New Life

In 2013, I made a bold leap, leaving behind her career, family, and friends in Russia to start anew in the vibrant city of Hong Kong.

The move proved transformative. Immersed in the city’s dynamic energy, I delved deep into my own soul through the practice of Kundalini yoga, meditation, and mantra singing. This journey of self-discovery unveiled hidden depths within me, revealing the profound importance of self-connection, acceptance, and love.

As a result, my music evolved significantly. My intentions, performances, and even my voice underwent a metamorphosis, reflecting a heart that had grown expansively open.

I channeled this newfound clarity into writing a series of songs, which I released in 2015. Explore these musical reflections below.

Additionally, in 2019, I directed a compelling documentary about Butoh dancer Syv Bruzeau, who healed from cancer through art therapy, natural methods, and inner love. You can also watch this inspiring film below.

YANA FORTEP - BEADS

This song is about women - when we love we tend to give everything, some time losing ourselves. We should keep our selves whole and feel love inside our own selves first, then give to others.

Music and Lyrics - Yana Fortep

Bass - Zoltan Renaldi

Arrangement - Alexander Alexeev

Mixing & Mastering - Nikolai Khomiakov

Photo - Dusia Sobol

MUA - Irina Mosyagina

TAKE IT EASY BOY - UMS REMIX

This video was created by Yana from Joanna's (MUA) stories for her IG

In this video:

Alexandra Babyak - filming the official video

Joanna Worthington - make up and hair ( and filming backstage) Chai Prechie Jane Abawan - assistant

Music - Yana Fortep Lyrics - Yana Fortep and Elizaveta Friesem,

Remix by UMS

My NEW video - “LOVE IS EVERYWHERE”

This song as a revelation. We are often running around not knowing why. We ask ourselves what am I doing wrong? Where is the truth? And the truth is inside. The truth is Love. And Love is Everywhere.

Music and Lyrics - Yana Fortep

Arrangement - Alexander Alexeev

String quartet - Vlad Oskolkov

Percussion - Dmitry Schwartz

Bass - Zoltan Renaldi

Mixing & Mastering - Nikolai Khomiakov

Photo cover - Valeria Zernova

Camera - Andrei Kasianenko, Yana Fortep

Director, Editing - Yana Fortep

My New Song for Holidays!

Beauty Is Inside

This song is about real beauty and real beauty is inside.

Music and Lyrics - Yana Fortep ( Yana Yakimova)

Arrangement - Alexander Alexeev

Mixing and Mastering - Nikolai Khomiakov

Photo - Alexandra Babyak

MUA - Joanna Worthington

My New Video!!

Yana Fortep - It’s You

This song is about sisterhood and how important for us to support each other creating togetherness, wholeness, oneness. To create LOVE.

Music and Lyrics - Yana Fortep ( Yana Yakimova)

Camera operator - Camilla Warburton http://www.camillawphotography.com/

Director and Editing - Yana Yakimova

NEW OFFICIAL VIDEO!!

YANA FORTEP - Take It Easy Boy

This song was created many many years ago. I promised to release it one day - so it is.

Music - Yana Fortep

Lyrics - Yana Fortep and Elizaveta Friesem

Arrangement - Alexander Alexeev

Mixing and Mastering - Nikolai Khomiakov

Video production - Alexandra Babyak

Make up and Hair - Joanna Worthington

Assistant - Chai Prechie Jane Abawan

NOW YOU CAN WATCH

my documentary film “LOVE IS INSIDE” on chinese platform Youku.com

ART THERAPY CONFERENCE

I WAS LEADING a WORKSHOP at the ART THERAPY CONFERENCE in Beijing where I showed my documentary film “Love is Inside” and we sang together with audience beautiful melodies.

FILMING A VIDEO ON MY SONG TAKE IT EASY BOY

WE HAD A GREAT TIME with filmmaker Alexandra Babyak, make up artist Joanna Worthington and our assiastant Chai making a beautiful video for my song Take it easy Boy.

LOVE IS INSIDE ON FILM FESTIVAL

My film “Love is inside” on film festival in Russia Saint-Petersburg 

June 6th Groove Cafe Saint-Petersburg

I am performing at the very famous JFC jazz club in Saint-Petersburg Russia 

Now you can watch my short film “Love is inside”

This is my first giant work as a director, composer, cameraman, editor and producer.

FirstI met Syv

Documentary film about a french butoh dancer Syv Bruzeau living in Hokkaido, who had cancer and fibromyalgia and healed herself using alternative ways, art therapy, and enhancing self love inside. Director, composer, producer, camera operator, editing - Yana Yakimova ( Yana Fortep) Craig Ogilvie - first dancing scene shoot Elena Safronova - graphic design Nikolay Gagarin - technical support Finding love inside is the most important thing in our life.

I am happy to announce that I made a documentary film about a Butoh dancer Syv Bruzeau who had cancer and fibromyalgia and healed herself using art therapy, natural methods, and feeling unconditional love inside. 

This is my first complete work where I am director, composer, camera operator and editor. And I had a beautiful team working with me: 

Craig Ogilvie who shoot the first dance scene, 

Elena Safronova as the designer of text and poster maker,

Tatiana Betmakaeva who helped me with professional translation from English to Russian 

Nikolay Gagarin - who helped me with technical support and editing 

My teacher - Alexey Babenko - who prepared me for this big step in my life for more than 5 years.

And of course my family which supports me always! 

The idea of the film popped up unexpectedly and during 2,5 months I worked on it every day from early morning to late night. I learned a lot, creating music, and doing editing. I loved it! 

This film is about life! That we human beings can heal ourselves. We have the capacity to heal inside of us. 

The premier of this documentary will be on this Sunday April 21st on my YouTube channel at 21:00. 

NEW SONG 

I created this song after my Japan trip. This trip was amazing. I met a woman, a beautiful butoh dancer, Syv Bruzeau who was struggling with cancer a while ago. She dived into her pain, she was speaking with pain, she was dancing her illness, she decided to live, she found love inside and spread this love to all of her body. Now she feels happy to live, happy to dance and happy to love.
I dedicate this song to all who are struggling with pain. We all experience different kind of pain but it is our reminder that nothing really matters but love. Let’s find love inside and share this love with everyone🙏
Music and Lyrics by Yana Yakimova ( me)
Photo by Dan Yeo
Model - Syv Bruzeau

Unexpected logo

My life has different periods which help me to create my music, create myself. Sometimes my life directions take opposite sides. From jazz to pop, from club house diva to absolutely spiritual person with a singing bowl and a shamanic drum and this is how I am ballancing myself. I was thinking about my logo many many times, I even created some but never oficially accepted by myself. Cause wnen I am about to change my mindset - that logo becomes old-fashioned. So I just made up my mind to my contradictory personality and allowed myself to be, allowed situations to happen and allowed people to appear in my life. 

This logo came to me unexpectedly from my lovely friend photographer Ivanna Vivcharyk who was trying to create a poster to promote her personal exhibition where I am going to sing Ukrainian songs on November 17th with great musicians. 

That photo was taken by my beautiful friend Yana Vilkina and retouched by Ivanna in such an interesting way. So I like it! I like it a lot! Thank you dear friends that you allow me to feel myself through your incredible eyes.

Yana Fortep & Antoine Richard collaboration

Hi dears, I created a new band together with the french guitar player Antoine Richard and our new original program consists of different styles of music which I love. We use loops and effects creating live sound for my new songs. 

Our first concert was a success at Peel Fresco club and the second one will be at "Salon 10" on October 26th.  

I am waiting for you there. 

With peace and love,

Yana.

The Rays of Light

After 3,5 year since I left everything and moved to another country, got married and gave birth to my son, breast fed him for around 1,5 years and didn't think about music at all, then the music found me again. 

Walking the difficult path to learn myself, through kundalini yoga, reiki practices,  crystal healing, meditations, and a big will to learn the world around me, myself and the music became one again. 
This is my new project called Rays of Light, Music beyond borders and concepts, collaboration with musicians from all over the world, my original songs about peace, forgiveness, love and that we are all one. 
We have just started and our first concert will take a place at the Luxe Nova Lifestyle studio on June 22nd where we will start with meditation and I will share with you the meaning of each song, within each a small secret I discovered along my path. 

The Guitar  player Dan LaVelle, the crystal bowls player and reiki master, my teacher Stephanie Luo and me Yana. 
We are searching for musicians from all over the world to create magic, which will heal our hearts. We know what to say, we feel what to play. 
We are Rays of light willing to give people love and peace. 
Together we create magic..

Welcome to my world

Hi! I am Yana. I am a singer and a composer. I am a kundalini yoga and reiki practitioner. I love hiking, skiing and crystal healing. I love art in all its forms - music, painting, cinema, architecture, design, fashion… I love philosophical questions. I love books. I love writing. I love my family and friends, my teachers and even those who don’t love me, I love Nature and I love the Love.

 I am walking an interesting path filled with ups and downs, flights and fights, sadness and happiness, tears and laughter, love and love and love again. And this is my own unique way through thorns to the stars. From a small girl who dreamt about a stars to the woman who doesnt dream about «be a star» but lives in the present with feeling gratittude for every lesson she learned from everyone in her life path.

Here in these blog and through my music I would like to share my feelings, thoughts and love which my soul radiate just because I am human, just because we all have it since birth of our soul in our mother’s womb.

Photo by Alexandra Mihailova