Sofia Jernberg is an experimental singer, improviser, and composer born in Ethiopia and grown up in Swedish. She is widely known for expanding the “instrumental” possibilities of the voice and is active both as soloist and in various bands. Jernberg studied jazz at Fridhems Folk High School and later at The Gotland School of Music Composition. In 2008, she received the Royal Swedish Academy of Music’s jazz award. Jernberg is the leader (together with the pianist Cecilia Persson) of the chamber jazz group Paavo. In 2008, the group received the “jazz group of the year” award from Swedish Radio. She is also working on the contemporary classical music scene, in which she serves as both singer and composer.

Sofia Jernberg è cantante sperimentale e compositrice, nata in Etiopia e cresciuta in Svezia. È conosciuta per l’espansione delle possibilità “strumentali” della voce ed è attiva sia come solista che in vari gruppi. Jernberg ha studiato jazz alla Fridhems Folk High School e in seguito alla Gotland School of Music Composition. Nel 2008 ha ricevuto il premio jazz della Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Jernberg è leader (insieme alla pianista Cecilia Persson) del gruppo jazz da camera Paavo. Lavora anche sulla scena della musica classica contemporanea, sia come cantante che come compositrice.