Michiko Ogawa is performer-composer born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.
She is a member of several musical groups, including Berlin's Harmonic Space Orchestra and working with Lucy Railton, Manuel Pessoa de Lima, James Rushford, Sam Dunscombe, Ellen Arkbro, Tashi Wada and others.
She was awarded Bachelor's degree (BA) from Toho-Gakuen School of Music, Master's degree(MA)for clarinet performance from the Musikhochschule Freiburg under Prof. Jörg Widmann, and her Doctoral degree (DMA) from the University of California (San Diego) in 2019 with research on the film music of Teiji Ito, and is currently writing a biography of him.
Lisa Ullén — piano
Elsa Bergman — double bass
Anna Lund — drums
SPACE is a piano trio from Stockholm playing free jazz that channels the American free jazz tradition and contemporary classical music. Combining raw power with an exquisite attention to detail, the three musicians make every moment sparkle with possibilities. In this aural space, every movement matters. They released their debut album Space in 2022, followed by Embrace the Space in 2024 on Relative Pitch.
"The release of energy is hair-raising as three voices collide in free jazz maelstrom. Utterly brilliant… Space is fast becoming one of the most daring piano trios on today’s scene” — Free Jazz Collective
A native of Seoul, Korea, Lisa Ullén grew up in the northern part of Sweden, and is based in Stockholm.
She is a graduate of the Royal Musical Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, where she studied classical piano in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since the late 1990s, she has devoted herself entirely to improvised music, in the form of free jazz as well as avant garde and contemporary classical and experimental music. A versatile player with a singular musical vision, Ullén has repeatedly proven her ability to imprint her absolute sense for tonal texture on whatever musical context she appears in.
Internationally recognized as a distinctive and uncompromising musician and composer, Ullén over the last decade has produced more than fifteen albums.
“Extraordinary is all I can say as I dive in to her unique approach. …Amazing piano, some of it prepared, which should appeals to fans of John Cage as well as of Cecil Taylor”.
Anna Lund is one of Sweden's most in-demand drummers, working across free jazz and improvisation and wide-ranging pop constellations including Ane Brun and Frida Hyvönen and has made music for Sweden's preminent theatres including Stadsteatern and Dramaten.
