Aistė Smilgevičiūtė

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Aistė Smilgevičiūtė
Background information
Birth name Aistė Smilgevičiūtė
Also known as Aistė
Born October 29, 1977 (1977-10-29) (age 30)
Origin Plungė, Lithuania
Genre(s) folk, jazz, poprock
Occupation(s) vocalist

Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (born October 29, 1977 in Plungė) is a Lithuanian singer. She performs folk music, jazz, pop rock and other kinds of alternative music. Since 1996 Aistė has been a member of the music band "Skylė". She also graduated in Philosophy from Vilnius University.

Aistė participated as a Lithuanian contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Israel, singing a modern folk song, "Strazdas" ("Song Thrush"), in the Samogitian language. This song made 20th place in the competition, with 13 points.

[edit] Discography

  • Aistė po vandeniu (1996) (Aistė under water)
  • Sakmė apie laumę Martyną (1996) (Story about pixie Martyna)
  • Strazdas (1999, singlas) (Thrush)
  • Tavo žvaigždė (2000, single) (Your star)
  • Babilonas (2000) (Babylon)
  • Užupio himnas (2001) (Hymn of Užupis)
  • Nepamirštoms žvaigždėms (2003) (To unforgettable stars)
  • Povandeninės kronikos (2007) (Underwater Chronicles)

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Preceded by
Ovidijus Vyšniauskas
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
1999
Succeeded by
Skamp