featured a mix of traditional and contemporary music. Hirundo Maris made its debut on the ECM label, produced by that label's prominent leader, Manfred Eicher, with the album Chants du Sud et du Nord. Johansen appeared on several more Hirundo Maris recordings, including 2014's Hildegard von Bingen: Vox Cosmica.
Johansen went on to join other ensembles in the early music and folk fields, in which he feels equally at home; these include Capella Antiqua Bambergensis (with which he has toured widely as part of the "Klang der Staufer" project), Sagene Ring (a folk group singing songs about Oslo life), and Pechrima. He has toured widely with Hirundo Maris, which has been especially visible at European festivals, including the Fest für alte Musik in Cologne, Germany, the Jazz in Church Festival in Bucharest, the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland, and the Northern Lights Festival in Tromsø, Norway. Johansen and Savall are co-musical directors of the Fêtes Médiévales de Saillon in Switzerland, which plays host to upwards of 200 singers and instrumentalists, and of the Bardonecchia Harp Festival in Italy. In 2023, Johansen joined Savall on the album El cant de la Sibil.la, Draumkvedet, which included early monophony from Catalonia and Norway. He is also a composer who contributed original compositions to that album and arrangements for several other releases.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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El cant de la Sibil.la & Draumkvedet
Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen, Hirundo Maris
Classical - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Nov 17, 2023
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Poésie et musique
Arianna Savall, Hirundo Maris, Petter Udland Johansen
Classical - Released by Fuga Libera on Oct 15, 2021
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Silent Night - Early Christmas Music and Carols
Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Oct 26, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vox Cosmica
Hirundo Maris, Petter Udland Johansen, Arianna Savall
Miscellaneous - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Nov 4, 2014
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The Wind Rose
Hirundo Maris, Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen
Miscellaneous - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Oct 13, 2017
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Hirundo Maris - Chants du Sud et du Nord
Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on May 25, 2012
Qobuzissime24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wayfaring Stranger
Petter Udland Johansen, Arianna Savall, Hirundo Maris
Folk - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Oct 7, 2022
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Hirundo Maris (Chants du Sud et du Nord)
Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on May 25, 2012
Qobuzissime24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
In the bleak midwinter - A musician's journey from Norway to Spain
Capella Antiqua Bambergensis, Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen
Miscellaneous - Released by CAB Records on Nov 12, 2012
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The Road Not Taken
Pop - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Nov 13, 2020
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Draumkvedet: Eg såg meg einom drengjen ...
Hirundo Maris, Petter Udland Johansen
Miscellaneous - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Oct 20, 2023
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Bond & Free
Pechrima, Petter Udland Johansen
Pop - Released by Pechrima on Jul 1, 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo