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Tine Thing Helseth (born 18 August 1987 in Oslo) is a Norwegian trumpet soloist specialising in classical repertoire. She began playing trumpet at age seven in a school band and studied at the Barratt Due Institute of Music from 2002 to 2009 and the Norwegian Academy of Music from 2009 to 2011, under teachers including Arnulf Naur Nilsen of the Oslo Philharmonic. In 2007 she founded tenThing, an all-female brass ensemble that has toured across Europe, the United States and China.
Named a “Superstar of Tomorrow” by BBC Music Magazine in 2011, Helseth signed with EMI Classics (later Warner Classics) the same year and has since appeared as soloist with orchestras across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Since 2023 she has served as artistic director of the Risør Chamber Music Festival, and she remains one of the most prominent trumpet soloists internationally, performing both standard and newly commissioned repertoire for the instrument.
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