Solveig Heilo
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Solveig Heilo |
| Born |
24 December 1981 Bærum, Norway |
| Genres | Folk, rock, pop, bluegrass, classical, blues, soul, country, tribe, klezmer, electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, artist, musician, music producer, arranger, designer and costume designer. Band member in Katzenjammer. |
| Instruments | drums, trumpet, bass, guitar, melodic percussion, ukulele, domra, banjo, balalaika, zither, harp, flute, accordion, piano, harmonica, mandolin |
| Labels |
Propeller Recordings Universal Music Nettwerk |
| Website | solheilo |
Solveig Heilo, known as Sol, (born December 24, 1981) is a Norwegian composer, artist, musician, music producer, arranger, designer and costume designer. She is mostly known for the band Katzenjammer.
Sol works in different genres, such as folk, rock, pop, bluegrass, classical, blues, soul, country, tribe, klezmer and electronica. Her instruments are drums, trumpet, bass, guitar, melodic percussion, ukulele, domra, banjo, balalaika, zither, harp, flute, accordion, piano, harmonica and mandolin.
Sol grew up in Bærum, Norway as the youngest of four children. From their early years they all showed great aptitude for music, and learned to sing before learning to talk. She has written music with her brother Kristan Heilo, and her other brother Øyvind Heilo is also musically active.
Their father Arne Heilo MD taught them how to play the piano, and their mother Bente Heilo sang with them every day. Sol showed little interest in sheet music, and using her high capacity for aural recall and pitch memory she quickly played anything by ear.
At the age of 7, Sol started playing percussion in a marching band, Haslum Skoles Jentekorps, and immediately showed skill and understanding of music. At the age of 12, she participated as a drummer in the Olympic torch relay for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, together with a group of ten years older percussionists from the Norwegian Academy of Music.
From 1998-2000 Sol went to a musical high school, Rud Videregående skole, in Bærum, where she met her Katzenjammer companion Marianne Sveen. Sol brought her into the band a few years later.
After travelling around the world she ended up in Connecticut and played in Norwalk Symphony Orchestra as a percussionist for a short period of time.
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