Gabriela Horn (born 25 January 1988), known professionally as Paenda (pronounced "panda"; stylised as PÆNDA), is an Austrian singer, songwriter and music producer. She represented

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in the

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with the song "

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", which was released on 8 March.

Life and career

Horn was born in January 1988, in

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. She started singing in a choir in her home town at the age of six. At fourteen, she began songwriting and singing in various pop rock bands. She took guitar and piano lessons and moved to

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at age 20 to study pop and jazz music at the , where she graduated with honors in 2013. She currently lives in Vienna, writing, composing and producing her music at her home studio. Horn records and writes all of her own songs.

Eurovision

In 2019, Horn was chosen by a team of music experts and broadcaster

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to represent Austria at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in

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. She performed her song "

", which finished second last with 21 points, and as a result did not qualify for the final. PAENDA at the Amadeus Music Award 2022

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:PÆNDA (Paenda) Living people 1988 births 21st-century Austrian women singers Austrian pop singers Austrian women pop singers Austrian electronic musicians Eurovision Song Contest entrants