Alexandra Alden
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 Alden performing in 2023 | |
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| Born | 8 April 1994 Malta |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
Alexandra Alden (born 8 April 1994)[1] is a Maltese singer-songwriter living in Rotterdam.
Early life and family[edit]
Alexandra Alden was born in Malta, and raised in Tutzing, Germany, where her family moved for several years. Her brother is Timothy Alden, a Maltese environmental activist and former politician[2].
Career[edit]
She provides backing vocals for band Martin McNeil & The Dissidents[3].
At the end of 2012, her first song Dancing Alone was released on Youtube (4 February 2013 on Bandcamp). It was ranked first on Malta's Top 10 (89.7 Bay).[4].
Her debut EP The Curious Child was released on Bandcamp, on 13 April 2013. In the same year, Alden moved to Utrecht, the Netherlands, where she began studying jazz music at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. And a year later to Rotterdam, where she continued her studies at the Codarts conservatory.
In December 2014, Alden won the second edition of the Jong QuiteQuiet Songwriting Competition hosted in Delft[5].
Her first studio album Wild Honey was released, on 21 March 2018[6].
In 2018, she served as a judge on the inaugural season of X Factor Malta[7]. She returned to serve as a judge in 2019[8].
In 2019, she won the Ad Van Meurs Prijs in the category Het Mooiste Liedje (the most beautiful song) for the Darling[9].
In 2021 was relased her second studio album Leads To Love[10]. The music video for the song Vagabond, directed by Bruce Micallef Eynaud, won the Malta Youth Film Festival 2022 in Best Creativity and Originality[11]. It was also nominated at the Swedish International Film Festival in Best Music Video[12].
Musical style and influences[edit]
Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Laura Marling, Nick Cave and Father John Misty.[13]
Discography[edit]
- LPs
- Wild Honey (2018)
- Leads To Love (2021)
- EPs
- The Curious Child (2013)
Awards[edit]
2014[edit]
Jong QuiteQuiet Delft
2019[edit]
Ad Van Meurs Prijs
- Het Mooiste Liedje
Activism[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "M3P - Alexandra Alden". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ↑ "FIRST: Pushing each other forward". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ↑ "Debut gig for The Dissident". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ↑ "M3P - Malta's Top 10". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ↑ "Alex Alden wint 2de editie". Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "Wild Honey, by Alexandra Alden". Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "Alexandra Alden is the third member of The X Factor Malta jury". Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "Malta: X Factor Malta Season Two Judges Confirmed". Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "Alexandra Alden onorata fl-Olanda". Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ↑ "Leads To Love — Alexandra Alden - Last.fm". Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ↑ "Winners of the Malta Youth Film Festival 2022". Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ↑ "Alexandra Alden's Music Video Nominated For Swedish International Film Festival". Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ↑ "Alexandra Alden - About". Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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