Bio

Elly K was born in New York City from Russian parents and grew up in Moscow, Russia.
She has lived, performed and recorded – and had various adventures in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Prague. She toured with Joe Cocker and graduated from the renowned University of Southern California in Los Angeles (her majors were opera and music composition).
Elly K has played piano since she was 6 years old and among her musical influences cites Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Billy Joel, Sting, Annie Lennox and U2. She speaks four languages (English, Russian, Italian & French) and has written award-winning songs and poetry in both Russian and English. She sings pop, opera and jazz and currently also performs with a 10-piece swing band.
She has been one of the few yearly participants in the prestigious ASCAP Lester Sill Advanced Songwriting Workshop and received an ASCAP achievement award for 2003. Elly’s MP3 site counted over 200,000 downloads in the year and a half of its existence. Her song ’15 Minutes of Fame’, which is to be used as theme of an upcoming TV channel in 2004, received two international songwriting awards.
In late 2003, Elly was made official client by renowned legal firm Manatt, Phelps & Philips and is currently in talks with various record labels and managers, as well as publicity firms.
2004 is turning out to be a busy year for Elly. She is releasing her pop album ‘Intangible’ (Honorary 2004 DIY mention) independently in March 2004, while a special 4-song acoustic EP