Tina Šetkić (born 7 April 1999) is a French guitarist (with Yugoslav parents) specialising in covering technically difficult solos of heavy metal from

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, Gary Moore,

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, Megadeth, and Pink Floyd, and metalised classical music including pieces from

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, Paganini, and

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. From the age of thirteen, her popularity has increased, especially through

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and social media (inactive, however, since 2016), attracting the attention of notable musicians and guitar manufacturers.

Early life

Originally from the

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region, she received classical guitar lessons at the age of 6, and later studied under

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guitarist Renaud Louis-Servais. At the age of 9, she covered the classic version of "

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" by the

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and at 13 she began to specialise in electric rock. According to Šetkić, her interest in the guitar stems from her passion for the work of female guitarists

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and

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YouTube

Šetkić started a YouTube channel in 2007 (at age 8) and in 2013 uploaded a video of her cover of Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo

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. Within a week, this video was seen four million times and in the following two years had been watched eleven million times. In the same year, she took up Antonio Vivaldi's third movement, "Presto", from the Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, better known as the Summer of Four Seasons (the piece was adapted for the electric guitar by

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in 1996). In March 2015, she played ''

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'', by the British band

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. By early 2016, her videos had received a total of about sixty million visits. and in 2017 she rated #217 (Top 36%) on the list of French YouTubers based on the number of subscribers and rated #265 (Top 44%) on the list of French YouTubers based on the number of YouTube hits. Šetkić became a featured artist of the French guitar manufacturer

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, and her playing has been noticed by bassist

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. Šetkić has not uploaded any videos since late 2016 but by 2020 she had amassed a total of 162 million views. Since mid-2016, no evidence suggests that she has performed as an independent artist or as a session musician or been in any way musically active in public.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tina S 1999 births Living people French heavy metal guitarists 21st-century French women musicians 21st-century guitarists 21st-century women guitarists