Zaritza's music and personal story are a journey of juxtaposition: from rich artistic traditions amid austere living conditions in her native rural Russia to the freedom, innovation and kinetic multiculturalism of her adopted home in New York City.  Raised in a village near the Ural Mountains and highly-trained as a competition-winning classical pianist, Zaritza left Russia --and a full scholarship at one of its top universities-- to break from its cultural constraints and pursue her creative ambitions as a composer and performer of modern pop/rock music. 
 
Her music combines dramatic undertones and romantic melodies from her Russian classical roots with the rhythmic pulse, ethereal soundscapes and edgy attitudes of American electro-pop/rock. Zaritza's performance credits in the U.S. include appearing as an opening act for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the Newport International Film Festival, the Rainbow Room and the Metropolitan Room in New York.

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