Sigrid Aftret is a Norwegian saxophonist, composer, and flutist. Both a composer and an improviser, she explores jazz, experimental rock, avant-garde, and improvised music.

Aftret has written several works for large jazz ensembles, and in 2024, she won the Sparebank 1 SMN JazZtipendiat for the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. In 2022, she released her first album as a bandleader with the quintet Bêl, where her interest in rhythm and serialism is fully expressed. She has released three albums and performed dozens of concerts in Germany with the progressive rock band Sex Magick Wizards, and she is member of the Oslo-based jazz orchestra OJKOS.

As a co-founder of the Franco-Norwegian collective L’Autre Collectif, she has, in recent years, established and participated in numerous projects connecting the Norwegian and French music scenes.

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