In this article we will tell you who Anna Semina is. Utah is the pseudonym by which this performer is known. She is also a songwriter and composer. Founder, artistic director, vocalist, as well as the ideologist of the Utah group of the same name. In 2012, she announced that she was starting a solo career. In 1985, the future performer moved to Moscow from her native Sverdlovsk. In 2000, the girl created a group and began work on her debut studio album. The record was released a year later. Since 2001, the singer recorded 10 studio albums, as well as 6 collections. On the account of this person 40 composer works created for performances, series and films. The compositions “Hops and Malt” and “Once upon a Time” were included in the list of 500 best songs on “Our Radio”. The performer is a laureate of the Chanson of the Year and Golden Gramophone awards.
Biography
Anna Semina was born in 1979, on June 20, in Sverdlovsk. Comes from a family of academic singer and jazz musician. In the early years she was fond of playing the flute, rhythmic gymnastics and swimming. Having decided to master the piano, the girl became a student at the Gnesinsky College of Music. From the third year I studied jazz vocals in parallel. Her teacher is Tatyana Nikolaevna Markovich. In addition, the future performer was engaged in arranging and composition. She met with Alexander Semenov - a former member of the Sverdlovsk band “April March”. Thanks to this, the girl thought about creating her own group. The singer herself writes music and lyrics, also acts as an arranger and sound producer.
Career
Anna Semina began her professional career in 1999. After 2 years, the debut album of the band “Easy and even elegant” was released. The performer was entrenched in the image of an unusual punk grunge girl who plays extreme music. The singer is called the discoverer of this direction for Russia. In addition, she was nicknamed the "successful clone of Zemfira." The band’s second album was titled “Hops and Malt”. It was released in 2002 by the record company REAL Records. The title track of the album and the song “Fall” were included in the rotation of large radio stations. The album itself, according to critic Arthur Gasparyan, came out more airy and lighter in sound. Grunge along with the pop direction sounded organically and convincingly. Soon, the performer took part in the festival "Invasion". In 2003, an album entitled “Rye and Clover” was released. It included several compositions on poems by
Eugene Roizman. The songs "Violet-black" and "Name" were rotated on radio stations. The first of these compositions is a tribute to "Picnic". A year later, the album “Girl” was released under the label “Nikitin”. In this album for the first time a song was performed, performed in a duet with
Vladimir Shakhrin, entitled "Waited." This composition was aired by Our Radio. A number of observers noted the very human and powerful voice of the singer. We also paid attention to the harmonious and unusual musical design of the record, which gave it a pronounced romance.
Personal life
Anna Semina in 2006 married a film producer and director Oleg Osipov. Before this event, they met for about two years. In 2007, the couple had their firstborn, Anatoly. In 2010, twins Maria and Catherine were born. In 2011, Oleg Osipov died of cardiosclerosis at the 42nd year of life. The singer’s brother is an artist, also directed the singer’s clip.
Discography
We have already told you who Anna Semina is. Albums of the performer will be given later. In 2001, the disc "Easy and even elegant" was released. In addition, the performer recorded the following albums: “Hop and Malt”, “Rye and Clover”, Remixed, “Girl”, “Radio and Television”, “After”, “On the Edge”, “By the Way”, “My Relatives”.
Other creativity
Anna Semina has released a number of collections: “Loving mood”, “My beloved”, “Name”.
The performer also actively records singles. Among them should be called compositions: “Boy, Whose Whose?”, “Accident”, “Chalk”, “Hops and Malt”, “Fall”, “Lonely Highway”, “You Are Not Me”, “Name”, “Violetov- black ”,“ White blizzard ”,“ Once upon a time ”,“ Waited ”,“ Far away ”,“ Evenly divided heaven ”,“ The same girl ”,“ My love ”,“ My generation ”,“ Salt on the skin ”,“ Slightly uncertain ”,“ After ”,“ Jealousy ”,“ On the edge ”,“ Bonfire-bridges ”,“ About him ”,“ My beloved ”,“ Forgive me, goodbye ”,“ First date ”,“ The soldier who hasn’t turned around ”,“ Mom ”,“ For Russia ”. A number of video clips for the singer’s songs have been shot. The singer played a cameo role in the series "Soldiers", she also wrote music for this picture. Next, we name other films in which Anna performed as a composer: “Kolobkov. A real colonel! ”,“ Sea soul ”,“ Ensign Shmatko, or Yo-mine ”,“ Borodin. Return of the General ”,“ Smalkov. Double blackmail ”,“ Students ”,“ Tourists ”,“ Company Story ”,“ Peter the Magnificent ”,“ Mad ”,“ Mothers and Daughters ”,“ After Life ”,“ Provincial ”,“ Keeper ”,“ Men's Women's Game ” , “Lavrova’s Method”, “If Yes, If Only,” “The Christmas Tree by the Barboskins”, “Luntik and His Friends”, “The Wonderful Safronov Brothers”, “While the Village Sleeps”, “Family Values”. Now you know who Anna Semina is. Photos of the performer are attached to this material.