Biography
iida heard music for the first time when she as a child was brought along to listen to her parents playing Swedish folk music. She became enchanted by the haunting, melancholic sound of the music and started to play the violin at the age of five. It didn’t take long before she discovered her own voice and how she could use it to fill the gaps and spaces around her.
In 2008 iida came to Stockholm to study and work with music. iida studied both classical singing, and the african american singing genres and style, as well as violin for folk music and pop. And right there, iida´s music dwells. Her songs are like an open journey between these two fields of music. A journey with great flow and lots of energy. And to be completely honest, the journey tends to go back to her roots and her passion, the folk music. Her secret dream is to one day play the Swedish keyed fiddle.
iida is an artist on a mission, building bridges between folk music, classical music and pop in a simple way. Her pop influences comes from artist such as Björk, Salem Al Fakir, ”Loney, Dear” and Joni Mitchell.
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