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Andreja Volenec is a Dublin-based singer-songwriter born in Croatia but with a claim to four other nationalities (she has Irish and US citiizenship, had Yugoslav citizenship and has Czech origins). She has also lived in England and Italy.

‘My background and experiences have been instrumental in shaping my music and lyrics: leaving home at an early age; being a foreigner away from home; being unable to share my language and cultural background with others; experiencing the tragedy and divisions of the Yugoslav war both remotely and first-hand; witnessing the dissolution of the country I grew up in, and with it a large part of my own identity. ’

Andreja’s songs draw from her own life and empathy with outsiders, as well as from a fascination with nature’s laws and patterns. Themes have included emigration, displacement, identity and belonging, loneliness and old age, war, transience, hope and aspirations, acceptance of change, the human struggle and the search for meaning.

Despite having kept a low profile to date, her work has been praised by a number of industry professionals and many fellow musicians.