Alev Lenz
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Alev Lenz
Lenz
Lenz may refer to:* Lantsch/Lenz, the German name of the place in Grisons, Switzerland* Lenz , literary fragment by Georg Büchner* Lenasia, an Indian township in Gauteng, South Africa* Lenz Military Base, a military base in Lenasia, Gauteng...

(born 17 January 1982) is a German-Turkish singer/songwriter.

Career

Alev Lenz, the daughter of a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 mother and a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 father, signed her first Publishing Deal with BMG Music Publishing in 2001, with the first recordings of her former Band "Alev". At first her father was against her plans becoming a musician. After 3 years of touring and the release of "We live in Paradise", Alev left the band.

Alev also left Germany to go to New York City
New York City
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 to perform and her original new material. She played Open Mikes and her first Concerts as Alev Lenz Solo. She produced her debutalbum Storytelling Piano PLaying Fräulein with Don Philippe in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, member of the group Freundeskreis
Freundeskreis
Freundeskreis also known as FK, was a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, whose songs were in German but also in English, French and Esperanto. The members were Max Herre, Don Philippe and DJ Friction....

.

Alev already achieved some success in Turkey, mainly through her several TV appeared on Turkish television on the shows of the popular Turkish showmaster Okan Bayülgen
Okan Bayülgen
Okan Bayülgen is a Turkish actor, variety and talk show host, comedian and photographer.-Biography:Bayülgen was born on March 23, 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of a lawyer father and a painter mother....

.

Alev founded her own record company with her management and Groove Attack/Rough Trade in 2008. Her debutalbum Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein was released on February 13, 2009 and is available in stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and worldwide on iTunes
ITunes
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 and Amazon.com
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.

Discography

Albums:
Debutalbum Alev Lenz -"Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein"

Band "Alev" - We live in Paradise

Band "Alev" - Broken

Band "Alev" - Breakable

Soundtracks:

Im Winter Ein Jahr (2008) (Caroline Link
Caroline Link
Caroline Link , is a German film director and screenwriter.-Life and work:Caroline Link is the daughter of Jürgen and Ilse Link. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the Munich Academy of Film and Television , and then worked as an assistant director and script writer.Link's early work includes the...

)

Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben (2009)

External links

Alev Lenz's Official Website http://www.alevlenz.com

Alev Lenz' Myspace Page http://www.myspace.com/alevlenz

Distributor/Record Company http://www.grooveattack.com
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