Singer Date of birth August 26 (Virgo) 1976 (42) Place of birth Ufa Instagram @zemfiralive
Zemfira can be classified as a top ten Russian artists, capable of packing entire stadiums. She is a performer of rock and pop-rock songs that have become iconic for an entire generation. Her singles have been at the top of the Russian charts for more than twenty years. Foreign critics compare the singer’s work with Bjork and Kate Bush. According to Forbes magazine, her income in 2015 was $2.8 million.
Biography of Zemfira
Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born in Ufa on August 26, 1976. Her father was a history teacher, and her mother worked as a physical therapy instructor. At four years old the girl became a soloist children's choir, and at five I went to study at music school in piano class. She wrote her first song at the age of seven.
Rock entered her life early, thanks to her older brother Ramil, who listened to Queen and Black Sabbath. As a teenager, she performed songs by V. Tsoi and B. Grebenshchikov on the streets of Ufa with a guitar.
The girl could make a career in sports. The coach of the Russian junior basketball team was more than upset when its captain Ramazanova refused further performances, opting for music. Team led future star, won the USSR championship.
Zemfira graduated with honors from the College of Arts in the vocal department and immediately launched an active creative activity. The girl organized the rock group “Zemfira” and wrote the repertoire for it. She worked on the Europe + radio channel and edited the first singles of her band using proprietary recording equipment. This is how “Forecaster”, “Snow”, “Rockets”, “Why” were recorded. Sound engineer A. Mukhtarov helped her with this. The artist borrowed money to implement her project and went with the musicians to the Moscow rock festival “Maxidrom”.
The announcement was a success; the producer of the Mumiy Troll group, L. Burlakov, having listened to the single recordings made at Europe +, undertook to release the launch disc of the Ufa group. In the fall of 1998, its initial recording was made in the Mosfilm studio, which was then subjected to final editing in a London recording studio. After the release of the album, the songs of the rocker from Ufa “Girl with a Player”, “Arividerchi”, “Rockets”, “AIDS” soar to the first lines of the Russian hit parades. The Zemfira group is touring the Russian Federation until mid-December 2000.
In March 2000, the second disc “Forgive me, my love” was released. Music world respected the singer and composer who created new Russian rock hits of the first magnitude “You Want”, “Dawns”, “Ripe”, “Iskala”, “Proven”. It becomes obvious: after V. Tsoi, a new leader has appeared on the Russian rock stage.
The singer's tour with the songs of the second disc was overshadowed by an incident in Yakutsk, where 19 people were injured as a result of a stampede. The local police tried to blame the singer for miscalculations in the organization. The artist stopped performing, had a nervous breakdown, and her group broke up. Whole year the singer did not tour. The exception to this pause was her participation in the concert in memory of V. Tsoi.
In 2002, singer Zemfira’s further creative growth was evidenced by her third album, “14 Weeks of Silence.” For this work she was awarded the highest Russian independent award “Triumph” (2003), the disc won the Muz-TV “Album of the Year” nomination, the “Infinity” video was recognized as the best. Evidence of the singer's star status was her anniversary concert for his birthday at the Sports Palace hometown Ufa "Salavat Yulaev".
In 2005, the rocker's fourth album, Vendetta, was released. Criticism notes his highest musical level, relevance. The singles “Blues”, “Skymoreoblaka”, “Walk” become hits. Talented singer I realized that I couldn’t survive in show business alone, and found influential sponsors. It is known that the oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Alexander Mamut helped the girl. The favor of these people determined the elite status of the star. The disc turned out to be a success. MTV nominated this studio album for five awards. The tour lasted from mid-May to the end of December.
The fifth rock album “Thank You” (2007) included 12 songs written by the performer herself. It was recorded in London and finally edited at Mosfilm. The tour dedicated to the new album ended with a status concert at the Olimpiysky sports complex. In the same year, the film “Green Light in Zemfira” was shot by director Renata Litvinova.
In 2013, after three years sabbatical The rock idol’s sixth album, “Live in Your Head,” was released. It featured new hit singles “Chaika”, “Money”, “Kofevino”, “Without a chance”. The disc is stylistically complex, there is a clear sense of rhythm in it, its music is introverted and laconic, and the guitar parts sound clearly. According to critics, the performer in this studio album rose to the level of frankness characteristic of her previous disc, “Vendetta.” She did it in simple words introduce listeners into the world of serious thoughts.
In the same year, the singer was awarded the MTV “Best Performer” award.
Personal life of Zemfira
About our love relationships the singer tells the paparazzi extremely sparingly, while deliberately confusing them with speculation. However, such a public person as Ramazanova cannot hide the personal.
Her first love was saxophonist Vlad Kolchin. They studied together at the Ufa music school. They were connected real passion. However, the charisma of the future rock star and her uncompromising nature repelled young man. They stopped communicating when Vlad left to pursue a career as a musician in St. Petersburg.
According to journalists, after breaking up with Kolchin, she had a short relationship with married man, director of the Ufa radio station “Europe +” Sergei Anatsky. The girl ended this relationship by leaving for Moscow.
Then the singer, together with her friend from the group “Dancing Minus” V. Petkun, voiced the legend about their imminent wedding, which never took place. The yellow press suspected the singer of a relationship with her producer Anastasia von Kalmanovich. However, Zemfira and former producer they deny it.
The rock singer met actress and director Renata Litvinova in 2000. They had several joint projects. Both women call each other close people. They do not hide their relationship, take care of each other, and prefer intimate communication settings to social gatherings.
The singer's musical career began in 1997, when she came to conquer the capital from Ufa. The public image of the artist regularly undergoes changes. Zemfira constantly experiments with her appearance. The manner of behavior and communication with the press is also subject to regular adjustments.
Purchasing her own home was not so easy for the singer. Before this, Zemfira spent four years wandering around rented apartments; she had to change a huge amount of housing.
Rented housing Zemfira
Upon arrival in the capital, the singer lived with her friends for some time, after which she was “sheltered” by the lead singer of the Mumiy Troll group, Ilya Lagutenko. Zemfira lived with Ilya’s family in his house outside the city. The band's musicians also lived there.
Ramazanova’s next “shelter” for six months was a one-room apartment in Solntsevo. The singer filmed it with a friend. At that time, Zema did not have registration, so problems regularly arose with law enforcement agencies.
The third property that Zemfira rented was a two-room apartment with European-quality renovation on Berezhkovskaya embankment.
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The fourth apartment was not far from the Smolenskoye metro station, the fifth on Mira Avenue, the sixth on Makeev Street, the seventh not far from the Ulitsa 1905 Goda metro station. But Zemfira did not stay in them for long.
The rock singer's last rented apartment was two-roomed flat on Kutuzovsky Prospekt.
Zemfira's apartment on Frunzenskaya Embankment
After a long period of wandering around rental housing, an apartment was purchased in an elite Moscow area on Frunzenskaya Embankment. During this period, the scandalous rock diva mastered the filming country house. She lived in it for six months while they walked renovation work for arranging your own living space.
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Zemfira preferred a two-room apartment to a standard three-room apartment in a Stalinist house. To achieve this, some walls were demolished, resulting in a bedroom and a spacious living room. There is a comfortable bar counter in the kitchen. The hall has a corner for audio-video equipment and a computer desk. Zemfira's partner is a little Chihuahua named Che.
There were rumors that Zemfira purchased an apartment for $100,000. However, real estate experts in Moscow stated that real estate in such an area with a total area of 85 sq. m. m. cannot have such a low cost. Therefore, the approximate estimated cost of the singer’s apartment is about $250,000.
Zemfira is not only one of the most successful Russian singers, but also a real personality. Her work does not leave men and women indifferent, and her songs have long ceased to be ordinary melodies. A huge number of admirers of the girl’s talent try not to miss a single concert. The filled halls testify to the real talent of Zemfira Ramazanova. The woman does not like social events, and also does not strive to tell journalists all the details of her personal life. However, loyal fans want to know as much information as possible about their favorite.
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Biography of Zemfira
The singer was born in one of the Ufa maternity hospitals at the end of August 1976. Almost all of her relatives are representatives of Bashkiria. The woman herself said in an interview that in her family they speak Bashkir language. The performer understands local speech well, but rarely uses it in communication.
2. First appearance on television.
Zemfira showed a very great interest in music in early childhood. She began attending music school at the age of five. Within the walls of this institution, the future celebrity learned to play the piano and sang in the choir. The girl’s talent was noted by representatives of local television, and they also invited her to sing a children’s song about a worm as part of one of the TV programs.
3. Self-composed debut song.
Zemfira began to demonstrate extraordinary talent and wrote the first song very early. The lyrics of the composition were dedicated to the group “Black Sabbath”. Thus, the girl wanted to win the favor of her older brother, who could give her money for a ice cream. This became the motive for writing the song. The original version of the text could not be saved.
4. " Talented man talented in everything."
IN school years Zemfira paid attention not only to her studies, but also to creativity. The girl simultaneously attended 7 different sections. The lessons at the music school, which the future singer graduated with excellent marks, could be considered especially successful. The future rock star also played basketball well and showed great promise. Despite her low height for this sport (namely 172 cm), Zemfira was a very promising player. On the team, she played the role of point guard and often went out onto the basketball court with the captain's armband. In 1991, the athlete received a gold medal for winning the national youth championship.
5. Favorite TV program.
Zemfira constantly follows the news that happens in the world. But she watches sports programs especially zealously and tries not to miss a single one. important event on TV. And it doesn’t matter at all what sport is shown. A woman can easily name almost all the Olympic Champions this year.
6. Professional music education.
Zemfira in at a young age I learned to play the guitar, and then often played popular songs on the street. Immediately after school, the vocalist entered the second year of the Ufa College of Arts. A few years later (namely in 1997) she graduated educational institution with honors. As her main occupation, the future rock star worked part-time in local cafes and restaurants.
Zemfira's career
7. The beginning of the journey.
Almost immediately after graduating from college, the girl began working at a radio station. She also took part in the recording of several songs by the Spectrum Ace group as a backing vocalist. After some time, the young woman had the idea of creating her own rock band. At the studio, the singer met sound engineer Arkady Mukhtarov. The man helped record the first demo disc. The singer also begins to search for musicians who are destined to become members of her group. Guitarist Rinat Akhmadiev and drummer Sergei Sozinov became the first members of the band. Initially, rehearsals took place in the local small club "Orange".
8. Birthday concert.
In 2000 (when the girl turned 24 years old), the singer performed for the first time in the main square of her hometown. About 40 thousand people came to listen to the promising resident of Ufa. The concert became truly iconic.
9. Strong character.
Incidents occurred at Zemfira's concerts. One day she was asked to perform “Murka” for a wealthy visitor. The girl refused to do this, since she never acts on orders. At the beginning of her career, the rock star always drank before going on stage. Now the girl always performs sober. An interesting situation occurred in Novosibirsk. During the concert at the Ice Palace, the singer was very cold, but completed the program to the end. As a result of the incident, the girl suffered severe hypothermia.
10. Popular songs.
Rock star for his creative career became the author of many hits. Song "Do you want?" She was born in 2000. This composition was once sung by Lyudmila Gurchenko. The artist always spoke positively about Zemfira. The composition “London Sky” also became a real breakthrough. The young performer was surprised by such success; she considered this song to be ownerless.
Personal life of Zemfira
11. Secretive personality.
The singer does not like to appear often at public events. She rarely stars in her own music videos and almost never gives interviews. It is not at all strange that there are a lot of rumors around her person. Journalists very actively promoted her affair with oligarch Roman Abramovich in the media. Some men and women suggest that Zemfira is a representative gay. She was often credited with having a relationship with Renata Litvinova. The girl does not want to let media representatives into her life. On this moment Zemfira is not married, she has no children of her own.
12. Opinion about Pugacheva.
The rock star has always spoken negatively about the country's official pop culture. The woman argued that there is nothing individual in such creativity. The most famous, according to the singer, does not represent any cultural interest. Her songs are not catchy, such creativity should be completely ignored. The conflict began with the fact that Zemfira did not want to participate in the popular “Christmas meetings”.
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Zemfira Ramazanova is a shocking, extraordinary and very mysterious woman, as well as a strong and talented person. Her songs inspire, charge with positivity, and every year her work gathers more and more fans. What was her Star Trek? Let's find out below.
Biography
According to sources, a talented girl was born August 26, 1976 in the city of Ufa (considered one of the great economic, cultural and scientific centers Russian Federation). Nationality - Tatar. According to the horoscope, Virgo is a strict, intellectual, romantic, gentle and devoted woman.
Photos from childhood
The girl’s family was small and consisted of four people: Zemfira, mother Florida, father Talgat and older brother Ramil. The baby's parents were intellectuals: her father taught history at school, and her mother was a doctor (she practiced therapeutic gymnastics).
The girl adored her older brother, because it was thanks to him that she fell in love with rock and achieved success in her career. Unfortunately, in 2010, Ramil died tragically (according to sources, he drowned while spearfishing), which was a big blow for his family and friends, and especially for Zemfira.
The girl also has two nephews - Arthur and Artem. They are twins and are currently studying abroad (in London). The guys also love to sing and play music. Zemfira even managed to perform several famous singles with them.
Childhood
WITH early childhood the baby began to show interest in music. Therefore, her parents sent her to a music school at the age of five, where she learned to play the piano and sang in the local choir. At the age of seven, she even wrote her first song.
At school I was a very active child, because I attended many clubs. Most of all, she liked to practice vocals and basketball (for some time she was even the captain of the women's team).
After graduation high school she had to make a difficult choice: continue playing sports and make a career as a basketball player, or choose music in order to continue to gather stadiums of fans. She settled on the latter and submitted documents to Ufa School of Arts, which she graduated with honors.
Music career
According to sources, after graduating from university, the girl undertook to perform various jobs(she sang songs in restaurants in her hometown, worked for some time as a sound engineer at the radio station “Europe Plus”, worked as a backing vocalist in the group “Spectrum Ace”, etc.), but already at that time her main dream was to create her own musical group.
Gathering the guys, recording songs and singing them at several concerts was not easy, but possible. But promoting the group and making it known throughout the country has become very problematic.
Therefore, in the late 90s, Zemfira decided to go to Moscow and look for all the ways to promote her established group. Thanks to a lucky chance, her cassette falls into the hands of producer of the Mumiy Troll group Leonid Burlakov and he takes a risk and records an album with her.
From now on it began stellar career singer: she releases albums one after another, her songs are liked by millions of listeners, she gathers crowds of fans at her concerts and becomes a worldwide favorite of the public.
The themes of her songs are very accessible and understandable to the people. There is no hidden subtext in them and they all relate to the problems of the 21st century (money, incurable diseases, unrequited love, etc.).
Discography
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Album - “Zemfira” (1998-1999).
The radio station launches the songs “AIDS”, “Rockets” and “Arivederchi” and simultaneously shoots video clips for them. Soon the first song among them becomes a real hit.
"Arivederchi"
- “Forgive me my love” (2000-2001).
Zemfira begins to receive her first bonuses in in different nominations. Her song "Iskala" appears in the movie "Brother 2". The most famous songs from this album are “Ripe”, “You Want”, “City”, “Proved”, “Dawns”.
"Want"
- “Fourteen weeks of silence” (2002-2003).
At this time, her group composition was changing, she toured a lot and received prestigious award"Triumph".
"I was looking for"
- “Vendetta” (2004-2006).
This album became the best-selling album in Russia. This included such famous singles as “Sky Sea Clouds”, “Walk”, “Blues” and others.
"Walk"
- “Thank you” (2007-2008).
The recording of the album took place in London and all the songs were recorded very quickly within a year. And all because at this time the singer turned 30 years old. She rethought a lot and with this album a new page in her life began.
"We're Crashing"
Collection of b-sides “Z-Sides” (2009-2010).
"Infinity"
- “Live in your head” (2011-2014).
"Do not let go"
- "Small man" (2015-2016).
During this period, Zemfira organizes a large-scale tour to support the new album. The girl tours not only in Russian cities, but also performs in concerts abroad (she has visited Israel, Germany, Great Britain, the UAE, the USA, Canada and other countries). Rumor has it that during the second tour, Ramazanova announced that she was stopping touring.
"Live in your head"
Interesting Facts
Zemfira has an open page on Instagram, where she shares videos from closed rehearsals and her own selfies with fans.Her height is approximately 172 centimeters, and her weight is about 53-55 kilograms.
Zemfira performs her songs in the style of rock and pop-rock, although some musicians claim that her songs also contain other genres.
Zemfira sang with the twins V THE group UCHPOCHMACK, but after recording only one album, the band broke up.
According to the media, the girl has an old disease - chronic otitis media, which often reminds of itself and pesters her.
Ramazanova is also involved in charity work, but really does not like to advertise it. For some time she took custody of one of the orphanages in Ufa and took part in raising the children.
Personal life
If a girl's biography is an open book, then personal life hidden behind seven seals. In her interviews, the singer rarely touches on this topic, and if the journalist still manages to hook her, she cleverly avoids the questions. Therefore, all romantic relationships that the media talk about are mainly based only on guesswork and not always on confirmed facts. One thing is certain: Zemfira is not officially married and has no children.
But let's take a closer look at some relationships, rumors about which either the singer herself spread for PR, or others talked about.
1. Vladislav Kolchin. Many people talked about this man and it was even believed that Vladislav was the star’s first love. He is also from Ufi and he and Ramazanova once sang in restaurants. But the truth about this relationship was revealed when it came out autobiographical book Kolchina. In it, he described in detail the fight against terrible disease(multiple sclerosis) and confirmed that Zemfira played the role of his girlfriend in order to protect a vulnerable guy at that time.
Vladislav Kolchin
2. Sergey Anatsky. The press believes that they had an affair while she was working at the Europe Plus radio station in Ufa. But this relationship quickly exhausted itself and ended just as quickly.
Sergey Anatsky
3. Vyacheslav Petkun(leader of the group "Dancing Minus"). The girl invented this novel herself. In the late 90s, a guy and a girl allegedly announced their engagement. Everything was very believable, because the young people even had a photo shoot in wedding dresses. The press rejoiced, all fans closely followed the information and waited for the upcoming wedding.
What a disappointment it was when the guys announced to the whole country that the ceremony was being postponed indefinitely. And then it turned out that it was all just another joke.
Vyacheslav Petkun
4. Roman Abramovich. Rumor has it that she met him when she moved to Moscow and was looking for a producer. For some time, he even became a shadow sponsor for her, helping her record albums and providing a carefree life. Their romance lasted for several years, and then quickly ended when Roman met another girl (a certain Dasha Zhukova). Then the press reported that because of this breakup, the singer lost weight sharply and suffered from anorexia. And in order to somehow brighten up her loneliness, she changed her orientation and started dating Renata Litvinova.
With Roman Abramovich
5. Renata Litvinova. The fact that the girls have friendly relations is no longer a secret to anyone. Renata actively participates in the singer’s life, supports her morally and looks after her style.
The fact that these relationships have developed into non-traditional ones is doubtful, because journalists always love to raise this kind of topic that is of acute concern to society.
With Renata Litvinova
But Renata is not the first woman with whom Ramazanova was accused of having an affair. For some time there were also rumors about the singer's relationship with her director Anastasia Kalmanovich. It’s as if Nastya left her husband for Zemfira and the girls were in a relationship for two years and then broke up.
Anastasia Kalmanovich
