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-lsb- http://elyachavez.com/ elyachavez.com -rsb- 2006 -- present moscow , soviet union anken todd partnership elya chavez solo_singer 31 july 1984 soft rock elya chavez , ny.jpg elya chavez
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elya chavez

elya chavez -lrb- born 31 july 1984 , moscow -rrb- is a russian `` brite '' style singer of portuguese descent singing in russian , japanese and english .
in 2006 she started her solo vocal career under cooperation with the anken todd partnership producer center .
in 2007 she acted in the roland joffé 's film `` finding t.a.t.u '' , which was later dubbed as you and i .
in 2008 she featured in the maksim voronkov 's film `` a mama luchshe ! '' .
in 2011 she officially submitted an application to channel one russia to participate in the eurovision song contest with the song `` i decide '' , but received no answer .
on the 19th of april , 2011 , she was awarded a certificate of gratitude for holding a charity concert in support of japanese people during recovery after heavily destructive earthquake in the east of japan .
on the 25th of april , 2012 she was a special guest of the `` side by side '' film festival invited by its organizer manny de guerre and performed in the closing ceremony .
on the 5th of august she was invited by the oryol 's mayor sergey stupin to hold a gala concert `` happy birthday , oryol ! ''
at the main city square together with the singer vladimir presnyakov .
in the autumn of 2013 her protest clip against adolescent suicide `` you and me / ty so mnoy , ya s toboy '' shot in moscow and new york earned more than 1 million views on youtube .
elya chavez performs in russia as well as abroad and supports the lgbt movement .
