Background
Alexandrina Hristov was Born on 5 May 1978 in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova in a family of artists. Her father, Victor Hristov, was a painter, while her mother was passionate by acting and singing.
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Alexandrina Hristov
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She graduated from the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chișinău and has beautifully combined music, painting and poetry in her work, since then
Career
She is also a painter and an actress. She started playing the piano and composing her own songs at 8 years. In 2005 she played a main part in Paul Cuzuioc"s movie "Trois femmes de Moldavie", whose soundtrack also included some of Alexandrina"s songs.
After finishing the movie she moved together with her family in Romania and she started to perform in a series of concerts in Cafe Deko in Bucharest.
In 2009, Alexandrina released her first album, "Omul de lut"("The Clay Manitoba") which included songs such as "Printre flori"("Among flowers"), "Roule le taxi", "Maria (de leagăn)"("Maria (lullaby)"). Alexandrina was said to have a special voice and approach.
Over the past years Alexandrina has sung at Gărâna Jazz Festival, Peștera Bolii Festival and Transilvania International Film Festival and appeared at several Romanian television shows on Pro television, TVR1 and Antena1 channels. She gained most of the fans through the Internet and peer-to-peer networks, since she refuses commercial promotion of her work.
Alexandrina sings in Romanian, French and Russian.
Although her style would be difficult to situate into a single music genre, it is influenced by acoustic music, rock music, jazz music and soul music with innovative elements in both her songs and lyrics. Though she is sometimes accompanied by other instrumental performers during her concerts, her beautiful solo voice-and-piano live performances are perhaps most notable. Among the artists who influenced Alexandrina"s style are PJ Harvey, Björk, Morcheeba, and, above all, Tori Amos, with whom she believes she has in common the joy of playing the piano and the sensitivity of her lyrics, which may at times seem senseless.
