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JULIANA MEYER BIOGRAPHY

Prizewinning songwriter Juliana Meyer plays a fresh fusion of acoustic pop jazz, whilst her eclectic musical influences radiate through in her unusual song-writing style. Beautiful soaring vocals over quirky guitar licks or emotive piano complement her strong lyrics and catchy melodies.
Juliana Meyer is a singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

In 2007 Juliana Meyer released her self-produced Debut Album ‘Holding Up The Sky', which has been received to critical acclaim. In addition to writing and arranging the 12 track album, Juliana performed on most of the instruments (vocals, guitars, piano, bass, cello, violin, double bass, mandolin, glockenspiel and drum programming).

Juliana Meyer was nominated for Best Solo Artist and Best Original Act in the TopOfTheOx Awards. She studied at Oxford University, where she won the Mapleton Bree Arts Prize for her song-writing. A prolific song-writer, she is ready to record her follow up second album. Amongst her other compositions she has written a Cambodian piece for a Green Elephant Travel advert, a song for the Oxford-Cambridge Boatrace where she represented Oxford in a 'sing-off', the soundtrack for an award-winning play, and most recently was commissioned to write music for Holocaust Memorial Day, which she performed with Capella Nova Choir (who were recently heard on BBCRadio4) at the Ipswich Corn Exchange.

A keen performer, in 2007 she launched her debut album at a sold-out showcase gig at the world famous 100 Club on London's Oxford Street, performing alongside her 9-piece band. She was chosen to headline at the Bush Hall's Buzz Night Festival, and toured the UK promoting the album. Following the success of the album she was invited to perform her songs at the BBC Gala Show for BBC TV1's Children In Need, at The Ipswich Regent, alongside music legends.

This summer Juliana and her band have been invited to perform at many of the UK Summer Festivals, including Glastonbury Festival, a headline slot on The Barn Stage at Beach Break Live Festival, and on the Main Stage at RockNRoots Festival. She also performed recently with UK Chart Toppers Oystar at the Houses of Parliament.


Early Music Years
With a varied musical background, Juliana started with a classical foundation, learning the cello. Owing much to her roots growing up in South Africa, she appeared on SABC TV with her Suzuki group at age 5, when she first became hooked on the live rush of performing. At age 10 she sang solo harmony at a 20 000 people strong peace rally alongside PJ Powers and thousands of school children performing the song 'Tranquility' written by her school teacher Margi Kopping, promoting peace and harmony in the new South Africa. They also recorded the song for radio, and performed the song on KTV. Juliana was fortunate to receive cello lessons from the world renowned cellist Marion Lewin and was playing with the Witwatersrand Youth Orchestra before reaching her teenage years. At 13 she performed in a string trio for F W de Klerk, alongside her brother and the famous South African composer Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolf (who at the request of Nelson Mandela arranged the new South African Anthem).

Moving to England as a teenager, Juliana began performing and writing music in bands, on vocals and electric guitar. Her band Rocking Horse released their debut album The Siren in 2002 and The Confession EP in 2003. They performed for audiences of up to 10 000, had a flurry of media attention with articles in the Guardian, Telegraph, Sun and Daily Star, making headlines in local papers, radio and TV, and were featured in the Channel 4 program "Can't Buy Me Love", aired in 2002.

As a classical cellist Juliana has performed in Orchestras at the Royal Festival Hall, for The Queen in Bury St Edmund's Park as part of her Jubilee Tour, a solo on German TV, as well on orchestral tours to Czechoslovakia, Italy and Germany.