Alena Petrovskaya is a Russian singer, performer of folk and pop songs. She is a finalist of the Main Stage television competition. She has repeatedly participated in international song festivals such as "Slavianski Bazaar", "Spring of Romance", "Feast of Romance", "Victory Day", "Song Celebration".
Elena Yurievna Petrovskaya in 2007-2013 was a backing vocalist in the collective of the famous singer Elena Vaenga.
On the way to a dream
The biography of the future singer started in Mogilev in 1981 on September 30. The girl's parents were not associated with music, but at work they were engaged in creativity. Mom worked in a kindergarten as a teacher. Natalya Semyonovna was an excellent hostess who managed to maintain the entire house. The girl's dad painted beautifully, worked as a restorer of antique clocks. Yuri Vladimirovich collected old receivers and cameras.
The grandmother became the main impetus for the development of creativity in the granddaughter. Nadezhda Emelyanovna spent a lot of time with Alena. She sang her folk songs, funny ditties. The granddaughter was happy to repeat the motives after her. The song element captivated Petrovskaya so much that she decided to become a singer.
The first musical instrument the girl learned to play was the button accordion. Alena was sent to a school with a musical and choral bias. The teachers noticed the student's interest in music and her talent. They supported Alena's desire to develop, helped her in everything.
The girl studied vocals for a long time. She got an excellent teacher. He managed to inspire the student with confidence in her abilities and strengthen her desire to become a soloist. To sing Alena I. G. Lutsuk taught with soul, in music to feel flight and freedom. Musical preferences were formed in early childhood, since there were always a lot of records in the house.
The songs of Ruslanova, Mordasova, German made a significant contribution to the choice of direction. The girl loved to hum them. Sixteen-year-old Alena was fascinated by the performing style of Lyudmila Zykina. The girl wished to learn to sing like her idol. Special education was needed to make the dream come true.
Improvement time
In 1997, Petrovskaya became a student of the Mogilev School of Music, accordion class. Thanks to the teacher, she learned to distinguish the smallest nuances of the game, to convey the finest facets of the works. Optionally, the girl continued to improve her vocals. She sang in the church choir, performed in prestigious halls of the city, and traveled abroad.
On the first day of November 1999, Zykina came to the “Golden Hit” festival held in the city. A classmate took Alena to her audition. Lyudmila Georgievna recommended the girl to pursue a solo career. This decided the further actions of Petrovskaya. She decided to enter the University of Culture and Art of St. Petersburg at the department of folk singing.
In 2001, the girl went to conquer the city. The exams were passed perfectly, Alena was accepted to study. The student was also inspired by magnificent landscapes, architecture, and wonderful people. Alena took part in various competitions, presentations, and attended festivals.
The girl began her introduction as a soloist with the Skomorokhi folk chamber orchestra. She sang folk and author's songs, performed with the Teremkom Quartet, later renamed the Grad Quartet.
The study flew by unnoticed. The singer has accumulated experience and was confident in the correct choice of profession. In 2007 she met Elena Vaenga. Noticing Alena's hard work, the famous singer accepted her into her team. Petrovskaya went on tour, looked for new formats of songs, performed with Vaenga.
The cooperation turned out to be fruitful and rich. In constant flights, trips around the world, solo numbers and duets, he improved the performing skills of an aspiring singer.
Since 2009 Alena has given annual solo concerts in St. Petersburg. She performed folk songs, author's songs, famous and new ones. In 2011 the composition "Earring" was recorded. Petrovskaya performed with her for the first time in the summer amphitheater at the "Slavianski Bazaar". Work has begun on the first solo disc.
Career takeoff
The songs performed by the singer were sounded on television, broadcast by radio stations, and included in thematic collections. In 2012 at the "Slavianski Bazaar" Alena presented a new song by Yuri Baladzharov "Mama Spoke". In 2013, Petrovskaya won a music competition with Apina on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station with the song "Earring".
Together with "Sweeping Blizzard" she took part in the New Year's hit parade of the project winners and were rotated on the radio station. Alena is looking for old songs with pleasure to present to listeners. At the end of 2013, she, in a duet with Vaenga, performed “Kaluga Wedding” on the TV program “Evening Urgant”.
In February 2014, at the Raikin Variety Theater in St. Petersburg, the premiere of the singer's debut album "Vasilkovaya kanva" took place. In May 2015, Petrovskaya took part in a festive concert held on Palace Square, dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of the Victory.
The performance of the folk song "And who dvaru" was recorded with Elena Vaenga. The composition was included in the album "New". At the end of 2015, he was in the top 10 domestic charts.
In 2015, Petrovskaya took part in the second season of the Main Stage competition, where she reached the super final, and became a participant in the gala concert at the Kremlin Palace at the end of the year. The composition "The Line for Happiness", performed by her in a unique manner, was very much liked by Russian pop stars.
In the press, Alena is called the continuer of the traditions of Ruslanova and German. She is called the "heiress in a straight line" Zykina. Critics are sure that Petrovskaya is a professional master of the traditional performing style, combining it with experiments with the expansion of the style of folk songs.
