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Paenda
Background information
Birth nameGabriela Horn
Born (1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36)
Deutschlandsberg, Styria, Austria
GenresElectropop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
Years active2016–present
Websitehttps://paendaofficial.com/

Gabriela Horn (born 25 January 1989), known professionally as Paenda (often stylised as PÆNDA), is an Austrian singer, songwriter and music producer. She will represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Limits", which was released on 8 March.[1][2]

Life and career

Pænda was born in January 1988, in Deutschlandsberg, Styria. She started singing in a choir in her home town at the age of six.[3] At fourteen, she began songwriting and singing in various pop rock bands.[4] She took guitar and piano lessons and moved to Vienna at age 20 to study pop and jazz music at the Vienna Music Institute [de], where she graduated with honors in 2013.[5] She currently lives in Vienna, writing, composing and producing her music at her home studio.[4] Pænda records and writes everything by herself.[6]

Eurovision

In 2019, Pænda was chosen by a team of music experts and broadcaster ORF to represent Austria at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. She will be performing her song "Limits".[7][8][9]

PAENDA profile

Discography

Album

Title Details
Evolution I

Singles

Title Year Album
"Waves" 2015 Evolution I
"Good Girl" 2018
"Paper-thin"
"Limits" 2019 Evolution II

References

  1. ^ "Pænda startet für Österreich beim Song Contest". oe3.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  2. ^ "Paenda revealed as Austria's hope for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019". ESCXTRA.com. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. ^ "Pænda fährt für Österreich zum Song Contest. Wer ist sie?". derStandard.at. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  4. ^ a b "PÆNDA ist Pop aus Ottakring". MeinBezirk.at. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  5. ^ "Gabriela". Soulmates (in German). 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2019-01-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  6. ^ "64. Song Contest: Paenda singt für Österreich". Kurier.at. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  7. ^ "Pænda startet für Österreich beim Song Contest". oe3.ORF.at. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  8. ^ "Paenda revealed as Austria's hope for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019". ESCXTRA.com. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  9. ^ "Song Contest: Paenda singt für Österreich". DiePresse.com. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  10. ^ "Das ist unsere Song-Contest-Starterin PAENDA". heute.at. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

Media related to Pænda at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
2019 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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