Alex Luna (singer)
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Alex Luna | |
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| Олександр Тищенко | |
 Alex Luna in 2019 | |
| Born | Oleksandr Tyshchenko 2 March 1986 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Other names | Alex Luna |
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| Alma mater | R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | www |
Oleksandr Tyshchenko (born 2 March 1986), known as Alex Luna, is a Ukrainian singer, who has been described as a male soprano,[1] actor, film producer and public figure.
Biography
[edit]Tyshchenko was born on 2 March 1986 in the city of Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai, USSR. In 1995 he moved with his family to the city of Bakhmach in Ukraine and in 1999 to the city of Kyiv.
In 2001, he entered the Kyiv Glier Institute of Music, graduating in 2005 with a degree in academic vocal performance.[2]
In 2003, Oleksandr Zlotnyk invited Alex Luna to play one of the main roles (Voice of the South Sea) in the first Ukrainian musical Equator.[3] Svitlana Loboda, Tina Karol, Vasyl Bondarchuk and Vasyl Lazarovych sang in the main cast with Alex Luna.
In 2007, Alex Luna signed his first professional contract with the music label Catapult Music. The result of the collaboration in 2008 was the debut album Svet luny (Moon Light). The presentation of the album took place in the Colonnade Hall of Kyiv City Hall.[4] The first music video for the song "Light of the Moon" was created by American director Angel Gracia, who had previously worked with world stars Madonna and Enigma. During this time, legendary Italian composer Claudio Simonetti took an interest in the performer's voice to create an original musical style.[5]
From 2007 to 2010, Alex Luna took part in numerous concepts dedicated to the end of the Second World War.
In 2008, he performed at the Ovation award ceremony.
Alex Luna has been working with the Swedish A&R and talent manager Anton Sova since 2009.[6] The result of this collaboration was the release of the single "Hands to the Heavens" on the music label TUARON and further collaboration with the artist.[7] The piano part of the single was played by the Ukrainian pianist Ignatijew Pawlo.[8][9]
In 2009, Alex Luna received the "Man of the Year in the Dnieper Region" award.[10] and Gallery magazine.[11]
In 2010, the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre Anastasia Volochkova formed a tandem with Alex Luna and organized a joint tour "Nine Love Stories" and on 26 April Anastasia Volochkova and singer Alex Luna gave their first concert in Chernivtsi.[12][13]
In August 2011, he performed the song "My Heart Will Go On" from the 1997 film Titanic at the 10th anniversary AIDs Gala in Berlin.[14]
Since September 2011, Alex Luna has been the first official Goodwill Ambassador of the national information campaign for HIV/AIDS prevention "Don't give AIDS a chance!",[15] organized by the Ukrainian Ministry of Healthcare and supported by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit).[16]
In October 2011, he performed at the 17th Opera Ball in Leipzig.
In 2011, he also took part in the opening of Ukraine's main Christmas tree with a children's ensemble and performed at the 3rd Presidential Charity Ball in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[17]
Alex Luna has been working with opera singer Maria Maksakova since 2017. For the first time, the artists performed their duet in Kyiv at the Vienna Ball. In 2018, the artists presented the concert program Queen of Spades on the stage of the Odessa Philharmonic and in the Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola Lysenko.
In 2020, he co-produced the horror film In a Black-Black Room.[18][19][20]
In 2021, Alex Luna created the art project Somnia Disaster, dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy. Ukrainian model Snizhana Onopko took part in the art project. The presentation of the project took place on the anniversary of the tragedy on 26 April at the Civil Defense Museum "Wormwood Star" in the city of Chornobyl. On 28 April, at the National Conservation Area Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. On 14–21 August 2021, the project was presented at the 12th Odesa International Film Festival in Odesa.
Since 2022, Alex Luna has been a co-organizer of the Fundamentals of the Country charity foundation.[21][22]
Discography
[edit]Music videos
[edit]- 2007 – "Moonlight" (director: Angel Gracia)
- 2008 – "Night" (director: Yevgeniy Timokhin)
- 2009 – "Ruki k nebesam" [Hands to the heavens] (director: Alexey Fedosov)
- 2010 – "Nebesa" (Heavens)
Studio albums
[edit]- 2008 – Svet Luny [Moon Light][23]
Singles
[edit]- 2007 – "Moon light"
- 2008 – "Night"
- 2008 – "Ruki k nebesam" [Hands to the heavens]
- 2009 – "Mystery night"
- 2010 – "Nebesa" [Heavens]
Filmography
[edit]Producer
[edit]- 2020 – "Black-Black Room"[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alex Luna – уникальный исполнитель, обладатель редкого голоса" [Alex Luna – the owner of unique voice], conferences.tochka.net, 8 February 2008 (in Russian and Ukrainian)
- ^ (in Russian)Алекс Луна: «Скоро будут сравнивать не меня с Витасом, а Витаса со мной»
- ^ (in Russian)Алекс Луна «Мюзикл Экватор Голос южных морей» Archived 14 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Ukrainian)Співак Алекс Луна виступив у Колонній залі столичної мерії[permanent dead link]
- ^ (in Russian)Голос Alex Luna зазвучит в готическом стиле
- ^ Иванченко, Алексей (25 January 2023). "Компания «Туарон» удостоилась престижной номинации на кинофестивале в Марбелье". Обзор Газет, обзор прессы (in Russian). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Releases". TUARON. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Tuaron – новые возможности для каждого украинского музыканта". U-News (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ admin (29 June 2023). "Украинские артисты смогут издаваться под лейблом Туарон". Новини Ю (in Russian). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "What's On: The Shining Light of Alex Luna". Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ (in Russian)Alex Luna появится на обложке Gallery Archived 24 July 2012 at archive.today
- ^ "Анастасия Волочкова и Алекс Луна создали новый тандем, Новости онлайн, пожары в москве, магнитные бури, взрывы на солнце, максимальная температура, жара, журнал «Б52», журнал для мужчин, стиль драйв секс видео фото блоги и многое другое для мужчин". web.archive.org. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Анастасия Волочкова, Алекс Луна". OBOZREVATEL (in Russian). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Alex Luna nospid – YouTube". web.archive.org. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ (in Russian)Выступление Alex Luna на концерте, посвящённом акции «Антиспид», 3 декабря 2010
- ^ (in Russian)Vlada Crystal и Alex Luna – Сюжет М1: концерт «Антиспид» 3 декабря 2010, Киев
- ^ (in Russian)Alex Luna на президентском благотворительном балу в Алматы, 2011
- ^ "Краще б їх ніколи не було! 5 найганебніших українських фільмів". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Апостолова, Лілія (5 March 2020). "Вісім українських прем'єр. Що дивитися в кіно цієї весни" [Eight Ukrainian prime ministers. What to watch at the movies this spring]. detector.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ a b Sobolev, Denis, V chorniy, chorniy kimnati (Horror), Rey Eremey, Iryna Kudashova, Artur Novikov, Helga Filmwork, retrieved 22 August 2024
- ^ Руденко, Слава (2022). "Болгарія допомогла з оздоровленням дітей з деокупованих територій". censor.net.
- ^ Крижева, Тетяна (2022). ""Психологом та реабілітологом були тепле море і спокійний час": 50 дітей з Чернігівщини оздоровилися в Болгарії". suspilne.media.
- ^ (in Russian)Певец Алекс Луна выпустил альбом «Свет луны»
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