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Mikhail Alekseevich Smirnov, who is better known by his stage name Misha Smirnov (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Смирнов; born 30 April 2003) is a Russian child singer, songwriter and actor.
He represented Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Mechta" (Russian: Мечта, English: Dream), where he placed sixth. Mikhail is a finalist of the 2nd season "Voice. Kids" in Russia, an actor of musical theatre "Ivanhoe", a multiple Grand-prizer of many Russian and international vocal competitions.
Early life and career
Mikhail was born on 30 April 2003 in Moscow in a family of mathematicians. Both his parents graduated from the Math and Mechanics faculty of the Moscow State University. When he was three, Mikhail suddenly began to stutter and his parents sent him to singing lessons as a therapy. There his first vocal coach Julia Narnitskaya noticed that Mikhail has a good ear for music and great vocal. His mother Olga graduated from music school, played the piano and she cultivated Mikhail’s love of music as well.
Gradually gaining skills, Mikhail began performing at various competitions and winning prizes. At the age of 8 Mikhail has gone to another studio, Lyudmila Simon became his new vocal teacher. Mikhail came up to the professional level and achieved the most significant victories with her.Mikhail has a huge number of Gran Prix on various Russian and international vocal competitions. But he says that his major achievement is the final of the TV show The Voice Kids (Голос. Дети).
Junior Eurovision 2015
Mikhail had to battle a series of strong female vocalists, many of whom rode the EDM trend with upbeat, danceable songs.
Misha Was Won On The Russian National Final And He Represent Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Finished 6th.
After That, He Was The Host On Goryachaya Desyatochka (Top 10) on Karusel.
Acting
In 2012, Misha Was Performed at the Moscow International House of Music as a Role of Mowgli in The Musical Мы Одной Крови (We Have One Blood).
On December 2015, The New Musical Баллада о маленьком сердце (The Ballad of a Heart) Was Premiered with the role of Alyoshka.
Discography
Albums/EPs
- "15" / "DREAMERBØY" (2018)
- Silence (2018)
- Height (2019)
Singles
- 13 September 2015 - Mechta (Dream)
- 3 May 2016 - Nash Dom (Our Homeland)
- 12 March 2017 - Parashyut (Parachute)
- 23 April 2017 - Virazhi (Turn)
- 13 May 2017 - Nochnoy Izgoy (An Outcast)
- 29 May 2017 - Ne Khvatayet (Not Enough) (With Arina Danilova)
- 24 June 2017 -Opisat Tebya (Asking You)
- 15 July 2017 - Prosti (Sorry)
- 5 August 2017 - Vechnost (Eternity)
- 28 October 2017 - 03
- 25 November 2017 - Ubegay (Running Away)
- 30 December 2017 - Byli Schastlivy (We're Happy)
- February 3, 2018 - Your Name-
- February 23, 2018 - One Cannot Get Through (With Kirill Skrypnyk)
- March 8, 2018 - Moon
- April 29, 2018 - You Are Far (With Alisa Kozhikina)
- May 13, 2018 - My Light
- 30 December 2018 - Not To Me
Personal life
Mikhail is a very versatile young man. In addition to singing, he acts professionally in musical theater. Jim Hawkins in the play “Treasury Island” is one of his roles.
Also He writes poetry, plays football, making Music during his Free Time and is keen on shooting and editing his own mini-videos.Mikhail even has his own channel (blog) on YouTube.
