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Khrystyna Soloviy

Khrystyna Soloviy

Ukrainian-Lemko folk singer (born 1993)


Khrystyna Ivanivna Soloviy[lower-alpha 1] (Ukrainian: Христи́на Іва́нівна Солові́й; born 17 January 1993) is a Ukrainian[1][2] folk and pop singer who uses Lemko motives.

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Biography

Soloviy was born on 17 January 1993 in Drohobych into a family of choral conductors.

She moved with her family to Lviv and for three years sang Lemko's folk songs in the choir "Lemkovyna".[3] Khrystyna is a quarter Lemko by origin. She graduated from the philological faculty of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.[4][5]

Musical career

Soloviy performing for the Ukrainian Paralympic team in 2018

2013: Holos Krainy

In 2013 Khrystyna participated in the Ukrainian version of The VoiceHolos Krayiny. She joined the team of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and reached the semi-finals of the competition. While attending, she sang mostly Ukrainian folk songs.[6]

2015: Zhyva voda

In 2015 Soloviy released her debut album "Zhyva voda" (Ukrainian: Жива вода; Living water) which included 12 songs (ten folk songs of Lemko and Ukrainian origin and two written by herself).[7][8]

2018–present: Liubyi druh

On October, 24 Khrystyna released her second studio album "Liubyi druh" (Ukrainian: Любий друг; Dear Friend).

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2015 Zhyva voda (Жива вода)
  • 2018 Liubyi druh (Любий друг)
  • 2021 – Rosa Ventorum I
  • 2021 – Rosa Ventorum II

Music videos

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Notes

  1. Also transliterated as Solovii

References

  1. "«Принцеса лемків» Христина Соловій // vezha.vn.ua 07.04.2017". Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. "* Лемківскій соловій * Łemkowski słowik *". Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. "Христина Соловій виклала дебютний альбом онлайн". MusicInUA (in Ukrainian). 22 September 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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