Childhood of Ekaterina Ivanchikova
Katya's first performance on stage was in 1992 at regional competition among kindergartens, then the jury awarded her first place. IN school years she was studying various types creativity, including drawing, dancing, music, piano and, of course, singing. Katya's teenage years were filled with songwriting and ideas about creating her own music group. In his hometown Katya received her education as a philologist and journalist at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after. M. Tanka.Ekaterina Ivanchikova in the IOWA group
After the formation of the group in 2009, IOWA toured throughout the Republic of Belarus, but the group members soon agreed that for further development creativity, they simply need to move to a country unfamiliar to them, where they can plunge headlong into music with renewed vigor. For some time they went on tour to St. Petersburg, and after the success of their performances, they decided to move to this city. New environment habitats and high competition have become the best incentives for creative inspiration groups. IOWA began to gain popularity among Russian listeners with great speed from the very first performances. According to those who personally attended the concerts of this group, its performances are completely captivating and make you empathize with the emotions of the performers. Each concert gives a charge of cheerfulness, energy and positive mood, leaving the most pleasant and bright memories of the performance.
The origin of the group name IOWA
Name IOWA groups has interesting story of his birth. The guys with whom Katya performed before the creation of the group always called her Iowa (or in English IOWA). When Katya once told her friend from America what her nickname was among her friends, she unexpectedly learned about the existence in America of a decoding of her pseudonym: I.O.W.A. – Idiots Out Wandering Around, which loosely translated, omitting the word idiots, means “you can’t hide the truth.” Katya really liked this coincidence, and she decided to give this abbreviation as the name of her group. For Katya, participation in the group is not much like work, because each performance of the group becomes incredible happiness for her and an opportunity to tell a huge number of people that we need to enjoy every new day, which opens up unique opportunities for each of us.
By nature, Katya is an optimist, a dreamer and a bit of a child. By the way, thanks to her slightly childish nature, Katya feels very comfortable when communicating with children, especially with her niece. What she admires in children is their amazing ability to fantasize in a way that adults, limited by their position in society and various stereotypes, can no longer do. Katya successfully combines her creativity with work, doing something that brings her enormous pleasure and at the same time income for her livelihood. Her performance schedule is quite busy, but, according to Katya herself, she always has plenty of time to read new books, take up her hobby - sewing dolls or creating children's cartoons, as well as to communicate with loved ones and family and, of course , with loyal fans. Many of Katya’s fans love her very much not only for her special style of creativity and performance, but also for the spiritual qualities of this cheerful girl, who always happily communicates with fans, giving them smiles and a positive attitude.
Ekaterina Ivanchikova is a very emotional and expressive singer, better known as the lead singer of the popular youth group IOWA. Since childhood, the girl dreamed of devoting her life to show business, touring with concerts and having thousands of fans.It's safe to say that her childhood dream has become a reality. Since the creation of the group, she has been a true inspiration for listeners and bandmates.
Childhood of Ekaterina Ivanchikova
Katya was born on August 18, 1987 in the Belarusian town of Chausy. The girl grew up in an ordinary, but very friendly family, trying to be an obedient daughter. Her parents, in turn, supported her in all her endeavors and tried with all their might to provide their daughter with a decent life. 
Katya often “delighted” her parents with yet another selected street animal, which she brought home to feed and, in case of physical injury, to heal.
The girl was rarely alone; most often she was in the company of her best friends, of whom she always had many.
Study of Ekaterina Ivanchikova
WITH youth it was clear that Katya was growing up to be a very active, and most importantly, versatile girl. Despite her activity, she was a good student at school and often pleased her parents with good grades.From an early age she had a craving for music, so her parents enrolled their daughter in music school where she spent everything free time. There she studied all the basics of playing the piano, however, these were not all her hobbies. In addition, Katya was interested in singing, dancing and even drawing, so her day was planned literally minute by minute.
Ekaterina Ivanchikova on the show “One to One!” Smile IOWA Group
During these same school years, the girl fell in love for the first time. New, previously unfamiliar feelings discovered another talent in her - writing poetry. It was then that she wanted to create her own group, whose songs in the future could inspire and delight listeners.
After graduating from school, Katya thought not about a hobby, but about her future, so she decided to get a profession that would probably be stable and generate income.
She moved to Minsk and submitted documents to the Belarusian Pedagogical University. Maxim Tank. Four years later Katya received higher education in two directions at once - “Journalism” and “Philology”.
The beginning of Catherine's IOWA career
In 2009, the girl’s dream of creating her own musical group returned, so she found equally ambitious and talented people, with whom I created a new one youth group IOWA. 
In the future, its participants became not only colleagues, but also good friends. In the group, Katya serves as a vocalist and is responsible for writing lyrics for songs. Initially, she was also a bass guitarist, but soon began to devote all her strength only to high-quality singing.
Spectators who regularly attend concerts of the IOWA group note how energetic and professional Katya is during her performance. The girl not only puts all her energy into the performance, but also charges everyone present with it, from colleagues to devoted listeners. The songs that the girl writes are based solely on personal emotions and experiences, so it seems to every listener that the lyrics are written for each person.
For a whole year after its founding, the group performed concerts at the most big cities Republic of Belarus, however, in order to conquer more large audience the entire team decided to move to the creative city of St. Petersburg.
Interview with Ekaterina Ivanchikova, lead singer of the group “IOWA”
Initially they went there for a few days with concerts, but soon moved to permanent place residence. It was there that “IOWA” began to truly develop, literally from the very first performances, residents Russian Federation loved the visiting group.
History of the name of the group "Iowa"
Many people are interested in the question of what the name “IOWA” means and why the group members approved it. In fact, that’s what (Iowa) Katya was called by her comrades with whom she had previously performed. At that time, she was interested in heavy music, so her friends named her after one of the albums of the metal band Slipknot. 
Having told a friend from America about her nickname, the girl learned that in the states this abbreviation stands for “Idiots Out Wandering Around,” which literally means “Idiots wandering along the street.” At the time of the creation of the group, the girl believed that such a name would be original and could be remembered by future fans.
Personal life of Ekaterina Ivanchikova
Despite the busy musical career, the girl still finds time for her young man, who is the guitarist of her group Leonid Tereshchenko. 
The couple had a friendly relationship for a very long time, after which they were in a romantic relationship for several years, and already in 2015 it became known that Ekaterina and Leonid would finally get married.
Ekaterina Ivanchikova today
It is worth noting that the group not only performed at various concerts, but also took part in numerous competitions. So, in 2012, “IOWA” became a participant in two competitions at once - “Red Star” on the First and “ New wave" And even though they didn’t manage to win, they were still able to win over their audience and receive the “Love Radio Listeners’ Choice” prize.In the spring of the same year, the video for the beloved song “Mama” collected a million views on the Internet. At the end of the year, it became one of the 20 best songs of 2012.
Katya and her group often become invited guests on various TV shows and programs. For example, in 2013, IOWA performed the song “Looking for a Husband” on famous project Channel One “Let's Get Married” visiting hosts Roza Syabitova and Larisa Guzeeva.
In 2014, the team actively continues to record new hits and perform with them throughout the country. In addition, some compositions became soundtracks for popular domestic TV series. For example, the hits “The Same Thing” and “Smile” were heard in the series “Kitchen”, and “Simple Song” became the soundtrack to the beloved series “Fizruk”, in which main role performed by Dmitry Nagiyev.
IOWA - Smile
The group's songs have repeatedly taken first place in the iTunes top charts. At the end of 2014, they finally recorded their first album, “Export”.
In 2015, IOWA was repeatedly nominated for various prestigious awards, among which " The best group"at the RU.TV Awards, "Breakthrough of the Year" and " Best Song"at the Muz-TV Awards and "Best Russian artist» MTV EMA awards.
In April 2015 Music band gave his first serious concert, which took place in Moscow, and a month later in Minsk.
The composition of the IOWA group at the moment:
Ekaterina Ivanchikova - vocals
Leonid Tereshchenko - guitar
Vasily Bulanov - drums
Andrey Artemyev - keyboards
Vadik Kotletkin - bass guitar
IOWA- This is a bright, original team that combines a unique female vocals and melody, sincere feelings and charisma, beauty and femininity. The guys appeared unexpectedly out of nowhere, and also unexpectedly they were recognized by all the leading media structures of the country. Unexpected, but deserved. It is impossible to escape fame if you really deserve it. Their debut video Several tens of thousands of people watched it on the Internet in a couple of days.
Their works were immediately put into rotation on MTV and many other channels and radio stations, reports http://www.gl5.ru They are invited to all major city festivals. In just a few months they have already visited many cities in Russia. People loved them.
About the group 
I.O.W.A. (Idiots Out Wandering Around) is an American idiom.
Translated: “You can’t hide the truth.”
Examine every cell of the human body and you will not find the gene responsible for the perception of music... Having gathered together, the group members formed a unique gene I.O.W.A., becoming one, alny whole.
The group was born in 2009 in Belarus. And already in 2010, after a series of successful acoustic concerts in St. Petersburg, the vocalist of the group, together with the guitarist, made an informed decision to move to Russia. In Saint-Petersburg.
For whom and what is our music about?
We do not fall into the search for what is visible to the touch, we do not try to add mysticism to our songs. We quickly write small, but nevertheless significant stories about positive melancholy, beautiful solitude, in which a person is able to create; about LOVE, without which he is not able to create. Our music is for everyone who cares about it.
I.O.W.A. - this is more, wider and more diverse than music limited by one genre. This is also evidenced by the fact that our instrumental music is heard in the one-act play “... means I’m alive,” which was presented at the international festival IFMC in Belarus.
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Katya "I.O.W.A." Ivanchikova (vocals, lyrics, set design)
Even in the 8th month of pregnancy, my mother danced in a group, the Russian dance “Round Dance”.
So, I can say that I started performing on stage in the 8th month of my mother’s pregnancy...
1992 - First time on stage. Took 1st place in the regional competition among kindergartens;
1994 - Started keeping a diary. First 1st entry: “I know that I will become a singer!” I started writing my first poems;
2002 - Studied academic singing at a music school;
2003 - Graduated from music school with a class in choreography and drawing! Started writing my own songs;
2005 - Became a finalist in the Belarusian television projects “Stargazer”, “Star Stagecoach”, “Hit-Moment”;
2007 - Became a soloist in the Russian musical “THE PROPHET” / St. Petersburg;
2008 - Performed as an opening act for the group “Animal Jazz”, became a participant in a one-act performance based on the music of the group I.O.W.A. “...that means I live,” which won the international competition “IFMS”;
2009 - Starred in short film"Meeting"
Leonid "LENNY" Tereshchenko (rhythm and solo guitar, music, arrangement)
Since childhood I have shown Creative skills and a craving for the stage. As a child, according to his parents, he took a broom in his hands and sang M. Boyarsky’s songs throughout the apartment. Graduated high school with an aesthetic bias. In high school I drew guitars and names on my desk famous rock bands. For which I was an active participant general cleaning in class... and all creative evenings...
1999 - One day, having seen a guitarist play live at one of the concerts, he fell ill with music. Being extremely interested in the guitar, I decided to take private lessons. Entered Mogilev School of Music them. Rimsky-Korsakov. During his studies he became a laureate of prestigious international competitions and festivals. Actively led concert activities. In parallel with classical music was actively interested in the art of arrangement.
2004 - After graduating from college, he was invited to perform in the USA. All efforts and aspirations were directed to this area, however, leaving for several years was impossible, since a visa was refused more than once.
2005 - Received an invitation to work at the Spamash production center in Minsk. He worked as an arranger and session man with “Belarusian pop stars”. I give private guitar lessons. I work in the group I.O.W.A.
Vasily “VASE. M" Bulanov (drums) 
The first thing that seriously shocked me in my life was King Michael ( Michael Jackson). I tried to copy him, found shirts, hung all sorts of danglers on them. In front of the mirror I tried to repeat his movements. Made wigs from laces...
Somehow I found out that one institution was recruiting musical ensemble. This was the Palace of Pioneers. There I picked up drumsticks for the first time and realized that I would like to do this in the future. Reporting concerts in the districts of the city and other performances drew me more and more into creative activity. The first group was moving in the “punk” direction, and that’s when I first felt the drive and power of rock music. This attracted me, and I decided on the style that I would like to perform. Tried myself in different groups and projects. From everything I extracted what I needed for further growth. Over time, playing drums became more than a hobby. Video school classes have yielded results. I give private lessons in playing percussion instruments.
Since 2009 I have been working in the I.O.W.A group.
Official page of the IOWA group on VKontakte: http://vkontakte.ru/club20548570
Ekaterina Ivanchikova is known as the lead singer of the popular music group IOWA. In Russian and Belarusian show business, the singer stands out for her expressiveness and originality. The compositions, the poems for which the talented girl writes herself, are extraordinary and emotional. This allows the group to remain at the top of the charts for a long time.
Biography of the singer
Katya IOWA - many fans call it that talented singer. In fact, IOWA is the name of the group where the girl is the lead singer. The real name of the singer is Ivanchikova Ekaterina Leonidovna.
Katya came from Belarus. She was born on August 18, 1987 in the city of Chausy, Mogilev region, into an ordinary family. Her father worked as a builder, her mother was a teacher in kindergarten. The parents loved their daughter and encouraged her passion for creativity in every possible way. WITH early childhood Katya was engaged in drawing, singing and dancing.
At the age of 6, she first expressed her desire to become a singer. Then, in 1992, the girl took 1st place in the regional competition among children's institutions. Later, her parents enrolled her in a music school to study piano. However, playing an instrument and practicing solfeggio did not interest Katya much. Then her vocal abilities left much to be desired.
Ekaterina grew up as an active and kind girl. As a child, she often brought home and helped sick and homeless animals. The future singer studied well, for which some of her pranks were forgiven.
At the age of 15, the girl fell in love for the first time, which was the impetus for writing her first poems. At this time, she began to often visit neighboring Mogilev. This city is a kind of mecca for rock musicians in Belarus. There Katya made new acquaintances, which later came in handy in conquering the stage.
Increasingly, she thought about a musical career, but academic singing was required to enter the Conservatory or the Mogilev School of Culture. The girl did not have enough data, and she entered the Pedagogical University in Minsk, which she successfully graduated with a degree in philology and journalism.
IN student years the singer's career began. In 2005, Katya participated in several Belarusian television projects: “Star Stagecoach” (analogous to the Russian “Star Factory”), “Hit Moment” and “Stargazer”. In 2007, she performed as a soloist in Ilya Oleinikov’s musical “The Prophet”.
More and more often, Katya is thinking about creating her own group. After graduating from university, she moved to Mogilev and got a job in her specialty. Then she met Leonid Tereshchenko, the guitarist of the future group, and a little later with Vasily Bulanov, the drummer of the group.
Composition and history of the group name IOWA (IOWA)
In 2008, the guys decided to create a group. At that time, the team consisted of 3 people: Ekaterina Ivanchikova, Leonid Tereshchenko and Vasily Bulanov.
The guys had no money, they had to earn extra money. Katya worked as a waitress and sang in restaurants. Once she was even hospitalized due to tobacco smoke poisoning. The group did not immediately decide on a style. At first the guys were into hard rock. Katya sang in a growling manner and almost lost her voice because of it.
Fans are interested in the meaning of the group's name: who came up with what IOWA is and how this abbreviation is correctly translated. The fact is that friends called the young aspiring singer that way because of her passion for the work of the group Slipknot.
IOWA stands for “Idiots Always Walk Around,” which literally translates to “Idiots always walk in circles.” Despite such a strange decoding, Katya liked the nickname. Therefore, the newly formed team had no questions about what they should be called. The guys gave the group this name - the nickname of the lead singer.
Now there are 6 people playing in it. In addition to the 3 founders of the group, keyboard player Andrey Artemyev, drummer Ruslan Gadzhimuradov and bass guitarist Alexander Gavrilov joined the band. The producer of the group is Oleg Baranov.
Musical creativity
Since 2008, the guys have been singing in bars and cafes. Once they managed to perform as an opening act at a concert of the Animal Jazz group. In 2010, they received an offer to perform in St. Petersburg at an apartment show from Vitaly Glushchak. At that moment the guys had no money. They sold some of the instruments, took $100 with them and went to another country.
Difficulties began at the station. At the exchange office they were given 500 rubles instead of 2500. Despite this, the guys liked the city so much that they decided to move to St. Petersburg. The group members recall that they met sympathetic people who were always ready to help. For example, at a concert they met 2 girls who offered them accommodation and then helped them with stage costumes.
The group even performed on the streets, collecting money for numbers from passers-by. Later they got a job at a factory where they painted decorative candles. At this time, their “Simple Song” was already playing on the radio, and a video was shot. It is considered the group's first song. But it was not this composition that brought them popularity.
The band members used everything known methods to get noticed. They handed out CDs and applied for various festivals. This is how they were noticed by future producer Oleg Baranov. This happened when the team auditioned for a performance at “Scarlet Sails”.
Oleg did not like the group’s creativity at all and the way they behaved on stage. However, he noted the charisma and energy of the guys, which allowed him to see future stars in them. The musicians were delighted with their new acquaintance and agreed to cooperate. After that it started tour life groups. Oleg changed the style of the team, helped determine the images and direction.
In 2012, the guys appeared on the TV show “Red Star” on Channel One. After this, they shoot a video for the song “Mom”. This composition becomes their first hit. The video quickly gained a million views on the Internet. The same year was released for the “Smile” video, the song from which Katya sings in a phone advertisement.
And in the middle of the year, the group receives a special prize at the “New Wave” competition and the title “Discovery of the Year” at the Belarusian National Music Award.
At the beginning of 2013, the guys took part in the TV show “Let’s Get Married” with the song “Looking for a Husband” and in “Big Dance” with the song “Mom”. In 2014, the group’s first single, “The Same Thing,” was released, and the song itself was featured on the soundtrack to the sitcom “Kitchen.” A little later, the song “Smile” appears in the same series. And “A Simple Song” ends up in the series “Fizruk”.
More and more often, Katya and the group are invited to various ceremonies and festivals. The guys collaborate with famous brands. In 2014, the group released their debut album “Export”. The team continues to conduct active concert activities and shoot videos. A year later, IOWA received the first award at the Golden Gramophone 2015 award. At the beginning of 2016, the group released their mega-hit “Marshrutka”.
Katya also worked on the voice acting for several cartoons. speaks in her voice main character film "Wolves and Sheep: A Mad Transformation." The title soundtrack “Stay Yourself” is also authored by the singer.
Published in November 2016 new album"Import" group. Ekaterina Ivanchikova performed the song “Beats the Beat” on the 5th season of the show “The Voice” together with Mikhail Zhitov and Sardor Milano. IOWA performed on the Big Love Show and Evening Urgant", and their new album was awarded in the category "Best Belarusian Pop Album" by the portal "Experty.by".
In 2017, the group went on the “Bad to Dance” tour and gave the opening concert in St. Petersburg. In the same year, the guys were lucky enough to record a joint composition with the soloist System groups of a Down by Serj Tankian.
It was the soundtrack "A Beautiful Day to Die" for the film "The Legend of Kolovrat". By the end of the year, the team received several more awards and starred in “ New Year's Eve on Channel One."
In 2018, the guys released a new single, “Silent on Me,” and recorded a duet with Elena Temnikova.
Personal life
First love
Katya fell in love at a young age. She was only 15 years old, her chosen one was older. Then, under the influence of her first feelings, the girl began to write poetry. The romance was short-lived. However, he left a mark on Katya's work. The girl’s desire to become a singer became even stronger.
Leonid Tereshchenko
At the beginning of her career, Catherine did not reveal the secrets of her personal life. According to the singer, she had no time to think about romance, because after moving to St. Petersburg and starting performances, their days were scheduled minute by minute.
However, already at that time she had developed a romantic relationship with the band’s guitarist Leonid Tereshchenko. From the first days they understood each other perfectly. For a long time their relationship was friendly, and later grew into love. A romance began between the guys.
Katya always dreamed of having a reliable and sensitive man nearby. This is exactly what her chosen one turned out to be. According to the guys, collaboration does not interfere with their relationship at all, and even brings the couple closer together.
Candid photographs of the artist for men's publications did not affect the feelings of young people. Katya's photos appeared on the pages of Maxim and Playboy magazines. According to the couple, they understand that this is the price they pay for fame.
Despite high growth singer and her model figure, Katya rarely spoils her fans candid shots. She recently posted on Instagram a photo in a swimsuit in which she is relaxing with Leonid.
Wedding
The couple's romantic relationship lasted 10 years. Leonid proposed in 2012. According to Katya, this happened in mall when he and his mother were shopping. Lenya unexpectedly presented the bride with a huge bouquet of roses and a ring. The girl agreed.
The guys signed the same year at the Chaussky registry office. However, the busy tour schedule did not allow the couple to immediately organize a celebration. Another 4 years passed before the newlyweds had a real wedding.
This happened in the fall of 2016. The guys secretly got married in Karelia in an abandoned church from 1935 in the village of Lumivaara. The date of the ceremony was not made public, so the guys only had close relatives and friends at the wedding. Journalists and fans learned about the event only a few days later, when Katya posted a photo on Instagram wedding dress. The guys admit that the celebration took place in a warm and romantic atmosphere. And the guys from Comedy invited as hosts did not even charge the newlyweds.
The group that we all remember with the song about “this is not a joke, we met in a minibus” is a Russian-Belarusian group whose roots, oddly enough, come from hard alternative and metal. IOWA was formed in 2009 in the city of Mogilev - there are three members: Ekaterina Ivanchikova (vocals, bass guitar), Leonid Tereshchenko (guitar) and Vasily Bulanov (DJ, drums).
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The name of the group is dedicated to the album of the same name by one of the most nonconformist nu-metal bands - Slipknot. The band's vocalist Ekaterina Ivanchikova says that “IOWA” is stable expression in American culture, which stands for “You can’t hide the truth.” By the way, Katya herself long time was into hardcore guitar music and even mastered growling - brutal vocals that can be heard live when performing some songs. This technique requires serious effort and can even damage the vocal cords. IN currently Ekaterina attends academic vocal classes and dreams of learning how to beatbox.
In 2010, the guys moved to St. Petersburg and came to a joint decision: to write more positive and cheerful material. At first, the team members had to work at a factory where they were painting New Year's candles - they had to spin around to get settled in big city. So a year passed, during which time the first song “Mom” was recorded. In 2012, thanks to this song, the group got into the show “Red Star” on Channel One.
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In the spring of 2014, the first album “Spring” was released, a little later in May the singles “The Same Thing” and “Smile” were released, songs from which are included in the soundtrack popular TV series“Kitchen” and “Sweet Life”.
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By the fall, IOWA consolidated its success with 3 million views of the “Smile” video on YouTube and a record fee of 1.3 million rubles for its performance in Sochi at the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
