Wang started playing the violin at a young age, but substituted an upright bass for the violin at the age of sixteen, and attended the
Norwegian Academy of Music under guidance of the bassist
Bjørn Kjellemyr. She is leading her own
Ellen Andrea Wang Trio and the band "Pixel", is a driving force in the band "SynKoke", and is in addition part of the band
Dag Arnesen Trio (2010 -). The gig by "Pixel" including drummer
Jon Audun Baar, trumpeter
Jonas Kilmork Vemøy and saxophonist
Harald Lassen, was noted as "one of the most memorable moments" of the Match and Fuse Festival, by the Jazz magazine
Down Beat. At Oslo Jazz Festival 2013, Wang for the first time presented a band that bears her name
Ellen Andrea Wang Trio. On the keyboards is
Andreas Ulvo, well known from the "Eple Trio" and
Mathias Eick's band. On the drums is
Erland Dahlen, who collaborates with
Nils Petter Molvær and
Susanna Wallumrød among others. The trio play an innovative jazz with elements from the rock and pop world. At
Vossajazz 2014, she appeared within
Ivar Kolve's
Polyostinat experience. Here she performed with Norwegian musicians. At
Moldejazz 2014, Wang presented material from her debut solo album
Diving. The
Ellen Andrea Wang Trio play a mix of jazz, pop and rock. In October 2014 the bands "Pixel" and "SynKoke" delivered gigs at the London venue
Vortex Jazz Club during the 'Match and Fuse Festival'. Wang received the Kongsberg Jazz Festivals great musician prize in July 2015. The prize is awarded to a musician who has a leading position on the Norwegian jazz scene. In 2018 she released the album
Run, Boy, Run with the vocal trio
Gurls including
Hanna Paulsberg and
Rohey Taalah on the
Grappa label. 's Shamania at
Vossajazz 2016. In mid-2019, she began a new trio project with British guitarist
Rob Luft and Swedish jazz percussionist Jon Fält. The band began as a tribute to the music of American double bassist
Charlie Haden, acquiring the name Closeness, which is in itself an homage to Haden’s 1976 release ’Closeness Duets’. However, after touring across Scandinavia, the U.K. & Central
Europe the trio increasingly began playing Wang’s original compositions. Their debut album was released on
Ropeadope Records in the autumn of 2020 & a second release is expected from in the autumn of 2024. == Honors ==