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Katarina Simba-Yuk always knew she wanted to be a musician, since she was in kindergarten.

But Katya, that's what her friends call her, she grew up in Western Ukraine. When she

was a kid, the country had just become independent. And that made getting access to her preferred

instrument, the piano, almost impossible.

Most people didn't have money, and my mom actually didn't have money for buying piano

for me. And she said, please, Katya, because a lot of children, you know, like children,

oh, today I want tomorrow, I don't want, I change my mind.

Oh, yeah, I have kids, I know.

Yeah, please. And I said, no, mom, I promise you, I will never change my mind. And she

did it for me. And I remember, I really remember this moment when I, when four guys was taking

this piano on first floor, and my mom was watching it, and I was kissing my mom's arms, because

I was so happy. And I said, mom, I'm so grateful. Thank you so, so much. And she was, okay,

I will see, I will see how you will practice. And so I never, after that, I didn't even

have a thought to quit music school, never.

In music school, Katya picked up singing. She had a rock band at 16. But then she fell

in love with opera. Now she performs out of a 19th century theater in Odessa. This

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