UCHE YARA

Born in Linz, Austria, into a family with Nigerian roots, UCHE YARA, real name Uchenna Yara Katzmayr, develops an alternative pop where indie rock, soul, R&B and melodic English-language writing intersect. Trained early in classical percussion before moving to guitar and then to composition, she moved to Berlin in 2021 after studies at Linz's Pop BORG. Before her first official releases, UCHE YARA published tracks on SoundCloud and gained live experience as a guitarist for Mavi Phoenix, then notably supporting Bilderbuch at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Her first official single Www she hot, released in 2023, lays the groundwork for a nervous yet supple universe, between tense guitars, mobile vocals and oblique refrains. In 2024, UCHE YARA followed with the EPs Golden Days and Honey, as well as several tracks like Sasha wake up and As I left the room, while appearing in the A COLORS SHOW format with Zuu zoo. Her career also takes her to higher-visibility stages, with an opening slot for the Rolling Stones in Vienna. A multi-instrumentalist and producer, UCHE YARA evolves her music between rock energy, pop textures and more organic inflections, in a format still centered on the song.