Larisa Dolina - the famous Soviet Russian pop singer and actress. She became the People's Artist of Russia in 1998. In addition, the singer is the owner of the National Russian Prize called “Ovation”.
Larisa Dolina: biography and personal life
Larisa Alexandrovna was born in September 1955, in the city of Baku. The real name of the singer is Kudelman. The girl grew up in a friendly and strong family. Her father worked as a glazier, and her mother served as a typist. The popular actress Irina Apeksimova is the second cousin of the singer.
After some time, parents and Larisa Dolina moved to a cramped communal apartment in Odessa, this city was native to her parents. When the girl was 6 years old, she went to a music school, where she graduated in cello.
From childhood, Larisa Alexandrovna was fond of music, and her joy knew no bounds when she, once returning from a pioneer camp, saw a piano in her room. Parents gave her a musical instrument for her birthday.
Children's hobbies of the artist
In addition to singing and stage, the future singer dreamed of foreign languages. In childhood, the girl really wanted to become a translator, and for this she did her best. For 3 years, Larisa attended courses almost seven days a week. However, over time, Larisa realized that her vocation was music, and the study of English stopped.
For the first time, the famous artist took to the stage at the age of 12. This event took place in a pioneer camp. The talented girl was noticed by the head of the Magellan musical group and invited Larisa to sing together. Joint performance determined the direction of her career.
Career Valley
As soon as the girl was 18 years old, she left the ensemble and began to sing in the restaurant of the Black Sea Hotel. The singer became quite famous, and many Soviet celebrities who came to Odessa considered it their duty to visit the restaurant only in order to hear the young singer.
However, the talented artist’s performances in the restaurant did not last long, after some time Larisa Dolina (the singer’s photo is in the article) received an offer to act as part of the Armin musical group. The only condition that had to be fulfilled was moving to Yerevan. Despite the discontent of parents, the Valley left Odessa and moved to live in another country.
Here she saw life from the dark side: betrayal, lack of money and loneliness arose on her path. After many trials, after 4 years, the girl met with luck - she was accepted into the “State Variety Orchestra of Armenia”, where she was noticed by the jazz conductor Kroll, who wrote his own jazz program for the artist. Since that time, the Valley began to tour the Soviet Union and gain popularity as a pop jazz singer.
Songs of Larisa Dolina
Larisa Alexandrovna gained even greater fame after performing the composition “Three White Knights”, which sounded in the Soviet film “Wizards”. After that, the artist was taken to the shooting of the movie "We Are From Jazz", where the singer starred and sang.
In the mid-80s, the pop diva decided to change her repertoire, moving away from jazz and moving on to pop music. The valley began to independently write scripts for its performances and go on tour in Russia.
The true success came to the singer in the late 90s, when she performed the song “Weather in the House” in the concert hall “Russia”. This and subsequent songs included in the album were known by heart throughout the country.
Personal life of the singer
One of the most frequently asked questions regarding pop diva is her personal life. It is known that Larisa Dolina was married three times. The first time she started a family in 25 years. Her husband was a jazz musician Anatoly Mikhailovich Mionchinsky, who became famous for his work as a conductor in the Sovremennik orchestra. In a marriage with the conductor, Larisa's daughter Angelina was born.
The Union of Valley and Mionchinsky fell apart after 7 years. The singer explained the gap by the fact that her husband was addicted to alcohol and began to envy her career successes. Angelina received a law degree, was engaged in business and was the owner of two construction companies. In 2011, she gave birth to a girl, Alexander. The daughter is now committed to home and family.
The second choice of the singer was the bass player and producer Viktor Mityazov. Their relationship lasted about 11 years. After breaking up with Victor, the famous singer married bass player Ilya Spitsyna, who was 13 years younger than the artist. After formalizing the relationship, Spitsyn began to produce the artist.
For several years after the formation of relations in the media, information regularly appeared according to which the couple constantly parted, but the singer denied these rumors. Not so long ago, they started talking about family problems in the Dolina family related to Ilya's betrayals. How will the family life of the famous artist develop further - only time will tell.