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My Song-Sophie Zelmani 2017

Date: June 24－7:30 pm

Venue: Suzhou Du Shu Hu Ying Theatre

Price: 100-380 yuan

Zelmani was born in the suburbs of Stockholm in 1972. Despite no professional music training, Zelmani became a songwriter and recorded some songs at a local studio. After she mailed the demos to three record companies, Zelmani was offered a record deal by Sony Music Sweden. Sophie Zelmani recorded her debut, eponymous album with Sony in 1995. The album was produced and arranged by Lars Halapi and coproduced by Patrik Sventelius, who also played guitar. She described the process of making the album: "In the beginning Lars and I spent a few months in the studio. We had fun and then picked the musicians.