Alyshen Nikita \"Alyshen\" Bogdanov who goes under the name of Alyshen was born on the 23rd of February, 1987 in Tallinn, Estonia. Today he is singing, writing lyrics and music in pop, soul and r\'n\'b genres. He lived and worked in his town till the age of 19. After finishing secondary school in Tallinn he entered National University of Culture And Arts in St. Petersburg. At the age of nine he began singing in church choir. It was the beginning of his passion for music. At the age of 12 Alyshen’s talent was discovered by his teacher who also became his friend. They began working together in studio with music material in order to find their own style. Alyshen decided to become a member of a trio boy band. They recorded some songs and had successful tours around the country but one year later Alyshen left the band and decided to become a solo singer. At the age of 15 he wrote his first song \"I\'ll Go Now\". It was about his relations with a girl much older than him. The song was quite popular on Estonian radio. Later he began to take part in various music festivals and competitions such as \"World Championships of Performing Arts\" in Hollywood, Los-Angeles, \"New Wave\" in Moscow, etc. He also traveled around the world participating in big combined concerts and even got a culture development reward in Poland. Besides this all, he began supporting various cultural arrangements aiming at youth language integration, international music festivals, international relations, etc. A year later he decided to take part in TV-show looking for talented people. This brought him great experience and good results. Besides, Alyshen went on writing new songs, experimenting and working in various musical styles. Among the people whose creative work has definitely influenced Alyshen and his music were Peter Gabriel, Mylene Farmer, Bjork, Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Isley Brothers, Jodeci, R.Kelly, Donny Hathaway. Some years later Alyshen was invited to take part in international musical reality-show that became a very important step not only in his musical career but also in his private life. He terminated his long relationship with his girlfriend and met a very talented female singer J-Zohar. They are dating now. They inspired each other and worked on their first solo albums together. Although Alyshen was born in Christian family, he was always interested in cultures, religions, spiritual doctrines and practices history. During the process of studying various spiritual doctrines in order to find answers for eternal existential questions he has come to Kabbalah doctrine. The man who had told Alyshen about this was Michael Laitman, the widely known scientist studying classic kabbalah, a doctor of Philosophy, a professor of ontology and theory of knowledge, the founder and the leader of International Kabbalah Academy and J. Ashlag Kabbalah Research Institute. Now Alyshen is traveling around the world, working with musicians in various styles like pop-rock, hip-hop, soul, flamenco, new age and recording his first solo album.
Website: www.reverbnation.com/alyshen
GMP Profile URL: http://www.globalmusicproject.com/alyshen
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