Gaitana Essami (Ukrainian: Гайтана Ессамі, born on March 24, 1979 in Kyiv) is an Ukrainian
soul and
rnb singer-songwriter. Her music combines elements of
jazz,
funk,
soul, and
folk music. Gaitana was born in Kyiv, but subsequently moved to the Congo where her father was born, for five years. Afterwards, Gaitana moved back to Ukraine with her mother, but her father stayed in Brazzaville. Gaitana's singing career begins in 1991 with "Fant-loto Nadezhda" children's musical TV contest where she took third place. After that Ukrainian composer Vladimir Bystryakov (
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