Singer Ekaterina Semyonova was very popular and in demand in the 80s. Many people knew her hits "Girlfriends have been married for a long time", "For a moment." The singer had 70 concerts a month, she hosted TV shows, acted in films. Her biography is very full of bright events.
Biography
Ekaterina Semyonova was born in January 1961, her hometown is Moscow. Father worked as an engineer, went on business trips abroad, earned good money, mother was a housewife. Katya has an older sister, Lyudmila, she was born in 1947.
Parents left early, her father died when she was 6 years old. Mother died 5 years later. Katya remained in the care of her older sister, who was already married and had two children.
Katya studied in an ordinary school, from the age of 8 she went to a music school. The girl had perfect pitch. She started working early, cleaning the porches. After graduating from school in 1977, she tried to enter Gnesinka, but failed.
Then Katya got a job as a nurse at the sanitary and epidemiological station. There she contracted pulmonary tuberculosis, then she was treated for a whole year.
After treatment, Semyonova went to work as a secretary in a veterinary clinic. Once she saw in a newspaper an advertisement for the Golden Tuning Fork competition organized by Melodiya and Komsomolskaya Pravda. The girl recorded a brass knuckle with songs on an ordinary tape recorder and sent her to the competition, which she managed to win.
Musical career
The winner of the competition was taken to the ensemble "Girls", created at the capital's philharmonic society. Soon Semyonova was noticed by Yu. Antonov and invited as a vocalist to the "Airbus" group. It happened in 1982.
After 2 years, she left the team due to marriage. The spouse was A. Baturin, a musician of Arsenal. He began to pursue a career as a wife. Katya began to appear on TV, began to collaborate with famous songwriters (L. Voropaeva, D. Tukhmanov).
In 1985. Ekaterina became the second in the "Sound Track" hit parade, the first was A. Pugacheva herself. In 1986. Baturin and Semyonova created the "Hello" group, their first song "Girlfriends have been married for a long time" became a super hit. The singer is becoming very popular, her compositions sounded at the New Year's lights, the finals of the "Song of the Year".
In 1991. the experimental theater "Katya", created by the spouses, appears. In the same period, Semyonova starred in the TV movie "Predators", performing the song "Lover in Love". In 1992. Catherine broke up with her husband, she had to sacrifice many contracts and connections.
Semyonova began to perform original songs, released several records, wrote songs for other performers. In the 2000s, the singer began recording soundtracks for films, performing at concerts. She hosted a radio show "Star Company", participated in a TV show. In 2015. for her contribution to the development of culture, Semyonova received the Order of the Golden Star of the Fatherland.
Personal life
The first marriage with A. Baturin lasted 9 years, in 1985. the couple had a son, Ivan. The couple divorced on the initiative of Semyonova. In 1992. Ekaterina met M. Tserishenko, an actor. It happened on the set of the film "Paid In Advance". Semyonova was invited to one of the main roles. At home, Katya told her husband that she had fallen in love, there were other reasons for the breakup. Soon the couple separated.
Later, Katya married Mikhail, they lived together for 25 years. Semyonova wrote songs, worked with her grandson Matvey, Mikhail worked in E. Petrosyan's project "Crooked Mirror". In 2018, the couple divorced because Catherine could not forgive her husband for his betrayal.
