Christina Schilling is a Danish songwriter, singer and musician. She has written songs for artists in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania and South Africa, and is part of the songwriting team Pixieland Productions. Schilling is a member, songwriter and vocalist of the jazz pop project

Technicoloured Roses Technicoloured Roses are a Danish-Swedish jazz pop project established in 2010. Its current members are Jonas Gladnikoff, Camilla Gottschalck and Christina Schilling Christina Schilling is a Danish songwriter, singer and musician. She has writ ...

Career

As a songwriter Schilling has worked with artists and producers from Europe as well as the USA, and written several songs for national Eurovision preselevtions and

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. In 2013 she co-wrote the winner of

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2013. In 2009 she represented

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with the song "

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" performed by

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. She also wrote and sang backing vocals for the runner up in the

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, the Danish final, with the song "Someday" performed by the Icelandic singer

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, which became a big hit and secured a win for Denmark in the

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. In 2010 she landed the Icelandic Top 20 Chart with the composition "Like Pantomime" performed by the Icelandic artist Erna Hrönn. In 2011 she co-wrote "Falling" sung by Nikki Kavanagh, which reached top 10 on iTunes, Ireland. Later that year the song "Volver" performed by

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took part in the Spanish pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest, and was released on the group's album "Endless Road, 7058", which was awarded "Best New Album" by

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(TVE) and was a chart success reaching number 11 on PROMUSICAE, the official Spanish album chart. Her music has also been used in films and musicals, such as ''Bjørnen'' ( The Bear) by

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in Copenhagen and ''Manny Quinn: The Musical in Dublin''.

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

In 2013 Schilling co-wrote the winner of the internationally prestigious music competition

held in Chile. "Because You Can" was performed by the Icelandic artist

. The song was written by Christina Schilling,

Camilla Gottschalck Camilla Gottschalck is a Danish composer, singer, musician and actress. She has a musical education as a singer and musician (drums, piano). Camilla Gottschalck has also many years of experience as a composer. She has been a lead singer in severa ...

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and

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. This was the first time in history a winner of Viña del Mar International Song Festival is written by Danish songwriters.

Technicoloured Roses

Schilling is a member, songwriter and vocalist of the jazz pop project

. Their first single was ''Keep On Playing'', and in 2012 the group released their debut EP ''Planet of the Roses''.

Entries in Eurovision Song Contest and national selections

*''Someday'' by Hera Björk ( Denmark 2009), 2nd place in national final *''

'' by

& Black Daisy (

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), 1st place in national selection, 11th place in Eurovision semi-final *''Tonight'' by Kafka ir Ruta ( Lithuania 2010), 4th place in semi-final of national selection *''Falling'' by Nikki Kavanagh ( Ireland 2011), 2nd place in national selection *''Sueños rotos'' by Melissa ( Spain 2011), 5th place in national selection *''Volver'' by Auryn ( Spain 2011), 2nd place in national selection *''Run'' by Eva Boto ( Slovenia 2012), 4th place in national selection *''Fool In Love'' by Davids & Dinara ( Latvia 2013), 11th place in national selection *''Conquer My Heart'' by Svetlana Bogdanova ( Moldova 2013) 11th place in national selection *''Sound of Colours'' by Jurgis Bruzga ( Lithuania 2015), 5th place in national selection *''Dangerous (S.O.S.)'' ( Lithuania 2015), 3rd place in national selection

References

External links

Pixieland Productions
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