Elisabeth Lid Trøen
{{short description|Norwegian jazz saxophonist, and composer (born 1992)}}
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| name = Elisabeth Lid Trøen
| image = Elisabeth Lid Trøen Jazz på Jølst 2018 (203506).jpg
| caption = Trøen at Jazz på Jølst 2018.
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1992|03|15}}
| birth_place = Voss, Hordaland, Norway
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician, composer
| instrument = Saxophone
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| associated_acts = Elisabeth Lid Trøen Quartet
Bergen Big Band
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Elisabeth Lid Trøen (born 15 March 1992 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, and composer.
Biography
Trøen picked up the saxophone at 16 in 2008, and studied jazz at Voss Jazzskule. By the age of 20, she had already played with musicians like Terri Lyne Carrington, Tineke Postma, Andy Sheppard, Tord Gustavsen, and not the least Joshua Redman.{{cite web | url=https://jazzinorge.no/arrangement/elisabeth-lid-troen-kvartett-3 | title=Elisabeth Lid Trøen Kvartett | language=no | website=JazzINorge.no | accessdate=2018-03-25}} In 2013, she played with her own Elisabeth Lid Trøen Quartet, at Vossajazz, including with pianist Erlend Slettevoll, bassist Steinar Raknes, and drummer Erik Nylander.{{cite web | url=https://vossajazz.no/arrangement/elisabeth-lid-troen-kvartett | title=Elisabeth Lid Trøen kvartett | date=27 January 2015 | language=no | publisher=Vossajazz | accessdate=2018-03-25}} At the 2014 Vossajazz she played with Signe Førre Band. The lineup included pianist Eivind Austad, and drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen. In 2016 Trøen continued the collaboration with Tord Gustavsen.{{cite news | url=https://jazzinorge.no/arrangement/elisabeth-lid-troen-kvartett-3 | title=Lid Trøen og Gustavsen i Dale kyrkje | first=Nils | last=Kvamsdal | newspaper=Hordaland | date=2016-06-13 | accessdate=2018-03-25}} At the 2018 Vossajazz Trøen appeared with the Bergen Big Band featuring keyboardist and orchestra leader Django Bates.{{cite web | url=https://vossajazz.no/arrangement/bergen-big-band | title=Django Bates & Bergen Big Band | language=no | website=Vossajazz | date=15 December 2017 | accessdate=2018-03-25}}
Honors
- 2011: Awarded the Drømmestipendet (the dream scholarship) by the Norwegian Cultural Education Council{{cite web | url=https://www.drommestipendet.no/nyheter/drommestipendet-2011-gar-til | title=Drømmestipendet 2011 går til… | language=no | publisher=Drommestipendet.no | accessdate=2018-03-25}}
Discography
References
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Category:21st-century Norwegian saxophonists
Category:Norwegian jazz saxophonists
Category:Norwegian women jazz saxophonists