Natalia Valevska | |
Native Name: | Ukrainian: Наталія Валевська |
Birth Name: | Natalia Oleksandrivna Valevska |
Birth Date: | 1981 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Genre: | Pop, dance |
Occupation: | Singer, songwriter |
Label: | Bayans Music Production |
Associated Acts: | Avraam Russo |
Natalia Oleksandrivna Valevska (Ukrainian: Наталія Олександрівна Валевська; Russian: Наталья Александровна Валевская; born 10 June 1981) is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. She won a Crystal Microphone in the category "National recognition of the year".
At the age of 18, Valevska won the "Song of the Bug" contest for young performers. In 2007, she graduated with academic excellence in Musical Art from Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
In 2005, Valevska recorded a duet song with Vladimir Grishko (soloist of the Kyiv Opera House). Her first album, Russian: Otpusti ("Release"), came out in 2006; it included songs in Russian, Ukrainian, Italian and French. In 2007, the singer represented Ukraine as a debutante at the Vienna Ball, acted in the Russian film productionLonely Angel, and released her second album Russian: Bez tebya ("Without you"). A joint tour of Valevska and Alexander Peskov took place in 2010. Her third album Russian: Zhelaniya sbudutsya ("Desires come true") was released at the end of 2010; it included songs personally chosen by Alla Pugacheva. Valevska collaborated with Russian composer Viktor Drobysh to write the song "Russian: Tsvet lyubvi|i=no" ("The color of love"), which she sang in duet with Avraam Russo.
Natalia Valevska has won at the international contest "Seven Cultures", international competition of young performers "The Bridges of Friendship", and the contest of young pop song performers "Popstars". In 2003, she came second at the international song contest named after Volodymyr Ivasyuk. In 2004, she received the Grand Prix of the international contest "Yalta-2004" within the TV festival "Sea Friends" and a UBN Award in the category "Breakthrough of the Year" in the United Kingdom. In 2005, she won the Chance TV contest and the third prize at the international song festival "Slavic Bazaar" in Vitebsk. In 2007, she got the first prize at the "Yalta - Moscow Transit" music contest. In 2008 she participated in the international festival "Moon Cat" in Lloret de Mar, Catalonia. It was followed by the all-Ukrainian prize "Woman of the Third Millennium" in the category "Perspective of Third Millennium", and she was invitated by the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine to support the national team at the Olympic Games in Beijing; her song "Russian: Dve ostanovki|i=no ("Two stops") won the national Ukrainian contest "Golden Song Of The Year". Valevska won the first prize at the international competition by Alla Pugacheva "Alla is Searching for Talent" in 2009. She came second at the Folk Star III TV contest, in a duet with Tanya Ftemova. She participated in the contests "Golden Gramophone-Ukraine" and the international Crimea Music Fest in 2011. She was awarded the "Crystal Microphone" in the category "National Recognition of the Year" on 9 August 2011.
Natalia Valevska is the founder and president of her own charity foundation, and was awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus for Charity in 2008 as well as the Order of Martyr Barbara (2nd class) in 2011 by the Patriarch of Kyiv Volodymyr Sabodan. Besides this, she has taken part in numerous charity events: