Aistė Smilgevičiūtė | |
Birth Name: | Aistė Smilgevičiūtė |
Alias: | Aistė |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1977 |
Origin: | Plungė, Lithuania |
Genre: | Folk, jazz, pop rock |
Occupation: | Vocalist, lyricist, songwriter |
Label: | Via Artis |
Associated Acts: | Skylė Erdvė |
Website: | http://www.skyle.lt/naujas/ |
Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (born 29 October 1977) is a Lithuanian singer. She performs folk music, jazz, pop rock and other kinds of alternative music. Since 1996, Smilgevičiūtė has been a member of the music band "Skylė".[1]
Smilgevičiūtė was born in Plungė, and graduated in Classical Philology from Vilnius University.
Smilgevičiūtė participated as a Lithuanian contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Israel, singing a modern folk song, "Strazdas" ("Song Thrush"), in the Samogitian dialect. This song finished in 20th place in the competition, with 13 points.