Hanna Paulsberg

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Hanna Paulsberg (2016)

Hanna Paulsberg (born November 13, 1987 in Rygge ) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , composition ).

Live and act

Paulsberg is the daughter of the singer-songwriter and jazz musician Håkon Paulsberg . At the age of 15 she learned the saxophone; a year later she began training at Kirkeparken videregående skole in Moss , where she completed her examen artium in 2009 . Then she studied at the Trondheim Conservatory of Music until 2011 . At first she played with the Kjellerbandet . Then she founded her own band with Trygve Waldemar Fiske (bass), Oscar Grönberg (piano) and Hans Hulbækmo (drums), with whom she presented her debut album Waltz For Lilli (2012). More albums with this band followed.

Hanna Paulsberg Concept with Trygve Waldemar Fiske (left) and Hans Hulbækmo (right) at Vossajazz 2016

Paulsberg continued to work with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra , with whom she recorded three albums. In November 2016, Chick Corea brought her with the orchestra to several concerts at New York's Blue Note Jazz Club . She has also worked with Bobo Stenson and can be heard on her father's records by Dan Peter Sundland , Thomas Torstrup, Bror K , the Kjellerbandet , the Torstein Ekspress , Gurls and the Dag-Filip Roaldsnes Ensemble.

Prizes and awards

Paulsberg was awarded the Young Talent Award at the Trondheim Jazz Festival 2011 and was one of the Young Nordic Jazz Comets in the same year . In 2015 she was named Jazz Ambassador of the Technical and Natural Sciences University of Norway .

Discographic notes

with the Hanna Paulsberg Concept

  • 2012: Waltz for Lilli (Øra Fonogram)
  • 2014: Song for Josia (Øra Fonogram)
  • 2016: Eastern Smiles (ODIN Records)
  • 2018: Daughter of the Sun (ODIN Records)

Web links

Commons : Hanna Paulsberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ian Mann: Waltz For Lilli - Hanna Paulsberg Concept - Review . TheJazzMann.com. December 13, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Terje Mosnes: Hanna - tenorist på opptur ( Norwegian ) Dagbladet . October 22, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  3. ^ A b John Kelman: Hanna Paulsberg Concept: Waltz for Lilli (2012) Track Review . All about jazz . January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  4. Chick Corea 75th Birthday Celebration: Chick Corea Big Band Ft. The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra . Bluenote.net. Retrieved January 18, 2017.