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Berlane Riza Gavino was born September 29, 1987 to Bernard and Lina Gavino and is the eldest of her two other siblings. It is evident that this young girl is to make an impact in the music industry as she started out recording her voice tapes by the time she was 3 years old. Her performing journey began when she moved to Canada at the age of 6 where she performed at school talent shows and various Toronto community events. In the summer of 1995, she was an audience at The Philippine Independence Day celebration held at Earl Bales Park. Determined to broadcast her talent, she volunteered out of the crowd to perform. From there Berlane’s parents knew that it is her passion to become a singer. She later on took vocal lessons at the Ontario Conservatory of Music and joined singing competitions; she received 1st and 3rd place in 1998. By December 2002 Berlane joined the Vehnee Saturno Star Search and impressed the judges with her rendition of Alicia Key's "falling". She had made it to the Finals and though she wasn’t first place, she still continued to grow as an artist and find other ways that will help her develop her vocal abilities. In March 2003, she joined with ACS (Artists Concept Specialists) under the direction of Christian Serano and music coach Dr. Alvin Cabral. Alongside developing her vocal range, Berlane began selecting genres of ballads, pop, and hip-hop songs to perform which would influence the structure of her song makings today. Also with music choices, and vocal range Berlane formed a small dance group, made of members and friends to Berlane and ACS called ACS "Hotbabes" Influenced by the Philippine dance group with a similar name. By October of 2003, ACS would stage its annual recital displaying the many talents of all its stars, and it was evident Berlane stood out amongst the rest, performing her take to Christina Aguilera's "Fighter" and Whitney Houston’s “Try it on my Own”. As performing with ACS helped her as a better stage performer Berlane began to take interest in having more responsibilities with music. It started with recruiting more members into ACS, and then becoming a representative and a recognizable face under the name. By the summer of 2004 her name was strongly recognizable amongst the Filipino community performed alongside well know Filipino singers, the H.U.N.K.S. including Carlos Agassi, Piolo Pasqual, Jericho Rosales, Deither Ocampo, and Bernard Palanca. She opened up for Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid in "The Songbird and Songwriter" concert and also American Idol’s Jasmine Triaz held at “The Mabuhay Festival”. Every year she continued to keep the audience anticipated by performing different styles of music making her known to be a versatile artist. As 2004 came to an end, so did ACS as its founders relocated outside Canada, leaving Berlane and its members the experience they had gained as performers. Determined and ambitious Berlane searched for ways to maintain this pursuing journey. She then held a mini-concert with best friend/brother and performer Nick Padua, testing and pushing her limits as a performer. Berlane is known to be an overall outstanding artist due to the many talents that she possesses in the arts. As a singer, dancer, emcee, event planner, and visual designer, she continues to excel and build her network. She worked for Innovation Production as a Latin dance choreographer and event planner. Innovation Production gave her the opportunity to host and showcase her talents at the events such as weddings, birthdays, business functions, and other banquet hall celebrations. Then to no one's surprise, a producer/engineer, Enver Sumbal singed her under Digana records and later Inflasian. Today as studio work, modeling, Inflasian, and school become a daily ritual; Berlane grows indefinitely and passionately about her work. She is now Inflasian’s most versatile artist and is here to set the trend that will keep you on fire. Her upcoming albums consist of her striking vocal and expressive song writing that is guaranteed to hit the market, including her hot new single “pop that bottle”. More |