Virginia Ernst
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About
Pop/pop rock singer-songwriter who catapulted to fame with hit songs including "Soldier," "Rockin'," and "I Wish." Since 2018, she has spearheaded the #WeAreStrongVoices - Strong Women concert series, a platform amplifying the cause of women's equality.
Before Fame
She spent her youth heavily involved in ice hockey and, in addition to representing Austria on a national level, she also competed in a total of five world championships and one Olympic qualification tournament. She played professional ice hockey for over three years before shifting her focus to music around 2011. She released her debut single after winning a singer-songwriter workshop in England.
Trivia
In 2015, she represented Austria in the North Vision Song Contest with her original song, "Soldier."
Family Life
She is the youngest of five children born to parents Michael and Andreja. Her father is also a musician while her mother is an artist whose work is showcased in her own Vienna-based gallery. She married her wife Dorothea Prinz in 2017 and in 2023, they began co-hosting a podcast together called Jetzt wird's ERNST!
Associated With
Both she and Victoria Swarovski are Austrian pop singers.
