Tine Thing Helseth returns to NRK Orchestra (KORK) for two performances at Oslo University Aula on 4 March and Hjertnes Kulturhus on 5 March. Tine performs Britta Byström’s trumpet concerto, Screen Memories, that was written for her in 2013. The programme also features Verdi’s Overture to La forza del destino and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2.
Since the beginning of her career, Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth has championed the trumpet repertoire amongst audiences on all six continents, meriting the highest critical praise for her soulful, lyrical sound and collaborative approach to music-making. An artist who challenges the boundaries of genre with an intensely creative, open-minded philosophy, Tine’s ever-expanding repertoire ranges from the classical period to contemporary works and new commissions.
Since 2023, Tine has served as Artistic Director of the Risør Chamber Music Festival, a festival with which she has enjoyed a close association for more than a decade. Throughout her career, she has been the recipient of numerous awards for her work in classical music, including “Newcomer of the Year” at the 2013 Echo Klassik Awards, the 2009 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, and second prize in the 2006 Eurovision Young Musicians Competition, to which Tine returned to serve as juror for the 2016 competition. In 2007, Tine had the rare honour of being the first ever classical artist to win Newcomer of the Year at the prestigious Spellemannprisen music awards in Norway.
In 2025/26, Tine continues to champion Doom Painting – new trumpet concerto written for her by Nico Muhly. Following successful European premieres with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra under Markus Poschner and with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Hannu Lintu at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, she will premier the woek in Norway with the Oslo Philharmonic and Pekka Kuusisto, and in the UK with The Hallé Orchestra under Alpesh Chauhan. This season, Tine also makes highly anticipated returns to the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin with Sebastian Weigle, Konzerthausorchester Berlin with Aziz Shokhakimov, Zurich Chamber Orchestra at Tonhalle Zurich, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra with Elias Grandy. She will additionally perform with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo and the Teatro Petruzzelli Orchestra in Bari.
Photo: Anna-Julia-Granberg