Draft:Golda (Tatiana Amirova)

Tatiana (Golda) Amirova (Ukrainian: Тетяна Амірова; born on 23 December, 1993, in Odessa) is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter of Jewish origin performing in the style of Jewish folklore and jazz fusion. . She was a finalist in the Ukrainian edition of The Voice. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Golda has lived in London.

Education
Tatiana Amirova graduated from the School_of_Stolyarsky in Odessa as a pianist. Afterwards, she continued studying piano at the Kyiv Conservatory, graduating with honors.

Musical career
Golda started writing and performing songs as she was a student. In 2016, she became a finalist in the | Ukrainian edition of The Voice, performing ‘Bei mir bist du shein’.

From this point on, Golda started performing songs in Hebrew and Yiddish. She made her own arrangements of old folk tunes fusing them with jazz, soul, and pop. She performed this program in America, Canada, Italy, France, Switzerland, Israel, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Moldova.

In 2021, during the visit of the Israel President Isaac Herzog to Ukraine, Golda performed her cover version of Shma Israel for him. The song was released as a single in 2022.

After the terrorist attack on Israel in October 2023, Golda participated in recording ‘We stand with Israel’ together with Andrey Makarevich, Maxim Leonidov, and other singers.

Musicals
In 2017, in collaboration with choreographers Elena Kolyadenko and Pavlo Bondarenko and costume designer Nazar Didyk, Golda devised and starred in the musical Yiddish Jazz. It tells a story of a Jewish girl in the form of theatrical cabaret in a modern-vintage style

In 2022, after moving to the UK as a refugee, Golda released GOLDA. A Musical Story of Love, Loss and Resilience, in which she explores her experience of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The production is a collaboration between Golda, choreographer Pavlo Bondarenko, dress-designer David Koma, and producer Alexandrina Markvo.

Reception
GOLDA was well received by critics.

Libby Purves wrote: “It’s hypnotic, never a boring note. <…> Explosively joyous, sad, energetic and topical mini-musical. <…> It’s about the hope that springs in any room where songs and stories come alive.”

According to the Russian Art and Culture Journal, “GOLDA is more than just a show; it’s a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and the remarkable capacity of art to heal traumas and unite people.”