Tine Thing Helseth ( ; born 18 August 1987) is a Norwegian

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soloist specializing in classical repertoire.

Career

Helseth was born in

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. She started to play trumpet at the age of 7 in a

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and studied at the

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from 2002 to 2009 and at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

from 2009 to 2011. Her teachers have included Heidi Johanessen (

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Orchestra) and, since 2002, Arnulf Naur Nilsen (

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).Egil Arnt Gundersen
"Tine Thing Helseth"
''

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'', retrieved 30 March 2013 Helseth is the leader of an all female brass ensemble, tenThing. In 2011, Helseth was named a "Superstar of Tomorrow" by ''

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''. The same year she signed a contract with

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Concert and festival performances

Helseth has performed with orchestras including the

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, Beethoven Academie,

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, the

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, Liverpool Philharmonic,

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, Camerata Nordica, , the

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, Norwegian symphony orchestras, Norwegian Army bands and other brass and wind ensembles. She has appeared at music festivals including

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, Kissinger Summer Festival and Usedomer Music Festival. In 2007 Helseth performed at the

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. Helseth has also performed more than five times in the United States. In 2009, she performed at the

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in Washington, D.C.; in 2011, at

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in New York City and the Struthers Library Theatre in

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; in 2014, at

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in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2019, she toured the United States with her all-female brass group, tenThing. In 2012, she opened the memorial concert for the

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by playing trumpet from the roof of

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. In 2013 she appeared twice in the

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, performing with tenThing at the

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and also at the

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. She performed at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in 2018, and in 2024 gave a

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at the

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as well as playing Weinberg's Trumpet Concerto with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Releases

Helseth appeared 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, she released her debut album ''Storyteller'' on

, 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

*National Soloist Championship of Norway no-age-limit open class 1st Prize 2004 *International Trumpet Competition "

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" Brussels, Belgium 2nd prize 2005 *Oslo Music Teachers Foundation Prize of Honour 2005 *

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Europe Scholarship 2006 * Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 2nd place * The Prince Eugen Culture Prize 2006 *

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Radio P2 Prize for 2006/2007 * Luitpold Prize of the festival

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, 2007 *

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

for best newcomer, 2007 * Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, 2009

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

External links

* *, Haydn Trumpet Concerto, 3rd movement {{DEFAULTSORT:Helseth, Tine Thing 1987 births Living people Norwegian classical musicians Norwegian trumpeters Musicians from Oslo Spellemannprisen winners Barratt Due Institute of Music alumni 21st-century Norwegian trumpeters 21st-century Norwegian women musicians Women trumpeters