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Alev Lenz.

Alev Lenz (born 17 January 1982 in München) is a German-Turkish singer/songwriter.

Career

Alev Lenz, the daughter of a Turkish mother and a German father,[1] signed her first Publishing Deal with BMG Music Publishing in 2001, with the first recordings of her former band "Alev". At first her father was against her plans to become a musician.[2] After three years of touring and the release of "We live in Paradise", Lenz left the band.

Lenz also left Germany to go to New York City to perform and her original new material. She played Open Mikes and her first concerts as Alev Lenz Solo.

Lenz achieved some success in Turkey, mainly through her several TV appearances on Turkish television on the shows of the popular Turkish showmaster Okan Bayülgen.

Lenz founded her own record company with her management and Groove Attack/Rough Trade in 2008. Her debut album Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein was released on February 13, 2009 and is available in stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and worldwide on iTunes and Amazon.com. The album was produced in Berlin with Don Philippe, a member of the group Freundeskreis.

Discography

Albums
With Alev
  • We live in Paradise
  • Broken
  • Breakable
Solo
  • Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein (2008)
  • Two-Headed Gïrl (2016)
Soundtracks
  • Im Winter Ein Jahr (2008) (Caroline Link)
  • Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben (2009)

References

  1. ^ Lenz is the daughter of a German father and a Turkish mother
  2. ^ Ich habe ehrlich nie daran gedacht, zu studieren. Seit ich denken kann, wollte ich auf der Bühne stehen. Er wollte nicht, dass ich wie ein Teenager in Clubs rumgammele und nie irgendetwas in den Griff bekomme
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