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Hilde Hefte was born on September 1, 1956 in Kristiansand, Norway and received much of her musical education from the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, Norway with piano as primary and vocals as secondary instruments. She played saxophone and clarinet for ten years when she was young, apprenticing with her father who was saxophone teacher and musician. She also trained as an actor, landing numerous roles. 

During a period of years she taught music at Agder musikkonservatorium before she started as a full-time musician. She released her debut solo album Round Chet’s Midnight in 1999 to great reviews, from song others Down Beat Magazine. Hefte went on to quickly release five more albums under her own name, and has written lyrics and composed music to both her own albums and for a host of other artists.

Never far from acting, Hilde continues her leading roles at the theatre, among others, the main role as Edith Piaf. She has written and arranged music for various local theatre productions. To date she has recorded eight solo albums as a leader highlighting the music of Chet Baker, Bill Evans and bossa nova, as well as an album with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and inclusion in the Putamayo compilation Brazil Around The World.

With already ten collaborative albums under her belt with no sign of stopping, vocalist Hilde Hefte founded and runs Norsk Jazzforlag in 2003 and the record label Ponca Jazz Records the following year.

Bestow upon an inquiring mind a dose of a Kristiansand vocalist to motivate the perusal of the genius of jazz musicians worldwide whose gifts contribute to the canon…

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