Violinist Eyvind Kang was born in Corvallis, Oregon, but lived in several different cities, mostly in Canada, throughout his childhood. He began studying violin in “Suzuki” method classes in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the age of six and learnt tuba in the school band at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He attended high school in Edmonton, Alberta, and spent two years at the University of Alberta in Edmonton as a philosophy major before relocating to Seattle, where he has based his life for the past 10 years. He studied music at Seattles Cornish College for the Arts between 92–94, in addition to studying violin with Michael White.

While still at Cornish College, Kang travelled to New York where he was introduced to John Zorn and was able to perform and later tour with Zorn's game piece Cobra. Through this connection he met many artists who he still works with today including Trey Spruance & Bill Frissel.

In 1994, Kang received an Artist Support Program grant (by the Jack Straw Foundation) and used it to record the first seven of his series of musical compositions called "NADEs." This recording, 7 NADEs, was released on Zorn's Tzadik label in 1996, followed two years later by his Theater of Mineral Nades. In 2000 he released The Story Of Iceland, again on Tzadik, which was inspired by his time spent in Iceland as a child.

Kang has traveled to the far reaches of this planet: places like India, Italy, Iceland & Australia composing and playing his own material & with countless other projects. He has played violin with John Zorn, Bill Frisell's quartet, the Sun City Girls and Wayne Horvitz' 4 + 1 Ensemble. Kang has also recorded & toured with Trey Spruance's Secret Chiefs 3 and performed on Mr Bungle's California.