Hey! My name is Vikram Shankar, and I'm a keyboardist, composer, and producer from Cleveland, Ohio.

Always at the forefront with an active role in emerging stylistic nuances Century Media has truly shattered the barriers and exemplified diversity in extremes while remaining rooted in the underground but giving bands opportunities outside of the normal means with major league international touring, commercial radio play, and music placement in high-profile films, TV and commercials. Despite all of the years and breakthroughs the company maintains their organic, family feel and business is still being conducted by fans of the music for fans of the music.

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Inspired by her classical background in music as well as her Russian heritage, Alina infuses a wide range of operatic melody with her Slavic themed lyrical creativity incorporating a truly traditional cantata.

Her singing experience has started from choral and ensemble music while she studied in a music institution at Russia, Kamchatka majoring in piano from 2003-2009.

After her immigration to Canada in 2011 she has become a vocalist in a band Daylong in 2012 which has become Snowmaiden shortly after her join for the next 4 years.

Over the last couple of years she competed in multiple Canadian classical music festivals such as Peel, Burlington and Rotary where she became an award winner. She also has experience of going to the provincial vocal festival competing among the classical singers of Ontario. She has also been a member of COC summer opera camp in 2013 and 2014.

November 2016 Alina set off to Montreal, Canada to open up for Sonata Arctica, Leave's Eyes and Omnium Gatherum with a Montreal based band Elderoth at Club Soda .

Mid February 2017 marks Alina's debut performance in Mozart's opera sung in German "Magic Flute" where she has sung one of the main roles of the 2nd Lady. This particular production of UWO Opera has been seeing by over 2000 people.

However, In April of 2016 the core members of Snowmaiden Eric Amshukov and Alina Gavrilenko dismember the band due to the personal matters leaving behind multiple gigs and a few demos.

Since then, Alina has obtained Snowmaiden as her stage name and now does guest vocals and covers with local Canadian bands and artists from all around the world. Latest collaborations include musicians from Germany, Scotland, Russia, Ukraine and Italy.

Currently Alina finishes her classical voice performance and Bel Canto studies at the University of Western Ontario, London with a worldwide demanded opera singer John Mac Master ( tenor ). As of 2016 her new university teacher has be come a famous Canadian baritone James Westman.

Aside, she is currently in the process of recording her debut album with the guitarist of Solarus which is being produced by Sean Dowell ( the drummer of Borealis) .

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Musicianship Skills:

Bel Canto
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
11 year experience with choral music
RCM Voice, level 10
ARCT repertoire level
IPA knowledge
Russian Music Institution Red Diploma ( piano major)
Over 100 of classical recitals.

LANGUAGES ( singing ):

English
Russian
Ukrainian
German
French
Italian 
Spanish

GEAR:
Sennheiser 135 G3-P
Sennheiser e945
MXL 990
Monoprice 600800
Logic Pro X 10
2i2 Focusrite Scarlett

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Known as the founder of one of the world's first symphonic metal bands After Forever at the age of 15 and one of The Netherlands' most successful artists, Floor Jansen defied all odds. Graduated from the first class of the Rock Academy (together with Danny Vera & Krezip)  and classically trained she adds a special touch to any song she performs. She is  one of the very few - if not only - female singers who can sing with an operatic approach, pop, rock and even grunting.

As the front singer of Nightwish, one of the world's biggest metal bands, she entered fame with her performance of Ghost Love Score - Live, at Wacken, 2013. The world had gotten to know her skills, but her home country was lagging behind. This all changed when Floor Jansen hit the charts with her performance of Phantom Of The Opera together with Henk Poort on the Dutch TV Show 'Beste Zangers'. 

Soon after this performance she announced a club tour ending with a headline show in AFAS Live of 6000 people which sold out within 24 hours. Not long after, she received an invitation to play a headline show on Pinkpop, one of The Netherlands' biggest festivals.

From one moment to the other she became a sensation and time will tell what happens next.

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New Album, "Antechamber" April 12th!!!

Since the release their full-length album, The Fallen Sun, Sludgehammer have been riding a wave of great reviews for the record as well as their live show.  Bravewords.com says that Sludgehammer “Brings it’s A game” and that the album is “Ferocious from the get-go.”  Whether on the road or in the studio, Sludgehammer delivers the goods with astounding precision and the confidence of a world class band.

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