Tatyana Kalmykova (also known as SWA and SVA) - singer, composer, researcher of ancient Russian music. Born in 1976 in Moscow. Took part in a number of expeditions exploring Russian singing traditions in Smolensk, Bryansk, Belgorod and Vologda regions, Khakassia and Tuva. Tatyana Kalmykova is a student of the well known master and teacher of folklore, the founder and the head of ensemble of folk music Dmitry Pokrovsky. In her projects Tatyana combines tradition, authentic singing and improvisation.
Projects:
1997 - "Mother SVA" project together with Elena Yakimova, also Dmitry Pokrovsky's student. They played some concerts in Moscow and left to travel. In Prague, "Mother SVA" took part in festivals, but a month later Elena has returned to Moscow, and Tatyana stayed in Czech for two years, taking part in "Hookah-jazz" project with jazz musicians and also acted with solo project, taking a pseudonym "TANYA SVAHA".
1998 - she met Ole Lukkoye group in Brno and took part in "Solips" ("Solar eclipse") festival in Hungary. In autumn of 1998 Tatyana returned to Russia to continue working with "Ole Lukkoe" group in Saint-Petersburg, making studio recordings and performing till 2003. With "Ole Lukkoe" Tatyana participated in many international festivals.
1999 - multimedia project "2012". Participating in festivals "Forces of light" (1999) in Finland, "SKIF-4" (2000).
2003 - project with Alex Levin (Vershki Da Koreshki), concerts in Holland.
2003 - project SVA, album "U-la-ga-do-U-la-ga-do".
2004 - projects with Sergey Sokolov (bass, double bass, electronics, composition). First performance: Peter and Paul Fortress festival. Then: festivals "SKIF-2004", "Sayansk Ring", festival of female vocalists in Moscow.
2004 - "Space Of Joy" tour to Finland, Germany, international Tance festival in Morocco "New year-2005".
2005 - new album with Sergey Sokolov "SWA Vesak" , new album "Manuscript". Festivals: "Sisto Palkino", "Sayansk ring", "Day out of time" (Space Of Joy community). Working in studio with Sergey Sokolov "SeVeRa".
2006 - festival "Day out of time".
2007 - Moscow, project with Sergey Starostin.
2008 - concerts with vocalist Maya Archipenko and solo performances, studio work. Festivals: "Sisto Palkino": SWA and DJs, "Khan Altay" festival in Siberia, I-Petri Mountain festival in Ukraine. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.