Emilíana Torrini

Emiliana Torrini has always felt to me like Iceland distilled into a voice, cool, crystalline, and quietly unnerving. Singing Gollum's Song for The Two Towers was perfect casting, since few performers can hold both fragility and menace in a single breath. Yet she is no one-note artist; Jungle Drum bounces with sly pop joy while her earlier work leans introspective and hushed. As a songwriter and composer she controls her own sound rather than borrowing someone else's, which I respect deeply. She is the kind of artist who whispers and somehow commands the entire room.

Name (English)

Emilíana Torrini

Name (Japanese)

エミリアナ・トリーニ

Reading

えみりあな・とりーに

Born

May 16, 1977 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Origin

Kópavogur, Iceland

Occupation

singer / lyricist / composer / DJ producer / recording artist

Awards & achievements

• Icelandic Music Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.emilianatorrini.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/emilianatorrini/
• Xhttps://x.com/emilianatorrini
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%C3%ADana%20Torrini
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232907

Tags

• singer
• lyricist
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.