Aistė Smilgevičiūtė

Aistė Smilgevičiūtė
Birth name Aistė Smilgevičiūtė
Also known as Aistė
Born October 29, 1977 (1977-10-29) (age 34)
Origin Plungė, Lithuania
Genres folk, jazz, poprock
Occupations vocalist, lyricist, songwriter
Labels Via Artis
Associated acts Skylė
Erdvė

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 Classical Philology 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 dialect. This song made 20th place in the competition, with 13 points.

Discography

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ovidijus Vyšniauskas
with "Lopšinė mylimai"
Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
1999
Succeeded by
Skamp
with "You Got Style"