Judith Holofernes
German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author
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- Judith Holfelder-Roy ( née Holfelder-von der Tann ; born 12 November 1976), known by her stage name Judith Holofernes ( German pronunciation: [ˈjuːdɪt holoˈfɛʁnəs] ), is a German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author.
- The band received critical acclaim owing in part to Holofernes' lyrics, which are characterized by their playful use of words and use of social criticism.
- Since then, Holofernes has recorded two solo albums ( Ein leichtes Schwert , 2014; Ich bin das Chaos , 2017) and has published a book of poems ( Du bellst vor dem falschen Baum , 2015) and a memoir ( Die Träume anderer Leute , 2022).
- From the age of 14, she busked in the city's pedestrian zone as a singer/guitarist.
- At the university, she was concerned with anti-consumerism, one of her activities being to set up the German website of Adbusters, a Canadian-based anti-consumerist magazine.
Judith Holfelder-Roy (née Holfelder-von der Tann; born 12 November 1976), known by her stage name Judith Holofernes (German pronunciation: [ˈjuːdɪt holoˈfɛʁnəs]), is a German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author.
She was the lead singer of Wir sind Helden, the German pop rock band that released the song "Guten Tag" in 2002. The band received critical acclaim owing in part to Holofernes' lyrics, which are characterized by their playful use of words and use of social criticism.
After recording four albums that were chart successes in the German-speaking world, Wir sind Helden went on indefinite hiatus in 2012. Since then, Holofernes has recorded two solo albums (Ein leichtes Schwert, 2014; Ich bin das Chaos, 2017) and has published a book of poems (Du bellst vor dem falschen Baum, 2015) and a memoir (Die Träume anderer Leute, 2022).
Early life
Holofernes was born in Berlin and moved at the age of six with her mother to the city of Freiburg im Breisgau in the south of Germany. From the age of 14, she busked in the city's pedestrian zone as a singer/guitarist. After she received her secondary education at Staudinger Gesamtschule, she returned to Berlin to study communication in Social and Economic Contexts at Berlin University of the Arts, but did not complete her studies. At the university, she was concerned with anti-consumerism, one of her activities being to set up the German website of Adbusters, a Canadian-based anti-consumerist magazine.
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