Tine Thing Helseth has in recent years moved from being a young talent to become one of the world's leading trumpet soloists. Kathryn Stott is one of the UK's most exciting and innovative pianists of the time. Together they play Shostakovich's Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings. The concert, which range from the funny, via the tragic and emotional, to an absurd conclusion. Shostakovich wrote it at a time he pursued as a silent film pianist, an impact one can easily hear. Tine Thing Helseth also plays excerpts from his CD storyteller, well-known songs from the classical repertoire which she replaces singing voice with what she says is her own voice: trumpet timbre. In the Rimsky-Korsakovs Scheherazade is the violin instrument representing the storyteller Sjeherasads voice. Princess Sjeherasad who, according to legend saved his life from the cruel sultan Sjeheriar, because she managed to seduce him through the 1001 nights with his storytelling. Conductor Shi-Yeon Sung from Korea. She went to College in Sweden and Germany, assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony in the United States, and currently has a conductor missions around the world.
Cast and Creative team for Tine Thing Helseth at Kilden Teater- og Konserthus