Maja Eliott was born in Arabia and is of Swedish/Irish/English descent. She began playing piano by ear at the age of five. At twelve she made her first BBC TV appearance and encouraged by composer David Hellewell and his wife Monica she performed extensively in her teens, including a tour in Hong Kong and China. She went to London to train to be a concert pianist and also studied singing and composition. She was very influenced by the imagery and symbolism of Debussy and Maurice Ohana Read more on Last.fm