Colorful (feat. Danica Lipetsky)

"Colorful" is a three-minute 2D animated music video produced by "Insomnia Production" and "Bending Reed Music". It was created by Award-Winning artists Polla-Ilariya Kozino and Jonathan Galland. The English and Ukrainian lyrics are sung by 10-year-old vocalist Danica Lipetsky.

"Colorful" is about a child who uses her vivid imagination to escape the trauma of war. It is known as “dissociative coping”. The lyrics relate to what she experiences in real life, while the images invite us to enter the imaginary safe haven she has created.

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Jonathan Galland is a French composer, recipient of art grants and music awards in more than 20 countries. Galland immigrated to the US through the "Alien of Extraordinary Ability" Green Card (the "Einstein Visa") and has composed music for animated shorts, feature films, advertising, PSA, and figure skating shows featuring Olympians, national champions and performers from Disney on Ice, Stars on Ice, and the Cirque du Soleil. Jonathan Galland has also created original music for three-time Olympic figure skating legend and four-time World champion Kurt Browning.

Galland's music has been featured on internet radios, in trade publications, and was discussed on film music blogs, podcasts, and at film festivals around the world. Classically trained from a young age as a violinist and through the French music schools, Galland later found his calling in the field of composition for motion pictures. He has earned a Master of Fine Arts in Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media, with an emphasis on Film Scoring at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California.

Jonathan Galland is an approved submitter to the Academy Awards in the "Best Original Score" category. He is a member of the Recording Academy (hosts of the annual Grammy Awards) as well as the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (CARAS), where he has judged numerous times at the prestigious JUNO Awards. Galland was also on the voting panel of the 2021 World Soundtrack Awards in Belgium.

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Polla-Ilariya Kozino

Polla-Ilariya Kozino is an award-winning animation director and producer. Born and raised in Kazakhstan, Polla started her career early, and had her first art exhibition at the age of eight. She received her BFA at the Academy of Art University in San-Francisco (California) where she studied Animation and Visual Effects. Polla worked as a director and producer on projects such as "Coyote's Place", "Gyronaut" and at Laika Entertainment film, on the 2019 American stop-motion animated adventure comedy "Missing Link". Polla also co-founded the production company "Insomnia Production", where she and her team are currently working on various animation projects.

Besides English, Polla is fluent in Russian and Chinese.

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Danica Lipetsky

Just like any girl her age, she likes drawing, unicorns and shooting stars. But most importantly, 10-year-old Danica is passionate about becoming a great singer. At the tender age of seven, she contributed her voice to a cinematic cover of Linkin Park's "Shadow of the day" with an orchestration and arrangement by composer Jonathan Galland. Her angelic voice got quickly noticed at music competitions, such as the 2019 World Songwriting Awards, the 2020 International Singer-Songwriter Association and the 2020 InterContinental Music Awards, among others.

In 2020, Danica sang on her second single “Hiyaku”. The song is inspired by the style of Japanese anime and Ghibli soundtracks.

In 2021, miss Lipetsky's voice was selected to be featured on the final track of SOLSTICE, the soundtrack album for a figure skating show by touring company Ice Dance International. The performing Arts company employs figure skating champions, World medalists, and US Olympians, with cast members from Cirque du Soleil, Disney on Ice, Stars on Ice, and Holiday on Ice. Additionally to its worldwide release on all major music streaming platforms, a limited edition of the SOLSTICE soundtrack was also released as a physical album.

Besides her work as a studio vocalist, Danica can also be heard with the San Francisco Girls Chorus.

Danica is half-Ukrainian (from Kiev).