Марина Журавлёва

Marina A. Zhuravleva (July 8, 1963, Khabarovsk) - Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter. Biography Childhood and adolescence Marina Zhuravleva was born in Khabarovsk in a military family. From early childhood, fond of singing and music. She graduated from the School of Music in Voronezh, piano. After moving with his parents in Voronezh (1977) was the soloist school band, then - Ensemble City Palace of Pioneers, with whom he took first place in television, city and regional competitions. After that, she became a soloist in the popular hobby of "Fantasia." Already started a professional career, was awarded the prize at the National competition of young performers in Dnepropetrovsk (she, like the other participants, accompanied Symphonic Orchestra under Yuri Broadcaster Silanteva, and chairman of the jury was Alexander Pakhmutova). Received Voronezh School of Music (the flute), which moved up (after the competition pop department of the USSR) to the Moscow School of Music Gnesin, graduating class vocal in 1986. Professional occupation Marina Zhuravleva played in band "Silver Strings" (1978-1983), a jazz orchestra, "Contemporary" Anatoly Kroll (1984-1987), sung in the TV show "Saturday night" (1986) Kroll's song "Good luck, good luck" from the film, Karen Shakhnazarov "Winter Evening in Gagra" (a song sung in the movie Larisa Dolina), took part in the concert of "Alpha" (1987-1989), led by her husband, Sergei Sarychev. The first is the most difficult for the music album of the singer was not a commercial success. After that, she and Sarychev, who wrote the song for his wife to her words, it was decided to perform a primitive pop, then became fashionable in Russia. Lyrics and melodies greatly simplified, arrangements were created by computer loops. This musical style Zhuravleva reached great popularity, but her work has been repeatedly subjected harsh criticism, was called one of the most tasteless examples of pop music of the 1990s. Sergei Sarychev said he did not like it too made: "It feels kind of music, but I can not". [1] Since 1990, the recitals in Russia, Germany, Bulgaria, Sweden, Canada, the United States. Collaborated with the Theater of Alla Pugacheva, by Star Media GmbH. In early 1992, at the invitation went on tour in the U.S. and stayed there. She returned to Russia in October 2010, after eighteen years of absence. Marina Zhuravleva touring the country, is preparing new songs.