Mette Henriette
| Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Mette Henriette |
| Born |
1990 (age 25–26) Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag |
| Origin | Norway, Sami |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Labels | ECM Records |
| Website |
www |
Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg (born 1990 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian-Sami Jazz musician (saxophone), composer and improviser.[1]
Career
Rølvåg studied music at Sund Folkehøgskole, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the School for Improvised Music in New York. Onely 25 years of age she is well established in Europe and the United States (2015). She has collaborated with musicians like Tom Rainey, Tim Berne, Christian Wallumrød, and Sidsel Endresen.[2] At the Young Nordic Jazz Comets event in Tampere, Finland she performed set with a quartet of sax, cello, piano and electronics. The showcase is an annual event at which young bands from the Nordic countries, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Finland, selected by their national jazz federations, each have 30 minutes to present their music. The set was extremely quiet and minimalist, but had a haunting and fascinating nature that really captivated. Rølvåg released her debut album Mette Henriette (2015) on ECM Records, the day after her performance at the showcase.[3]
Honors
- 2015: The Norwegian representative at the "Young Nordic Jazz Comets" showcase, with her project Mette Henriette (ECM)[3]
Discography
Solo albums
- 2015: Mette Henriette (ECM Records)[4]
References
- ↑ Kemp, Anders (2015-10-29). "Saxbehandleren" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Mette Henriette – Mette Henriette". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- 1 2 Dudley-Evans, Tony (2015-11-04). "Mette Henriette – Mette Henriette". TheJazzBreakfast.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ↑ "Mette Henriette". ECM Records. Retrieved 2016-02-12.