Larisa Dolina is a famous Soviet and Russian pop jazz singer and actress. Since 1998 she has been a People's Artist and three times winner of the National Russian Prize "Ovation". Larisa Dolina is the only Russian singer with a five-octave voice. She performs in a variety of musical styles: classical music; popular stage; jazz; blues; rock. The range of her vocals has been compared to those of Whitney Houston and Gloria Gaynor.
The content of the article:
- early years
- Career and creativity
- Film work
- Personal life
Early years
Larisa Dolina was born on September 10, 1955 in the city of Baku. Her father, Alexander Markovich Kudelman, was a Jew by nationality, and a builder by profession. Larisa's mother, Galina Izrailevna (maiden name Dolina), worked as a typist. Later, Larisa decided to change her surname Kudelman to Dolina - her mother's maiden name - considering it more harmonious.
The girl's musical abilities were manifested at an early age. She possessed perfect pitch, good musical memory and a strong beautiful voice.
When Larisa was 2, 5 years old, the family moved to Odessa, where her maternal grandmother lived. Living conditions there were rather difficult; they lived in a communal apartment for a long time. At the age of 6, the girl was sent to a music school, from which she graduated in cello. A year later, on the seventh birthday of Larisa, the first musical instrument appeared in the family: the piano of the "Red October" company. As a child, in addition to her passion for music, Larisa really liked foreign languages, and she even thought about a career as a translator. But the years passed and the natural talent for music prevailed over linguistic abilities.
Valley's musical taste was formed when she sang the Beatles repertoire, and her first teachers in jazz were Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and, of course, Billie Halliday.
While still at school, Larisa was already singing in restaurants in Odessa. In the 9th grade, she accidentally got to the audition, to the place of the soloist of the "Volna" ensemble and was accepted. With great difficulty, she managed to leave school and become an artist of the Odessa Philharmonic. I had to finish school in absentia.
Career and creativity
After deafening popularity in Odessa, Dolina received an offer to work in Yerevan and perform in the musical group "Armina". Parents were against it, but the girl left Odessa and moved to live in Armenia. The four years I spent there were a difficult period. Often I had to sit without a penny of money. Subsequently, she was a soloist in such musical groups as the "State Pop Orchestra of Armenia" under the direction of Konstantin Orbelian, "State Pop Ensemble of Azerbaijan" under the direction of Polad Bul-Bul Oglu.
A real success for Larisa's creativity was her acquaintance with Anatoly Kroll (director of the Sovremennik orchestra), who immediately noticed the singer's jazz voice. Then, Larisa compiled an individual jazz program "Anthology of Jazz Vocal", with which she performed in different parts of the Soviet Union and became popular as a pop and jazz singer. In the mid-80s, the artist changed her repertoire, replacing jazz with pop music. Larisa moves to Leningrad, where she works independently, with her team and the following show programs:
1985 "Long Leap"
1987 "Contrasts"
1989 "Ldinka"
1990 "Little Woman"
1992 "To the 20th anniversary of creative activity"
1993 "I sing what I want"
1995 "I don't like myself"
1996 "Weather at home"
1997 "I want to be loved"
1998 "Singer and Musician"
2000 "As long as you are all with me"
Dolina received her professional musical education only at the age of 30; in 1984 she graduated from the Moscow School of Music. Gnesins, pop department in vocal class.
The peak of popularity in the nineties came to the Valley after the performance of the song "Weather in the House", which became a national hit. In 1993 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
In 2002 Larisa decides to return to her favorite musical genre - jazz. She has recorded several English-language albums such as 2008's Hollywood Mood, Carnival of Jazz-2: No comments (2009), Route 55 (2010) and LARISA (2012).
Throughout her creative career, Larisa Dolina has recorded 21 albums.
The singer has become a prize-winner and laureate of all-Union and international competitions more than once, such as: the title "Best Singer of the Country" at the All-Union Competition "Profi" (1991); "Ovation" award for the best soloist of the year (in the category "Pop Music") (1996); awarded the Order of Honor for her great contribution to the development of musical art (2005); awarded the Order of Friendship for her great contribution to the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity (2018) and others.
The main advantage of the Valley is its voice, non-standard manner of performance and performance without the use of phonograms. Live music performed by her sounded not only in concert halls, but also in large stadiums.
Work in the cinema
In parallel with her musical activities, the Valley starred in many famous films, such as "We are from Jazz" 1983, "The Newest Adventures of Pinocchio" 1997, "Cinderella" 2002.
Many famous heroes of Russian films sing in the voice of Larisa Dolina: "An Ordinary Miracle" 1978, "Wizards" 1982, "Princess of the Circus" 1982, "We Are From Jazz" 1983, "Winter Evening in Gagra" 1985, "Island of Lost Ships" 1987, " The Man from the Boulevard des Capuchins "1987" To Kill the Dragon "1988," Souvenir for the Prosecutor "1989," Rock and Roll for Princesses "1990," Love Carrot "2007, and many others.
She has voiced over 70 films and cartoons.
Personal life
Larisa Dolina was married three times. Jazz musician Anatoly Mikhailovich Mionchinsky became her first husband. In this marriage, a daughter, Angelina, was born. But the union broke up after seven years of marriage. According to Larisa, the gap was due to her husband's addiction to alcohol and envy of her career success.
Bass guitarist and producer Viktor Mityazov became the second chosen one of the singer.
The couple lived together for about 11 years, until the Valley was carried away by the young musician Ilya Spitsyn. He was 13 years younger than Larisa. After marrying Dolina, Spitsyn began to produce the artist.
In September 2011, Larisa Dolina became a grandmother. The singer's daughter from her first marriage, Angelina, gave birth to Larisa's granddaughter, Alexandra.
An interesting fact is that the second cousin of Larisa Dolina is the actress, director of the Taganka Theater Irina Aleksimova.
