Torben Ulrich

Torben Ulrich ( born October 4, 1928 in Frederiksberg ) is a Danish writer, musician, filmmaker and tennis player.

Life

Ulrich played on the tennis tour from the late 1940s until the 1970s, and on the Tennis Grand Masters tour in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1976 he was the top -ranking senior players in the world. Between 1948 and 1977 he played for Denmark in the Davis Cup in 102 missions. His best results in Grand Slam tournaments were in double reaching the quarter- finals at the French Open in 1968 and in each single reaching the second round at the U.S. Open in 1953, 1956, 1964 and 1968 and at the French Open in 1959.

Torben Ulrich has directed two documentary films and published several books on music.

He now lives in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. He is the father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich; even he plays in the group Instead of, among others, with cellist Lori Goldston.

Filmography

• Vi som går stjernevejen. Denmark 1956 ( as a performer )
• Motion Picture. Denmark 1970 ( as a performer )
• Before the Wall. Body & beeing. USA 2002 (as director and screenwriter )

Bibliography

• Torben Ulrich: Jazz, bold & Buddhisme. Redigeret af Lars Movin. Information forlag, Copenhagen 2004, ISBN 978-87-7514-078-7 ( Biography )
• Lars Movin / Torben Ulrich: Udspil. Samtaler med Torben Ulrich. Lindhardt og Ringhof, Copenhagen 2004, ISBN 978-87-5952-188-5 ( Biography )
• Torben Ulrich: Tern Inger, tonefald. Bebop, Copenhagen 2005, ISBN 978-8790989-38-5 ( poems)
• Torben Ulrich: Stilhedens cymbaler. Cymbals of Silence, Notes of Unknowing. Bebop, Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-9098-944-6 ( poems)