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Elvann (born on October 21st 1992) is a Canadian-born heavy metal singer-songwriter and harpist. She is a Spinto Soprano with a 3 octaves vocal range (E3 to F6). She moved from her home-city, Montreal, in 2019 to live in Helsinki (Finland) and pursue her career in music.

She studied singing and harp at the University of Montreal in Canada and graduated in 2016. She is a professional session musician, performing artist and vocal teacher. She sang in the Canadian band Sanguine Glacialis ("Dancing With a Hanged Man", 2012) as lead singer, Wishmaster (cover band to Nightwish from Montreal) and is currently working with the Finnish band Far'n Beyond and Tzar of Feathers (Deeper Into the Wonder, 2022). She also writes and records music for her on own eponym project "Elvann" as a solo artist.

= Life and Career =

Elvann was born in a small town in the area of Montreal and her native language is French. Music wasn't part of her life until her teens, when she discovered the band "Nightwish", which changed the trajectory of her life forever. Having never had a music lesson in her life, she decided to apply to the classical singing program in Cégep de Saint-Laurent 3 months before the audition. With a lot of hard work, she was admitted to the program starting in September 2010. During her college years, she decided to try the harp as secondary instrument, and fell in love. Unfortunately, she only had a couple of lessons as most of her last semester was cancelled due to the 2012 Quebec student protests. After college, she was admitted to the singing program at the University of Montreal, where she continued her music studies.

After a difficult first University year in her personnel life, Elvann requested to join the harp program in the summer of 2013 and was admitted for the semester starting that same summer. She graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Music in spring of 2016.

= Singing Style =

Elvann's vocal style reflects her early training in classical singing from her college and University years. Her vocal training started when she was 18. After school, she decided to integrate more elements of modern vocal styles into her singing to add to her expressivity, and to create a sound that would blend with modern heavy metal music. Although her vocal style has developed away from the classical style, her early influences can still be heard in her tone.

Elvann is a Spinto soprano. Her tone is very similar to one of the lyric soprano, but her upper and upper middle range are characterized by a more defined and metallic quality that helps her pierce more easily through the thickness of metal arrangements. Her lows are warm and expressive whereas her upper range is strong and focused.

= Official Discography =

She is currently working on her EP called "Through the Mirror" to be released later this year (2022)

= References =