Sofia Jernberg

Sofia Jernberg (born 5 July 1983, in Ethiopia) is a Swedish experimental singer, improviser, and composer.

[2] Her musical partners include internationally acclaimed performers such as Peter Evans, Eve Risser, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kim Myhr and Heiner Goebbels.

[7] As a singer she has premiered pieces by composers such as Emily Hall, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Sigurd Fischer Olsen, and Lars Bröndum.

She was a soloist with Norrbotten NEO when they performed Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire[6] in 2010, and in Salvatore Sciarrino's Lohengrin in 2014.

[10] After traveling to Addis Abeba in 2000, she emerged into Ethiopian music traditions—inspired by the film Endurance, among other influences—, and soon started collaborating with legendary musician Hailu Mergia.

Sofia Jernberg (2014)