Yulia MacLean
Yulia (full name Yulia MacLean) is a Russian-born New Zealand crossover singer. Her first Solo Album 'Into The West' went platinum in its first week of sales in New Zealand, achieving four times platinum sales. She won 2 NZ Music Awards; 'Best female solo artist' and '42Below Best selling album in New Zealand'. She has supported Amici and Russell Watson with 2 sold-out tours in Tokyo. Yulia's albums "Into the West" and "Montage" had three top 40 radio hits in New Zealand, "Into the West", "Angel" & "We're All Alone". Yulia is known for her amazing contralto singing voice. She was also the lead singer in a pop duo with her husband Glyn MacLean, called the MacLeaNZ.
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 in her wedding dress, 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yulia Beredenko [1] |
| Also known as | Yulia Townsend, Yulia MacLean, Yulia |
| Born | January, 1986 [2] |
| Origin | Volgograd, Russia [3] |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 2004-present |
Life
Yulia moved to New Zealand to live, from Russia in 2002.
Within two years Yulia learned to speak English, passed all of her senior high school exams at Cashmere High School in Christchurch and signed a recording deal with Sony Music New Zealand. She was taught by Cashmere High School's music department head Gary Thin and teacher Noeleen Penter.
Her first ever concert was in Christchurch with Ivan Rebroff where she received a standing ovation for her version of Ave Maria.
She was first discovered on regional television as a last minute subject for a ten minute segment on Good Living With Kerry Pierson on Christchurch's local television station CTV.
Gray Bartlett, co-director and owner of the Auckland-based promotion company Pacific Entertainment Limited, signed her to a 6 year worldwide sole agency deal but was ended early by Yulia and she was managed temporarily by Michael Glading, ex head of Sony NZ.
In 2007 Yulia met Glyn MacLean, 17 years her senior, director and owner of Oikos Music Group and signed to a management and music publishing deal. On Feb 10th 2008, Yulia married Glyn.
Discography
Albums
- Into The West Special Christmas Edition (2004)
- Into The West (2004) #1 NZ (4x Platinum - 60,000+)
- Montage (2006) #1 NZ (2x Platinum - 30,000+)
References
Other websites
- Official site Archived 2008-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- / MySpace
- / YouTube