- Nicole Fuentes
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Nicole Fuentes, e.g. Nicole Fuentes-Kalifatidis (born February 11 1984 in Almaty, raised in Moscow, Russia) is a singer of a multinational mixture of Spanish, Greek, Swedish and Russian which can be easily distinguished through her music. Nicole’s artistic talent in music was noticeable at the age of 2 when she performed extracts from the Opera Carmen before prominent faculty at the Music Academ y where her mother attended college. At the age of 3 Nicole attended an Art Academy in Russia where she began studying music and dance. From the age of 7 she took part in distinguished ballet shows and at the age of 10 was chosen to perform at the music talent show Beo Beo in Spain. At the age of 11 Nicole wrote and registered her first novel called Franηoise Monnet at the Athenian National Library, in Athens, Greece.
At the age of 17, Nicole moved to France where she majored in Theatre, Acting, and Directing. During her first year she played the part of a French cortisan and then of Juliet in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by Stephan Ramirez. The next year Nicole played the role of Tatiana in Poushkin’s play Evgeni Onegin followed by the role of Nastassia Phillipovna in Dostoyevski’s play The Idiot.
In 2003 Nicole wrote her next novel 2 DROPS OF WATER and published it in 3 different languages. This is the first book in a trilogy that she is working on. In 2005, Nicole along with songwriter and producer Nick Terzis recorded the album Give Me Your Number in Greece which climbed the Greek and the European Singles Charts and it was a top 20 Hit.
An intensive year of work and travel back and forth between France and Sweden allowed Nicole to meet her current producers, Stefan Εberg and Tord Backstrφm. From the get-go “their union was electric!” In October 2006 they began creating their 1st hit song Shut Up! The following year, they presented their top 5 songs to Lionheart international and Universal in Sweden where their singles Shut up! and Razborka were released to the masses . Nicole’s multilingual background secured her a publishing deal with Lionheart International which is part of the Universal Music Group. Most importantly Nicole wrote two songs with grammy nominated producer Marcus Black.
In 2008 the song Razborka was broadcast during Sweden’s most prestigious event of the year, the Music Festival (Melodifestivalen). This song was then a feature of a Melodifestivalen 2008 compilation album which was sold throughout Europe along with a DVD which featured her performance. Nicole was selected as a participant in the extremely popular and important Swedish selections for the Eurovision Song Contest (an annual competition held among active member Countries of the European Broadcasting Union). Thanks to Nicole’s exceptional vocal talent and her physical resemblance to international pop star Britney Spears, she become the main topic of the Swedish and European press for months to come. The song Razborka was widely listened to in Sweden, Finland, Russia, Greece and Ukraine.
As an entertainer of truly international acclaim, Nicole Fuentes has brought her singing, song writing, and performance skills to the United States as well.
Sources
* Nicole Fuentes * [1]
External links
* Nicole on Poplight.se * [2] * tp://www.last.fm/music/The+Nicole/Razborka * [3]
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Almaty
- Russian female singers
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