About Me
Angelina Kolobukhova was born and raised in Minsk, Belarus. At 8 years old, she fell in love with singing when she met her voice teacher, Veronika Yanovskaya, who introduced Angelina to jazz music and sparked the fascination with Ella Fitzgerald’s improvisation and Ray Charles’s soulful singing. While receiving her primary education, Angelina participated in international vocal competitions and festivals in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In addition to jazz music, Angelina also became inspired by artists like Stevie Wonder and Jill Scott, and she released her first single, Off the Road when she was 17.
At 17 she was awarded a scholarship to attend Adelphi University’s Honors College on Long Island, NY and moved to the United States in the summer of 2018. Initially, she intended to follow her parents’ footsteps in medicine, but later decided to pursue music and double-majored in Jazz Studies and Cognitive Neuroscience. Angelina graduated summa cum laude in May 2022.
In 2021 and 2022, Angelina participated in the Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency, having performed at the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. Angelina has previously performed at Birdland Jazz Club and Ornithology Jazz Club, among other NYC venues and holds a frequent residency at Upper East Side's favorite Melody's Piano Bar. She has also collaborated with Sofar Sounds, NPR Live, the Hartford Jazz Society, and the New Brunswick Jazz Project. Most recently, Angelina became a finalist in the prestigious 2024 and 2025 Ella Fitzgerald Competition. She currently performs and teaches in NYC and is working on her debut album.