Maria Katz is one of the brightest and at the same time quite closed Russian pop singers. For herself, she chose mainly development as a vocal teacher.
Childhood star
Masha Katz was born on January 23, 1973. The girl who was born to become a star, to perform one of the first in Russia at Eurovision and is famous for the manner of imitation of almost any pop star, was born in the most ordinary family, where there were no creative personalities.
However, the parents were able to see the sprouts of creativity in her and decided to support her endeavors - at the age of 5 the girl was hired a vocal teacher. As a result, we can say that her career started quite early. The training gave her a lot - she became better at her voice and knew how to handle different compositions as she needed.
At the age of 13, the future star organized her own group, which practiced performing the repertoire of the "Aria" group. In 1989, Maria had a rather bright and important meeting - she met the poet Karen Kavalerian. He helped her get into the famous TV competition, which gave way to the stage for many young stars of the time, "Morning Star". But, however, the girl did not achieve much success here, having passed only the qualifying round.
Career development
Maria was in no hurry to stop at what she had achieved. On the contrary, her career has developed quite actively. In 1991, she auditioned, after which she was accepted as the backing vocalist of the Kvartal group. Further in her creative biography was the "League of Blues" group, where she participated for about 8 years at the suggestion of the head of the group Nikolai Arutyunov.
In the process, in 1993, Tau-Product signed a contract with a young but talented singer Masha Katz. According to him, she was supposed to record the album "Eternal Wanderer" in the studio. Maria Katz became a famous and famous singer for that time.
Performance at Eurovision
The singer received the greatest popularity after her performance in Eurovision. She showed herself well in the qualifying round, after which she was selected to represent Russia in 1994 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. Then she performed at the competition under her creative pseudonym Judith. The song was presented in the blues direction, written in English. This was exactly the composition "Eternal Wanderer". The music for this single was written by Lev Zemlyansky, a former keyboardist of the League-Blues group. The words belong to the pen of Mary herself.
In the competition, the girl got 9th place. But in terms of its value in Russia it turned out to be almost like the first - Katz instantly became recognizable and very popular at home.
Musical talents
Of course, many were interested. How Katz's career will develop further. Since 1995, her biography has been closely associated with the Maryland group, but her collaboration with League Blues did not stop. In addition, the singer, together with Sergei Efimov, who is the former drummer of the "Cruise" collective, created their own project "Beauty and the Beast" - he was warmly greeted by blues fans.
In 2000, Maria Katz received another recognition of her talent and the title of "Lady Blues" of Russia and "Voice of Russia". During this period, she went beyond the proposed circumstances and opened her own recording studio "Hit Start". The workshop begins with the recording of Maria's debut album "Red Blues".
The performer also took part in the musical reality "Become a Star", where she chose for herself the role of a vocal teacher. She even became a mentor to one of the promising teams of the project - "Other Rules".
Katz practiced and participated as a backing vocalist for various famous pop stars. So, in her biography there were joint works with Grigory Leps, Philip Kirkorov, Sergei Trofimov, Valery Meladze, etc. With the participation of the backing vocalist, 180 albums have been released.
Many characters from cartoons and films, mostly Hollywood ones, also speak in the voice of Mary. So, the singer voiced the cartoon "Anastasia", her voice was also presented to mother Gothel in the popular cartoon "Rapunzel. Complicated story".
Katz is not only a talented singer, but also a good teacher. She gave vocal classes for various stars - those who participated in musicals, those who became participants in some song projects, etc. As a teacher, she performed in the troupe of the musical "Chicago". At the same time, she herself performed one of the main roles in it. In 2006 and 2007, Maria prepared children for the Eurovision Song Contest.
How he lives now
For the last decade, Maria has been the lead singer of the Balls of Fire group. This is not so much a musical group as a group of like-minded people and friends. Together with her team, she goes on tour, in addition, she works a lot as a producer. Also, answering the question: what is the performer's life now, music experts say that she is actively involved in teaching, while she has developed her own system of vocal skills - it is this that she offers to her students in her own studio.
Personal life
Of course, many are interested in the question: does Masha Katz have a husband. Officially, the singer is no one's wife, but many media outlets noted that she had a partnership with the popular performer Andrei Makarevich. The singer has a daughter who is already old enough.
