Raiven

Raiven
Background information
Birth name Sara Briški Cirman
Born (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996
Slovenia
Genres Pop [1]
Occupation(s) Singer, Harpist
Instruments Vocals, Harp
Years active 2014–present
Website http://raiven.si

Raiven (born Sara Briški Cirman, April 26 1996) is a Slovenian pop singer and harpist[1].

Career

Cirman began her musical work at the age of four when she enrolled in the Ljubljana Music Quartet[2]. By the time she entered music school, she was already focussing on playing the harp[3]. She attended Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet and specialised in harp, jazz singing and solo singing[4]. In 2015 she graduated as a solo singer and continued her musical education at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana[5]. She has been rewarded several times for her achievements in the field of classical music[2][3].

In 2010, she performed at the festival of new compositions FeNS with the song "Zmorem vse" and finished in 3rd place[3]. Starting from 2014 she began performing under the stage name Raiven, debuting with the song "Jadra" which was created in cooperation with Tade Košir and Jernej Kržič[4][6]. In September 2015, a second single "Bežim" was released[5]. On 27 February 2016 she competed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest for Slovenia during the national final Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA)[2] and took second place[7]. She competed again a year later, where she ended in third position with "Zažarim"[8]. Raiven was co-host of the EMA in 2018 and gave a performance during the televoting[9].

Discography

As Sara Cirman

  • "Uspavanka za vnukinjo" (2006) – with Marjan Zgonc
  • "Zmorem vse (2010)"
  • "Vse živo!" (2012)" – with Trkaj

As Raiven

Singles
  • "Jadra" (2014)
  • "Bežim" (2015)
  • "Črno bel" (2016) – EMA 2016
  • "Nov planet" (2016)
  • "Zažarim" (2017) – EMA 2017
  • "Sijaj" (2017)
Albums
  • Magenta (2017)

Music contests

EMA

  • 2016: Črno bel (Tadej Košir, Jernej Kržič - Sara Briški Cirman - Tadej Košir, Jernej Kržič) - 2nd place (3.738 telephone votes)
  • 2017: Zažarim (Jernej Kržič, Tadej Košir, Sara Briški Cirman - Sara Briški Cirman - Jernej Kržič, Tadej Košir) - 3rd place (94 points)

Trivia

  • Even though her name may resemble that of a Raven, she actually raises pet falcons, a different bird species. She poses with them on her album artworks.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Raiven s harfo na pop sceni". primorske.si (in Slovene). 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "Znana imena nastopajočih na izboru EMA 2016". MMC (in Slovene). 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sara Briški zmore vse". 24ur.com (in Slovene). 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  4. 1 2 3 "Novo na naši sceni: Prisluhnite odlični Raiven!". govori.se (in Slovene). 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  5. 1 2 "Slovenska glasbenica Raiven navdušuje z novim singlom Bežim". cosmopolitan.si (in Slovene). 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Naša mlada glasbenica Raiven z Jadri tudi v video podobi!". cosmopolitan.si (in Slovene). 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  7. ↑ "It's ManuElla for Slovenia!". The official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Omar Naber on his way to Kyiv again!". The official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union. 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Lea Sirk wins EMA 2018, will represent Slovenia in Lisbon". The official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
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