Biography

Artist Information

Biography
Born in Volgograd, Russia Yulia immigrated to New Zealand with her mother in 2002. During 2003 Yulia attends Cashmere High School and completes education.

During 2003 Yulia is discovered on a regional television show in Christchurch. Show producers send a tape to Gray Bartlett. Gray Bartlett (who also discovered Hayley Westenra) immediately signs Yulia to a management deal. Yulia’s first live performances in 2004 both received standing ovations and occurred with Ivan Rebroff in Christchurch and then in Japan with Russell Watson and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

2004 SONY MUSIC signs Yulia to a six album deal. The first album “Into the West” is released and achieves platinum status in the first week of sales, achieves an official four times platinum sales, 2 radio hits and four weeks at No.1 on the NZ album charts. The album is toured throughout New Zealand but is not exploited outside NZ (with the exception of a very limited promotion in Japan). Yulia performs with Michael Barrymore, Tim Beveridge and Shaun Dixon.
In 2005 Yulia wins two NZ Music Awards for “Best Female Solo Vocalist” and “Highest Selling Album of the Year” in the company of Finn Brothers and Brooke Fraser.

In 2006 SONY BMG releases Yulia’s second album “Montage” which achieves two times platinum sales, 1 Radio Hit Single and becomes No.1 on the NZ album charts. Also in 2006 SONY MUSIC merges with BMG to become SONY BMG. Michael Glading head of SONY of 25 years is made redundant which affected the direction of Yulia’s career. Yulia performs with Englebert Humperdinck & Dame Malvina Major.
Between 2006 and 2008 Yulia attends university to study linguistics. Yulia performs with Geoff Sewell, Amici Forever, TV and Radio.

In late 2007 Yulia contracts Oikos Music to redevelop her brand and her career. Oikos uses 2008 to further develop Yulia’s voice, live performance and settle on the brand / format of female solo vocal in the pop classical crossover genre. January 2009 marketing begins to introduce Yulia to the music industry outside NZ with a view to securing interest from a new record label.



Instrumentation
VOCALS:
- YULIA (SOLO) Pop Folk Classical
BACKING
- LIVE MUSICIANS & ORCHESTRA
- ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUM BACKING TRACKS

Discography
INTO THE WEST
- Number One Hit Album in NZ in the first week of sales - maintained position for four weeks on charts.
- 2 x NZ music industry awards: BEST FEMALE VOCALIST & HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR (NZ)
- Platinum in the first week of sales
- 4 times platinum (still selling)

MONTAGE
- Number 1 Hit Album in NZ in the first week of sales - maintained position for one week)
- 2 times platinum (still selling)

Combined official 6 times platinum sales in New Zealand with total sales estimated 7 times platinum (unofficial).

STATISTICS SUMMARY:

1 x NZ's Only Russian Diva!
2 x No1 Hit Albums NZ
3 x Top 40 Radio Hits
4 x Weeks at No.1 (Into the West)
5 x Years as a household name in NZ
6 x Platinum Sales NZ
7 x Languages in fluent song:
- Russian,
- English,
- French,
- Italian,
- Spanish,
- NZ Maori,
- Latin


Yulia's third album is currently at the pre production planning stage with www.oikos.co.nz

Yulia is unsigned and seeking a record label, territorial representation and promoters.