Evgenia Vlasova
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Evgenia Vlasova (born 8 April 1978 in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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) is a Ukrainian
Ukraine
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 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

.

Biography

Her parents were artistically inclined (mother was an actress, father was a singer). In 1994 Evgenia entered the R. Glier State Higher Music College, graduating in 1998. In this same year, she entered the Queen of the Song international competition in Rimini
Rimini
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, Italy
Italy
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 singing Musyka dusha moya (Music of my soul). She won the grand prize in this event.

Also in 1998, Evgenia won several Ukrainian music popularity competitions such as the Song of the Year festival and the 21st Century's Hope nomination. In 1999 she wrote "Wind of Hope". Dmitriy Kostiuk signed on as her manager in that same year.

In November 2001 the Wind of Hope full-length album was released. This album was followed a string of music videos; "Severnoye siyaniye (Northern Lights)", "O Tebe (About You)", "Budu silneye (I'll be strong)", and "Plach obo mne (Cry about me)".

In 2004 Evgenia gave birth to a daughter named Nina and stepped briefly out of her singing career to devote her full attention to her new career as a mother.

Evgenia re-entered the music world in 2005, this time teaming up with Andru Donalds
Andru Donalds
Andru Donalds is a Jamaican musician and vocalist with a previous solo career, who is now working in collaboration with the Enigma project as lead vocalist. Donalds had a hit single in America in 1995 with Mishale, which reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Andru Donalds was born in...

 (a member of the group Enigma
Enigma (musical project)
Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...

). The result of their work was four duets and a music video called "Limbo".

Veter nadezhdy (Ветер надежды)

  • 1. Ya - zhyvaja reka (Я - живая река)
  • 2. Son (Сон)
  • 3. Zyma (Зима)
  • 4. Narysuju (Нарисую)
  • 5. O tebe (О тебе - About You)
  • 6. Dysko (Диско)
  • 7. Veter nadezhdy (Ветер надежды)
  • 8. Tam, gde lubov' (Там, где любовь)
  • 9. Severnoe syjanye (Северное сияние - Northern Lights)
  • 10. Krasnoe solnce (Красное солнце)
  • 11. Ne zabuvaj! (Не забувай)

Wind of Hope

  • 1. Cry in the night
  • 2. My wonderland
  • 3. Love is a crazy game (ft. Andru Donalds)
  • 4. Only you
  • 5. Limbo (ft. Andru Donalds)
  • 6. River of life
  • 7. One night lover (ft. Andru Donalds)
  • 8. Northern Light
  • 9. Gonna be stronger
  • 10. Wind of hope (ft Andru Donald)
  • 11. Wind of hope (rmx) (ft Andru Donald)

Синергия (Synergy)

  • 1. Лавина любви (Lavina lubvi - Avalanche of Love)
  • 2. На двоих сердце одно… (Na dvoik cyertse adno - Two hearts as one)
  • 3. На краю небес (Na Krayu nibyes - At the edge of Heaven)
  • 4. Отношения (Otnoshyeniya - Relationships)
  • 5. Планета №2 (Planeta #2 - Planet #2)
  • 6. Нет, я не боюсь (Nyet, ya ne boyus - No, I'm not afraid)
  • 7. Полетим в небо (Polyetim v nebo - Fly to the sky)
  • 8. Сердце (Cyertse - Heart)
  • 9. Шоу-тайм (Shou-Taim - Show-Time)
  • 10. В каждом биении сердца (V kazdom biyenii certsa - Every heartbeat)
  • 11. Убегаю (Oobegayu - Escape)
  • 12. Шоу-тайм RMX (Shou-Taim RMX - Show-Time RMX)

Singles

  • Live River
  • Severnoye siyaniye (Northern Lights)
  • O Tebe (About You),
  • Budu silneye (I'll be strong)
  • Wind of hope (ft. Andru Donalds
    Andru Donalds
    Andru Donalds is a Jamaican musician and vocalist with a previous solo career, who is now working in collaboration with the Enigma project as lead vocalist. Donalds had a hit single in America in 1995 with Mishale, which reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Andru Donalds was born in...

    )
  • Plach obo me (Cry about me)
  • Limbo (ft. Andru Donalds
    Andru Donalds
    Andru Donalds is a Jamaican musician and vocalist with a previous solo career, who is now working in collaboration with the Enigma project as lead vocalist. Donalds had a hit single in America in 1995 with Mishale, which reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Andru Donalds was born in...

    )
  • Ya budu (I will)
  • Шоу-тайм (Show-Time) #17


Most of the singles are in Russian and English.
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