Lidia Isac

Lidia Isac (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlidi.a iˈsak], born 27 March 1993) is a Moldovan singer. She represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Falling Stars".[1] She participated in season 6 of The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Florent Pagny and subsequently in season 7 of Vocea României as part of Team Tudor Chirilă.

Lidia Isac
Lidia Isac at Meet & Greet Eurovision 2016
Background information
Born	27 March 1993 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Origin	Moldova
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer journalist
Instruments	Vocals Piano
Years active	2013–present

Life and career

Lidia Isac was born on 27 March 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her mother and father were Moldavian students that met each other during their studies. A few months after Lidia's birth, they moved back to Moldova.

Lidia has been involved in music since childhood. When she was 7 she began to study piano at "Maria Bieșu" musical school in Chișinău. She was into music, however she never thought about singing. At the age of 13, her French teacher noticed she had a deep voice, which was unusual for her age. She thought that Lidia could sing and suggested that she learn some songs by Édith Piaf. After performing them in concerts in school, all teachers named her "Little Édith Piaf".

Lidia participated in and won numerous competitions. Her first international contest was at the age of 13, in Bulgaria - "Serebryanaia Yantra", she won the special prize of the audience.

Her latest achievements are participation in the final of the "New Wave 2014" international contest in Jūrmala, third place in the "East Bazaar 2013" competition in Yalta, two-times participant in the national final of Eurovision Song Contest, Grand-Prix of the "Baltic Supertars" contest in Sankt-Petersburg, first place in "Meikin Asia 2015" in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, reporting for a Moldovan TV Channel from Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna being there with SunStroke Project (ESC2010 representative of Moldova). Lidia represented Moldova at Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with the song "Falling Stars". She recorded a French version entitled "Pluie d'étoiles".[2] She passed the blind auditions in season 6 of The Voice: la plus belle voix and continued the show as part of Team Florent Pagny.

Some of Lidia Isac's songs topped the national radio charts in Moldova. One of Lidia's songs was written by the Grammy nominees Bridget Benenate, Niklas Pettersson and Mikael Albertsson. The song "Falling Stars" reached number 13 in the Top 50 Viral Spain, on Spotify.

Lidia graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at the State University of Moldova. She practices vocal lessons at the Academy of Music, Theater and Arts.

References

1. "Eurovision Moldova 2016: Cine sunt cei 24 de semifinalişti şi când aflăm cine merge la Stockholm". adevarul.ro. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
2. "Lidia Isac - Falling Stars (Pluie d'etoiles) Unplugged French version".