tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71492127359449336132024-03-13T12:48:09.713+01:00"Blog on the (trumpet) Road"A globetrotting trumpetsoloist, do I love my job? Oh yes I do! No day is ever the same. In my blog I will tell you about things happening on the road.Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-66442617326562175452012-07-30T16:06:00.001+02:002012-07-30T16:06:48.701+02:00New website!Blog entry 30th of July
Hi everyone!
The summer is here - but not my holiday... I'm very lucky to be traveling around this summer and play concerts. (My holiday will be in October - at a beach somewere warm...)
I just came home from some nice days in Yorkshire on the English countryside. In between rehearsals and concerts I went for walks in beautiful landskape - felt like I was in a Jane Austen novel :)
On wednesday I'm off to Rome, and then Germany and Nothern Irland will be the next stops this week. I actually have a lot to tell you all about my spring and summer so far, but that will have to wait until next time I write. For now I just wanted to let you in on exciting work on my new web site! I'm really pleased with how it's looking and all the features - can't wait to show you.
It will be up and running any day now...
Yours from the road,
Tine x
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A new year - a fresh start!<br />
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I have decided that I will quite promising to write more often, maybe then I'm actually going to do it... The autumn went by in a spin, like a whirlwind! Suddenly Christmas was upon me and I completely dived into the holiday season with no thoughts of work what so ever (yeah - really! Not easy, but for once I managed to do so...) <br />
So many things have happened since I last wrote a blog post, and I will not use this space to guide you chronologically through all my performances, but I would still like to mention some of them. <br />
Living in a bus with tenThing for two weeks is definitely worth mentioning! We all felt like real rock stars, having our very own bunk bed on the top floor in our jumbo cruiser double decker bus... Very glamorous! (do you hear the irony in my voice?) Even though we lived like a proper rock band and played concerts (and had master classes and work shops) every single day, we turned more and more into a real ladies club. By the end of the tour everyone was knitting, shopping only exercise outfits and running shoes, not to mentioned we actually used the stuff we bought and went for a run almost every day. No drinking, no smoking... What a thrill for our tour manager (male) and light/video guy (also male), they thought ten girls would be fun! <br />
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The countries I got to visit autumn 2011 were Italy, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, <br />
United Kingdom, Monaco and not to mention so many great places in Norway I had not been before. This is one of the real privileges in my job, I get payed to visit new and wonderful places around the world! <br />
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Right now I'm in Belgium, preparing for my first concerts of 2012. This Spring will take me to many new (and old) places, among them Canada, United States, Hong Kong, Japan, UK, China, Ukraine, Germany... :) it's going to be a good spring (I hope)! <br />
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One absolutely thrilling experience that started this autumn and will continue throughout the spring of 2012 is the release on my very first album for EMI Classics. It's called Storyteller and it's a collection of songs written originally for the voice. I play with the amazing (I do love them) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic with conductor Eivind Aadland and I also have Håvard Gimse( the one and only!) with me on the disc. It's already released in Scandinavia and Germany/Switzerland/Austria, and will be released in the rest of the world this year. Look out for it!<br />
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Well, that's all for now. I have to get back to my practicing. <br />
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All the best from the road,<br />
Tine :)Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-84934794122866856792011-09-27T21:32:00.001+02:002011-09-27T21:32:01.748+02:00Video from Bamberg :)<br /><p align='center'><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/L-6K9B_aSos" width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L-6K9B_aSos" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><!-- Fallback content --><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-6K9B_aSos"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/L-6K9B_aSos/0.jpg" width="400" height="300" />YouTube Video</a></object></p>- Tine Thing Helseth 2011 -<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-23164018083531082762011-09-03T16:30:00.001+02:002011-09-03T16:30:35.354+02:00Finally made another video... :)Hi there,<br />Finally figured out how to use iMovie on my iPad - great stuff! And quite easy.... Here comes first video. It's from my tour with pianist Håvard Gimse February 2011.<br />Enjoy :)<br /><br />Tine <br /><br /><br /><p align='center'><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/e2EkgGlm7fA" width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e2EkgGlm7fA" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><!-- Fallback content --><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2EkgGlm7fA"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/e2EkgGlm7fA/0.jpg" width="400" height="300" />YouTube Video</a></object></p>- Tine Thing Helseth 2011 -<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-67363744576756681002011-08-05T07:02:00.001+02:002011-08-05T07:02:39.922+02:00We will never be the sameThere are those moments were you just know that the world will never be the same. Something happens that makes you think that there is no thing more precious than life itself. I love what I do - but without life I couldn't do it. Without life I wouldn't be here. <br />Friday the 22nd of July started out as a normal day. I woke up in Liverpool, pretty tired after three long and amazing days of recording, and had rehearsal with the Liverpool Phil and Carl Davis for a concert the next day. Just when I get off stage I feel my phone vibrating in my handbag, I ignore it. It rings again and I check the caller ID, my mother, I ignore it again thinking I can call her back when I get to the hotel. She call a third time, and I answer - the first thing she says is that there's been a bomb in Oslo. I think she must be joking, she has too, this can't be happening. I turn on the TV as soon as I come to my room and the pictures on SkyNews live from Oslo are just unbelievable. This isn't my city, my home, this can't be happening in Oslo - the city of peace. My mother calls again, and she assures me that all my friends are safe - good. I talk to her for a long time. <br />That evening I've got tickets for Harry Potter, the last film. I'm a huge fan of the books, but seeing the world collapsing on screen on a day like this? I meet up with someone from the orchestra and we go together. Everyone has heard about the bomb. My mum calls again - there is a guy shooting at the labour party's youth camp at an island. This can't be happening. I watch the movie. It's really amazing (I have to watch it again, my head wasn't there the whole time...) and I go to bed. I wake up the next morning,for a couple of minutes I'm happy - then I remember. The bomb. The shooting. I call my mother. Almost 90 people dead. Murdered. Young people. It's a bit too much, and I'm so far away. I go for a walk, every front page of every newspaper has pictures from Oslo. I decide to focus on the concert that evening. I dedicate one of the songs I play to the victims and their families and I play with a black ribbon. <br />Next day on the plane, the tears comes. <br /><br />Monday is a strange day. Out on the streets people care for each other, even though we are total strangers. You feel the love. Around 5pm I get a phone call - two hours later I play for over 200 000 people in front of the city hall. All there to pay respect, to show the man who did this that we are stronger together, to say that we love each other no matter religion or skin color. It's like I'm not there. When I play the very opening of my piece, solo trumpet before the piano joins me, everyone lifts the roses they have in their hands. Then I just close my eyes. I'm not there. My voice is, my music is, but I have to be strong. I tell myself I can cry later - right now I have to forget I'm there and just play. It's definitely one of the strongest and most special moments in my life. I feel privileged to have felt, seen and tasted air full of so many emotions - most of all love. <br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115441892634227806655/BlogOnTheTrumpetRoad?authkey=Gv1sRgCPfoiIrG94jWrgE#5637232869431124002'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6qW-JJtrEl19Sp5ALfpuL4h7foQEbpaPLDHqje7yjSKjKyRdqfY8LToRAqcbdjzbi8X7O0Ogqi09crPSHe-ZKCHf6PROBkIsoLpl7_mWYrKbyAr2VJudjWpAXFywdLwhyWFq-ic0VkWU/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />There are so many other amazing things I want to tell you all about from the last month. And I will. I just needed this entry for these emotions. I'm lucky, I didn't personally know anyone who died, but I know people who did. Norway is a small country, not so many people, we are all affected by this.<br /><br />We will never be the same after 22nd of July 2011. <br /><br />Love,<br />Tine <br /><br /><br />- Tine Thing Helseth 2011 -<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-74352389659062071792011-07-06T15:09:00.001+02:002011-07-06T15:09:48.474+02:00tenThing at the mallJust wanted to share this short video with you. From a festival in Kongsberg in Norway in January ;) <br /><br /><p align='center'><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/GfgmG_v_Yow" width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GfgmG_v_Yow" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><!-- Fallback content --><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfgmG_v_Yow"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/GfgmG_v_Yow/0.jpg" width="400" height="300" />YouTube Video</a></object></p>- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-30563749319173177262011-06-21T16:44:00.001+02:002011-06-21T16:44:49.042+02:00Back on the roadBlog entry 21st of June 2011<br /><br />I love meeting people I know at airports! Today I met two amazing musicians at Gardermoen. While checking in, the great jazz trumpeter Mathias Eick calls my name from the line next to me. On his way to LA to play :) His record The Door is truly amazing - I highly recommend it! Always nice to bump into Mathias (this is not the first time!) always smiling - even when he discovered that I could skip the incredibly long line at security and use the fast track... <br />Arriving in the SAS lounge, working on my iPad and waiting for my flight to start boarding - who other than Arve Tellefsen walks in! Great Norwegian violinist, has been around forever. He was one of the first to "discover" me, I think I was 16 years old the first time he invited me to play at his two festivals in Norway. He might be in his seventies, but he is so full of youth and spirit that you wouldn't notice. He and his violin was on their way to Alicante - I got instantly jealous, will imagine it's a tiny bit warmer there than in Glasgow (which is were I'm heading today). <br /><br />So much has happened lately. May was full of concerts, and I truly had some wonderful musical experiences that month! Another thing that happened was that my best friend since I was 6 years old, Dagrun, got married. The horrible thing - I couldn't be there... I played an important concert that day and couldn't cancel.So what I did, was that I arranged all the music for the ceremony and made a video greeting/speech with a lot of pictures from we were kids :) I'm really sad I missed it, but I know that they both knew my heart was there with them. I wish them all the best in the world! <br /><br />Sometimes it's hard to know how to make all your different aspect of life go together, but usually it works out in the end. <br />Tine :)<br /><br />PS: me and Dagrun 11 years old<br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115441892634227806655/BlogOnTheTrumpetRoad?authkey=Gv1sRgCPfoiIrG94jWrgE#5620684061393626690'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhXMLsBo5udWoglh7i_x9kO1VfVqaSgHS6xVKiy8VfVJLFJTQ-qY7HCihidEs9p3kTiO1MArtbZZtm2j3qn5qL95kEMQr2pyiEHgDp-douMoFjauBgx5aMlHitly0yEm6eEyr2pCoZMho/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='189' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-56550867496581032492011-05-20T10:03:00.001+02:002011-05-20T10:03:15.392+02:00I'm an EMI Classics Artist :)Blog entry 20th of May 2011<br /><br />We have to stop meeting like this...<br />You can only guess were I am right now. That's right - up in the sky! I've just answered 13 emails and gone through my itinerary for the next 12 days, when I remembered that I hadn't written that blog entry about my EMI signing that I've been wanting to do for some weeks now.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115441892634227806655/BlogOnTheTrumpetRoad?authkey=Gv1sRgCPfoiIrG94jWrgE#5608705855795999298'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bdl2n_6Mw26J4BlepnRrFF24g9Y_i2NtAjpE9OurHOirADsE5vTQIykrlIlMshlyHONXjpeqhQdOoyXL8IPelKDEWr2VpP1DuRFKVXvKuWvi6SGP-aNyPON4njySAWZ4HPF_628yebVe/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />19th of April was a truly exciting day for me. I flew over to London in the morning, checked in to my hotel in Kensington, went for some express stress-relaxing shopping, walked around one of my favorite neighborhoods in London (behind Royal Albert Hall) and tried to really enjoy and memorize everything so that I can think back on this day when I get old, and then - at 6pm - I entered the great EMI building. And from that on everything became very overwhelming. So many enthusiastic and happy people cheering, drinking champagne, eating EMI and trumpet muffins. Eric (the boss), Andrew (the A&R), Ed (my manager) and myself signed the contract - huge moment for me. <br />After the big gathering were I got to meet everyone from all the different departments there was a nice dinner with my amazing management team (Kathryn, Ed, Clare and Clare ;)) and some of the EMI Classics people. I can't wait to start working with everyone (well, I've actually already started and it's great!) and look forward to work out some new and exciting artistic concepts and record ideas. <br /><br />I only have one thing to say - you're allowed to dream - and before you know it, it might just come true! <br /><br />Yours from the road,<br />Tine :)<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-70285430203878942252011-04-27T23:42:00.001+02:002011-04-27T23:42:21.193+02:00SK841, destination: ZurichBlog entry 27th of April<br /><br />'There's no use trying' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things'. (Alice)<br />'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was younger I did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."<br /><b>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</b><br /><br />I love this quote. It's funny, but true. Always believe, always. Your goals in life will never be achieved if you don't believe they will. It's a while since I read the book about Alice, but I always carry with me the Queen's words. At Oslo airport I bought myself a book before boarding the plane, and what a nice surprise that the first words in the book were actually this particular quote! I had to include it in this blog entry ;)<br /><br />I'm at the moment a big Kurt Weill fan. I've been for quite a while actually, but just bought myself a CD with Anne Sofie von Otter recorded in the early nineties, and wow! What a voice for this music. Listening to it at the moment ;) I could of course go on and on about the music I love and artists I really admire, but let's take one at a time, shall we?<br /><br />At the end; just a little encouragement to all of you loud talking gentlemen at planes, not everything is meant for everyone to hear...<br /><br />Ciao,<br />Tine :)<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-76776561477196406582011-04-17T09:45:00.001+02:002011-04-17T09:53:35.959+02:00On my way home from BrnoBlog entry 16th of April<br /><br />In the air between Vienna and Oslo<br /><br />I'm up in the sky again. It's been a lot of that lately... I'm sure I've already told you that I'm supposedly afraid of flying - well, I've just decided to forget all about that. It's no use when you spend so much time up here as I do. Besides, they say that flying is more safe than driving a car so... <br />Today the weather is perfect, no clouds which means that you can see everything that's happening on the ground as well. Not that I look down, I mean - hello - I'm afraid of heights... There's a lot of thing I'm scared of. But hey, I'm not complaining, that's just life :) <br /><br />I've had the most amazing week in Brno. Brno is situated only one and a half hour driving from Vienna, and it's the second largest city in the Czech Republic. When I travel I always get a feeling of the city I'm in, if I feel comfortable, safe etc. Brno looks like a miniature version of Vienna and feels warm, welcoming and definitely both safe and comfortable. The orchestra is good, but most importantly the musicians are so generous both with their musicality and friendliness. I can say the same about their Chief conductor Alexandar Markovìc, a joy to work with. Two enjoyable concerts in a nice concert hall (a small version of Musikverein in Vienna, same architect), with a lovely and warm audience - can you ask for anything better? <br /><br />It's time for my Easter holiday next week. Looking forward to spending time with my mother and little sister, I've been away so much the last month, so good to spend some nice days at home together. Lot of things to be done in our house, so I will try to be as useful as possible... Let's see how that goes! <br /><br />Just some pictures from Hanover last week:<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/17/138.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/17/s_138.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/17/140.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/17/s_140.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/17/141.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/17/s_141.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />Lovely carrot flowers!<br />And here from Brno:<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/17/142.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/17/s_142.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br />Not easy to stay awake backstage after a long day... Don't think the Schubert Symphony had anything to do with it...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/17/143.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/17/s_143.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/17/144.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/17/s_144.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />That was all from up here, <br />Tine :) <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br /><br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-35310244153767477972011-04-08T13:29:00.001+02:002011-04-08T13:29:22.476+02:00In a car in GermanyBlog entry 8th of April <br /><br />I just fell asleep in the car. The Finnish singers were talking in Finnish, the car is very comfortable, the sun is shining through the window so it gets warm inside the car - but most importantly it got a bit late last night... woke up by my own snoring (quite embarrassing...)!<br />I'm in Hannover playing with the wonderful NDR Radiophilharmonie. They have a Norwegian Chief Conductor, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, and he invited us to his apartment after the concert last night. It's so nice after a performance to have some social time with the others. Extra special this week is that they have a visiting Norwegian Concertmaster, so a real Norwegian trio in front - fun ;) <br /><br />As I were saying we are in the car. New concert tonight, new place but same reportoire. Hummel is a great piece to play. The concert last night was definitely fun, full hall and nice atmosphere, but some concerts I find it hard to focus - last night was one of those. I guess when you play concerts all the time it's hard to have the same concentration and focus in all of them, but I hope that it will feel better tonight. Because that's the thing, even though I might not have complete focus it still goes well (most of the times anyway... :)), it's just that I want to feel good, feel great actually, because there is nothing better than a performance were you just forget everything else and live in the music. <br /><br />A friend will visit me tonight, always great to have a friendly face among the audience ;) <br />Including a picture of the Maestro and myself trying to figure out how to take pictures with this iPad.<br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115441892634227806655/TenThingAltAnnetEnnTensing?authkey=Gv1sRgCPKi-OuD_5-vZQ#5593173384576241106'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMBZjCDALfHdCcnj5eHixDEbCuaNoC9mpBpfwWBdCiDL8DKadta8bUg0IMJ-1AHA2l2eW6GPuS7fLX6jy-ZnE0EM5AWcnbj8O2LSBHZc-Q8vJor27wM5Ey6hXT1Y1DpmlbFA4NSenLto/s288/1.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115441892634227806655/TenThingAltAnnetEnnTensing?authkey=Gv1sRgCPKi-OuD_5-vZQ#5593173392820436018'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOte3K82IvKGizC_c781EviODkHpASmJGMe5mfX19InTh2JrqnjQ4JucHpZ6c4mjkhxeH0EukNB6XvotUulBRf3zLzJfSdVUEfjIXGG362yT9uveu98_j03QkjyoBLvGbRscsXyX_i50/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />That's all for now. Will enjoy tonight, try to focus - and at my early flight home tomorrow I will definitely stay awake, snoring among total strangers on a plane that IS embarrassing :)<br />Tine<br />.<br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-71900012552085060922011-04-02T11:24:00.001+02:002011-04-02T11:24:11.060+02:00SkopjeBlog entry 1st of April<br /><br />Had the earliest start ever this morning. Pick up time from hotel 2:50 am, I call that in the middle of the night... still alive though, waiting for our flight to Vienna to start boarding. If everything goes as planned I will end up in Flekkefjord, Norway, around 3 o'clock this afternoon. Just have to stop in Vienna, Frankfurt and Stavanger first ;) <br /><br />But, the reason I'm writing is that I have to tell you about Skopje. I really enjoyed the two days in the capital of Macedonia. Such a nice place with a beautiful old city (our hotel was situated in that part) and so warm and welcoming people in the orchestra! Had an amazing lunch with Roza from the orchestra and the conductor at a great (and very cheap compared to Norway) French restaurant sitting outside in 20 degrees celsius! <br /><br />Also so nice that one of my very best friends that I've known since we were both 6 years old, Dagrun, could come with me ;)<br /><br />Here are som pictures:<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/02/442.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/02/s_442.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/02/443.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/02/s_443.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/02/444.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/02/s_444.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/04/02/450.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/04/02/s_450.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Boarding now....<br />Tine ;)<br />Alexander the Great Airport, Skopje<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-3841897207427522002011-03-21T15:27:00.001+01:002011-03-21T15:27:41.114+01:00Video from Røros<br /><p align='center'><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/VH8Hv13h1B8" width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VH8Hv13h1B8" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><!-- Fallback content --><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH8Hv13h1B8"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/VH8Hv13h1B8/0.jpg" width="400" height="300" />YouTube Video</a></object></p>- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-9327965407998182792011-03-21T12:57:00.001+01:002011-03-21T12:57:04.385+01:00HomeBlog entry 21st of March<br /><br />The sun is shining!! Wonderful ;) <br />Just finished three hours of press for a new release that I'm part of. The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces' new CD is full of Nordic music fir wind band. Together with conductor Ole Kristian Ruud I contribute with one trumpet concerto by Jukka Linkola. Great piece! Loved the process and looking forward to performing it, hopefully this autumn ;) <br /><br />Wednesday last week was my Royal Albert Hall debut - Classic FM Live was a blast! Really enjoyed it. Friday was different but also great! My quartet, TTHQ, played at Studentimpulser in Bergen, and we had the greatest time. Including a video here of my band mates jamming backstage... <br /><br /><p align='center'><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/fxgK9j5ACn8" width="400" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fxgK9j5ACn8" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><!-- Fallback content --><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxgK9j5ACn8"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/fxgK9j5ACn8/0.jpg" width="400" height="300" />YouTube Video</a></object></p>- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-33702851908330328862011-03-13T15:10:00.001+01:002011-03-13T15:10:57.647+01:00Backstage at GrieghallenIt's me again. And quite some extraordinary days in Røros - such an amazing looking place! Lovely to meet up with good musician friends and also to meet new ones ;) <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/03/13/1023.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/03/13/s_1023.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/03/13/1025.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/03/13/s_1025.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />And I also wanted to answer some questions that people ask me a lot (also here at the blog comment section ;) ) <br /><br />My instruments: <br />Bb trumpet - Bach Stradivarius 37<br />C trumpet - Yamaha Xeno Chicago<br />Eb trumpet - Schilke<br />Piccolo - Yamaha and Schagerl<br /><br />Mouthpiece: <br />Bach 1 1/4 C<br /><br />Thanks for lovely comments about my Carnegie Debut! My last encore was Libertango by Astor Piazzolla. And of course I would love to come to all the countries in the world and play ... ;) just check out my web site for concert dates. <br /><br />Rehearsal now - have to be on stage.<br /><br />Tine ;)<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-19242077368376910692011-03-09T10:55:00.001+01:002011-03-09T10:55:25.900+01:00Between Oslo and RørosBlog entry 9th of March<br /><br />Is it really possible that time are flying by at this horribly rapid speed?!? Already 8 days of March has been filled with concerts and a lot of thinking. Sometimes it feels like over 50% of what happens in my life actually goes on inside my head... Sometimes it's cozy in there, other times quite hectic - and right now it's the latter. A lot of stuff to sort out, I might be making things bigger than they actually are, but at least these 5 hours at the train gives me a lot of time to explore every single thought up there ;) <br /><br />I'm looking forward to coming to Røros, it will be my first time! A festival with so many friends so I don't really see another option than having a great time. <br /><br />For all you Norwegians out there reading this you should also start to follow the blog tenThing has just started! Promise you that you will get to know us all better. Maybe you watched the Norwegian Grammy on Saturday? We absolutely loved playing there! <br />Anyway, here's a picture of me from backstage:<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/03/09/334.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/03/09/s_334.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><a target="_blank" href="tenthing.blogspot.com"></a><br /><br />Wishing you all the best from inside my head - in the middle of all my thoughts ;)<br />Tine<img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/e/57430.gif' border='0' align='left' /><br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-87790550833061330482011-02-26T17:44:00.004+01:002011-02-26T17:58:20.600+01:00On my way home from New YorkBlog entry 25th of February 2011<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80LIwy27v5DIS2kKktAPOHpzWfmgSPzCpEI4z27CmB-bgT9wRpTakAIlqNNRLt7aPyxZkIvnaW3H_zOsIqILbgiJQh_sTQumkv-dhnxXs-D_iz0ADQ1KrUExPyCM8V4N5bvRrr4wXe10I/s1600/IMG_2232.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80LIwy27v5DIS2kKktAPOHpzWfmgSPzCpEI4z27CmB-bgT9wRpTakAIlqNNRLt7aPyxZkIvnaW3H_zOsIqILbgiJQh_sTQumkv-dhnxXs-D_iz0ADQ1KrUExPyCM8V4N5bvRrr4wXe10I/s320/IMG_2232.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578043276102146354" /></a><br /><br />It’s been quite a while since my last entry. Christmas is over and the New Year has begun, and what a year so far! My schedule before Christmas Eve was hectic, I actually landed in Oslo on the morning of the 24th – and that’s when my holiday started. Great to have good friends with me when I’m touring, Dagrun (my best friend since we were both 6 years old) celebrated early Christmas in Zurich, and Maren joined me for a spa experience (and a concert of course…!) at Schloss Elmau in Germany at my very soft beginning of the season in January ☺ <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi0pPElJ8CZOeTfiO6lBiRciAX0ibOWUKLnBDls_S8th85YB-9sjWj0G8uviEyD7c4JZVqsDoQBRjtnBBFgLQLyt0a6RDIuGSIxN3O1K2ZWS19RYNrWMIhtPrdjB9OvA_Wrvx6so8a3vO/s1600/IMG_2215.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi0pPElJ8CZOeTfiO6lBiRciAX0ibOWUKLnBDls_S8th85YB-9sjWj0G8uviEyD7c4JZVqsDoQBRjtnBBFgLQLyt0a6RDIuGSIxN3O1K2ZWS19RYNrWMIhtPrdjB9OvA_Wrvx6so8a3vO/s320/IMG_2215.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578042404181800866" /></a><br /><br />So, I’m in the air again! Feels like this is the time I like the best to write something. I’m on a flight from New York to Stockholm, and then I have another flight home to Oslo. Had a very exiting, long week in the big apple! Started with the final destination of me and Håvard Gimse’s recital tour: the Carnegie Hall. We had some concerts in Germany as well, and I just love touring with Håvard. Amazing pianist, but also a great travel companion – that is also very important! So, I just have to way that New York really was a mind-blowing experience, so special to me. It’s not every day you play in Carnegie Hall, and I really appreciate the wonderful audience that made it so easy for me to perform, they made me feel at home and that is the best feeling an artist can have on stage. <br />Sorry – have to go, “…as we are about to land…” is heard over the speakers! Will write more at Arlanda ☺<br /><br /><br />I wanted to write more at Arlanda, but I fell asleep… In front of many people… while we were sitting and eating… I heard people laughing, but I couldn’t help it, too tired… Not caring… Zzzzz… <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB02BIYVJ2asqPRksDm4U5xnIADYoEdjBj-A5c78I87iNURXoK3RAqKmfXM2gjG9XcIJmCDCmh8nqlyLoOPKUP-JW5tYKMYQA6akf7cDUarV44tuKFm6H8BLmkWSj_nkndX9loCgcp9bG/s1600/IMG_2219.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB02BIYVJ2asqPRksDm4U5xnIADYoEdjBj-A5c78I87iNURXoK3RAqKmfXM2gjG9XcIJmCDCmh8nqlyLoOPKUP-JW5tYKMYQA6akf7cDUarV44tuKFm6H8BLmkWSj_nkndX9loCgcp9bG/s320/IMG_2219.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578042911720879858" /></a><br /><br />At home now, trying to fight my jetlag! A lot of crazy things going on now, and I will make sure to tell you as soon as I can… Very proud of the feature in BBC Music Magazine this month ☺ <br /><br />Will write more soon, now I just have to sleep…<br />Tinezzzzzzzzzz…..Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-68642008105608077872010-12-12T22:52:00.001+01:002010-12-12T22:53:16.297+01:00On my way to LuxembourgBlog entry 12th of December 2010<br /><br />It’s Christmas time! But I have to admit that I have yet to feel the exhilarating, joyful sparks that I felt when I was younger. And also since I mostly travel this whole November-December period – the homey Christmas feeling is hard to find… I’m on my way to Luxembourg, my first time there, and I’m really looking forward! Have heard great things about this small country were the capital and country share the same name (that is very convenient, by the way, easy to remember – more kings (or whoever decides the names?) should have thought of that!). <br /><br />It’s an especially pleasant flight from Oslo to Copenhagen today. Very quiet and I have an amazing view out my window. A SAS crew member made my day with an upgrade, and I’m sitting here now trying to read a book I just bought (of course RIGHT now I’m writing this blog, but you know what I mean…). One by Terry Pratchett and it has a witch on the cover. It’s been a while since I read about witches and since I’m a maniac Harry Potter fan I felt that I needed some refuel on the wizard and witchcraft literature. And besides, I just loved the opening paragraph:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">“Why was it, Tiffany Aching wondered, that people liked noise so much? Why was noise so important? Something quite close sounded like a cow giving birth. It turned out to be an old hurdy-gurdy organ, hand-cranked by a raggedy man in a battered top hat. She sidled away as politely as she could, but as noise went, it was sticky</span>; <span style="font-style:italic;">you got the feeling that if you let it, it would try to follow you home.”<br /></span><br />Just a brilliant way of describing… I’m almost certain I will enjoy this book. <br />I’ve been up to quite a lot since my last blog entry. The tour with the Trondheim Soloists went very well, I had a wonderful time both in the concert and on travel days ☺, always great to travel with people you know. Then at the beginning of this week I was in Kristiansand, I played a Christmas concert with the orchestra there. Great atmosphere and so many people showing up for the concert! And I also have to mentioned that it was absolutely great to meet up with Isa Gericke again, wonderful soprano and friend, who sings on my Christmas album that was released last year. Truly special that woman ☺<br /><br />Yesterday I did a concert with my band, Tine Thing Helseth Quartet, and that is something I’m always looking forward too and always enjoys tremendously. Jarle, Aksel and Erik truly are great guys and when Morten joins the forces with his bass clarinet nothing can stop us… ha-ha ☺<br /><br />Fasten-Seat-belt sign is on, so bye for now.<br />Just remember to look out for noises that want to follow you home…<br />Best from up in the sky,<br />Tine ☺Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-15388184530077594082010-11-27T23:38:00.001+01:002010-11-27T23:40:07.810+01:00On tour with the Trondheim SoloistsBlog entry 27th of November 2010<br /><br />On tour with the Trondheim Soloists<br /><br />It’s cold outside….<br /><br />-17 degrees Celsius, that is really cold. No other way of saying it and this was the temperature yesterday in Trondheim. I’m going on tour to Switzerland and Germany with the Trondheim Soloists, not the first time on tour with them, always a pleasure! Five concerts on eight days, so that is not too bad - Berlin and Cologne are among the cities we’ll be visiting. Four trumpet concertos on the repertoire – a different mix in every concert ☺ <br /><br />The last month and the next is really busy – I’m not home much – feels like I’m constantly on the road. It’s strange how well I adjust to this lifestyle. The last weeks have included Sweden with Gävle Symphony Orchestra and Venezuelan conductor Christian Vasquez, concert at a “castle” with my friend Ida on harp, Tour of Finnmark (the very north of Norway) and meeting very nice people in Inderøy! When I say that I adjust well I mean that I enjoy it – but there are still some times when I wish that each day had 48 hours…. So that I could be home more. At the moment, my mother, little sister and me are moving to a new house! It’s all very exciting – but I’m not at home. So my mother has to do everything, and that is not so easy for me, I feel sad for not being there. Not being able to help with all the things that has to be done – all the unexpected things that arrives (!) – and to say a proper goodbye to the place I’ve lived for the last 13 years. When I left this Wednesday it was the last time I’ll carry my heavy suitcase and all my trumpets down the two long stairs, because when I come back on Monday in little over a week the new house will be our home. I wont be there long though, only one night and then I’m off again. That’s my life – and I love it – but at times like this I also wish that I had the ability to be two places at once ☺<br /><br />Trying to eat my salad (can really recommend the pasta salads on SAS, not bad for flight food!) and writing. I’ve really got the hang of doing useful things while flying lately – for instant I find it the perfect time to answer emails. Of course they will not be sent until I come to the nearest Wi-Fi (at the hotel or airport) but it feels great just to have done it! Right now also enjoying Josh Groban’s new Album “Illuminations”, perfect music to listen to with all the noise from the airplane. <br /><br />I will try to write more soon,<br />Best from high up in the sky,<br />Tine :-)Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-59342473182460846292010-10-19T18:03:00.002+02:002010-10-19T18:08:17.379+02:00Up in the air...<span style="font-weight:bold;">Blog entry 19th of October 2010</span><br /><br /><br />It’s funny how every single person sees themselves as the centre of their own universe. Every one of us has different priorities, goals and thoughts concerning how we should live our lives. High up in the air everything seems small. All the houses are like tiny dots, the clouds look like sweet candy, the cars are like moving bacteria under a microscope – the reality seems far away. I love flying. I mean, I should correct myself; I love flying as long as there is no turbulence. I hate turbulence. Luckily for me, today’s first flight is so far without any turbulence. The movement of a plane just drifting away is so calming, it goes so smooth – and then you can kind of forget about all the crazy things down there. As soon as the turbulence comes you are awaken – reminded that the world still goes on, your life is still down there waiting for you. <br /><br />I’m on my way to France. This will be my official debut here, and I’m very much looking forward to it! Four concerts with Orchestre National de Lille and conductor Michael Stern, Hummel’s trumpet concerto is on the program. <br /><br />It’s been a while since I last wrote. I can say I’m sorry because I kind of am, but at the same time this is how it’s always going to be. That’s how I am – sometimes I write – sometimes I don’t. But my goal is of course that there should be more dos than don’ts. <br />The last three months has been great! So many wonderful experiences. And for those of you who like bird song – I’m also on Twitter! I’m quite good at updating that one ☺ Trying to post some impressions from the road – funny. Also great way to communicate, thanks for all the comments! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnAdkBNHp2og1nzDjt5lHgMY5FOGEBElrRVuOhjazVWEQSQX8VPZvL645QX6QmuZrAcOck413V6cai95CrglaAF5PvoXtF5lPwdJMHz4TGOfRgdzkmdGhtqYJiEG6lORIpCQGyNDEvUi1/s1600/IMG_1889.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnAdkBNHp2og1nzDjt5lHgMY5FOGEBElrRVuOhjazVWEQSQX8VPZvL645QX6QmuZrAcOck413V6cai95CrglaAF5PvoXtF5lPwdJMHz4TGOfRgdzkmdGhtqYJiEG6lORIpCQGyNDEvUi1/s320/IMG_1889.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529789464964711714" /></a><br />So – that’s it for now. Just wanted to show you how a dressing room full of wigs and a crazy conductor can be the perfect mix. No idea why he didn’t use that one on stage…<br />Yours from the road<br />Tine ☺Tine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149212735944933613.post-28409607667948981252010-07-19T17:22:00.000+02:002010-07-20T10:55:09.171+02:00Spain<meta name="Nøkkelord" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/tinethinghelseth/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>234</o:Words> <o:characters>1337</o:Characters> <o:company>Tine Thing Helseth</o:Company> <o:lines>11</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>1641</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:hyphenationzone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pkt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pkt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 2 1 2 1 8 4 8 7 8; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 65536 0 -2147483648 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:595.0pt 842.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Vanlig tabell"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span></span></u><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Blog entry 16th of July 2010</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Á Coruna Aeroporto (Airport) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">One hour until my plane is supposed to head for Madrid, it’s 6 am in the morning… Sitting at the gate, it’s very dark outside – and it’s raining. I’ve just finished a short tour in Spain together with the Trondheim Soloists, three concerts in the northern part of the country: Santiago de Compostella, Lugo and Ferrol. <span style=""> </span>My last destination today is not Madrid. I will – if everything goes as planned – end up in T</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">rollhättan in Sweden later today.<span style=""> </span>My route today is: Á Coruna – Madrid – Amsterdam – Gothenburg, and then I will go by car to Trollhättan. Or rather, someone will drive me to Trollhättan. My drivers license is yet to be qualified for, I’m really a late bloomer in that area. The thing is, in Oslo, it’s no problem not to have a drivers license. I live so close to the centre with very good public transport connections that I can get wherever I want in quite a short time. </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">So – therefore I have postponed my driving career to a later time in life…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I had a really nice time here in Spain, I will post some pictures so you can see some of the nice things I’ve experienced. We liv</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">ed in Santiago de Compostella – an old beautiful city – with the most amazing Cathedral. A lot of Pilgrims come here, especially this year as it is what they call a holy year. Also arriving in Spain on Monday was quite great – the day after their great victory in the world championship! The national soccer team were actually supposed to arrive in Madrid at the same time as us! Unfortunately their plane was delayed. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpg53rEq2KeNZLqGuZiFqzc0t8iWbhRWUY6W8otTKkVgnCftxWOa96Bt6uhXaP9C_Ob1D48SwPQBloL1vVMPZ2IdCEN97vLqTKoJKzsTkXPL7xm0Vn7Nf6jsx4OVSdCn0XoKNSG88AEis9/s1600/IMG_1725.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpg53rEq2KeNZLqGuZiFqzc0t8iWbhRWUY6W8otTKkVgnCftxWOa96Bt6uhXaP9C_Ob1D48SwPQBloL1vVMPZ2IdCEN97vLqTKoJKzsTkXPL7xm0Vn7Nf6jsx4OVSdCn0XoKNSG88AEis9/s320/IMG_1725.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495905958587816754" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">So, here you see some pictures </span>:)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRm_V1IBBlIV05eTn5N1PB-PDWCDnxFnqzV6OwNJwmrgNnK9UuizDrT2Lrf4_Vqm9-JcAnME3FdORCa_XzBMDaLYBOHX18YeFQGb2DcaMnEaR8xcAAy6XdO3DYZJPT60OcQbZxZXhB96Rj/s1600/IMG_1731.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRm_V1IBBlIV05eTn5N1PB-PDWCDnxFnqzV6OwNJwmrgNnK9UuizDrT2Lrf4_Vqm9-JcAnME3FdORCa_XzBMDaLYBOHX18YeFQGb2DcaMnEaR8xcAAy6XdO3DYZJPT60OcQbZxZXhB96Rj/s320/IMG_1731.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495907173545105106" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">
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margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1U1PK2WJE9OErVKGPDVVXw1JZXpSnVKPE4v3aAI86uJFizlIfn9YTG2ZYkZlbm4aCHeJaMOotW5PD7E0UvwSDEyULdQezQEBh-giRwL1nu9G5ZOyrZF5whxRESlG3p0VUbZpnlhn98zx/s320/IMG_1517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471567574627526738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hi everyone,<br />Here are some pictures from what I've been up to for the last monts!<br />Promise to write more soon :)<br />What you see: Finland (Pori, funny sign and the concert hall). Dortmund (look who was at the poster outside my dressingroom door!)(And the most amazing pink scooter, I want one!!) Tine Thing Helseth Quartett in action :) Old Oslo tram and beautiful view from the fortress in Fredriksten.<br />TineTine Thing Helsethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680091088220025063noreply@blogger.com5