Aija is a Latvian composer and sound designer currently residing in London. Her debut album 'domum' is being released in September 2017. She has previously written scores and worked on soundtracks for various genres of visual media, from film to fashion shows. She was one of the ten finalists in the prestigious Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest in 2016, and was invited back as a judge in 2017. Aija Alsina was born in Riga, Latvia, in a family of five, and it was at her grandparents’ farm where she would spend her summers and where she got acquainted with the piano at the age of six. This turned into a lifelong affection, and, while never receiving any formal music education, Aija has since partaken in many musical activities – singing in choirs, playing bass and keys in several indie and post-rock bands, organizing concerts and tours. Music was always just a hobby, a mental retreat from everyday routine, until in 2013 Aija left Riga for Ba...