About Jane Paknia
Jane Rosalyn Paknia (born November 30, 2000) is an American synthesizer player and composer from New York City. An accomplished trumpeter in her teenage years, her music in adulthood primarily focuses on dance-pop and electronic jazz. Her debut EP, Orchid Underneath, was released in 2024, and her second, Millions of Years of Longing, was released in 2025. == Early life and education == Jane Rosalyn Paknia was born on November 30, 2000. Paknia was taught piano by her Iranian grandmother beginning at age 5, and started studying trumpet at 13. While a student at Weston High School in Weston, Connecticut, she was the principal trumpet in the Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestras's Principal Orchestra, and winner of the GYBO's Concerto Competition. Paknia later attended Columbia University, from which she graduated in 2022, and where she met and collaborated with singer Sarah Kinsley. == Career == Paknia released her debut EP, Orchid Underneath, on April 26, 2024, via Eat Your Own Ears Recordings. South African collective John Wizards remixed the song "Glimmers", and Hagop Tchaparian remixed the title track, with the latter remix being named the 88th best song of 2024 by Pitchfork. Paknia's second EP, Millions of Years of Longing, was released on June 6, 2025, by Eat Your Own Ears.
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