Andreas Bourani

Andreas Bourani (born Stiegelmair; 2 November 1983) is a German pop singer and songwriter. He was born to Egyptian parents and was adopted as an infant by a German family in Augsburg, Bavaria. As a youth, he attended St. Stephan high school but left without graduating and also studied at the private music school Downtown Music Institute. In 2008, he moved from Munich to Berlin. In 2010, he signed a recording contract with Universal Music and performed as an opening act for Philipp Poisel and Culcha Candela during their 2010 arena tours.