Valentina Legkostupova is a famous Russian singer who sang songs such as "A Drop in the Sea", "Yagoda-Raspberry" and others. What is interesting about her biography and personal life?
Singer biography
Valentina was born on December 30, 1965 in Khabarovsk. Her parents were famous musicians. Mom was a performer of folk songs, and dad was a composer. Three years after the birth of the child, the whole family moved from cold places to the warm Crimea. Sunny Feodosia became their new place of residence.
Since childhood, Valya began to get involved in music. She loved to sing very much. When the girl went to school, she began performing at all the holidays. In addition, she attended a children's music school in the city in the violin class.
Already at a young age, the girl's parents understood that a real musician would grow out of Vali. Therefore, after graduation, she was sent to Simferopol to study at a music school. After receiving her first education, Valentina moved to Moscow and became a student at the Gnessin Institute. She studied at the pop department under the guidance of Joseph Kobzon. In 1990, Legkostupova successfully graduated from this educational institution.
In parallel with her studies, Valentina began her concert activity. Her first solo concert was a performance in Kherson in 1985. Then she performed at a music festival in Jurmala, where she took an honorable second place. The jury really liked the songs of the young singer. The famous composer Raimonds Pauls drew attention to her and offered cooperation. He wrote several songs for Valentina, which immediately became popular hits.
At this time, Legkostupova moved to live in Tula, where she became the leading soloist of the local philharmonic society. She was listed in this position for 6 years.
In 1987, the singer begins her international career. First she goes to a music festival in Czechoslovakia, then to Poland. The next year, Valentina records the main hit of her life, the song "Berry-Raspberry", which brings her unprecedented popularity. The song was written by the composer Vyacheslav Dobrynin.
Then Legkostupova continued to collaborate with this famous composer and recorded songs such as "Music plays on the ship", "My dear" and so on.
In 1989, the singer went on her first overseas tour. She gives several concerts in Germany. And then, together with the ensemble of Joseph Kobzon, he visits some African countries.
After recording several more famous songs of Legkostupov, go on maternity leave and leave the stage. After that, she tries to return, but she no longer achieves her former fame.
At the same time, Valentina never stopped her creative activity. She has released two albums. She went on tour a lot. She regularly appeared on television in various programs.
Many years later, Legkostupova decided to change her place of residence and moved to live in Spain. There she founded a real estate firm. In Russia, Valentina several times starred in television programs. In 2007, she became a member of the "You are superstar" project on the NTV channel. Then she opened a production center for Valentina Legkostupova in Moscow.
Now the famous singer has moved to live in her hometown - Feodosia. She holds the post of head of the city department of culture. At the beginning of 2018, the singer attended Malakhov's program "Hello Andrey!"
Personal life of the artist
In the life of the singer there were only two true loves. Valentina's first marriage was not very successful. After the birth of their daughter Anette in 1991, the couple separated. Then Legkostupova met the love of her life - Alexei Grigoriev. He became her faithful companion for life. In 2001, she gave birth to a son, Matvey. Valentina is very proud of her children and devotes a lot of time to her family.
