Signe Elisabeth Lygre Førre (born 3 May 1994 in

Voss, Norway Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

) is a Norwegian singer, upright bassist, and composer. Førre studies jazz at Voss Jazzskule. Her debut concert as band leader was at

Vossajazz Vossajazz or Vossa Jazz (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in Voss, Norway, which takes place annually during the week before Easter, and which also includes concerts throughout the year. The festival has been led b ...

2014 with Signe Førre Band. The lineup in addition to Førre, was saxophonist

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, pianist

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, and drummer

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. In 2015 she played with the band Peace, Love and Swing, at Vossajazz, showing herself as composer. At the 2018 Vossajazz Førre appeared with her own trio playing a mixture of standards, her own compositions, and old folk tunes. The trio comprised additional pianist

Erlend Slettevoll Erlend Slettevoll (born 26 October 1981) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, known from cooperation with musicians like Ola Kvernberg, Petter Wettre, Heidi Skjerve, Kjetil Møster, Steinar Raknes and Espen Aalberg. Career Slettevoll was born in Volda ...

and drummer

Honors

* 2014: Awarded the UNGjaJAZZja by

, with Signe Førre Band

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forre, Signe 1994 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Jazz double-bassists Norwegian women jazz singers Norwegian jazz singers Musicians from Voss 21st-century women musicians 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers