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TEXT A: Read this extract from an interview in a music magazine.

Born in Oslo, Norway, in August 1987, Tine Thing Helseth began playing the trumpet at the age of seven. She has rapidly made her name as one of the most accomplished players of her generation, becoming the recipient of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust fellowship in 2009. Her recent global tour culminated in a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. She has released two discs on the Simax label. The first of these is of trumpet concertos with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. It earned her a Norwegian Grammy for best newcomer in all musical genres. The leader of her own all-female ensemble ‘TenThing’, she is an ardent champion of new composers.

So, why did you choose the trumpet?
That’s easy to answer! My mother plays the trumpet – not professionally, but as a hobby – and I just wanted to do what she did.

When did you decide that you wanted to make a serious career out of it?
When I think back to when I was younger, I seem to remember that I always wanted to do it. Maybe I was naive when I was, say, eight years old and thought I’d be able to play the trumpet for the rest of my life. I didn’t know just how much effort it would take to get as far as I wanted to, but I just thought it was the greatest thing to do in the whole world. Of course, in Norway, we have the trumpet soloist Ole Edvard Antonsen, who I’ve known since I was little, who helped me see my potential.

Was your childhood dominated by music?
I grew up in a musical home, but I had a lot of time for other things. We have a very strong heritage of wind and brass bands in Norway and I grew up with that. There are a lot of school bands which rehearse in the evening – it’s something that is really growing, and a lot of people are becoming members of them. In my school band, we played everything from Mozart to Eric Clapton. Music is my life!


Give two reasons why Tine Thing Helseth became an accomplished musician.
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