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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Judith Holofernes| image = Holofernes1.jpg| caption = Holofernes at a concert in Berlin| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Judith Holfelder| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1976|11|12| death_date =| origin = Berlin , Germany | instrument = Guitar , vocals | genre = Rock music|Rock , Pop music|pop , Alternative music|alternative | occupation = Musician| years_active =| label =| associated_acts = Wir sind Helden | website =| notable_instruments =Judith Holofernes (born 12 November 1976 in Berlin ) is a Germany|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 Nebuchadnezzar ,Citation needed|date=May 2011 whose decapitation by Judith in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith was told of in the Old Testament . Judith Beheading Holofernes|Judith and Holofernes is also a commonly covered topic in art history ; it was depicted on canvas by Gustav Klimt and Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens , and even the Italy|Italian sculptor Donatello .
Personal History
Judith Holfelder 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 . http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,589600,00.html After finishing secondary school, she returned to Berlin to study Communication s at Universität der Künste Berlin . http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2002/1126/berlin/0033/index.html Guten Tag, wir sind Helden! auf berlinonline.de In November 2001, she successfully completed her degree for Communications while working with a team for Adbusters magazine. http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,270096,00.html Judith und die Kokser-Elite in Unicum (Zeitschrift)|Unicum , zitiert nach Spiegel Online Criticism of consumerism and the Mass media|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. However, she started to study Art History in Heidelberg and dropped out after the first semester. She then spent a number of years studying various subjects at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen but never graduated. During this time she had various part time jobs selling musical instruments and computers. Later she worked as waitress and bartender.
Holofernes sings, plays the guitar and writes the lyrics for Wir sind Helden .Citation needed|date=May 2011 A few of the band's more well known songs ( Außer dir , Aurélie ) are taken right off of Holofernes' solo-album KamikazefliegeCitation needed|date=May 2011 which was released in 1999 and was met with little success, selling only 500 copies. http://www.aetzettera.de/inter23.htm Ich kann doch so viele Strophen vergessen, wie ich will! (Interview in ätzettera, Nr.28, Oktober 1999) Due to the breakthrough of Wir sind Helden more copies of Holofernes' solo-album have been sold.Citation needed|date=May 2011 Holofernes married fellow band member Pola Roy on 17 July 2006, and gave birth to their son in later that year.Carsten Schrader: http://www.stern.de/unterhaltung/musik/:Judith-Holofernes-Von-Kind/588108.html Von hier an Kind, Stern (Zeitschrift) , 30. April 2007 She gave birth to their daughter on 20 July 2009. Holofernes is a Buddhist and met the Dalai Lama in 2007. http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-23781-9.html Frontfrau Holofernes: "Die Rache des Universums" in: Der Spiegel , 8. August 2007,
Discography
Kamikazefliege (1999)
External links
IMDb name|2205796|Judith Holofernes
References
Reflist Wir sind Helden Use dmy dates|date=August 2010 Persondata | NAME =Holofernes, Judith | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =12 November 1976 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Holofernes, Judith Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:German Buddhists Category:German female singers Category:German pop singers
