Gjeilo’s (pronounced Yay-lo) choral music has also been recorded by several notable ensembles such as the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, The Choir of Royal Holloway, the Flemish Radio Choir, and Voces8. Ola Gjeilo was born in Norway in 1978 and moved to the United States in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City, where he currently lives and works as a composer and pianist. All four recordings are available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Spotify.
Phoenix Chorale’s bestselling Northern Lights collection of Ola’s choral music was named iTunes Best Classical Vocal Album of 2012.
His debut recording as a composer and pianist, the lyrical crossover album Stone Rose, was followed by its sequel, Piano Improvisations. Ola’s albums include his Decca Classics CDs Ola Gjeilo and Winter Songs, featuring Tenebrae, Voces8 and the Choir of Royal Holloway. An accomplished pianist, improvisations over his own published choral pieces have become a trademark of his collaborations across the world. Ola’s music is often described as cinematic and evocative, with a lush, harmonious sound. Ola Gjeilo is one of the most frequently performed composers in the choral world. He is especially inspired by the improvisational art of film composer Thomas Newman, jazz legends Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny, glass artist Dale Chihuly and architect Frank Gehry. Ola grew up in a musically eclectic home listening to classical, jazz, pop and folk, a broad background he later incorporated into his classical composition studies at The Juilliard School, and the Royal College of Music, London, and currently as a New York City-based full-time composer. Although Norwegian by birth, it is perhaps Ola’s adopted country of America that has influenced the composer’s distinctive soundworld the most, evolving a style that is both contemporary and familiar thick harmonies and rich textures recall film score – music that forms a major part of the composer’s inspiration. Education In his undergraduate career, Gjeilo studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1999-2001), transferred to the Juilliard School (2001), and studied at the Royal College of Music, London (2002-2004) to receive a bachelor's degree in composition. Ola Gjeilo is one of the most frequently performed composers in the choral world. Background Ola Gjeilo was born on May 5, 1978, to Inge and Anne-May Gjeilo, and grew up in Skui, Norway.
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