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Artist
Elya Chavez
12+ albums
j-popbriteanimefemale vocalistsjapanese
about
Elya Chavez / Эля Чавес / エーリャ・チャーヴェス Born 31 July 1984, Moscow, USSR Elya grew up in two historic areas of Moscow — Dynamo and Tsaritsyno. She used to spend hours in the park in the neighborhood of the Moscow Air Force Ingineering Academy with her beloved granny and her dog named Klim. The ruins of Tsaritsyno Grand Palace in the near of her school was Elya’s favorite place to play and meet with her friends. Elya says that “going on the swings and singing out loud” was very usual of her at that time, which made her very popular among her classmates. The idea of practicing music on a regular basis came to Elya as early as in the primary school, that’s why she asked her father to enroll her in a music school. Unfortunately all vacancies in a piano class were filled, so when they asked her what other class she'd like to attend, she shrugged her shoulders and answered “What’s the diff now?” This is how she got to a domra class. It was amazing how quickly Elya mastered the instrument; soon she was invited to the school ensemble. The teachers made special mention of her skilled and emotional play. However, the relations with the teachers were upset because they tended to “give all children equal opportunities”, which annoyed Elya and her friends who appreciated her as an informal leader. All those annoying admonitory talks to put the chill on the “opinionated girl” finally got the counter effect, and Elya made up her mind to “let it all hang out” and quit the school. It migh
