aleksandra kovač (serbian cyrillic: александра ковач, pronounced [aleksǎːndra kôʋatʃ]; born 1972) is a serbian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer.she is the eldest daughter of eminent composer kornelije kovač and the elder sister of singer kristina kovač.alongside her sister kristina, kovač came to media prominence as a part of girl group k2, and then launched a successful solo career in 2001.she won a best adriatic act award at the mtv europe music awards 2006.she was one of the judges on the second series of x factor adriaaleksandra kovac holds a master of science degree in composition for screen from edinburgh university, as well as a ba in music education from belgrade university.in 2015 she was a bafta scotland new talent award nominee, and has also won awards for her work in theater, tv, and film.she scored the off broadway theater play 'jackie and marilyn' (april 2014), which premiered at the lion theater in theater row, new york, to rave reviews, as well as the feature length documentary 'the most important boy in the world' (beldocs 2016, idfa 2016).she has two younger sisters; kristina, born in 1974, who is also a musician, and anja, born in 1988, who is an actress.kovač was born and raised in belgrade.surrounded with music throughout her childhood, kovač began playing the piano aged 15, while already writing her own material since the age of 13.she cites aretha franklin, whitney houston, and alicia keys as her idols, and is also a recognized philanthropist.the same year they supported labi sifre at his tour in england.the sister supported bebi dol in her song 'brazil' at the eurovision song contest 1991.in 1993 k2 supported errol brown from hot chocolate on a tour.after the tour, they continued working with brown's band new underground, a manchester based production team, consisting of robert maddix and jonathon beckford.working on that project, the sisters discovered soul and funk music, and quickly absorbed the sounds of her manchester friends’ record collection, which was ripe with old-school soul music, such as aretha franklin, sly stone, parliament and curtis mayfield.at the same time, kovač studied classical music at the belgrade university.in next five years, k2 worked with great names in music such as derek bramble, who worked with whitney houston and nona gaye, the writing duo rod argent, who produced albums for tanita tikaram, and many others.after their contract with mismanagement expired in 1995, the sisters returned to belgrade and wrote, arranged and produced their debut album k2, that hit number one on the charts.k2 sold more than 70 000 copies, and the band had a successful tour all over the country.their second album, malo soula (a little bit of soul), was released in 1996, and hit the charts.in 1997 k2 signed a recording contract with emi to release an album for the spanish market, and the sisters traveled to madrid to record it.in 1998 k2 released their album vamos de fiesta.after a successful promotion of the album and a tour, the group returned to belgrade and stopped working.in 1993 she performed in spain with latino dance group locomía, playing the keyboards and singing back vocals.she also backed singer mickael herzog on his spanish your.soon after k2 stopped performing in late 1990s, aleksandra decided to continue solo, but now not only as a performer and composer, but as an arranger and producer as well.in year 2000 she joined forces with music producer and supervisor, roman goršek, and founded the music production company raproduction, which specializes in composing for film and new media, music supervision and production, songwriting, talent search, marketing and vocal coaching.
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aleksandra kovač (serbian cyrillic: александра ковач, pronounced [aleksǎːndra kôʋatʃ]; born 1972) is a serbian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer.she is the eldest daughter of eminent composer kornelije kovač and the elder sister of singer kristina kovač.alongside her sister kristina, kovač came to media prominence as a part of girl group k2, and then launched a successful solo career in 2001.she was one of the judges on the second series of x factor adriaaleksandra kovac holds a master of science degree in composition for screen from edinburgh university, as well as a ba in music education from belgrade university.kovač was born and raised in belgrade.surrounded with music throughout her childhood, kovač began playing the piano aged 15, while already writing her own material since the age of 13.working on that project, the sisters discovered soul and funk music, and quickly absorbed the sounds of her manchester friends’ record collection, which was ripe with old-school soul music, such as aretha franklin, sly stone, parliament and curtis mayfield.at the same time, kovač studied classical music at the belgrade university.