Согдиана и Авраам Руссо | en

Sogdiana (Russian: Согдиана), sometimes with the last name Fedorinskaya (Федоринская), is the artist name of the Uzbek singer Nechitaylo Oksana Vladimirovna (Нечитайло Оксана Владимировна), born February 17, 1984 in Tashkent with Ukrainian Pabrade. She sings in Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, French, English and Chechen. Some of the songs she wrote herself. She has also written songs for other artists. Her name alludes to the old kingdom Sogdiana partly consistent with today's Uzbekistan. She has described herself as shy, taciturn and introvert, but her trained voice is strong, safe and soulfull and refers to Whitney Houston. As their role models, she said...

Born in 1969 in Aleppo, Apig comes from a very poor family. He had three brothers and lost his father in early age. His mother used to work in hard manual works, serving households in that northern city of Syria, where a community of 50 thousand Armenians live. As he discovered his singing talent, he was soon involved in several amateur bands, making part-time appearances in family style outdoor restaurants (such as Ramaya, Aleppo Family Swimming Pool, Somar, Ouroubeh, etc.) and in hotels (Al Amir) in Aleppo. In 1993 he moves to Cyprus and works in a night club for...