Gwendolyne Krasnicki is a Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and educator whose artistic path bridges classical training, contemporary creation, and musical storytelling. Since 2011, she has been creating and performing electronica under the name Galiya, gradually developing an ethereal signature sound influenced by chillsynth and synthwave music. Her most recent album, Introspective EP (2025), reflects her exploration of nostalgic and emotional atmospheres. 

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Professionally, Gwendolyne holds a Specialized Graduate Diploma (2026) in Film Scoring from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a Bachelor of Music (2014) from the Université de Montréal, where she studied violin with Vladimir Landsman and performed in the university's baroque ensemble under Margaret Little and Luc Beauséjour. She previously studied violin and viola with Rimma Finkelstein and Sylvie Allaire, traditional Québécois fiddle with Marie-Pierre Lecault, piano with her father, Ted Krasnicki, and Jocelyne Lasalle, and classical voice with Tamara Armstrong and Samara Garfinkle. 

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Gwendolyne has been performing professionally on stage and in studio since 2010, with a wide variety of artists, bands, film composers and ensembles. She has sung alto with the Choeur Métropolitain since 2009 and performed a soprano solo in Kouraj by Sydney Guillaume during the Choeur Métropolitain: Carmina Burana concert in June 2024.  She plays violin in the metal band Uriel, plays viola in the jazz orchestra Jazz'n Geek, plays violin with the Bocadillos Bistro salsa band, and performs on violin, viola and voice with SoulStation Orchestra for weddings and private events.

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