رايفن

سارة بريشكي سيرمان (مواليد 26 أبريل 1996)، والمعروفة باسمها الفني رايفن ، هي مغنية وكاتبة أغاني وعازفة قيثارة سلوفينية. مثّلت سلوفينيا في مسابقة الأغنية الأوروبية (يوروفيجن) 2024 بأغنية "فيرونيكا". [ 1 ] نالت شهرة واسعة لأول مرة خلال مشاركتها في مسابقة الأغنية الأوروبية (يوروفيجن) 2016، ضمن التصفيات الوطنية (Evrovizijska Melodija - EMA )، بأغنية "تشيرنو بيل" (Črno bel)، حيث حلت في المركز الثاني. عادت رايفن للمشاركة في التصفيات الوطنية (Evrovizijska Melodija) عام 2017 ، وحصلت على المركز الثالث بأغنية "زازاريم" (Zažarim)، وشاركت مجددًا عام 2019 بأغنية "كاوس" (Kaos)، وحصلت على المركز الثاني.

تعليم

بدأت سارة بريشكي سيرمان مسيرتها الموسيقية في سن الرابعة، عندما التحقت بمدرسة غلاسبينا ماتيكا في ليوبليانا. [ 2 ] بين عامي 2002 و2011، تلقت دروسًا في العزف على القيثارة في مدرسة الموسيقى في ليوبليانا. وواصلت تعليمها في برنامج مدرسة الفنون الثانوية، الذي التحقت به في معهد ماريبور للموسيقى والباليه، حيث تخصصت في العزف على القيثارة مع البروفيسور داليبور بيرناتوفيتش، والغناء الجازي مع آنا بيزياك، والغناء المنفرد مع البروفيسورتين ليونا باشوفيتش وتينا بوهاك. [ 3 ] وقد حازت على العديد من الجوائز تقديرًا لإنجازاتها في مجال الموسيقى الكلاسيكية. ومن بين هذه الجوائز، فازت عام 2013 بالمركز الأول في مسابقة أنطونيو ساليري الدولية للقيثارة في إيطاليا، وحصلت على الميدالية الذهبية في مسابقة تيمسيغ للغناء المنفرد للأغاني الريفية. في عام ٢٠١٥، تخرجت في الغناء المنفرد، وواصلت دراستها الموسيقية في أكاديمية الموسيقى في ليوبليانا (الغناء المنفرد - الأوبرا)، حيث تخرجت في عام ٢٠١٨ من صف الأستاذة ألينكا ديرناتش بونتا، والتحقت ببرنامج الماجستير في الغناء المنفرد مع الأستاذة بيا برودنيك. وفي عام ٢٠٢١، حصلت على درجة الماجستير في الغناء المنفرد - الأوبرا. [ ٤ ]

حياة مهنية

أداء رايفن خلال Evrovizijska Melodija في فبراير 2017

أصدرت ألبومها الأول "ماجنتا" عام ٢٠١٧، وحصلت لاحقًا على جائزة "زلاتا بيشال" من الجمعية الثقافية والفنية السلوفينية لإنجازاتها في الموسيقى الشعبية السلوفينية، وذلك في فئة "ألبوم العام". [ ٥ ] في النصف الثاني من عام ٢٠١٨، بدأت العمل مع كتّاب الأغاني والمنتجين في استوديوهات متروبوليس (لندن). ونتيجةً لعملها هناك، أصدرت ألبومًا قصيرًا بعنوان "ريم" لاقى استحسان النقاد والجمهور.

On July 4, 2019, she performed on the Fusion Stage at the Exit Festival in Novi Sad, on the evening when the organizers listed the most visitors in the history of the festival - over 56,000.[6] At the end of 2019, she performed at numerous high-profile events, including as a soloist with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, the RTV Slovenia Big Band, the Slovenian Baroque Orchestra and the Slovenian Police Orchestra. In February 2020, she performed with her original composition Ti with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra at the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet, under the baton and adaptation of Matija Krečič.

On 11 September 2021, she performed the song Volkovi at the Popevka 21 festival, with which she won the Grand Audience Award causing her song to receive the title Popevka 2021.[7] In 2021 she also finished her master's degree in the Ljubljana's Academy of Music, majoring in opera - solo singing.

Opera

In 2019 she dedicated herself to artistic development as an opera singer and in December 2019 she sang in the world's first tamburitza opera, Ambrož and Katarina. She is a scholarship holder of the Berlin Opera Academy. Her role Hänsl in Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel was set to premiere in the summer of 2020, but it has been postponed to the summer of 2022 due to a new coronavirus pandemic.

In June 2021, she sang the role of Old Lady in Leonard Bernstein's opera Candide at the Cankar Centre. In April 2021, she received first prize and third place at the IMMCC 2020 International Singing Competition. On June 28, 2021, she received her master's degree with a singing recital and a master's essay entitled The Role of Agrippina in George Frideric Handel's opera of the same name. For her outstanding artistic achievements she received the Prešeren Prizefor Students presented by the Academy of Music.

In August 2021, she performed in the role of Rosina at concert performances of Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville under the direction of maestro George Pehlivanian. In October 2021, together with soprano Pia Brodnik, tenor Gregor Ravnik and pianist Andreja Kosmač, she performed a concert as part of the Studenec Summer Festival entitled Jesenska pesem (Autumn Song). Earlier, she performed twice as part of baroque music concerts with the Slovenian Baroque Orchestra under the baton of Egon Mihajlović and concert master Monika Toth.

At the end of October 2021, accompanied by Maltese Philharmonic Orchestra, she sang at an opera aria concert at the Astra Theater in Malta, conducted by José Cura.

In April 2022, she sang the title role in Handel's opera Agrippina at the Cankar Center under the artistic direction of Egon Mihajlović and directed by Rocc. In the same month she also sang at the closing concert of the Opernfest Prague at the Vinohrady Theater in Prague, under the direction of the artistic director of the Prague Opera, maestro Jaroslav Kyzlink. A week later, she sang with the Albanian Opera Orchestra in Tirana at the Marie Kraja Opera Festival, under the baton of maestro Martin Andrea. In 2022, she began studying the role of Carmen as part of a concert performance of the opera under the direction of maestro George Pehlivanian. That same year, she made her debut at the Slovenian National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana in the show 'Orpheus in the Underworld' (playing the role of Public Opinion), and in 2023, she portrayed Larina in the play 'Eugene Onegin'.

As part of her studies she performed Mozart'sSpatzenmesse and Vivaldi'sGloria in D major in the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra as solo alto with the Baroque Orchestra of the Academy of Music in 2018. In the same year, she performed as a soloist at the Cankar Center with the Big Band of the Academy of Music, under the baton of Matej Hotko. In 2019, she sang the role of Iztok Kocen's mini-opera doctor Nepotrebna (Unnecessary), which premiered in Budapest. The mini-opera was presented in Brno and Ljubljana.

Since the beginning of her music education, she has regularly attended seminars by renowned musicians such as José Cura, Bernarda Fink, Vlatka Orašanić and JD Walker.

In 2022, she presented a new electro-opera concert project, in which she combined classical opera arias with electronic pop. Part of this project, entitled Doloroso, was presented at a sold-out concert on March 8, 2022, at the Cankar Centre. She returned to the Popevka[8] festival in 2023 as a hostess, and together with her co-host Helena Blagne, she introduced her new song "Ikona". With it, she announced the release of the EP Sirene. Her Eurovision 2024 song "Veronika" is included in the album.

Eurovision

رايفن في حفل مسابقة الأغنية الأوروبية في برشلونة 2024
Raiven at the 2024 Barcelona Eurovision Party

Raiven participated in the national final Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA), the selection process for Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Črno bel", placing second. Raiven returned to EMA in 2017, placing third with the song "Zažarim", and again in 2019 with the song "Kaos", placing second.

In December 2023, it was announced that Raiven would finally represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Veronika".[9] She qualified for the Grand Final on 7 May 2024 from the first semi-final. In the Grand Final on 11 May, "Veronika" placed 23rd out of 25 with 27 points (15 from the professional juries and 12 from the televoting).

Theater

In 2018, she also performed on theatrical boards in the play Trojanke, produced by the Slovenian National Theatre Nova Gorica, where she portrayed the character of Cassandra. The work in the new translation by Jere Ivanc was directed by Jaša Koceli.

In 2021, she accepted the main role of Urška in the musical Povodni mož (The Water Man).

Discography

Raiven performing "Veronika" at Eurovision 2024

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Magenta
  • Released: 19 July 2017[10]
  • Label: Spinnup
  • Formats: CD, streaming, digital download

Extended plays

TitleDetails
REM
  • Released: 17 February 2019[11]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Streaming, digital download
Sirene, Pt. 1
  • Released: 17 February 2024[12]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Streaming, digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum or EP
SLO[13]LTU[14]
"Jadra"2014Magenta
"Bežim"2015
"Črno bel"201642
"Nov planet"
"Zažarim"2017
"Nisem kriva"2018Non-album single
"Kaos"2019REM
"Širni ocean"
"Kralj Babilona"
"Ti"Non-album singles
"Volkovi"2021
"Habanera"2022Sirene, Pt. 1
"Ikona"2023
"Veronika"202472
"Ofelija"
"Mama"Non-album singles
"Hedonista"[15]2025
"Reverie"
"Tandem"(with Macha Ravel)2026
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and achievements

Name of the song competition, year of competing, work presented, and the result
YearCompetitionWorkResultRef.
2016EMAČrno belRunner-up[16]
2017ZažarimThird place[17]
2019KAOSRunner-up[18]
2021Slovenian song festivalVolkoviWinner[19]
2024Eurovision Song Contest 2024Veronika23rd place
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, nominated work, category, and the result
YearAwardNominee/workCategoryResultRef.
2017Zlata piščalNov planetSong of the YearNominated[20]
2018PovejNominated[5]
RaivenArtist of the YearNominated
MagentaAlbum of the YearWon
2022My Global Fashion AwardRaivenRegional Fashion IconWon[21]
2024Eurovision AwardsRaivenStyle IconNominated[22]

References

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