Svitlana Tarabarova | |
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 Tarabarova at the Ukrsongproject 2022 in Gdańsk, Poland | |
| Born | Svitlana Vasylivna Tarabarova (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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Oleksii Bondar (m. 2016) |
| Children | 3 |
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Svitlana Vasylivna Tarabarova (Ukrainian: Світлана Василівна Тарабарова; born 26 July 1990) is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, music producer, and actress.
Biography
Tarabarova was born on 26 July 1990 in Kherson in a large family. Her father worked in a factory and her mother was a kindergarten teacher. As a child she dreamed of becoming a chauffeur and then a singer. She attended music school and various clubs. At the age of 13 she became a member of the dance group "Oasis".[1] After graduating from school, she moved to Kyiv. She graduated from the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts.[2]
She is the winner of the Song of the Year 2014 music award and the Golden Firebird award in the Breakthrough of the Year category.[3][4] For three years in a row (2017–2019), her songs were chosen as amongst the best songs of the year in the Ukrainian Music Platform Music Award.
On 11 October 2016, Tarabarova married her director Oleksii Bondar.[5] On 9 September 2018 she gave birth to a son Ivan[6] and on 23 September 2020, her daughter Mariia was born.[7]
In 2023, she became the music producer of Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia, the Ukrainian national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Since then, she has written three entries that would go on to be selected for the contest: "Kvitka" performed by Anastasiia Dymyd (which placed fifth in 2023),[8] "Hear Me Now" performed by Artem Kotenko (which placed third in 2024) and "Motanka" performed by Sofiia Nersesian (which placed second in 2025, the country's best result since 2013).[9]
Discography
Studio albums
- 2014: Mir vsem (Мир всем)
- 2015: Viriu.Znaiu (Вірю.Знаю)
- 2018: 23:25
- 2023: Dytiachyi albom (Дитячий альбом)
Extended plays (EPs)
- 2016: Naodnytsi (Наодинці)
References
- ^ "TARABAROVA : М1". Телеканал М1 (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Gaganews: Тарабарова". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Анкети голосування експертів Національної музичної премії "Золота жар-птиця" 2018 : М2". 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Офіційний сайт Tarabarova". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Оксана Гончарук (11 October 2016). "Светлана Тарабарова выходит замуж на ВДНХ". kp.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "СВІТЛАНА ТАРАБАРОВА ВПЕРШЕ СТАЛА МАМОЮ". Радио онлайн, видео, музыка, знаменитости, новости — Radioclub (in Russian). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Светлана Тарабарова родила второго ребенка - Lifestyle 24". 24 Канал (in Russian). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Суспільне розпочало Нацвідбір на Дитяче Євробачення – 2024" [Suspilne has launched Natsvidbir na Dytiache Yevrobachennia – 2024] (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Франція перемогла на Дитячому Євробаченні — 2025: Україна — друга" [France has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Ukraine placed second]. Junior.eurovision.ua (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
