Sjaella
| Sjaella | |
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 Sjaella at "A Cappella hoch 5" in Munich (2010) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | A cappella |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | www.sjaella.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Felicitas Erben | |
| Luisa Klose (from 2017) | |
| Franziska Eberhardt | |
| Helene Erben | |
| Marie Charlotte Seidel | |
| Marie Fenske | |
| Viola Blache | |
Sjaella is a German a cappella ensemble from Leipzig , consisting of six young women. The name Sjaella is a made-up word that is derived from the Swedish word "själ", which means "soul".
history
Sjaella was founded under the name "Chickpeas" in May 2005 by Felicitas Erben, Franziska Eberhardt, Helene Erben, Marie Charlotte Seidel, Marie Fenske and Viola Blache. Her first appearance at the Night of the Choirs in the Peterskirche in Leipzig was a success for the girls aged ten to thirteen. From then on, the six singers appeared in concert halls and at a cappella festivals in Germany and became prizewinners of various national and international a cappella competitions. Concert tours have taken her to Poland, Finland, England, Jordan, Azerbaijan and South Africa.
In 2010 Sjaella got a record deal with Querstand (Kamprad-Verlag), produced a CD and has since been seen and heard regularly on various television and radio stations, such as B. in the ZDF broadcast Annettes DaschSalon . In the years 2012 and 2013 the singers, who had meanwhile reached high school age, gave concerts a. a. at the Leipzig Bach Festival and at the MDR Musiksommer . In May 2014 they performed together with Bobby McFerrin in the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Their repertoire ranges from classical choral music to jazz standards as well as pop and rock pieces, such as by the Beatles or Sting , to their own compositions and pieces composed especially for them, e.g. B. by Simon Wawer and Graham Lack.
From January 2017 on, the contralto Felicitas Erben, who was paused for two years due to her studies, was represented by Luisa Klose (also old). Since their return in March 2019, the ensemble has been seven, even if the sextet remains the standard line-up for concerts.
social commitment
Sjaella has been the official ambassador for SOS Children's Villages worldwide since September 2016 .
Awards
- 2019: CARA Award 2019 (USA) in the category Best Folk / World Album (Meridiane NORD)
- 2015: 1st jury award in the final, youth cultural advancement award 2015 "A Cappella"
- 2015: 1st prize at the Tampere Vocal Music Festival competition in the acoustic (non-amplified) ensembles category
- 2014: 1st prize in the international a cappella competition Leipzig
- 2010: 1st prize at the Acappella Federal Contest
- 2010: 1st Prize, Ward Swingle Award, International Acappella Competition Graz (Austria)
- 2009: 3rd Prize International Acappella Competition Leipzig
- 2008: 1st main prize in the Hildebrand competition
Discography
- Sjaella (Querstand, 2011)
- Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942) - joint project with the Ensemble Nobiles from Leipzig (Rondeau, 2012)
- Prize - Sacred Vocal Music of the 20th and 21st Century (Querstand, 2013)
- Lifted - Jazz Cover (Querstand, 2015)
- Meridiane NORD - folk songs from Northern Europe (Raumklang, 2018)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Falk Mittenentzwei: Review of Bobby McFerrin. In: Website of the Leipzig A-Cappella Festival. May 14, 2014, archived from the original on May 19, 2014 ; accessed on March 15, 2016 (review of the Bobby McFerrin concert with Sjaella on the website of the Leipzig A Cappella Festival).
- ↑ Vocal final with beaming winners at the 2015 youth cultural sponsorship award “A Cappella”. (No longer available online.) In: HypoVereinsbank's youth culture blog. November 3, 2015, archived from the original on March 18, 2016 ; Retrieved on March 15, 2016 (blog post on the final of the competition Jugendkulturell Förderpreis A Cappella 2015). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ News - Tampere Vocal Music Festival: The Grand Prix of the Contest for Vocal Ensembles. (No longer available online.) In: Tampere Vocal Music Festival website. June 4, 2015, archived from the original on March 18, 2016 ; accessed on January 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Falk Mittenentzwei: Two German ensembles share the Leipzig A CAPPELLA Award 2014. In: Website of the Leipzig A Cappella Festival. May 18, 2014, archived from the original on May 19, 2014 ; accessed on March 15, 2016 (press release about the winners of the A CAPPELLA Award 2014 at the 8th International A CAPPELLA Competition Leipzig).
- ↑ https://sjaella.de/blog-details/new-album-coming-soon.html
