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Ivan & Alyosha, also known as I&A, is a folk-pop, indie, rock band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 2007 with the current members, Tim Wilson and Ryan Carbary. They were later joined by Pete Wilson (Tim's brother) and Tim Kim. In 2009 the band was recognized nationally by NPR during their coverage of SXSW. Ivan & Alyosha's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing.

History

Ivan & Alyosha was formed by Tim Wilson and Ryan Carbary in 2007. The two met while working on other projects and soon found themselves working exclusively with each other. Together they decided to go into the studio to record. Their first release was an extended play, "The Verse, the Chorus," produced by Eli Thomson in Los Angeles, California. At the time the band did not have a name, but during a discussion about the nameless project Eli Thompson suggested "Ivan and Alyosha" from the 'Brothers Karamazov'. The two original members were fans of the genre and the name stuck. Ivan & Alyosha performed in Texas at SXSW 2010.

Alyosha is an affectionate diminutive (hypocorism) of the name Alexey and may refer to:

People

Fictional people

Monuments

"Alyosha" (Russian: «Алёша») is a Soviet-era Russian song by composer Eduard Kolmanovski and poet Konstantin Vanshenkin. The subject is the Alyosha Monument, the common local name for the 11-metre (36-foot) statue of a WWII Soviet soldier which stands in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv as a monument to all Soviet soldiers who died in the occupation of Bulgaria.

Creation of the song

In 1962, Eduard Kolmanovskii visited Bulgaria, including in the city of Plovdiv where the Alyosha monument stands, where he learned the story of its origin. Kolmanovskii later shared his notes with poet Konstantin Vanshenkin, who was inspired by the topic and soon wrote a poem.

Kolmanovskii then composed music for the verses. The mournful feeling of the song is achieved with the minor mood of the music and by the lyric which employs both slow repetition ("If there's a new snowfall in the fields / Snowfall, snowfall / If there's a new snowfall in the fields / Or thunder echoes in the rain / He stands upon the mountain: Alyosha, / Alyosha, Alyosha / He stands upon the mountain, Alyosha / A Russian soldier in our Motherland") and pathos ("Since the blizzard of bullets, his tunic is made now of stone... He'll never step down down from his mountain... He cannot give flowers to the women, who give their flowers to him")

Olena Kucher (Ukrainian: Олена Кучер, born 14 May 1986 in Zaporizhia), better known by her stage name Alyosha (Ukrainian: Aльоша), is a Ukrainian singer.

Career

Early career

She studied vocals at the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts and signed with the Catapult Music record label in 2008.

In 2010, Alyosha released an album in the English language with songs written by Dr. Peter B. Chykaliuk and daughter Carrie Chykaliuk.

She was born two weeks after the Chernobyl disaster and her song Sweet People reflects concern both for the effects of this disaster and for the world environment.

2010: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

On 20 March 2010, Alyosha won the Ukrainian National Final and thus represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She replaced Vasyl Lazarovych who was originally picked on December 29, 2009 to represent Ukraine. After some political changes that took place in Ukraine his candidacy was withdrawn on March 15 under suspicion that he was picked with the help of the current director of the State National Television (1st National) Vasyl Ilashchuk. The petition to organize another concourse and to cancel the current results was signed by several famous Ukrainian performers such as Taisia Povaliy, Ruslana Pysanka, Kostyantyn Meladze, and many others.