Career
23 years old, and briefly after finishing his engineering studies, he witnessed Tord Gustavsen Trio live at Canal Street. The experience led Loven to quit his job and venture into jazz studies. He initially contacted Gustavsen via the yellow pages, and succeeded in receiving some piano lessons.
Later, Loven moved to South Africa to study jazz at the South African College of Music under professor Andrew Liley.
Since 2011 he has made several public performances in South Africa and Europe, including recent concerts at the Oslo Jazz Festival, Canal Street Jazz Festival and the norwegian National Jazz Scene. In January 2015, Andreas released his debut album, Nangijala (Losen records), to critical acclaim.
In February 2016 Andreas Loven released his second album, District Six recorded with his south african quartet, including south african sidemen Buddy Wells (sax),Clement Benny (drums) and Romy Brauteseth (bass). The album, rooted in both south african jazz traditions and nordic folk, received notable attention world-wide after its release, receiving positive reviews from Gwen Ansell in South Africa, Peter Bacon in United Kingdom, Adam Baruch in Israel, January Granlie in Norway and others
