FocusFemaleFestival 2022

An expressive voice, touching texts accompanied by piano sounds. The singer-songwriter NELAVIE returns to the origin of a melody with her compositions, reduced to voice and piano and transports honestly catchy lyrics. In 2017 she released her first live session with the song “Kein Netz”, which deals with freedom, balance and what it is like to stand alone. Following this, her single “Tick Tack” appeared and now there is again replenishment with her current single “Ein Stück Moment”, which describes life at least as touchingly.

With her current song "Part-time Feminist", which she performed live at the ORF Funkhaus, she reached the 2nd anniversary. Place at the FM4 protest song contest, with which she stimulates reflection and attention to blind spots in everyday feminism.

My song is meant to remind you that feminism is not just a label you can stick on and then you are a feminist. It’s a movement we all need to make together – it includes reflecting, talking about and listening to one’s own actions!

Behind NELAVIE is Magdalena Fibich. Born in 1990 in a village with just 160 Residents in Lower Austria, she grew up in a musician family (father)

Kinderliedermacher Bernhard Fibich) in the Waldviertel. At the age of six, the current singer- Songwriter on stage for the first time. After graduation she studied acting in Vienna,

Dance and singing and graduated with awards in 2014. After various band formations, Fibich appears in 2017 as a singer-songwriter under the name "NALAVIE". She made her debut with her song "No Net". Soon after, the singles "Tick Tack" and "A Piece of Moment" followed. NELAVIE produces and composes everything independently. She also takes over the conception and writing of the scripts of her music videos.

Meanwhile, she performs at countless events, including the Popfest, Konzerthaus Wien, Donauinselfest, Radio FM4, WUK, Ottakringer Brauerei, Streetlive Festival, ORF Funkhaus, Volksstimmefest, Kultursommer and more.

With her song "Part-time Feminst" she finished the 2nd. Place at the Fm4 Protestsongcontest 2021, in which she describes blind spots in everyday feminism. With this song she gained great media attention. This was followed by interviews, newspaper reports and airplays throughout Austria. The singer-songwriter was also attracted international attention - e.g. her lyrics for "Part-time Feminist" are published in a Danish schoolbook publisher, where she also plays two live performances in mid-March 2022.

She is currently working on her first EP, which will be released later this year.