Biography
Author, composer and performer born in Moscow, Russia, Alina Dunaevskaya has been early interested in various fields of art. Following a line of artists who are part of Russian history and culture, Alina arrived in France at the age of 3 and entered the conservatory of classical dance and music theory at 9, in order to perform as a classical dancer.
Parallel to her studies at the Conservatory, she took acting classes and participated in several plays. Then, Alina felt her need for music and joined a dance / singing / comedy school (AID, Paris) to learn vocal technique and to perfect modern Jazz dance and comedy. She will perform over the years of adolescence in a variety of classical ballets, jazz shows and operettas, as a dancer, actress and sometimes singer. Passionate about fine arts, painting and ancient architecture, after high school graduation, Alina began studying Art history at the Sorbonne, but pushed by her singing teacher to embark on her first passion, the music, she decided to record some covers and her own compositions, on piano and vocals until 2003 when she founded the rock band Markize with David Verbecq (on drums). She will end her studies at the Sorbonne to devote herself to her artistic activities: photos for corset designers, fashion catwalks and especially her band, Markize.
After several tours in France and the Netherlands (over 150 concerts), Alina and Markize started an European tour in 2010 (which continues in 2011) along with Tarja Turunen (ex Nightwish) on the finest stages in Europe ( Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Netherlands, England, France (Zenith and Bataclan), Switzerland, Finland, Belgium, Germany) while completing her highly awaited new album in studio.
Meantime, Alina is working on her solo project and can’t wait to share with you her new stuff!
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