Nataliya May
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Nataliya May | |
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 May in concert with her daughters | |
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| Born | 25 May 1968 Sverdlovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Website | www |
Nataliya Mykhaylivna May (Ukrainian: Наталія Михайлівна Май; born 25 May 1968) is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. She is the head of the Creative Center of N. May Poltava City Cultural House and director of the charity fund for the Promotion of Culture and Support for Gifted Gourmet Children and Youth.[1]
May was born in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Dovzhansk) of Luhansk Oblast. In 1980, she moved with her family to Poltava, to her mother's home. From a very young age, she feels craving for a Ukrainian folk song that was passed on to her from her grandmother and mother.
In 1985, May graduated from the Poltava State Music School named after MV Lysenko, begins to write her first songs. In 2000, she released her first audio album "Vasilechki", in which children's songs are performed by her daughters of Olesya and Stanislava. After the first - the following audio albums are issued: "The Feast of the Fairy Tale", "Candle", "And the dew fall into the grass ...", "Samotha", "And the shirt of my mother is white and white ...". These albums were reissued in 2007 – 2008.
Her daughters Olesya and Stanislava, who have already won the first awards at the song festivals, are also singers.[2]
