Background
Ellison was born and raised in Graz, Austria.
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Ulrich Ellison
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Education
His career as a guitarist started after moving to Vienna where he studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, while playing for several Austrian popular and rock acts.
Career
He originally started on classical piano and got admitted to the Johann Josef Fux Konservatorium. In 2007 Ellison came to the United States on a Fulbright scholarship and studied jazz guitar at the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduation he became sideman for several notable Austin acts, including soul singer Nakia and Grammy-nominated singer Abra Moore.
In 2010 he founded the “Ulrich Ellison Trio” and has since then progressed his sound in several formations and different lineups.
