Elizaveta Igorevna Khripounova, who has recorded under the names “Elly K” and “Elizaveta” was born in New York, but grew up in Russia. After traveling around Europe, she returned to the country of her birth to settle in southern California. Majoring in Opera, she graduated with honors from the University of Southern California and went on to combine her classical training in voice and piano with pop songwriting.

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