Born in Copenhagen,
Denmark on October 16th 1990, she was a gifted child and started singing
even before she could talk.
Yohanna and her parents moved to Reykjavík in Iceland when she
was just two years old and she continued to show great interest in music.
The family moved to Hafnarfjörður when Yohanna turned eight and
that's where she had her first real opportunity to put her talent on show.
Yohanna recorded her first album at the age of nine, and it was released
on her tenth birthday in the year 2000.
In order to develop both her voice and her own personal musical style,
Yohanna's teenage years were spent working in and out of the studio with
musical instructors, songwriters and producers. Yohanna was nevertheless
away from home for considerable periods, rehearsing in New York or Los
Angeles and meeting with music business people all over the world. During
this time she also recorded her first adult album Butterflies and Elvis
with British songwriter Lee Horrocks and sound engineer Thomas Yezzi.
Asked to say what he thought of Yohanna, Yezzi commented 'She is a young,
white Icelandic girl with the soul of a fifty year old black woman. She's
really amazing.'
At the age of eighteen, Yohanna has come full circle and now she herself
teaches children to sing at the school where she started her own career
some ten years ago. Moreover she is still concentrating on developing
her own vocal technique yet further by attending classes at the Reykjavík
Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts.
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