BIOGRAPHY

Ole Andre Farstad Is a musician living between the City of Bergen in Norway and Sevilla España. He's primerally a guitarist playing a wide range of styles. He also plays many different kind of string instruments and also has a small recording studio in Bergen where he produces his own music.

He started his musical career on the small island of Harøy in the 80´s playing rock in local bands. He also studied classical guitar, and at 16 he left the island to see the big world and continue to develop his musical skills. He studied music at the Music Conservatory in Kristiansand for 5 years and also started a Masters degree in Etnomusicology at the University of Bergen

His interests for folkmusic around the world has brought him to study Indian Classical music In Varanasi, India. Different folk music styles from South Amerika in Chile and his most profound studying of Flamenco music in Spain, in which he focused his master thesis.

His instrument collection today consist of a wide range of instruments like, Sarod, Charango, cuatro, oud, tres, bass, el-guitar, classical guitar, flamencoguitar, lap steel and steel guitar. Althoug primarely a guitarist, Ole uses all these different instruments to his liking in recordings and live.