Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & GURLS

17/9 2025

Trondheim
Jazz Orchestra & GURLS (NO)

Photographer: Sanne Funder Nygaard

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – one of Norway’s most innovative jazz ensembles – joins forces with the acclaimed Norwegian group GURLS to create a musical explosion that pushes the boundaries of jazz. This is a meeting between GURLS’ high-energy pop-jazz and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra’s dynamic sound, where playfulness and musical precision go hand in hand. Together, they present a program blending brand-new material with GURLS’ most beloved songs in powerful new arrangements.

Since 2013, GURLS has been the creative playground for saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg and bassist Ellen Andrea Wang. With their debut album Run boy, run, which won a Spellemann Award for Best Jazz Album in 2018, GURLS has charmed both audiences and critics, topping festival line-ups across Norway.

In the project ”Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & GURLS,” they are joined by vocalist Marianna Sangita Røe. The collaboration culminated in Hanna Paulsberg’s acclaimed commissioned work OUI, which was met with great enthusiasm at several of Norway’s biggest jazz festivals and was awarded a Spellemann in 2022.

On stage: Marianna Sangita – vocals
Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone, vocals & composition
Felisia Westberg – bass
Eirik Hegdal – saxophones
Sissel Vera Pettersen – saxophones & vocals
Trine Knutsen – flutes
Erik Johannessen – trombone
Martin Taxt – tuba
Håvard Aufles – keyboards
Amund Storløkken Åse – vibraphone
Håkon Mjåset Johansen – drums
Ola Øverby – drums

Sound:
David Solheim

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – one of Norway’s most innovative jazz ensembles – joins forces with the acclaimed Norwegian group GURLS to create a musical explosion that pushes the boundaries of jazz. This is a meeting between GURLS’ high-energy pop-jazz and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra’s dynamic sound, where playfulness and musical precision go hand in hand. Together, they present a program blending brand-new material with GURLS’ most beloved songs in powerful new arrangements.

Since 2013, GURLS has been the creative playground for saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg and bassist Ellen Andrea Wang. With their debut album Run boy, run, which won a Spellemann Award for Best Jazz Album in 2018, GURLS has charmed both audiences and critics, topping festival line-ups across Norway.

In the project ”Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & GURLS,” they are joined by vocalist Marianna Sangita Røe. The collaboration culminated in Hanna Paulsberg’s acclaimed commissioned work OUI, which was met with great enthusiasm at several of Norway’s biggest jazz festivals and was awarded a Spellemann in 2022.

On stage: Marianna Sangita – vocals
Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone, vocals & composition
Felisia Westberg – bass
Eirik Hegdal – saxophones
Sissel Vera Pettersen – saxophones & vocals
Trine Knutsen – flutes
Erik Johannessen – trombone
Martin Taxt – tuba
Håvard Aufles – keyboards
Amund Storløkken Åse – vibraphone
Håkon Mjåset Johansen – drums
Ola Øverby – drums

Sound:
David Solheim

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – one of Norway’s most innovative jazz ensembles – joins forces with the acclaimed Norwegian group GURLS to create a musical explosion that pushes the boundaries of jazz. This is a meeting between GURLS’ high-energy pop-jazz and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra’s dynamic sound, where playfulness and musical precision go hand in hand. Together, they present a program blending brand-new material with GURLS’ most beloved songs in powerful new arrangements.

Since 2013, GURLS has been the creative playground for saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg and bassist Ellen Andrea Wang. With their debut album Run boy, run, which won a Spellemann Award for Best Jazz Album in 2018, GURLS has charmed both audiences and critics, topping festival line-ups across Norway.

In the project ”Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & GURLS,” they are joined by vocalist Marianna Sangita Røe. The collaboration culminated in Hanna Paulsberg’s acclaimed commissioned work OUI, which was met with great enthusiasm at several of Norway’s biggest jazz festivals and was awarded a Spellemann in 2022.

On stage: Marianna Sangita – vocals
Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone, vocals & composition
Felisia Westberg – bass
Eirik Hegdal – saxophones
Sissel Vera Pettersen – saxophones & vocals
Trine Knutsen – flutes
Erik Johannessen – trombone
Martin Taxt – tuba
Håvard Aufles – keyboards
Amund Storløkken Åse – vibraphone
Håkon Mjåset Johansen – drums
Ola Øverby – drums

Sound:
David Solheim

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – one of Norway’s most innovative jazz ensembles – joins forces with the acclaimed Norwegian group GURLS to create a musical explosion that pushes the boundaries of jazz. This is a meeting between GURLS’ high-energy pop-jazz and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra’s dynamic sound, where playfulness and musical precision go hand in hand. Together, they present a program blending brand-new material with GURLS’ most beloved songs in powerful new arrangements.

Since 2013, GURLS has been the creative playground for saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg and bassist Ellen Andrea Wang. With their debut album Run boy, run, which won a Spellemann Award for Best Jazz Album in 2018, GURLS has charmed both audiences and critics, topping festival line-ups across Norway.

In the project ”Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & GURLS,” they are joined by vocalist Marianna Sangita Røe. The collaboration culminated in Hanna Paulsberg’s acclaimed commissioned work OUI, which was met with great enthusiasm at several of Norway’s biggest jazz festivals and was awarded a Spellemann in 2022.

On stage: Marianna Sangita – vocals
Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone, vocals & composition
Felisia Westberg – bass
Eirik Hegdal – saxophones
Sissel Vera Pettersen – saxophones & vocals
Trine Knutsen – flutes
Erik Johannessen – trombone
Martin Taxt – tuba
Håvard Aufles – keyboards
Amund Storløkken Åse – vibraphone
Håkon Mjåset Johansen – drums
Ola Øverby – drums

Sound:
David Solheim