Francisca Urio
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| Background information | |
| Born | February 6, 1981 |
| Origin | Meiningen, Thuringia, East Germany |
| Genres | Rhythm and blues, Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-Songwriter, Radio presenter, Model |
| Years active | 1996 - present |
| Website | www.francisca-urio.de |
Francisca Urio (born February 6, 1981 in Meiningen, Thuringia, East Germany) is a German singer-songwriter and radio presenter of Afro-German heritage who lives in Berlin.
Francisca Urio was born in Meiningen, a town in southern Thuringia but grew up in Berlin as the only child of her German mother Monica and her father Geoffrey from Tanzania, both architects who met while studying in Dresden. Her father's RnB, Soul and Pop music collection influenced her music taste from an early age. Her first stage experience was at pre-school age as an extra in a Porgy and Bess performance at the Berlin Theater des Westens. She attended the Fläming-Grundschule in 12159 Berlin-Friedenau and the Paul-Natorp-Gymnasium in 12161 Berlin. After finishing school with the Abitur in 2000 she decided to pursue her singing career full-time.
She is engaged to socially deprived children and was patroness of the network Take-My-Hand e.V.
In 1996, Francisca Urio founded together with Priscilla Harris, N'gone Thiam and Boussa Thiam the band Silvashado in Berlin. They performed regularly in clubs in Berlin and at festivals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2002, the band took part at a performance in Dresden in front of the Sempera Opera House for eighty-thousand helpers in the 2002 100-year flood. The band toured and performed with singers like O-Town, Mary J. Blige,Ben,Seal,Mousse T.,Shakira, and Wyclef Jean and featured on concert DVDs with Ben and Seal (One Night to Remember, recorded live in Düsseldorf). After first Boussa and later N'gone Thiam left the band, Urio and Harris continued as duo until their last concert in October 2006 when they started to concentrate on their solo careers.
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