Bard. Alina Simonova was born on February 19, 1980 in Samara. In 2002 she moved to Moscow. Winner of the Grushin Festival in 1998.

Alina is a new young rising star of the bard genre.  Her voice is very clear and her guitar is very well adjusted to her voice.  It is obvious from her music that her influences are not just the Russian bard movement, but also some American jazz and blues.