26-year-old Julian Berntzen is from the West coast of Norway and grew up in Bergen, the country’s second largest town. He began his musical career at the Waldorf School in Bergen. At the age of 14 he started his own ”string swing band” (hot club style) with his father and some of his friends. The band was called ”Swang” and played at nightclubs that Julian was actually too young to be allowed into.