DONYA SOLAIMANI (SHE/HER) IS A SINGER, GUITARIST AND COMPOSER BASED IN COLOGNE AND BERLIN. HER MUSIC OSCILLATES BETWEEN POP, MINIMALISM, INDIE AND CONTEMPORARY JAZZ. SHE ENJOYS SHORT SONGS, BIG MELODIES AND CILANTRO ON EVERYTHING. AGED SEVEN SHE WANTED TO START PLAYING THE ACCORDION BEFORE HER SISTER SUCCESSFULLY CONVINCED HER TO TAKE UP GUITAR LESSONS INSTEAD. SHE PLAYED GUITAR AND BASS IN MANY BANDS BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS SHE WROTE SONGS AND DREAMT ABOUT BEING A POPSTAR. DONYA STUDIED CLASSICAL GUITAR, JAZZ VOCALS AND PHILOSOPHY IN BERLIN, COLOGNE AND COPENHAGEN.
- UPCOMING:
- 26.10.2023 - Hopla Kalk Cologne with PKIII
- 28.10.2023 - Jazzschmiede Düsseldorf DONYA SOLAIMANI 4 w/ Lucie Graehl, Victor Gelling and Maxim Burtsev
- 3.11.2023 - Heavy Feelings Cologne @ Arty Farty Gallery DONYA SOLAIMANI SOLO
- 4.11.2023 - Initiative für Nachhaltigkeit Essen, Fachgeschäft für Stadtwandel DONYA SOLAIMANI/LINA KNÖRR
- PAST:
- 4.7.2023 - Jazz Against The Machine Festival, DONYA SOLAIMANI 4
- 21.6.2023 - LOFT Cologne, PLANET 9 PROJECT
- 18.2.2023 - Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, HAJNAL NEMETH - FIVE SONGS ONE END
- 16.1.2023 - Heimathirsch Cologne, VOCAL IMPRO
- 8.12.2022 - Preisträgerinnenkonzert HfMT Köln, DONYA SOLAIMANI SOLO
- 4.5.2022 - Achtbrückenfestival Cologne, KIYA TABASSIAN WORKSHOP
- 30.3.2022 - King Georg Cologne, URS QUARTETT FEAT. DONYA SOLAIMANI
- 19.11.2021 - Kultursalon Freiraum, FERDINAND SCHWARZ ENSEMBLE