Today we will talk about who Maria Katz is. Photos of this native Muscovite with the pseudonym Judith are attached to this material. She was born in 1973, in her family there were no musicians or artists. However, from an early age she began to demonstrate very worthy vocal abilities, and her parents found good vocal teachers for their five-year-old daughter.
Biography
Maria Katz met Karen Kavaleryan, a Russian songwriter, when she was only 15 years old. He advised the girl to take part in the Yuri Nikolaev contest “Morning Star”. The young performer followed the recommendations of Kavaleryan and took advantage of his help, but she managed to pass only the first qualifying round in this competition.
After the failure, Maria Katz took up the vocals more thoroughly and a year later managed to get an audition in the Kvartal group, taking the place of the vocalist there. She performed in this group from 1991 to 1992. Then the girl moved to the Blues League group. Here, the singer was a backing vocalist for seven years. In this capacity, she participated in the recording of about two hundred albums.
In 1993, representatives of the Tau-product company signed a contract with the performer, which envisaged a studio performance of the album entitled “The Eternal Wanderer”. The girl becomes widely known after performing at the Eurovision Song Contest.
The singer was able to adequately perform during the qualifying round, after which in 1994 she represented the Russian Federation in Dublin as part of an international song contest. The singer performed under the pseudonym Judith and performed a blues English song called "The Eternal Wanderer."
Maria herself wrote the words for this song, and the music was created by Lev Zemlyansky, composer and former keyboard player of the Blues League. The performer’s performance was successful. The girl gained even more fame, taking ninth place in the competition.
Music
In 1995, Maria Katz connects the creative biography with the Maryland team. At the same time, the girl continues to collaborate with the Blues League group. In the same period, the singer, together with the former drummer of the Cruise team Sergey Efimov, organized a new project, Beauty and the Beast. Many blues fans greeted him with extraordinary warmth.
In 2000, the performer was recognized as “Lady Blues”, as well as “Voice of Russia”. In the same period, she creates her own record company and calls her "Hit Start". There, the girl writes her album entitled "Red Blues." From 2002 to 2003, she was a vocal teacher in the music show "Become a Star."
We are talking about the Russian analogue of the popular project of young artists called Popstars. In the final of the project, the performer was engaged in vocals with the soloists of the group called "Other Rules".
Famous Russian musicians often invite a girl as a backing vocalist while recording albums. In this capacity, the singer collaborated with Valery Meladze, Sergey Trofimov, Philip Kirkorov, Grigory Leps.
Personal life
How does Maria Katz spend time off stage? This is a question that many asked only after information appeared about the novel by Andrei Makarevich and the red-haired singer. The couple has been dating since 2013. On the advice of the girl, Andrei Makarevich bought an elite apartment in Netanya - a resort place in Israel. Romantic relationships do not interfere with a twenty-year age difference.
According to a common friend and music critic Artemy Troitsky, the couple looks happy and in love. The office romance of two performers began during a joint tour. The girl has a daughter, it is known that she is 14 years old.
Discography
The songs of Maria Katz were included in several albums, the first of which is called "The Eternal Wanderer." She also participated in the recording of the following works: “Pain”, “Voice of the heart”, “Peace without love”, “Good night, gentlemen”, “You are a tired traveler”, “Swan fidelity”, “Waltz from the animated film Anastasia”.