north london. rnb/pop. palm trees. neon lights. junk food ?

Tre tjejer som dricker vin och snackar om allt mellan himmel och jord. Oftast är det kul. HÄNG MED!

Sandra was born in Kamen (Germany) on 8th February 1987, with a destiny for singing because she has the same name as Sandra Cretu a famous German singer, who Sandra’s father artistically admired.
Since Sandra was 4 years old, she’s had a deep passion for singing Italian melodic songs, in particular Marco Masini. 
This passion has stuck with her thoughout her life.
During secondary school, with staring performances in school plays, she convinced everybody that her singing was maturing with enthusiasm and emotion. This increased her desire to succeed and perform in front of people.
She performed “L’ Emozione non ha voce,” which was a song that remained 101 consecutive weeks in the top 50 of the Italian hit parade by Adriano Celentano when she was just 13 years old.
She started her musical training in Artistic College (E.Simone) in Brindisi where she studied intensively for 5 years.
After Sandra gained her  first diploma, she increased her publicity by achieving 1st place in Endas 2006, a national competition for performance.
During this time she also studied private singing lessons with the acclaimed Patrizia Santoro.
In 2008 she achieved another singing Diploma at CPM (professional music center) in Milan, one of the best music schools in Italy, recognized at European level presided by Master Franco Mussida. In this school she learnt the Voice Craft technique, studying with Daniela Rando and pursuing other courses in Martina Franca (Brindisi) with Elisa Turla’ in 2009.
In November 2010 still at CPM in Milan, Sandra joined Masterclass “Cantare la parola” (“Singing the word”) chaired by Mary Setrakian, an American singer who works in conjunction with teaching master voice to a variety of artists in New York, Los Angeles and throughout Italy and who assisted artists such as Nicole Kidman, Mary J. Blige, Serena Autieri….. said of Sandra: “That’s talent! That’s wonderful! She is a really big singer!”
Since then there has been:
	•	Numerous participations in singing competitions in the Brindisi and Lecce provinces,  ranking amongst the top positions. 
	•	 Creating and recording choirs at various recording studios.
	•	Participation in National level competitions such as “The voice 2007”, singing Semplice Sai  by Jenny B. in digital distribution on the internet.
	•	Creation of her first cd with two unreleased tracks by the famous label Sorriso music publishing s.r.l. (Bari), in digital distribution on www.believedigital.it
The first track was presented at Sanremo 2008.
	•	In 2009, during the contest “De finibus Vocis”, she achieved the final 10 best new voices from all over Italy.
	•	In 2010 she performed at “Domenico  Modugno” music festival, accompanied by the master Paco Carrieri in front of 2000 people.
	•	More recently, her voice has become more defined into Soul, Funk and Rhythm & Blues. Genres that better reflect her soul and romance within music. 
	•	She has had numerous collaborations with different professional  Italian musicians including:

Marcello Zappatore (guitar)
Paco Carrieri (piano)
Diego Fischetto (piano) 
Nicola Andrioli (pianist)
Alex Semprevivo (drummer)
Francesco Castrignano (drums)
Franco Sgura (saxophone)
Franco Russo (brass wind)
Michele Mele (brass wind)
Antonio Baldassarre (piano)
Max Ingrosso (drums)
Cristian Martina (drums)
Marcello Lupo (bass)

Sandra prefers singers:
Stevie Wonder, Anita Baker, Erikah Badu, James Brown, Patty Labelle, Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sade, Dusty Springfield, Joss Stone, Ray Charles, Donna Summer, Withney Houston…

She has 3 English unreleased songs.

“This is, for me, the foundation from which I hope the rest of my life will carry on.”
                                        
                                                                                                                      Sandra Sorio


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