Khrystyna Soloviy

Khrystyna Soloviy Христина Іванівна Соловій
Background information
Birth name	Khrystyna Ivanivna Soloviy
Born	(1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 29) Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer

Khrystyna Ivanivna Soloviy (Ukrainian: Христина Іванівна Соловій; born 17 January 1993 in Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-Lemko^[1][2] folk singer.

Biography[]

Soloviy was born on 17 January 1993 in Drohobych in the 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[]

2013: Holos Krayiny[]

In 2013 Khrystyna participated in the Ukrainian version of The Voice – Holos Krayiny. She gets the team of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and reaches 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 releases her second studio album "Liubyi druh" (Ukrainian: Любий друг; Dear Friend).

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

• 2015 – Zhyva voda (Жива вода)
• 2018 – (Любий друг)

Music videos[]

References[]