Jehanne started writing songs about the time she left school but had already
been keeping a journal for about a decade. She started writing down her dreams
at the age of ten. Early musical influences would be Cat Stevens, Simon &
Garfunkel and Mozart, all of which she would sing along with at the age of 5.
Her first visit to the State Opera House in Vienna („The Magic Flute”)
also dates back to that period. No wonder her first instrument was the violin.
At 14 she picked up the guitar and taught herself but took piano lessons at
the same time for about a year. At 15 she dropped both the piano and the violin,
the latter of which was years later transformed into a sculpture when she got
into the works of violinist John Rose. 
At 18 she bought her first saxophone, then impressed by the music of Buedi Siebert.
At that time she also knew the complete musical work of Wolfgang Niedecken (BAP)
by heart, including the use of the particular dialect spoken in Cologne (koelsch).
Since she came to live in Berlin & on her many journeys she has been playing
& recording music with artists of various styles & origins. She played
live with worldmusic group „Fata Morgana” founded about 12 years
ago by Oruç Guerbuez as well as „Shazan” & „Wolgemut”
who specialize in medieval music. Apart from the instruments mentioned above
she also plays kemençe, tenor-fiddle and oud. Jehanne is currently recording
her 2nd album with violinist Morten Stene (Norway), jazzpianist Thibault Falk
(France), with Gisa Mierke on tin-whistles and recorder, and Cord Radke on drums,
both from Germany. Guest musicians are: percussionist Dabo Sagna (Senegal) and
Stephan Daskalos (Bulgaria) on gadulka.
Foto: Jehanne with „Fata Morgana” at an open-air concert in Berlin-Schöneberg, Berlin, on drums Christos Stoligas.
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