Evgenia Valeryevna Smolyaninova (Russian: Евгения Валерьевна Смольянинова, born 29 February 1964 in Novokuznetsk) is a Russian singer, performer of Russian romance and Folk songs and composer.[1][2][3][4][5]
Evgenia Smolyaninova Евгения Смольянинова | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 29 February 1964 Novokuznetsk, USSR |
| Origin | Moscow |
| Genres | Folk songs, russian romance |
| Occupation(s) | singer-songwriter, composer |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Website | smoljaninova.ru |
Evgenia Smolyaninova was born in a family of teachers in the city of Novokuznetsk; then the family moved to Kemerovo. She studied at music school in Leningrad at the piano department. She made her first appearance as a singer in 1982 in the theater of Slava Polunin in the play "Pictures at an Exhibition" on the music by Mussorgsky.
Her songs and music appear in twelve Russian movies, including short animated film Rusalka by Aleksandr Petrov. She produced sixteen music albums,[6] mostly with Russian romance on music and poetry of 19th and 20th centuries and folk songs. She is a Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation.
References
edit- ^ Brief biography (Russian), published by "Siberian news"
- ^ Evgenia Smolyaninova: "Folk songs are our heritage" by Argumenty i Fakty
- ^ Song from the handset. Eugenia Smolyaninova was given a creative impetus by a peasant singer, by Rossiyskaya Gazeta
- ^ "Музыка | Евгения Валерьевна СМОЛЬЯНИНОВА". www.ya-zemlyak.ru.
- ^ Eugene Smoljaninova: "My voice is never tired", by Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti
- ^ "Her discography".