She graduated from the Conservatory of Chişinău, Moldova (former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics).She served as a soloist of the Latvian State Philharmonic in Riga (former Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics).
Born in 1939 in Kharkiv, Ukraine (former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics). Svetlova was known as a chamber singer of classical repertoire. In the 70-80s years of last century she got the fame of a fine interpreter of Yiddish folksongs arranged in a contemporary classical idiom by Max Goldin.
Later on, A.Svetlova was joined by the Riga instrumental ensemble "Via tertia" under the direction of Samuel Heifetz, who created a crossroad mode arrangements for her songs, attainable by a wider audience.
She works as a vocal coach residing in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
