Trompetist Tine Thing Helseth i Risør

Tine Thing Helseth

Trumpet & Artistic Director

One of the world's foremost classical trumpeters, and our artistic director. Tine has restored Risør Chamber Music Festival to the top, and you get to reap the benefits.

About the Artist

Tine's own words

  • It's not the trumpet! It's an instrument; it's a tool made of metal. It is me playing.

    Tine Thing HelsethGuernica Magazine
  • I'm most vulnerable onstage and, at the same time, it's my safe place.

    Tine Thing HelsethGuernica Magazine
  • What I want is to be an honest artist. I want what I do to be me.

    Tine Thing HelsethGuernica Magazine

Tine grew up in a music-loving family and started at age seven in a school band in Oslo. Her journey from Vålerenga's music scene has taken her to all six continents.

She's known for her completely unique sound. You know when Tine is playing—and this makes her one of the world's foremost concert trumpeters. A small curiosity: she performs barefoot on stage. She wants to feel the ground beneath her. No safety net, just music.

As a champion for women in music, she founded tenThing in 2007—ten women on brass showing the world that instruments don't care about gender. The album "She Composes Like a Man" (2024) celebrates composers from Clara Schumann to Florence Price.

Her latest album "Echoes" (2025) is out now.

Christmas Concert 2026

"Deilig er jorden" is a given, but Tine, Gunnar and Sara will also play Strauss, Shostakovich and Piazzolla, among others, as part of this year's Christmas tradition.

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