Marina Abrosimova is a successful Russian pop singer who performs under the stage name MakSim. By the way, she is a music producer, Honored Artist of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (2013).
Pretty girl was born on June 10, 1983 in Kazan, Russia, into the family of a mechanic and a kindergarten teacher. Marina was engaged in karate and attended music school. In her childhood she spent much time with her elder brother Maxim and was nicknamed Maksim, which later became her stage name.
At school, she began to participate in various music competitions such as the Teen Star and Nefertiti Necklace. Also the girl composed her own songs, including Stranger and Winter, included in her second album My Paradise.
Marina graduated from the Kazan State Technical University.
The girl wanted to change her life and went to Moscow. It was reported at that time Maksim even performed in the Moscow subway.
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Lena Katina is a bright singer, ex-soloist of the popular group t.A.T.u. As part of the duo, the girl traveled all over the world with concerts and recorded many interesting compositions, each of which became a hit.
Pretty girl was born on October 4, 1984 in Moscow. Her father Sergey Katin was a famous musician, who wrote songs for the Russian band Duna, as well as for singers Larissa Dolina, Marina Khlebnikova and other Russian stars. And Lena inherited the musical talent and craving for art. Her parents divorced and the girl was raised by her mother and stepfather. Lena has a younger sister.
At the age of eight the girl entered a music school. Two years later she became a soloist of children’s ensemble Avenue, where she sang for three years. 10-year-old Lena joined the well-known group Neposedy (Fidgets), where she met Yulia Volkova, Sergei Lazarev, Julia Malinovskaya, Vlad Topalov. With this team, Lena participated in many festivals and contests for children.
The project t.A.T.u. brought the girls huge success. They were popular not only in Russia, but also in the Western countries – U.S., Japan, Poland, Germany and many others.
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Vitas is a pop singer and actor. His real name is Vitaly Grachev. You know, he is famous for singing in falsetto. His unique, extraordinary voice is insured for two million dollars. Vitaly has five and a half octaves range voice and even can sing bass.
The future singer was born on February 19, 1979 in Daugavpils, Latvia. Soon his family moved to Odessa. For three years Vitaly learned to play the accordion at the music school.
As a child, the boy perfectly copied the movements of Michael Jackson, and later, while practicing in the theater of plastic, he brilliantly parodied the most diverse people, both men and women. In addition to the stage, Vitaly liked to draw. His work somewhat resembles the artistic style of Salvador Dali. Also the boy was fond of computer technologies.
After school Vitas went to conquer Moscow, where he began collaborating with Sergey Pudovkin, who became his producer.
In the capital of Russia, he released the music video for the song Opera # 2, which immediately became popular. The song was written by the singer at the age of 14.
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Beautiful blonde Elena Korikova is a Russian actress.
She was born on April 12, 1972 in Siberian city Tobolsk. But then her family moved to Rostov, where the young girl joined the Drama theater. You know, the mother of the girl, Tatyana Korikova, was a ballerina.
At the age of 17 Lena went to conquer Moscow, where she successfully passed the entrance exam and entered the Moscow Institute of Cinematography. Her debut role was in a fairy tale Ha-bi-aces directed by Anatoly Mateshko, where she starred together with Vladimir Mashkov. Later Valeria Akhadova invited the actress to her melodramatic film I Promised I Would Leave.
Her role in the film Mistress into Maid by Alexei Sakharov was one of the brightest. For this role, Elena was awarded a prize at the film festival Kinoshock and the Nika Award for Best Actress.
Elena played the role of Tanya in the drama Mu-Mu by Yuri Grymov.
Korikova can be seen in music videos for songs of many Russian stars, including Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov, Dmitry Malikov, Valery Leontiev, Leonid Agutin and Igor Krutoi.
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Peter Nalitch is a Russian singer and composer who represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. In the final on May 29, he took the 11th place with his song Lost And Forgotten. Actually, Peter became the first musician in the history of the Russian music industry, whose songs became popular thanks to the Internet.
Peter was born on April 30, 1981 in Moscow, Russia. His parents are architects. You know, his grandfather Zahid Nalic was a Bosnian opera singer.
Peter studied at the Myaskovsky music school. At school, he organized a rock band. The boys played hard rock and Peter was a vocalist.
Nalitch graduated from the Moscow University of Architecture and studied music at Orfei Studio directed by Irina Mukhina and at the State musical college of The Moscow Conservatory.
At the University of Architecture Peter joined the theater club, where he became interested in staging musical performances.
By the way, for two years he worked as an architect.
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Anastasia Stotskaya is a bright singer and actress, star of musicals. You know, she played in the most popular productions – Notre Dame de Paris, Chicago, Cabaret. For a long time, her producer was pop king Philip Kirkorov.
Pretty girl was born on October 7, 1982 in Kiev, where she lived until 1992. The future singer was born into a family of a physician and a textile artist. Actor Pavel Maikov, who played in the TV series Brigada, is Anastasia’s brother. At the age of four the girl entered the music school and joined the vocal-dance ensemble Kyianochka. In Kiev Stotskaya lived for 10 years and then the whole family moved to Moscow.
In Russia, Anastasia entered the theater school. Her first work was in the children’s play Fanta – Infanta, where she played five roles – fairy, gypsy, Hussars, ballerina and black star.
Stotskaya graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. At the age of 18 Anastasia played her first role on the professional stage. It was the role of Fleur-de-lis in the musical Notre Dame De Paris.
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The Tolmachevy sisters are Russian singers, Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 winners, Eurovision Song Contest 2014 participants.
Anastasia and Maria are twins, who were born on January 14, 1997 in Kursk, Russia. You know, Anastasia is 8 minutes older than her sister. Girls began to study music at the age of six. Their mother, a musician, noticed her daughters’ special musical abilities.
9-year-old girls won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania. They performed their own song Spring Jazz.
In 2007, Nastya and Masha received Muz – TV special prize for the victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Also they participated in the opening ceremony of Slavic Bazaar. In the same year, the girls released their first album Halves (Polovinki).
By the way, in the New Year musical The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors, filmed in 2007, Masha and Nastya sang together with Alla Pugacheva. Then they met his future mentor Philip Kirkorov.
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