Brianna Simorangkir

Brianna Simorangkir is a pop & Contemporary jazz singer from Indonesia. 21 years old now and took first singing lesson at the age of 12 after moving for high school in Sydney from her home and place of birth, Bali, Indonesia. She quickly learned developed a real love for singing and she was realized fortunate to have inherited the ability to sing from her Dad who was a singer and guitarist in Indonesia for many years. In 2010, she was fortunate to have The Beat Magazine 'Bali & Jakarta's Bi-weekly Entertainment Gig Guide' . After a stint in the Australian Institute of Music studying 'Contemporary Vocals' in Sydney she began working towards reaching that aim. In 2012, She decided to move back to her home in Bali and launch herself as a singer and performer in Indonesia. As soon as that decision was made many things started to happen and not all in Indonesia. Firstly, she decided to put together an EP of five songs representing more upbeat and current style. This what she did in Sydney and the 5 songs are available for stream on soundcloud : EP Song Titles Protocol Bullet To The Chest 2nd Rate Love I Want You To Know Inspired To be honest, though she really love most of those songs she just don’t feel that her style was truly reflected in them and so she continue to work towards bringing out even more self-defining tunes. Soon after returning to Indonesia, she was honoured to be invited to sing with Indonesian Guitar legend Jopie Item and his band at the Jakarta Jazz Festival 2012. This festivale is known worldwide as one of the best and most fabulous Jazz Festivals in the world. Annually it hosts amazing international talents. in recent years these have included : Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Natalie Cole, Jamie Cullum, India Arie and many, many more. she’s been privileged to have the opportunity to song write with such great Australian based writers/producers as : Louis Schoorl, Tom Diesel, Robbie De Sa, Alex Hope. 2013 she was invited by famous Balinese Punk Rock Band ‘Superman Is Dead‘ to feature on their new album. she went into the studio with them and then toured Indonesia with them in the pre-release concerts. In fact, the touring went on long after the release of the album.