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E.R.A.'s smokey voice is a double-edged sword. One side, as if dipped in a
finely aged, old-world claret, immediately transports the listener to a
winding, cobble-stoned street; Exactly the sort of place where forbidden
love flourishes. The other-side is laced with vodka-Red Bull -- if it cuts
you in the club, you won't stop dancing 'til the sun comes up. - Engine Gallery
Toronto singer-songwriter Era hails from the Ukraine but is a true citizen of the world. You hear it in her music, which fuses genres – jazz, blues, pop – as seamlessly as it does cultural influences. Her melodies and lyrics exquisitely blend east, west, timeliness and timelessness.
Born in the Ukraine, Era spent her childhood and adolescence training at a number of prestigious European ballet academies. As a young adult, she danced her way across Europe and North America, performing with some of the world’s most elite ballet companies. Through her dancing, Era developed an outstanding musicality and a formidable command of the stage.
After settling in Toronto, Era chose a new channel for her creativity. A singer from an early age, she began writing and recording her own songs. Very quickly, it became clear that this was a singer with something to say.
Era’s international adventures have endowed her with a unique, expansive, characteristically modern perspective that infuses each of her songs. Neither here nor there, they are somehow all places – exactly wherever you are.
- Art Council Foundation
Discography
2009-'Sweet minds'
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Multi-talented and Ukraine born Era Chorna is undoubtedly one of Toronto's best. She's travelled all over the world, and her music shows it. She's an award winning singer, ballet dancer, and choreographer, as well as a model. Era has a deep, rich, yet soothing voice that has clear jazz and opera influences, with a voice far beyond and more distinct than her opera house background. She received extensive ballet training from some of Europe's top and most prestigious ballet studios, including the Ukrainian Ballet Academy and the Vienna Ballet Conservatory. Era has performed, and competed, in front of a number of international audiences, including Ukraine, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria, USA, and Canada. She has performed in places such as the "Moscow Nights", where she played original compositions, Cadillac Fairview Gala, performing some of her 30 original and cover songs, the "Rondo Night Club" in Toronto, as the singer of the jazz band "Softstream Quintet","Urania Theatre" in Berlin, "Millennium Theatre" in New York City and much more. In 2008 she won 1-st place at international vocalists competition “Star Chance” in New York City, U.S.A and Special award from HTB-America TV Channel.She received a spacial price from international foundation 'MEDEK' in Germany.Has also worked with the Modern Dance Company in Toronto, under choreographer Robert Desrosiers. Era is working on putting together a new band, as well as working on an upcoming solo album release" Sweet Minds". She is a founder of independent artist foundation and record label "One World". She is also working on an original contemporary jazz musical, "Love As Colour", which combines her love for singing, dancing,music and poetry.
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