Agnes Obel

Agnes Obel (born 28 October 1980 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish musician, songwriter and singer based in Berlin, Germany, where she had lived since 2006. Born Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel, she is the scion of a musician's family in Copenhagen. She learned to play the piano at a very young age. Her mother used to play Bartók and Chopin at the piano. At the age of seven, Agnes Obel played in a little band where she used to sing and play bass guitar.