I grew up in a family of musicians and started to sing, in my father's band when I was 12. At the same time I studied piano, though singing remained my first love. 

Early on, I entered and won various talent contests and even made appearances on television in my native country, Austria. 

As a young performer, I toured twice the Netherlands with the “Euro Big Band” and later appeared in several International Jazz Festivals.

Influenced by some of the great American vocalists, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Jon Hendricks, I have developed into a true Jazz Singer, who uses a wide variety of rhythms and excels in my very individual style of scatting.

I received my Masters Degree from the University for Music and dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria where I had the opportunity to work with such Jazz luminaries as Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan, Michele Hendricks, Jay Clayton and the New York Voices.

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