Trude Eick (born 23 April 1969) is a Norwegian musician (

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

and electronics) and composer, known from different forms of music, in which she plays regular repertoire as well as free improvisation. She is the sister of musicians

Mathias Eick Mathias Eick (born 26 June 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician, and the brother of the jazz musicians Johannes Eick and Trude Eick. He is mainly known from his releases on the jazz label ECM Records. His main instrument is the trumpet, but he als ...

and Johannes Eick.

Career

Eick was born in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konne ...

and raised in

Hof, Vestfold Hof is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It merged into Holmestrand on Jan. 1, 2018. The administrative centre of the former municipality was the village of Hof. The municipality of Hof was established on 1 January 1838 (see for ...

. She is a graduate of 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 ...

and has worked in Forsvarets Musikkorps, Trøndelag for a period. Eick is best known for improvising in Eick/Viddal Duo with bass clarinetist and saxophonist

Mathilde Grooss Viddal Mathilde Grooss Viddal (born 6 May 1969) is a Norwegian musician (saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all sing ...

, which was central to the series "Kvinnelige improviserende instrumentalister". The duo toured with the show ''Konkylia van Tare og Tusen Tang'' (2005). As trio they include

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen (born 4 February 1982) is a Norwegian guitarist, vocalist and composer. She is known for a series of album releases and collaborations with musicians like Jon Eberson, Jarle Bernhoft and Hilde Marie Kjersem. Career ...

(guitar), and as quartet with Øyvind Brække (trombone) and Børge Are Halvorsen (saxophone). She has appeared on releases by

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 ...

''New conceptions of jazz'' (1996) and Torbjørn Sunde Octet (2001). She has toured with Ole Bolås and Sigrun Eng (cello), among others, and has at times conducted ''Chateau Neuf Storband''. She played with

Frøy Aagre Frøy Aagre (born 8 June 1977 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist. Career Aagre is one of the leading saxophonists of Norway, playing tenor and soprano saxophone with an individual sound that builds on inspirations by such ...

's Offbeat at Dølajazz (2007). Eick associated with Toneheim Folk High School and the Music program at 'Rud videregående skole'.

Discography

;Within Ym-Stammen *1994: ''(Vi Blir) Fisk'' (

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) ;With

*1996: ''New Conception of Jazz'' (

Jazzland Recordings Jazzland Recordings is a Norwegian jazz and improvised music label based in Oslo, Norway, often associated with nu jazz. It was founded in 1996 by pianist Bugge Wesseltoft to release his "New Conception of Jazz" and operate as a standalone label. ...

) *2008: ''New Conceptions of Jazz Box'' (Jazzland Recordings) ;With

Finn Coren Finn Coren (born 28 March 1961) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his series of albums setting to music the lyrics of William Blake, W.B. Yeats and Olav H. Hauge. Coren's first album ''The Echoing Gr ...

*1999: ''Lovecloud'' (Bard Records) ;With Torbjørn Sunde Octet *2001: ''Where Is The Chet'' (

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) ;With

Anja Garbarek Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo. Career Garbarek's debut album, ''Velkommen Inn'' (1992), is sung in Norwegian. She subsequently released three original albums contai ...

*2005: ''Briefly Shaking'' ( EMI Music Norway) ;With Anders Rogg & Audun Myskja *2005: ''Videre: Toner Til Refleksjon Og Avspenning'' (

Kirkelig Kulturverksted Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV) is a Norwegian company and record label, founded in 1974 by Erik Hillestad. Among the musicians who have issued records on the label are Ketil Bjørnstad, Kari Bremnes, Erik Bye, Ole Paus, Sigvart Dagsland, Bjørn E ...

) ;With

Marit Larsen Marit Elisabeth Larsen (born 1 July 1983) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin at age of 5 and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with ch ...

*2006: ''Under the Surface'' (

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), Tom Newman. It ...

) *2008: ''The Chase'' (Virgin Records) ;With

*2006: ''Holding Balance'' (Giraffa Records), within Chateau Neuf Fri Ensemble *2008: ''November Log'' (Giraffa Records), within Viddal/Eick Duo ;With

Maria Mena Maria Viktoria Mena (born 19 February 1986) is a Norwegian pop singer, best known for her singles such as " You're the Only One", "Just Hold Me", "All This Time" which charted in multiple countries. Early life Maria Mena was born into an art ...

*2008: ''Cause And Effect'' ( Columbia Records) ;With Friensamblet *2009: ''Come Closer'' (Giraffa Records) ;With

*2010: ''Cycle of Silence'' (ACT Company) ;With

Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, ...

*2010: ''Abrahadabra'' (

Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...

) ;With Martin Hagfors *2010: ''I Like You'' (Strømland Records)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eick, Trude Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Norwegian jazz horn players Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian contemporary classical composers Norwegian classical horn players Women horn players Musicians from Hof, Vestfold 1969 births Living people Musicians from Drammen Women classical composers 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century women musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members Grappa Music artists Jazzland Recordings (1997) artists Women trumpeters