Jemma Iosifovna Khalid is a Russian singer, who became famous not only in her native country, but also abroad, and is best known for playing backyard songs and Russian chanson.
general information
Gemma Khalid in one fell swoop in all her extravagant incarnation entered the world of music, and not only national, but also international. The woman became a performer of soul-touching songs that the audience simply could not help but like, and her soulful performance washed away all language barriers: people of different nationalities were equally fascinated.
By the way, about this: judging by reliable sources, Gemma Khalid, a biography whose nationality has long interested her listeners, is equally tolerant of representatives of any nationality. Perhaps it is her attitude as a magnet that attracts the most motley music lovers to mass concerts of the singer.
Any person chooses a spiritual support for himself in life: someone remains true to himself, for someone there is only one God, and for someone their whole pantheon. Throughout his life, Gemma Khalid also searched for her support, until, finally, she met the religion closest to her heart - Buddhism. Involuntarily possessing a disposition very similar to the spirit of the novices of this faith, Khalid quickly got used to the basic Buddhist commandments. Here is another proof that the singer at her concerts and creative evenings does not attach any importance to skin color or language.
And yet, years later, a real source was found where the roots of a singer named Gemma Khalid are mentioned - a biography. The nationality of the singer was finally determined: the girl’s mother was Russian, but her father was a native of Morocco and had Jewish roots.
Childhood
The future singer Gemma Khalid was born in the capital of Russia, in Moscow. From birth, fate rewarded the girl with an unusual name, and by chance a parental surname was added to this name, lurking in itself the motives of oriental culture. It is worth noting that such a name did not bring troubles to the girl related to the ridicule of other children, but completely changed her life.
The parents chose the name Gemma for their daughter in honor of the beloved heroine from the novel “Gadfly”. This alone promised the girl a bright and eventful life.
But the joy did not last long in the Khalid family: the parents very quickly cooled off each other and hastened to divorce, leaving their little daughter to their fate. And fate threw Gemma into a boarding school. But soon the girl suddenly began to show outstanding musical abilities.
So, by the age of 6, a singer with the name of Gemma Khalid, whose biography, nationality and preferences of which in the future will so excite her listeners, entered the music school in the class of accordion and button accordion. She became her first step on the path to current fame. After school there was the Moscow Regional Music College named after S. S. Prokofiev, which the girl graduated with brilliantly. And so the long road to self-improvement began.
early years
In 1987, Gemma Khalid, whose songs are now incredibly popular, entered the place where she helped to create her own unique vocal drawing. The girl went through a competition at the Gnesins State Music College for the vocal department. In the first year of her studies there, she was nominated for the Polish song contest "Vitebsk-88", which she won to then represent Moscow at the All-Union Festival. The girl’s performance was the most successful and original of all the contestants. As a result, she won first place and first prize. So began her creative career.
From 1989 to 1994, Gemma went on tour in Germany and Poland, where she met her later close friend, composer Włodzimierz Korcz. For many years, the man wrote for the girl works that Gemma Khalid, whose songs penetrated the very soul, seemed to revive.
In the 1990s, after a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, the girl had to leave the stage to write her new album in the underpasses. And most of the songs were literally written in the transition under the dim light of cold lamas. Then another album was recorded, “Ah, this girl”, after which it was decided to go on tour in the USA. From this moment, Khalid’s strong relationship with foreign countries began: the trip was supposed to end after a couple of years, but in reality the singer still very soon returned to her homeland.
Cooperation abroad
The singer plunged into a completely different musical world when she visited the United States of America: there was freedom and there was no any framework for those who love and want to create. And Gemma was just that: her love for music, for free expression, for the open manifestation of emotions - all this found recognition among American listeners. And Khalid seemed to find herself in that country, so that with clean and fresh thoughts she would return later to her homeland.
In America, a woman chose to hide her real name for some time, because Gemma was replaced by a similar Jamuna. The answer to why a woman decided to do just that does not give a biography owned by a singer named Gemma Khalid. Whether nationality was the reason or place of birth does not matter, because the true name of the woman was never recognized abroad.
In the States, a woman is a popular performer of foreign music (Russian). Her repertoire includes Russian war songs, old romances and many chanson songs. It is not surprising that hippies were people who obey the mood, bring peace everywhere and everywhere, to frequent concerts of concerts by a creative person who can perform tragic songs and make you smile.
Craving for music
Love for everything musical was born in Gemma at a very young age and gradually grew into something more. Now for a woman this is the meaning of life. Like many musicians, music saved Khalid in difficult situations, and now a woman will always return this debt.
During his career, Gemma managed to release at least 6 independent albums, each of which is associated with a singer’s life span. Here is the one that she wrote while playing on the subway, and what Khalid wrote abroad.
Full list of albums and years of release:
- 1994 - Dzemma Halid Polskie Nagrania;
- 1996 - "Underpass";
- 1998 - "Ah, this girl";
- 2000 - Jamuna - Goodbye Taganka (reissue of the Underpass passage disk);
- 2005 - Jamuna - Russian Kiss;
- 2009 - "Girl from Nagasaki";
Current activity
At the moment, few people know about the singer, what her personal life has outgrown. Gemma Khalid - from people who promise the soul to music and give it their whole life.
Perhaps the time will come when all the songs recorded in a foreign land will return to the girl’s home country. And then Gemma Khalid, whose discography has already reached a solid size, will make her contribution to the culture of Russia.