After the lights have dimmed, fans of the 1970s TV series The Onedin Line will feel the shivers of nostalgia from the swaying ballet music of Aram Khachaturian. The Armenian first half of the concert is completed with the glimmer of stardust, when the brilliant Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth arrives as the soloist for Alexander Arutiunian's concerto. Finally, we return to the water, to the tune of Claude Debussy's seascapes.
Trumpet soloist Tine Thing Helseth (born 1987 in Norway) is one of the most prominent trumpeters of her generation. An all-round musician, her repertoire ranges from the classical period to contemporary works, and she regularly performs with the world’s leading orchestras as well as in some of the most iconic jazz bars in Norway.
In the 2024–2025 season, Helseth returns to the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish National Radio, the Thessaloniki State, the Helsingborg symphony orchestras, and the Jönköping Sinfonietta. In the USA, she debuts with the Seattle, the Kalamazoo, and the Allentown symphony orchestras. She also gives the world premiere of a new trumpet concerto by Nico Muhly with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in Belgium, followed by the Dutch premiere with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. With her brass ensemble tenThing, she tours Italy, Luxembourg, and North America.
Tine Thing Helseth is a professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music and serves as Artistic Director of the Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway.
Conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (born 1995) is Music Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. Following his success at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in 2015 and performances in the world’s most renowned concert halls as a solo violinist, he has turned his focus to conducting.
In the 2024–2025 season, Tjeknavorian makes his conducting debut with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with the Bremer Philharmoniker, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, and the SWR Symphonieorchester. He also returns to conduct the Grazer Philharmoniker and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, and with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, he tours to Lucerne.
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian was born in Vienna to a family of musicians and began his musical training at the age of five. He was introduced to conducting at an early age by his father, composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian.
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian has studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
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