Tatiana Lina

Russian born, I am a professional actress, a singer and a composer. I live in Amsterdam since 1992. I write music for theatre shows and films. Quite a few of the performances with my music were produced in Russia and in Europe. I also write vocal arrangements of the world music for my a capella quartet Rusalki, where I am also a singer. (www.rusalkiquartet.nl)

RUSALKI a capella quartet; vocal; vocal arrangements ; www.rusalkiquartet.nl A collection of Russian and world folklore. СD Rusalki 1997; CD Singing the land 2003; Performed: Holland, Russia, Ukraine, Egypt, Germany, Denmark RUSSIAN ROMANCES solo program;vocal; guitar A collection of Russian and Gypsy romances; Performed: Holland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy NISIA project of the Dutch Rock-and- Pop Institute; vocal CIRC DU SOLEIL CD production: « Magie du Soleil »; vocal UNCLE REMUS TALES country-musical; vocal THE ORCHESTRA musical, based on the 60th pop hits; vocal, vocal arrangements AL CAPONE JAZZ musical show, based on jazz music; vocal KERSTAVOND musical; Original music; vocal arrangements; vocal DECAMERON Musical performance; Original music for songs; sound tracks DEAD SOULS Musical performance; Original music; vocal arrangements WILLS WILL Original music for songs; vocal arrangements; Chamber performance based on biography and writings of W. Shakespeare; Amsterdam 2006 BIRTH OF A POET & GYPSIES Original music for songs; vocal arrangements Performance based on biography and poetry of A. Pushkin; Amsterdam 2005 THE STORM; W. Shakespeare original music and songs. Amsterdam 2007

I have a lot of concerts with my vocal quartet RUSALKI. The next performances are at the OEROL Festival in the Nederlands. Very often music is a part of theatre shows I am in, so there I can also sing to my heart's content. Currently there are two productions on the go: "The Birth of a poet. Gypsies" - about the youth of a great Russian poet Alexands Pushkin and his dramatic poem "The Gypsies"; and "Will's Will" - about the last days of William Shakespeare and about his testament, in which a humanity was not mentioned, but of which it benefited the most. For both plays I wrote music and vocal arrangements. I am happy that I can "marry" my two great passions - music and theatre.

I have no real musical idols. I am equally happy to listen to Freddie Mercury and a village violinist - as long as music is passionate, sparkling, skillfull and inspiring. I co-write with great poets like W. Shakespeare, W. Blake, F. Villon, A. Pushkin - they give me inspiration for the music. And the world music, which I love and I am trying to be part of, is the reachest sourse of ideas.

I have my guitar and a small virtual home studio.