Victoria Kokhana

Victoria Kokhana Kushch (also known as Toria Tal, born on May 27, 1990, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian musician. Biography Victoria Kokhana was born on 27 May 1990 in Kyiv, into a Ukrainian family. She began studying music at the age of five. She graduated from the Lysenko Music School, later completing the Department of Choral Conducting (class of Professor O. Tymoshenko) and the Department of Composition (class of Professor L. Dychko) at the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv Conservatory). Career 2006–2013 After graduating from the conservatory, Kokhana devoted herself to the pop music industry. Her experience as a composer and sound producer helped her to gain recognition, and she contributed to the creation of songs and albums for a number of artists. Kokhana was the author of the popular song “Nomer Odin” for the group NuAngels, as well as serving as an arranger on several of their other compositions. The album became a record holder for the number of copies sold in Ukraine, and was honoured with a prestigious “Gold Record” award by the IFPI, one of the oldest music industry associations in Europe. Two songs from the album were selected for the compilation 50 Bes