Fola Dada

It would be easy to start from the beginning. Now, the important things in Fola Dada's life are happening. She is a successful singer and winner of the German Jazz Award 2022 in the ‘Vocal National’ category. She teaches at several universities, including as a professor of jazz singing in Mannheim, and she runs her own singing school. She loves jazz just as much as the Afrobeat of Nigeria, her father's homeland, or the old blues and soul records of her German mother, and that is what makes her so strong: Versatility and authenticity. She also loves her home city of Stuttgart and is now a respected musician far beyond the borders of the "Kessel". Whether soul, house, pop, reggae, German or English, she has the gift of being at home in almost any style. Experiencing her on stage is wonderful, her art is to sing her way into people's hearts. Her career began as a tap dancer. Fred Astaire and Co enchanted the 7-year-old Fola and led her to jazz via tap dancing at a very early age. Many years later, the dancer became a singer and one band followed the next until her music studies in Mannheim captivated her. The bands got bigger and more famous and shortly after graduating, she became a vocal coach on Europe's most successful casting show. This liaison lasted 6 seasons and led her to the only logical conclusion of opening her own school. She is fascinated by the human voice and working with and on this multi-faceted instrument fulfils her life.