Natalka Karpa - Ukrainian singer, TV-host, and the "Distinguished Artist of Ukraine". She is closely associated with the city of Lviv. Was born in the small city of Dobromyl in Ukraine, near the Polish border. She was born into a musical family; her grandmother once sang in a choir, while father was a professional musician. When Karpa was five her parents bought her a piano and later she enrolled in a music school.
She started to sing in a public choir "Pysanka" and later became a solo singer for the vocal-instrumental ensemble "Halytska perlyna" (Halych Perl) headed by Lesya Salistra.