Khrystyna Ivanivna Soloviy[a] (Ukrainian: Христи́на Іва́нівна Солові́й; born 17 January 1993) is a Ukrainian[1][2] folk and pop singer who uses Lemko motives.
Khrystyna Soloviy Христина Соловій | |
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Background information | |
Born | Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine | 17 January 1993
Genres | Folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Biography
editSoloviy 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
edit2013: Holos Krainy
editIn 2013 Khrystyna participated in the Ukrainian version of The Voice – Holos 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
editIn 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
editOn October, 24 Khrystyna released her second studio album "Liubyi druh" (Ukrainian: Любий друг; Dear Friend).
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- 2015 – Zhyva voda (Жива вода)
- 2018 – Liubyi druh (Любий друг)
- 2021 – Rosa Ventorum I
- 2021 – Rosa Ventorum II
Music videos
editYear | Title | Director | Album |
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2015 | Trimai | Maksym Ksionda | Zhyva voda |
2015 | Pod oblachkom | Yana Altukhova | Zhyva voda |
2016 | Khto, yak ne ty? | Andrii Boiar | Liubyi druh |
2017 | Fortepiano | Anna Buriachkova | Liubyi druh |
2019 | Liubyi druh | Liubyi druh | |
2020 | Vtikala | Rosa Ventorum I | |
2021 | Osin' | Rosa Ventorum II | |
2022 | Ya tvoya zbroya |
Notes
edit- ^ Also transliterated as Solovii
References
edit- ^ "«Принцеса лемків» Христина Соловій // vezha.vn.ua 07.04.2017". Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "Христина Соловій продовжує традицію популяризації лемківської пісні". lemky.lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Христина Соловій — дівчина, що змусила плакати Святослава Вакарчука // ogo.ua 07.05.2013
- ^ Христина Соловій шокована популярністю після «Голосу країни» // 1plus1.ua
- ^ Запис зі сторінки Христини у Facebook
- ^ "* Лемківскій соловій * Łemkowski słowik *". Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Zaxid.net. "На Гогольfesti презентували альбом львівської співачки Христини Соловій". ZAXID.NET (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Христина Соловій виклала дебютний альбом онлайн". MusicInUA (in Ukrainian). 22 September 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2022.