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Background information
Birth name	Gabriela Horn
Born	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36) Deutschlandsberg, Styria, Austria
Genres	Electropop
Occupations	Singer songwriter producer
Years active	2016–present
Website	https://paendaofficial.com/

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 Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Limits", which was released on 8 March.

Life and career

Horn was born in January 1988, in Deutschlandsberg, Styria. 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 Vienna at age 20 to study pop and jazz music at the Vienna Music Institute [de], 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 ORF to represent Austria at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. She performed her song "Limits", which finished second last with 21 points, and as a result did not qualify for the final.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

1. "Pænda startet für Österreich beim Song Contest". oe3.ORF.at (in German). Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
2. ^ "Paenda revealed as Austria's hope for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019". ESCXTRA.com. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
3. "Pænda fährt für Österreich zum Song Contest. Wer ist sie?". derStandard.at. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
4. ^ "PÆNDA ist Pop aus Ottakring". MeinBezirk.at. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
5. "Gabriela". Soulmates (in German). 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
6. "64. Song Contest: Paenda singt für Österreich". Kurier. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
7. "Pænda startet für Österreich beim Song Contest". oe3.ORF.at. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
8. "Song Contest: Paenda singt für Österreich". DiePresse.com. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
9. "Second Semi-Final: Last 10 acts qualify for Eurovision 2019 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
10. "Das ist unsere Song-Contest-Starterin PAENDA". heute.at. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
11. "My Issues - Album by PAENDA". Spotify. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
12. "CALL ME CAT - Album by PAENDA". Spotify. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

External links

Media related to Pænda at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

• Living people
• 1988 births
• 21st-century Austrian women singers
• Austrian pop singers
• Austrian women pop singers
• Austrian electronic musicians