Jayney Klimek

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Jayney Miriam Klimek (born August 18, 1962 in Melbourne ) is an Australian singer and songwriter who has lived in Berlin since 1984 .

family

The mother Luisa Cester was a daughter of the married couple Eugenia and Ernesto Cester and was born on January 29, 1919 in Pasiano di Pordenone . In mid-1940 she left northern Italy for Australia. After the war ended , she married Alfons Klimek and gave birth to eight children. Her younger sister Fanny Cester (1921–1988) was an opera singer and married the cyclist Nino Borsari (1911–1996) in 1940 .

Jayney is the twin sister of Johnny Klimek and the sister of Alf Klimek . She is also a second cousin of the brothers Nic and Chris Cester of Jet .

Musical career

Jayney Klimek studied classical singing and acting at the National Theater in Melbourne and then at the John Gauci School of Film . Her musical career began in 1985 when she joined The Other Ones , with whom she had several chart successes.

From then on she sang on numerous albums and concerts by musicians such as Tony Banks , Tangerine Dream , Paul van Dyk , Alphaville and Terranova .

In 2005 she founded a new band, You Pretty Thing , with guitarist and producer Andreas Schwarz-Ruszczynski, who had previously also worked for The Other Ones .

For her solo album “Awake”, released in 2014, which was recorded and produced in Berlin and London, she worked with Gareth Jones ( Depeche Mode , Erasure , Einstürzende Neubauten ), among others .

Movie

In 2016 Jayney Klimek made her acting debut in the Austrian movie Hotel Rock´n´Roll .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L. Camillo: The Cester Family. L. Camillo , 2006, accessed December 5, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Fanny Borsari. Find a Grave , accessed on May 15, 2019 .
  3. ^ History of the Cester Family
  4. ↑ Jayney Klimek on Myspace
  5. ↑ Jayney Klimek discography ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ You Pretty Thing homepage ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.youprettythingmusic.com
personal data
SURNAME Klimek, Jayney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klimek, Jayney Miriam (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne