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Regina Spektor was born on February 18th, 1980, in Moscow, Russia and immigrated to the United States when she was nine. Spektor studied classical piano from the age of six, practising on a Petrof piano given to her mother by her grandfather. She was also exposed to the music of rock and roll bands such as The Beatles, Queen, and The Moody Blues by her father, who obtained such recordings in Eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in the Soviet Union. The family left the Soviet Union in 1989, when Regina was nine, during the period of Perestroika when Jewish citizens were permitted to emigrate. The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving Russia, but they finally decided to emigrate, for religious and political reasons.
Travelling first to Austria and then Italy, the family settled in the Bronx, New York, United States where Spektor graduated from a middle school yeshiva. She then attended the Frisch Yeshiva High School in Paramus, New Jersey on a scholarship for two years, but, feeling out of place, eventually transferred to a secular public school, Fair Lawn High School, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where she finished the last two years of her high school career.
Spektor has stated that she was originally interested only in classical music, but that she later became interested in pop, rock, and punk as well.
Her father, a photographer, was also an amateur violinist. Her mother was a music professor in a Russian conservatory and now teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York.
Beginnings as a songwriter
Travelling first to Austria and then Italy, the family settled in the Bronx, New York, United States where Spektor graduated from a middle school yeshiva. She then attended the Frisch Yeshiva High School in Paramus, New Jersey on a scholarship for two years, but, feeling out of place, eventually transferred to a secular public school, Fair Lawn High School, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where she finished the last two years of her high school career.
Spektor has stated that she was originally interested only in classical music, but that she later became interested in pop, rock, and punk as well.
Her father, a photographer, was also an amateur violinist. Her mother was a music professor in a Russian conservatory and now teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York.
Beginnings as a songwriter
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xanti_j wrote:
Регина! приезжай в Россию!
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Kougus wrote:
EET
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comeonpilgrim22 wrote:
Regina Fans: Have you guys heard any of Sara Bareilles' new album? You can listen to it here if you haven't: http://www.iheartradio.com/cc-common/ondemand/music.html?apid=6846. It's really beautiful!
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Genius Next Door... <3
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danydaniella wrote:
my heart for her <3
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NickyNacker wrote:
vote this picture up please :)
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Raphael_Senger wrote:
she'll be here near the city i live in brazil ** i'll see her at last \õ/
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hophophoba wrote:
ccc regina reyis ccc
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dudubicolor wrote:
Reginaa (L)
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occams wrote:
sad it took me so long to listen to begin to hope
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Hiigg wrote:
marry me.
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Blito_0 wrote:
I was born on 18 February too. = )
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adace wrote:
She's just gorgeous. I want to marry her ;) Oh yeah and her music is really amazing!
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strausmm wrote:
Fiz uma semana só com posts relacionado a ele no meu blog. Quem quiser de uma olhadinha lah =) http://classificandooinclassificavel.blogspot.com/search/label/Regina%20Spektor A o blog fala de músicas e suas classificações http://classificandooinclassificavel.blogspot.com
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Braile <3
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better <3
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I aint about to die like this~
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õ/
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gui_x wrote:
=]
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PinkLightsaber wrote:
J'adore Regina Spektor! Elle est super avec le piano :)
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& Joshua Bell - "Left Hand Song"…
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Oct
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Regina Spektor
Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Oct
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Regina Spektor
Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| 248 attendees
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Oct
9
SWU Music + Arts Festival
Fazenda Maeda, Itu, São Paulo, Brazil
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| 1,658 attendees
News
Another show added in Argentina
31 Aug 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/reginaspektor
Wednesday, 6th October, 2010
Gran Rex Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pre sale starts: Wednesday, 1st September, 2010
Pre sale link: http://www.ticketek.com.ar/Conciertos/Interprete-Internac...
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