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The National | Mar 18, 2012 | 3:49

New talent Kristina Maria

Vito Luprano, the Montrealer who signed Céline Dion in the 1980s, has new star under his wing, Kristina Maria, a Lebanese-Canadian pop singer from Ottawa who is gearing up for her first album.

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