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Live Foyn Friis
Singer and composer from Norway, with roots in jazz, pop and improvised music. She has toured in New York, Brazil, Europe, Africa and in the Nordic Countries. Band leader of the trio Foyn Trio and her band Live Foyn Friis, consisting Alex Jønsson - guitar, Jens Mikkel Madsen - bass, Andreas Skamby - drums. She got nominated for the Danish Music Awards, The Best Vocal Jazz Album of the year 2012 for her album Joy Visible with Foyn Trio!, and she won the prize Denmarks New Jazz Star and the Young Jazz Composer of the Year.

She's educated from The University of Tromsø’s Faculty of Fine Arts, The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and with a Master degree from The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus 2009-2011.

Albums

 * Joy Visible - Foyn Trio -  (2011) Finito Bacalao Records / (2013) Für Records/Time Zone in Germany


 * Running Heart - Live Foyn Friis - (2014) Curling Legs

links
http://livefoynfriis.com http://facebook.com/livefoynfriis http://www.danishvibes.com/?project=live-foyn-friis