Leandra Ophelia Dax (real name: Olga Telnow , born as: Olga Wladimirowna Te… Read Full Bio ↴Leandra Ophelia Dax (real name: Olga Telnow , born as: Olga Wladimirowna Telnowa ; born December 19, 1981 in Minsk , Belarusian SSR ) is a pianist , keyboardist , singer and songwriter with Belarusian and German citizenship.
Olga Telnowa was born in Minsk, Belarus (then the USSR ) as the only child of an English lecturer and a physics engineer.
At the age of five she began to play the theme songs of her favorite series on the piano , at the age of six she was admitted to an elite music school, where she studied piano, classical composition , music theory and choir .
The general school she attended also specialized in promoting musical talent. Her perfect pitch was quickly discovered and her creativity encouraged: the music school allowed her to take part in composition competitions. When she finally won first place in one of the competitions at the age of nine, she got a scholarship at the Moscow Conservatory . However, her parents persuaded the jury to transfer the scholarship to an adequate academy in the city of Minsk because of the young age of their daughter .
Then Olga Telnowa was placed at the Minsk Conservatory, where she began a junior course in piano and composition. In 1996 the family fled to the German Ruhr area . The then successful young pianist tried to continue her junior studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen . Due to language barriers, the 14-year-old only succeeded in doing this after two unsuccessful entrance exams. In the same year she took first place in Jugend composed with the classical piece Variations on a theme of its own and a year later with freedom of variation for a keyboard cattle .
At the age of fourteen, Olga Telnow discovered her love for contemporary rock and punk music. She started wearing her hair brightly and dressing funky. Eventually she left the University of the Arts to take electric guitar lessons. After three years of abstinence from the piano, she made up her mind to take her diploma in piano and composition at the same time as graduating from high school .
At the age of seventeen, Telnow founded the riot-grrrl band Venusbabydoll , in which she processed influences such as Hole and Nirvana . During a two-week internship in a recording studio , the classical pianist developed an interest in recording technology and got to know her long-time mentor and friend. Rya, then under contract with FAME Recordings , took on her by making the first demo recordings of Venusbabydoll and later including the songwriter in her live band as a keyboardist.
Over the next three years, tours with Mila Mar , Last Instance and appearances with Corvus Corax followed . In the meantime, Telnow wrote new pieces of her own, which she describes as "selected from extreme situations", founded the Leandra project and completed her Bachelor of Arts in social and educational psychology.
When Rya withdrew from the public eye, the pianist took on an engagement as keyboard player for the synth rock band Jesus on Extasy under the pseudonym Ophelia Dax . This stage name is made up of one of the characters in the tragedy Hamlet by W. Shakespeare and the character Jadzia Dax from the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
The band Jesus on Extasy was under contract with Drakkar Entertainment , toured Europe over the next few years and shared the festival stages with Nightwish , Tool , Skinny Puppy , And One , Unheilig , Last Instance and Marilyn Manson, among others .
In 2008 the artist finally got a contract with Drakkar Entertainment to release her first solo album Metamorphine under the name Leandra with the Sony BMG distributor . The album includes a duet with Sven Friedrich ( Zeraphine , Dreadful Shadows ). Her longtime friends of the band last instance invited her as a singer and pianist to her acoustic album The White Song and the accompanying The White Tour .
In 2010, Olga Telnow accepted an engagement with the band Diary of Dreams under the pseudonym DAX . Due to personal differences within the band, the collaboration only lasted a few months.
At the end of the same year she joined Apoptygma Berzerk , with whom she competes in the second part of Unheilig's “Great Freedom” tour . In 2011, the keyboard player also appeared at the same time as the cashier band and accompanied Frei.Wild's "XMas" tour on the piano. In 2012 Leandra Ophelia Dax joined Die Priester , Santiano and Roterfeld as keyboard player .
Olga Telnowa describes the solo debut album Metamorphine of her project Leandra as her secret diary. The pieces are a reflection of extreme situations in her life. Stylistically, the music moves between Tori Amos , PJ Harvey and Massive Attack .

Projects and collaborations
2003–2006: Keyboard player with Rya. Tour with Mila Mar and Last Instance.
2007–Dato: Keyboarderin bei Jesus on Extasy
2008 – date: Keyboard player in Andy Brings' band (formerly: Sodom , The Traceelords )
February – July 2010: Keyboard player with Diary of Dreams, for the tour with Unheilig.
2008: Duet with Sven Friedrich ( Zeraphine , Dreadful Shadows )
2008: Piano and vocals on the album The White Song by the band Last Instance and on the subsequent The White Tour
2008: Club single Noisy Awareness , remixed by Chai Deveraux, guitarist of Jesus on Extasy.
2009: Duet with Sid from The Pussybats on The Most Beautiful Tales End Sadly and Dance With the Devils , both on the album Famous Last Songs .
2010: Live keyboard at Apoptygma Berzerk for the Unheilig Support Tour Große Freiheit II .
2011: Background singer at Frei.Wild - only assholes around me
2012: Live Keyboard at Santiano
2013: Background singer with Frei.Wild on the album Still

The Art Of Dreaming
Leandra Lyrics

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The blossom I have seen
is arranging a part of
of dreaming I began
began to take care of

The blossom I have broken
is a token to be free

Capture me

I´m so possessed
I´m so possessed

The colours I have seen
are appropiate partners
of sin I don´t see
my scene of reality

The colours paralyse me
make my eyes fray to be blind

Catch your mind

I´m too possessed
I´m too possessed

And I´ll bring you
presents from the inside
And I´ll bring you
presents from the inside out

Yes I´m sorry
though it wasn´t me
And I´m sorry

though it wasn´t me
it wasn´t me

Overall Meaning

In Leandra's song, "The Art of Dreaming," the singer explores the relationship between dreams and reality through the use of vivid imagery and metaphors. The lyrics express the idea that the things we see in our dreams can have a profound effect on our waking lives, and that sometimes, it can be difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is not.

The imagery of the blossom is significant in this song as it represents the beauty and fragility of our dreams. In the first verse, the singer describes seeing a blossom that is a part of the dream they are nurturing. This suggests that the dream is something that they are actively tending to and nurturing. However, in the next line, they describe breaking a blossom, which can be interpreted as a symbol of freedom, but also as the loss of something that was once beautiful.

The second verse introduces the idea of color, which represents the different emotions and experiences that can be found in our dreams. However, the colors are so intense that they paralyze and blind the singer, suggesting that the intensity of our dreams can sometimes be overwhelming. The line "capture me" can be seen as a plea to be released from the hold that the dreams have on them, while "catch your mind" is a call to action for the listener to take control of their own dreams.

Overall, the song expresses the idea that dreams are an important part of our lives and can have a profound effect on our waking reality. However, it is important to maintain a balance between the dream world and the real world, and to be mindful of the impact that our dreams can have on us.

Line by Line Meaning

The blossom I have seen
I have witnessed something beautiful.

is arranging a part of
It is a part of a greater picture or dream.

of dreaming I began
I started to dream.

began to take care of
I started to nurture or protect my dream.

The blossom I have broken
I have destroyed something beautiful.

is a token to be free
This destruction symbolizes my desire for freedom.

Capture me
I am entranced and need to be saved.

I´m so possessed
I am completely consumed by my thoughts or desires.

The colours I have seen
I have experienced vivid or intense colors.

are appropiate partners
These colors are fitting companions to my emotions.

of sin I don´t see
I am unaware of any wrongdoing or negative consequences.