Live Maria Roggen (born 22 March 1970) is a Norwegian jazz singer, songwriter, and composer. Roggen was born in

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and educated at Foss High School (violin and vocals). She studied sociology and musicology intermediate at the

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and Jazz Line at Trøndelag Conservatory of Music ( NTNU) (1995–1998). She worked as a jazz and singing teacher at the Sund folkehøgskole, Høgskolen in Agder (music conservatory) and at Trøndelag Conservatory of Music (NTNU). Since 2006,

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, and since 2012 has been professor of jazz singing at the

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. She is the older sister of the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen from the Norwegian vocal band Pitsj.

Career

Roggen first appeared in the duo Tu'Ba with the tuba player Lars Andreas Haug 1994. She helped start the band Wibutee in 1997–2000, and then was the lead singer of the Norwegian jazz band Come Shine 1998–2004. In 2003–2008, she appeared with their own lyrics and compositions in the ''Live Band''. In 2007, a solo disc ''Circuit songs'' which won

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the Norwegian

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in the Open class. Since 2004 Roggen has been co-singer and one of the driving forces of the improvisational vocal ensemble Trondheim Voices, for whom she made the compositions. In 2009, Roggen and pianist Helge Lien formed the Norwegian-language duo Live/Lien that performs original music written to texts by Norwegian poets, cover songs and jazz tunes. In addition to her own bands and groups Roggen have sung with, among other Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, the

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, Trondheimsolistene,

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, Tom Steinar Lund &

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, deLillos and Leieboerne, and she has since 1996 been a backup singer in the group Young Neils. In 2008 and 2009 she participated in four tribute concerts '' For Radka'' together with

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and Jon Christensen, including in the Norwegian National Opera. In 2006–2009 she sang the tango and jazz compositions in the Atle Sponberg and

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s '' La Fuente''. She participated in children's records ''Magiske kroker & hemmeligheter'' (Egmont 2008) and ''Go'natt'' (Jazzland/Universal 2009).

Honors

*1999: The Norwegian State Scholarship *2003:

2002 with Come Shine in the class Jazz *2003:

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*2003:

Radka Toneff Ellen Radka Toneff (25 June 1952 – 21 October 1982) was a Norwegian jazz singer, daughter of the Bulgarian folk singer, pilot and radio technician Toni Toneff, she was born in Oslo and grew up in Lambertseter and Kolbotn. She is still conside ...

Memorial Prize 2003 *2004: The Gammleng Prize, in the class Jazz *2005–2007: The Norwegian State Scholarship *2007:

, in the Open class for record ''Circuit Songs''

Discography

Solo albums

* 2007: ''Circuit Songs'' ( Jazzland) * 2016: ''Apokaluptein'' (

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), commissioned work for the 2016

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LiveLien

* 2011: ''Låvesalg'' ( Jazzland/

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) * 2016: ''YOU'' (Ozella)

Collaborations

* 1998: ''Tu'Ba'' (

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), with Tu'Ba * 1999: ''Newborn Thing'' (Jazzland), with Wibutee * 2001: ''Come Shine'' (Curling Legs), with Come Shine * 2002: ''Pöck'' (Bergland Productions), with Dingobats * 2002: ''Denne lille pytten er et hav'' (Curling Legs), with

Sverre Gjørvad Sverre Gjørvad (born 26 October 1966 in Stathelle, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) and composer. He is known for participating in establishing the SoddJazz festival and recording with various notable musicians including Live Maria ...

* 2002: ''Do Do That Voodoo'' (Curling Legs), with Come Shine * 2003: ''In Concert'' (Curling Legs), with Come Shine * 2007: ''Følg oss hjem,

Ole Paus Ole Paus (1947–2023) was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet, widely regarded as one of the most innovative Norwegian musical figures of the 20th century and "Norway's most significant troubadour at the time of his death." Emerging during t ...

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), with Leieboerne * 2008: ''Magiske Kroker Og Hemmeligheter'' (Egmont), with Various artists * 2009: ''Go' natt'' (Jazzland), with Various artists * 2010: ''Improvoicing'' (MNJ Records), with Trondheim Voices * 2015: ''Red and Gold'' (Jazzland), with Come Shine

References

External links

Come Shine on Facebook

www.trondheimvoices.com
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Biografi
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