Alina Smith

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Alina


Img_capt = Alina Smith in 2007
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Alina Alexandrovna Shestipalova
Born = birth date and age|1988|8|25St. Petersburg, Russia
Instrument = Singing, piano/keyboards
Genre = R&B, soul, pop
Occupation = Singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, author
Influences = Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, Isaac Hayes, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Alicia Keys, Sam Cooke, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Otis Redding, Faith Evans, Jay-Z, Etta James, Lauryn Hill
URL = [http://www.alina-music.com/ www.alina-music.com]

Alina Smith (born August 25, 1988) is an American/Russian Pop, R&B and Soul singer, songwriter and pianist.

Early life

Alina Smith was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russiacite web | url=http://www.myspace.com/alinamusic | title=MySpace.com - Alina - NY, LA, Las Vegas, New York - Pop / Soul / R&B - www.myspace.com/alinamusic | accessdate=2007-12-31] to a mother who was a teacher, actress and opera singer and an American father. Alina was a prodigy, reading and writing by age two; singing by three; speaking English by four; and writing poetry and stories by five.

At the age of six, Alina had a choice between a scholarship to a renowned music academy and a prized invitation to the famed Vaganovsky Ballet School. The decision in favor of a musical education was made. While at the academy, Alina was the youngest singer invited into the choir "“Aurora”" and the only one honored with a solo performance; touring Europe with songs in Russian, French, German, Spanish and Latin.cite journal | author=Foros Burtke | journal=Probsteier Herold | title= Probsteier Herold German newspaper | volume=3 | date=1997-05-30]

Alina finished writing her first novel by age thirteen, and the next year began composing and performing original music.

Music career

Alina's life changed upon moving to America. Barely in the United States a matter of months, she formed, written and helped choreograph a trio named “Enspyre”. She performed with the group for nearly a year before taking off on a solo career. Her creativity flourished by being exposed to different genres of music, with her original catalog containing more than a hundred compositions.

Alina's clips on Youtube and MySpace have gained well over a million hits and a growing fan base.cite web | url=http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=alinamusix | title=YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. | accessdate=2007-12-31] In a multi-round competition at a major Las Vegas talent show, she won first place. After open mic performances at Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar in New York, the club’s owners honored Alina by inviting her to return as a regular. She’s also been invited to play anytime at the Mint in Los Angeles. [cite web | last = Kawashima | first = Dale | title = Alina Named December “Best Vocalist Of The Month” With Her Song “I Wanna Live” | url=http://www.singeruniverse.com | accessdate = 2007-12-30 ]

In December, 2007, Alina was named Vocalist of the Month by the website SingerUniverse.com [ [http://www.singeruniverse.com/competitionwinner39-123.htm SingerUniverse's Vocalist of the Month for December, 2007] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.alina-music.com Alina's Web-Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/alinamusic Alina's Myspace Page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/alinamusix Alina's Youtube Channel]