Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg is a performing artist, saxophonist and composer from Norway.

Background

Mette Henriette grew up in Trondheim surrounded by a vibrant music scene and she got involved with performing arts at a young age, establishing her own ensembles and touring with musicians from jazz conservatories in Norway and New York, before she left her hometown to work on commissions and projects Internationally. Since then Mette Henriette has been living and working in New York, London, Paris, Svalbard and Oslo.

Career

In 2015 Mette Henriette became the first artist to release a double debut album on the renowned jazz record label

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...

. The album includes 90 minutes of music which she composed over a period of 10 years for her trio and large ensemble, consisting of jazz, classical and tango musicians. The record was produced in collaboration with

Manfred Eicher Manfred Eicher (born 9 July 1943) is a German record producer and the founder of ECM Records. Life and career Eicher was born in Lindau, Germany. He studied music at the Academy of Music in Berlin. He started as a double-bass player of classic ...

and recorded in Rainbow Studio with sound engineer

Jan Erik Kongshaug Jan Erik Kongshaug (4 July 1944 – 5 November 2019) was a Norwegian sound engineer, jazz guitarist, and composer. Career Kongshaug was born in Trondheim, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) During his chi ...

. The album cover and photo series were photographed by

Anton Corbijn Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2,Pitman, Joanna"The silent partner"' ...

''"It is seldom I find someone I don't know in the music world when that someone is one who surprises you with their talent and presence, and Mette is one of these people with that rare quality. She has an other worldly appearance, utterly fascinating."'' — Anton Corbijn

In addition to her work as a performer and composer, Mette Henriette develops scenography, lighting design and choreographic concepts for her works for stage and screen. She did cross-disciplinary projects with a variety of artists including Marina Abramovic,

, Hege Haagenrud, Darkside, Radik Tyulyush,

CocoRosie CocoRosie is an American musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Sierra Rose "Rosie" and Bianca Leilani "Coco" Casady. The group's music has been described as folktronica, freak folk and "New Weird America", and incorporates elements of pop, blu ...

, Valgeir Sigurdsson and more.

''"Mette Henriette is different" — Marina Abramovic''

Selected works / Commissions

* 2017: Opening concert ''Saivu of'' Riddu Riddu for the 100th anniversary of the Sami rights meeting. * 2017: Solo performance ''In Between'' inside

Athens Concert Hall The Athens Concert Hall (Greek: Μέγαρον Μουσικής Αθηνών, ''Mégaron Mousikis Athinon'') is a concert hall located on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece. The Hall was inaugurated in 1991 with two halls. Since then it ...

at documenta14 * 2017: Recorded theatre music with Valgeir Sigurdsson and

for ''EDDA'' by Robert Wilson * 2017: Artist residency at

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch ( , ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, ''The Scream'' (1893), has become one of Western art's most iconic images. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dr ...

's ateliers in Ekely * 2017: Artist residency at

Southbank Centre Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge). It comprises three main performance venues (the Royal Festival Hall including the Nat ...

in London * 2017: Solo performance at the opening of Artica in

Longyearbyen Longyearbyen (, locally �lɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən "The Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000 and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway. It stretches along the foot of the left bank ...

* 2016: Opening concert for

Berlin Jazz Festival JazzFest Berlin (also known as the Berlin Jazz Festival) is a jazz festival in Berlin, Germany. Originally called the "Berliner Jazztage" (''Berlin Jazz Days''), it was founded in 1964 in West Berlin by the Berliner Festspiele. Venues included B ...

* 2016: Solo performance on a sacred Sami stone at Trænafestivalen * 2015: Audiovisual installation for the abandoned island

Vibrandsøy Vibrandsøy or Vibrandsøya is an island in Haugesund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island lies west of the densely built-up island of Hasseløy and northwest of the island of Risøy in the town of Haugesund. The island is now use ...

commissioned by Ultima and

Concerts Norway Concerts Norway ( no, Rikskonsertene) was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway ( no, Norsk kulturråd), with its main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway is to make living music of high artistic quality acces ...

* 2015: Duo performance with Marina Abramovic at The Hole curated by Anohni,

Kembra Pfahler Kembra Pfahler (born August 4, 1961 in Hermosa Beach, California, United States) is an American filmmaker, performance artist, visual artist, adjunct professor, rock musician, and film actress. Her film work is associated with the movement known ...

* 2014: Performance art film ''Scream'' directed by Marina Abramovic

Discography

*2015: ''Mette Henriette'' (

) *2023: ''Drifting'' (

)

References

External links

* {{Authority control 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists Avant-garde jazz musicians Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian Sámi musicians Musicians from Trondheim Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Women jazz saxophonists