Biography
Czech singer and multi-instrumentalist Barbora Xu (Barbora Šilhánová) has been working in Europe and Asia, exploring local poetry, string instruments, vocal techniques while composing music. Her work is deeply inspired by nature, the calmness, fragility and softness experienced in the natural light and soundscapes of forests, the fullness of human voice and handmade instruments combined. Barbora started her music career while studying to be a China expert. Upon graduating from her Master’s, she took a break from international relations and started performing on guzheng and kantele. Within four short years of her music career, Barbora has been chosen to the venerated UK music project Making Tracks, doing a tour around the UK high-end venues such as the King’s Place in London. At the same time, she was accepted to the prestigious Finnish arts university, the Sibelius Academy. This has been a gate-opening experience for the young artist. In 2021, Barbora’s first album came out released by the award-winning German label Nordic Notes. The album Olin Ennen was immediately acclaimed by the international music community placing n.11 in the WMCE and n.21 in TWMC, picked for the German Record Critics’ Award, the Podwireless Best Of 2021 while sweeping through the radios worldwide.
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