Lisa Dillan

Norway, b. 1969 in Bodø.

Started singing in Bodø Big Band 1991. Jazz course by Norwegian Jazz Association 1992. 1996 Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo, jazz as her major. Since 2001, teaches improvisation at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, the University in Oslo (UiO) and Toneheim Folkehøgskole.

First solo improvisation: At her examination concert in 1997/98.

Freely improvised music has been Lisa’s main form of expression since 1997.

Her debut album was released 2005. The record comprises compositions and improvisations by, and featuring, Lisa Dillan.

Lisa has also worked in performance art, with movement as a form of expression, e.g. in Ostrich tuba, and In a drum case.

The show FRIKSJON by, and featuring Hild Sofie Tafjord (Horn and electronica) and Lisa Dillan (vocals), is an example of her interest in performance and movement.

In recent years, she has worked with performers, such as Lene Grenager and Hild Sofie Tafjord in the trio “Slinger”, Ingar Zack, No Spaghetti Edition, Helge Lien, Geir Lysne and with Anne-Lise Berntsen in the improvisational duo “Hipp, hipp…” taped for NRK TV.

In 2002 Lisa was invited to join Sidsel Endresen’s band for the commissioned work “Living Rooms” in Bergen.