Judith Holofernes

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Name = Judith Holofernes


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Judith Holfelder von der Tann
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Born = birth date and age|1976|11|12
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Origin = Berlin, Germany
Instrument = Guitar, vocals
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Genre = Rock, pop, alternative
Occupation = Musician
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Associated_acts = Wir sind Helden
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Judith Holofernes (born Judith Holfelder von der Tann, 12 November 1976 in Berlin) is a German musician and lyricist who is most widely known as the lead singer of the German Pop-Rock band Wir sind Helden.

Her stage name, Holofernes, alludes to the general of the Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar, whose decapitation by Judith in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith was told of in the Old Testament. "Judith and Holofernes" is also a commonly covered topic in art history; it was depicted on canvas by Gustav Klimt and Reubens, and even the Italian sculptor Donatello.

Personal History

Judith Holfelder von der Tann had lived in Berlin until the age of six. Later on she moved across the country with her mother to Freiburg im Breisgau in Southern Germany. After finishing secondary school, she returned to Berlin to study Communications at Universität der Künste Berlin. In November 2001, she successfully completed her degree for Communications while working with a team for Adbusters magazine. Criticism of consumerism and the media are also quite prevalent in the lyrics of Wir sind Helden. Holofernes's first experience as a musician was as a street musician in Freiburg where she gained a little popularity as a solo artist.

Holofernes sings, plays the guitar and writes the lyrics for Wir sind Helden. A few of the band's more well known songs ("Außer dir", "Aurélie", "Popstar") are taken right off of Holofernes' solo-album Kamikazefliege which was released in 1999 and was met with little success with sales numbering of only 500 copies. Due to the recent breakthrough of Wir sind Helden, more copies of Holofernes' solo-album have been sold in the present, than when she was less popular before Wir Sind Helden.

Holofernes married fellow band member Pola Roy on 17 July 2006. She gave birth to their son in late 2006.

References

Informationen zu Touren und anderen Einzelteilen (Online diary of Wir sind Helden and additions)