Live Maria Roggen

Since 2006, associate professor, and since 2012 has been professor of jazz singing at the Norwegian Academy of Music. She is the older sister of the twin sisters Ane Carmen and Ida Roggen from the Norwegian vocal band Pitsj.

Live Maria Roggen studied at Foss Upper Secondary School, University of Oslo and Jazzlinja. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz. Employment is recorded with Norwegian Academy of Music, Sund folkehøgskole and University of Agder. Distinctions recorded are Spellemann Award open category and Radka Toneff Memorial Award.

• Name — Live Maria Roggen • Born — 22 March 1970 • Birthplace — Oslo • Origin — Norway • Instrument — Violin, vocals • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Jazz singer, songwriter, composer • Associated Acts — Come Shine Tu'Ba • Website — www.livemaria.no

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 2003–2008, 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).

• 2007: Circuit Songs (Jazzland) • 2016: Apokaluptein (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), commissioned work for the 2016 Vossajazz

• 2011: Låvesalg (Jazzland/Universal) • 2016: YOU (Ozella)

• 1998: Tu'Ba (Curling Legs), with Tu'Ba • 1999: Newborn Thing (Jazzland), with Wibutee • 2001: Come Shine (Curling Legs), with Come Shine • 2002: Pöck (Bergland Productions), with Dingobats • 2002: Denne lille pytten er et hav (Curling Legs), with Sverre Gjørvad • 2002: Do Do That Voodoo (Curling Legs), with Come Shine • 2003: In Concert (Curling Legs), with Come Shine • 2007: Følg oss hjem, Ole Paus (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Leieboerne • 2008: Magiske Kroker Og Hemmeligheter (Egmont), with Various artists • 2009: Go' natt (Jazzland), with Various artists • 2010: Improvoicing (MNJ Records), with Trondheim Voices • 2015: Red and Gold (Jazzland), with Come Shine

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