Iryna Volodymyrivna Shvaidak (Ukrainian: Ірина Володимирівна Швайдак; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian musician. She is a singer and songwriter of the Ukrainian indie band Odyn v kanoe.[1]
Shvaidak graduated from a piano class (taught by S. O. Ulychna) in Zolochiv Music School.[2][when?]
She received her higher education at the Faculty of Philology of Lviv University, majoring in Ukrainian language and literature, where she defended her thesis on the topic: "The Solar World in the Works of Bohdan-Ihor Antonych". In 2011, she became a student of the Master's program of ecumenical sciences at Ukrainian Catholic University.[3]
During university, Shvaidak learned to play the guitar and wrote her first song Nebo (Ukrainian: Небо, lit.'Sky').[4][5] In 2010, Shvaidak with 7 others created the indie band Odyn v kanoe. Her role in the band is songwriter and vocalist.[6] Until 2015, she combined music with professional work and studies,[2][3][6] working in a literary studio for young people in Dzherelo training and rehabilitation center[uk].[7]
