Emiliana Torrini

Birth name: Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir
Years active: 1994 - today
Born: 16-05-1977
Birth Palce: Reykjavík, Iceland


Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of 7, she joined a choir as a soprano, until she went to opera school at the age of 15. In 1994, she became well-known in Iceland after winning the song competition of junior colleges in Iceland (Icelandic: Söngkeppni framhaldsskólanna), at the age of 17, singing "I Will Survive". Her father is Italian and her mother Icelandic. Because of name...  [read more]