Antonina Matviyenko ( uk, Антоніна Матвієнко) is a

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singer. She is known for her

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of voice and manner of singing.

Biography

Antonina was born on 12 April 1981, in

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, Ukraine.

Nina Matviyenko Nina Mytrofanivna Matviyenko ( uk, Ніна Митрофанівна Матвієнко), a Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine. Life and career Matviyenko was born on 10 October 1947 in village of Nedilyshche, Yemilchyne Raion, Zhy ...

, her mother, who is also a musician and a

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, had a big musical influence on Antonina. In 1991, when Antonina was just ten years old, she went with her mother on a tour of the

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– those were the first performances of her life. In 2010, Antonina completed her studies at the Kyiv University of National Culture and Art and earned two master's degrees in PR Management and in Folk Singing. At first, Antonina was working in an art gallery, and then in an advertising agency. In 2002, she received The Diploma for the "National Competition of Pop Singing". In 2006, Antonina became a soloist of chamber orchestra "Kyiv Kamerata", where her mother used to perfpr,. After the first audition an artistic director of the ensemble joked: "Matviyenko (Nina) was dismissed – Antonina was accepted".Антоніна МАТВІЄНКО: «Мені інколи кажуть, що не маю права копіювати голос мами…»
In 2007, she had her first song. In 2011, she took part in the first season of show '' Holos Krayiny'' (The Voice of the Country) and reached second place. Matviyenko has about twenty songs in her repertoire.

References

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