Ji-In Cho

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Ji-In Cho
Ji-In Cho at the 2007 Amphi Festival.
Background information
Birth name	Ji-In Cho
Born	December 30, 1976 (1976-12-30) (age 31)
Origin	Germany
Genre(s)	Power metal, Symphonic metal, Gothic Metal
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, violin
Years active	2003 - present
Label(s)	Synergy Records
Associated acts	Krypteria, Become One

Ji-In Cho (December 30, 1976) is a German-born, Korean heavy metal singer. She has been the lead vocalist and pianist of the power metal band Krypteria since December 2004.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Solo 2.2 With Become One 2.3 With Krypteria 3 External links

[edit] Biography

Ji-In Cho discovered her passion for music as a child. When she was six years old, she started an extensive musical education including piano lessons. Ji-In can refer to studies of Music (Musikhochschule Cologne) and Theology (University of Cologne). Furthermore she has got a lot of experience in performing live on stage with several projects. Thanks to her extensive interests, Ji-In feels at home in almost every single musical genre.

She appeared on many TV-shows and reached numerous chart positions (#31 for her cover version of Alanis Morissette´s "Ironic", #16 for the single "Don´t need your alibis" as a member of the band Become One). Thus Ji-In gained many experiences within the professional music business. Common appearances and duets with international stars like Phil Collins, Ronan Keating, Gareth Gates, Sarah Connor, B3, Tiziano Ferro, Ricky Martin, Mel Gaynor (Simple Minds), DJ Tomekk, Martin Moss marked a shaping influence on Ji-In's career.

The delicate and at the same time energy-loaded woman impresses by her abilities to play the piano and with her powerful voice that is rich of facets, that’s why she always succeeds in transporting a song’s message and atmosphere to her audience. Her feeling for aesthetics and her harmonious way to move makes her performance appear in an exciting and authentic way.

Since December 2004 Ji-In has been the lead singer of the band Krypteria, whose single "Liberatio" was used for the charity campaign in aid of the Tsunami-victims in Southeast Asia. The outcome was proceeds of 11 Million Euro by selling 150.000 singles. "Liberatio" reached the status of a golden record and had the chart position #3 for many weeks. The second single "Victoriam Speramus" (published on April 4th in 2005) of the album "In medias res" (published on July 25th in 2005) made further chart positions possible.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo

• October 2003: Ironic (Single; Sony/BMG)

[edit] With Become One

• December 2003: I Don’t Need Your Alibis (Single; Sony/BMG)
• January 2004: 1 (Album; Sony/BMG)
• March 2004: Come Clean (Single; Sony/BMG)

[edit] With Krypteria

• July 2005: In Media Res (Synergy/EMI)
• August 2006: Evolution Principle (EP; Synergy/EMI)
• January 2007: Bloodangel's Cry (Synergy/EMI)

[edit] External links

• http://www.krypteria.de/index_intro.php Krypteria's official website