Live Maria Roggen

Live Maria Roggen

Roggen with Come Shine and TJO
at Nattjazz 2016. (Photo by Knut Andersen)
Background information
Born (1970-03-22) 22 March 1970
Oslo
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Jazz singer, songwriter, composer
Instruments Violin, vocals
Associated acts Come Shine
Tu'Ba
Website www.livemaria.no

Live Maria Roggen (born 22 March 1970 in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz singer, songwriter and composer, educated at Foss High School (violin and vocals), sociology and Musicology intermediate at the University of Oslo and Jazz Line at Trøndelag Conservatory of Music (NTNU) (1995–98). Worked as Jazz and singing teacher at the Sund folkehøgskole, Høgskolen in Agder (music conservatory) and at Trøndelag Conservatory of Music (NTNU). Since 2006, Associate Professor,[1] and is since 2012 Professor of jazz singing at the Norwegian Academy of Music.[2] She is the older sister of the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen from the Norwegian vocal band Pitsj.

Career

Roggen first appeared in the duo Tu'Ba with the tuba player Lars Andreas Haug 1994. She helped start the band Wibutee in 1997-2000, and then was the lead singer of the Norwegian jazz band Come Shine 1998-2004. In 2003-08, she appeared with their own lyrics and compositions in the Live Band. In 2007, a solo disc Circuit songs which won Spellemannprisen the Norwegian Grammy Award in the Open class.

Since 2004, Roggen has been co-singer and one of the driving forces of the improvisational vocal ensemble Trondheim Voices, for whom she made the compositions. In 2009, Roggen and pianist Helge Lien formed the Norwegian-language duo Live/Lien that performs original music written to texts by Norwegian poets, cover songs and jazz tunes.

In addition to her own bands and groups Roggen have sung with, among other Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Trondheimsolistene, Bugge Wesseltoft, Tom Steinar Lund & Trio de Janeiro, deLillos and Leieboerne, and she has since 1996 been a backup singer in the group Young Neils. In 2008 and 2009 she participated in four tribute concerts For Radka together with Arild Andersen, Jon Eberson and Jon Christensen, including in the Norwegian National Opera. In 2006-2009 she sang the tango and jazz compositions in the Atle Sponberg and Frode Haltli s La Fuente. She participated in children's records Magiske kroker & hemmeligheter, (Egmont 2008) and Go'natt, (Jazzland/Universal 2009).[1]

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

LiveLien

Collaborations

References

  1. 1 2 "Live Maria Roggen". Biography. MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  2. "Live Maria Roggen". Biography. Norwegian Academy of Music. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  3. Kulberg, Jan-Henrik (2003-07-05). "Jazzpris til Live Maria Roggen 1language=Norwegian". NRK. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  4. Mosnes, Terje (2011-11-16). "Låvesalg og lukt av jord". Musical reviews. Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
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Awards
Preceded by
Per Jørgensen
Recipient of the Radka Toneff Memorial Award
2003
Succeeded by
Solveig Slettahjell
Preceded by
Håkon Kornstad Trio including
Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Eilertsen
Recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award
2003
Succeeded by
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Preceded by
Jacob Young
Recipient of the Jazz Gammleng-prisen
2004
Succeeded by
Silje Nergaard
Preceded by
Hanne Hukkelberg
Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2007
Succeeded by
Farmers Market
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