Sophie Hunger
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Sophie Hunger (born Émilie Jeanne-Sophie Welti in Bern, Switzerland, in 1983) is a Swiss singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and film composer, now based in Berlin. She performs on guitar, piano and harmonica and writes in English, German, Swiss German and French. She began her recording career with the band Fisher before launching her solo career. Her self-produced debut, Sketches on Sea (2006), attracted significant attention, followed by Monday's Ghost (2008), which reached No. 1 on the Swiss album chart and established her internationally. Her music combines folk, jazz, blues, soul, pop, rock and electronic elements, often with experimental arrangements and multilingual lyrics. Hunger is also an accomplished film composer. She composed the score for the 2016 animated film My Life as a Zucchini, winning the 2017 Swiss Film Award for Best Film Score and receiving a César nomination.
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Alternative Pop, Indie Folk, Jazz-Pop
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