Sofia Portanet

Spanish-German pop singer/songwriter Sofia Portanet sings in multiple languages, combining new wave and synth pop with operatic vocals. Born in Kiel, Germany, on the day the Berlin Wall fell, Portanet grew up in Paris. She is the daughter of revolutionary singer/songwriter and poet António Portanet, who released two albums on Decca and EMI in the '70s and '80s, and continued to enjoy a moderately successful career as a musician into the 21st century. Portanet sang in the Paris National Opera Children's Chorus for five years and took piano lessons for three, but quit because s...