Zelda Weber

Zelda Weber by Markus Morianz
Zelda Weber © Markus Morianz

BIOGRAPHY

Zelda Weber is an Austrian singer-songwriter based in Vienna, creating Soulful Progressive Pop for outsiders, the restless, and anyone searching for a place to belong. Born in Cologne in 2002 and raised in rural Styria, she began writing songs at eleven. Drawn to music by the loneliness and anger of being an outsider in her new home, she found in it a refuge. As a teenager, she recorded her first songs in her guitar teacher’s studio, releasing two intimate CDs featuring only her voice and piano. These recordings led to her discovery by Viennese proto-punk musician Walla Mauritz, who connected her with indie label Monkey. This prompted her move to Vienna, where she began working with producers Bob Gutdeutsch and Patrick Pulsinger. Released in 2023, CRUDE established Zelda Weber as one of Austria’s most distinctive young voices, supported by the Austrian Music Fund and a Start-up Scholarship from the BMWKMS, and earning her the Hubert von Goisern Cultural Award and an SKE scholarship.

Following its release, her live band, The Rosettes, came together. They have since played over 100 shows across Austria, including the Main Stage of Donauinselfest, Stadtsaal, two sold-out album release shows at ORF RadioKulturhaus, and as support for Hubert von Goisern at Burg Clam. In 2026, she released ROSE THORNE, produced by Paul Gallister, marking a new artistic chapter and the beginning of her collaboration with German record label Ladies & Ladys. Exploring the destruction that can accompany new beginnings, the album embraces love, loss, anger, vulnerability and self-empowerment — life in all its beauty and ugliness. intimate yet powerful, vulnerable yet defiant. In the wake of the album’s release, Zelda was invited by the Austrian Cultural Forum to perform her music in New York City and Washington, D.C.


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