Tine Thing Helseth

Tine Thing Helseth
Thing Helseth in 2008.
Thing Helseth in 2008.
Background information
Born (1987-08-18) 18 August 1987 (age 36)
OriginOslo, Norway
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Soloist
Trumpeter
Instrument(s)Yamaha 9445CHS
LabelsEMI Classics
Websitewww.tinethinghelseth.com

Tine Thing Helseth (English: /ˈtnə tɪŋ ˈhɛlsət/ TEE-nə ting HEL-sət; Norwegian: [ˈtìːnə tɪŋ ˈhɛ̀lsət];[check tonemes] born 18 August 1987) is a Norwegian trumpet soloist specializing in classical repertoire.

Career

Helseth was born in Oslo. She started to play trumpet at the age of 7 in a school band and studied at the Barratt Due Institute of Music from 2002 to 2009 and at the Norwegian Academy of Music from 2009 to 2011. Her teachers have included Heidi Johanessen (Norwegian National Opera Orchestra) and since 2002 Arnulf Naur Nilsen (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra).[1][2]

Helseth is the leader of an all female brass ensemble, tenThing.[3]

In 2011, Helseth was named a "Superstar of Tomorrow" by BBC Music Magazine. The same year she signed a contract with EMI Classics.[1]

Concert and festival performances

Helseth has performed with orchestras including the Wiener Symphoniker, Beethoven Academie, Capella Cracoviensis, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra,[4] Slovenian Radio Symphony Ljubljana, Oslo Camerata, Camerata Nordica, Württemberg Philharmonic, the Trondheim Soloists, Norwegian symphony orchestras, Norwegian Army bands and other brass and wind ensembles.

She has appeared at music festivals including Bergen International Festival, Kissinger Summer Festival and Usedomer Music Festival.[5]

In 2007 Helseth performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

Helseth has also performed more than five times in the United States. In 2009, she performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; in 2011, at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Struthers Library Theatre in Warren, Pennsylvania; in 2014, at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas.[6] In 2019, she toured the United States with her all-female brass group, tenThing.

In 2012, she opened the memorial concert for the 2011 Norway attacks by playing trumpet from the roof of Oslo City Hall.[7]

In 2013 she appeared twice in the BBC Proms, performing with tenThing at the Cadogan Hall and also at the Royal Albert Hall.[8][9]

Releases

She appears on Didrik Solli-Tangen's second single Best Kept Secret, taken from Solli-Tangen's debut album Guilty Pleasures, which was released on 3 September 2010. In 2012, Tine released her debut album Storyteller on EMI Classics, as well as 10, the debut album of her brass ensemble, tenThing. Her album TINE, a personal selection of original and transcribed works, was released on 12 March 2013.

Prizes, contests and awards

Discography

  • 2007: Trumpet Concertos, Haydn, Albinoni, Neruda, Hummel - with Det Norske Kammerorkester
  • 2009: Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker (My Heart Is Ever Present)
  • 2011: Storyteller
  • 2012: 10 - with tenThing
  • 2013: Tine
  • 2017: Never Going Back
  • 2021: Magical Memories
  • 2022: Seraph

References

  1. ^ a b Egil Arnt Gundersen: Tine Thing Helseth Store Norske Leksikon, retrieved 30 March 2013 (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ a b c d "About Tine Thing Helseth". myspace.com. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  3. ^ "tenThing brass ensemble". www.tenthing.no. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Award Winning Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra". www.norway.cn. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)". simax.no. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  6. ^ The Times Observer. (2011-02-10). "Orchestra presents world-renowned trumpeter - TimesObserver.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information". The Times Observer. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  7. ^ Hege Bakken Riise: Dediserte låt til de pårørende NRK, 22 July 2012
  8. ^ "BBC Proms".
  9. ^ "BBC Proms 2013 - tenThing at the Cadogan Hall". YouTube.
  10. ^ a b "Tine Thing Helseth appointed Statoil Artist". trumpetguild.org. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
  11. ^ "Tine Thing Helseth in Eurovision Young Musicians final". trumpetguild.org. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  12. ^ "Tine Thing Helseth | Warner Classics".

External links

  • Official website
  • Haydn Concerto 3rd mvt on YouTube
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Newcomer Spellemannprisen
2007
Succeeded by
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