The Road Not Taken Petter Udland Johansen

• 1 The Road Not Taken 05:44
• 2 In the Garden 05:41
• 3 Midt I Byen 04:00
• 4 Hard Times Come Again No More 04:59
• 5 Improvisation I 02:32
• 6 A Wanderers Song 04:13
• 7 Ghost in This House 05:07
• 8 Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening 05:55
• 9 Eldorado 03:13
• 10 Millom Rosor 03:59
• 11 Improvisation II 01:07
• 12 Stanza for Music 04:42
• Total Runtime 51:12

Info for The Road Not Taken

The singer and songwriter Petter Udland Johansen (also known for his ensemble Hirundo Maris together with Arianna Savall) releases his debut solo album with his own compositions: Piano songs between pop music, improvisation and classical influences, weaving together his many interests and influences as a musician.

Being Norwegian, he travelled and lived in many European countries, experienced and performed diverse musical styles from pop and folk music to Early and Medieval music.

This very personal album is a colorful, emotional and deeply honest expression of a distinctive musical soul travelling the many roads of life.

Petter Udland Johansen, voice, piano

Petter Udland Johansen


was born in Oslo, where in 1996 he achieved his Masters degree in singing at the Norwegian College of Music. His tutors were Ingrid Bjoner and Svein Bjørkøy. In 2000, he passed with flying colours the post-graduate course at the Scola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel. Here his teacher was Richard Levitt. Additionally to his education, he trained with the tenor Hans-Peter Blochwitz.

Petter Udland Johansen is a singer and musician who works in huge musical surroundings. He is at home with pop and modern music, as well as with the old classical music.

Petter Udland Johansen has worked as a soloist in several opera productions like Orfeo from Monteverdi, Die Entführung aus dem Serail from Mozart and Carmen from Bizet. As a concert singer, he has appeared as an Evangelist and tenor soloist in all the big Bach works.

In 2009, together with this partner Arianna Savall, he founded Hirundo Maris – an Ensemble which specializes in old and self-composed music. Mediterranean and Nordic music and also a result of extensive combined work, is the centre point of the work of this Ensemble, who currently appears on ECM.

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