Elizaveta Igorevna Khripounova (

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: Елизавета Игоревна Хрипунова), now recording as Elizaveta (Russian: Елизавета), also formerly known as Elly K, is a Russian-American pianist, singer/songwriter and opera singer. Her debut full-length album '' Beatrix Runs'' was produced by Grammy Award-winner

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and was digitally released on

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24 January 2012 exclusively via iTunes. The album was physically released through Amazon on 17 July 2012. Also on 17 July 2012, Elizaveta released her iTunes Session EP. In 2013 Khripounova performed at the

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2013. On 17 March 2014 the first single from the ''Hero EP'' was remixed by electronic music duo

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and featured in the viral video "Superman with a GoPro" which has over 20 million views on YouTube. On 14 April 2014, Khripounova released the ''Hero EP'' which reached #38 on Billboard's Heatseaker's Charts. On the same day,

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premiered a video for the song "Sorry" which featured Malece Miller and Nico Greetham from the television show, ''

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''. Elizaveta's songs have been featured in ABC's ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Affair''. Elizaveta also sings the Tavern Songs in the award-winning role playing video game ''

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'', as the bard Maryden Halewell. Elizaveta's first single from her 2015 album ''Messenger'' is called 'Trap' and is featured in a Russian motion picture "Призрак"(2015).

Biography

Elizaveta was born in New York City and raised in Moscow, Russia. She is a pianist, singer/songwriter, and opera singer with classical training. In 2007 she released a digital EP "Like Water". The title track was featured in the 2008 motion picture''

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''. Her song "Gravity" was also featured in the 2010 motion picture ''

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''.

Discography

* ''The Piano Girl'' ( EP, 2002, Elly K) - as Elly K * ''Intangible'' (2004, RussianChicksRule! Records) - as Elly K * ''Breakfast With Chopin'' (2006) * "Like Water" (2008) * ''Elizaveta'' (EP, 2011, Universal Republic) ** "Dreamer" (2011, Universal Republic) * '' Beatrix Runs'' (2012, Universal Republic) * ''Elizaveta: iTunes Session EP'' (2012, Universal Republic) * "Hero" (with

) (2014,

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) * ''Elizaveta: Hero EP'' (2014, Flower Army Records) * "Messenger" (2015, Flower Army Records) * "Extraordinary" (with

and Spyker) (2017,

) * "SOS" (2018, Flower Army Records) * "Drifters" (with Feint) (2019,

)

References

External links

the official site

official SoundCloud page with various tracks & demos
on

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