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

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and Musicology intermediate at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

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, Associate Professor, and since 2012 has been

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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 ...

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

Pitsj Pitsj (founded 1999 in Oslo, Norway) is a female Norwegian a cappella quintet. The band consists of Anine and Benedikte Kruse, the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen, and Anja Eline Skybakmoen (who replaced Tora Augestad when she left Pit ...

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 Trondheim Voices (established 2001 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian vocal group, best known for their improvised performances in the jazz genre. Biography Trondheim Voices started out as a Christmas Concert, initiated by Midtnorsk Jazzsente ...

, for whom she made the compositions. In 2009, Roggen and pianist

Helge Lien Helge Lien (born 23 April 1975) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and band leader. He has in recent years also developed a passion for photography and digital processing of images and has passion for powerful melancholy, dynamics and detail. ...

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 Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...

, the

Norwegian Radio Orchestra The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Norwegian, ''Kringkastingsorkestret'', abbreviated as KORK) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (''Norsk rikskringkasting AS'', or NRK). Its principal base is the ''Store Studi ...

, Trondheimsolistene,

Bugge Wesseltoft Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft. Career In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after ...

, Tom Steinar Lund & Trio de Janeiro, 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 Frode Haltli 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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Live
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* 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 * 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 (born 9 February 1947; full name ''Ole Christian Paus'') is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, poet and author, who is widely regarded as the foremost troubadour of the contemporary Norwegian ballad tradition ( no, visebølgen). During th ...

'' (

), with Leieboerne * 2008: ''Magiske Kroker Og Hemmeligheter'' (Egmont), with Various artists * 2009: ''Go' natt'' (Jazzland), with Various artists * 2010: ''Improvoicing'' (MNJ Records), with

* 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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