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Sveta Ben is a writer, musician, actress and director, and one of the defining figures of Belarus\u2019s artistic avant-garde. She is the singer of the duo \u00abWTBSK\u00bb (together with Sergey Novitsky), the bands \u00abSerebrianaja Svad\u2019ba\u00bb (\u00abSilver Wedding\u00bb) and \u00abMikrokabaret\u00bb and also works, among other things, as a director of paper theatre plays. Together with musician Galya Chikiss, she released the album \u00abPriyom!\u00bb in 2022, with which she was touring Europe. In the summer of 2026, her album \u00abKarova Belaya\u00bb was released in Berlin. Her creative work has always centered on lyrics and the spoken word, as well as on the stories she tells through them. Sveta Ben lives in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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