A distinguished multilingual vocalist, Solveig is equally at home in the recording studio
as on stage. For most of her life, she has been associated with professional performers and
high quality teachers in her single - minded pursuit of a career in
voice. Born in Montreal and raised in a German speaking home,
her Mom became aware of her musical talent when as
a toddler she sang along with most television commercials. Music was running in the
family, Solveig's Grandfather was a professional Entertainer in
Germany and her Mom was operating
a Music and Folkdance Troupe in Montreal .She started at the
" Evans Sisters School
"
of
Music and Dance
at the tender age of three, and performed a year later at
Expo
1967.
At age five she released her debut single in New York City. The following years found her studying
with the Children's Theatre of
Montreal. At age twelve she was the youngest performer to ever win
a lead role in the Musical Patience with the St.
Laurent Operatic Society in
Montreal. After
graduating from the Quebec Conservatory of Music, she was given the opportunity of studying at the
internationally known School..." Vincent D'Indy ".
Solveig completed her licentiate performance
programme at Mc Gill University and moved with her family to Ottawa. She
graduated as a
Coloratura Soprano Opera Singer with an" Honour Bachelor of Music"
degree from the University
of Ottawa in 1988.Solveig was a Kiwanis Music Festival winner for three years,
as well as
winning the Senior’s
Scholarship, and the prestigious "Ottawa Choral Society
Trophy". With her
degree in vocal and classical music in hand, Solveig headed off to Europe
and Opera. She auditioned in the different musical disciplines in Austria and
Germany, and found
herself inundated with avenues she could explore, but was unsure of which way to go. There "I was in the
big, bad world of
opera and I thought, God I don't know if I want to do this anymore". I got really scared and
got the cold feet syndrome. She headed back home to Canada to regroup and decided what she
wanted to do. "The time I was off from my singing, was the worst time in my
life". The only
way I could
come back to music and the person that I was, was get back into singing again to have a
second chance after saying " That’s it, I don't want it anymore "is a gift...I'm just so grateful
I was given an opportunity through my
producer,
manager Karen Anne, and the Song
"I’m Lonely " to grab that brass ring and go with
it. Karen
had teamed up with Intermedia
Music Germany, and produced Solveig's album "Touch my Mind " and her single
CD "Adler Im Wind " debuting number one in the new German Music
Charts. Even though the
" Touch my
Mind " album got amazing airplay in North
America, for Europe, Solveig was required to stay in
Germany. After one returning trip home, she had auditioned over a period of two months for
Cats at Hamburgs Operettenhaus, when the long awaited acceptance call came, Solveig decided she wanted to stay in
Canada. After years
of traveling she missed her home, and since her album was doing well, she felt
she wanted to pursue her singing courier in Canada. That was one reason, the more
important one was, she had given her heart to a young man she had known for
some time, he had a band of his own, Solveig wanted to join his band. As her
producer and manager I told her not to forget the many years of school and hard work she
had put into her dream, and the
goals "She" had set for herself, finally being within
reach. With her
decision, all work in progress came
to a halt, Solveig had done exactly what
people had ask her over
many years,
"What if". Once I had digested her news, I had to step away
from being her " Producer - Manager ", as her Mom I looked into my
daughters eyes . She had found a different joy and happiness in her life , after all I had told her all her
life , that she could have it all,
a husband,
children and living her dream . As her producer I knew, that a most beautiful voice
would be last for the world, and all the people who had supported her Dream
for
most of her life .Even though I was still in
disbelief, I had to step aside, more important for me
was my daughters happiness . Solveig Angelique now is a member in her husband Azim Keshavjee's cover band...
"Comfortably Numb".
Intermedia
Music Canada |
SOLVEIG
ANGELIQUE 
