Lydia Clement is a Soviet singer whose songs were reflected in the heart of the generation that heard them with a kind of gleam. The beautiful timbre of Lydia’s voice has a special effect on modern society, bringing kindness, sincerity and pure thoughts to everyone’s souls. The creative career of this girl broke off at the very take-off, not allowing her huge singing talent to develop.
Lydia Clement: biography
Lydia was born on July 8, 1937 in Leningrad. The mother brought up the girl - Maria Gordeevna, because father Richard Germanovich died before the war. Lida has been engaged in singing and music since childhood: she studied at a music school, played the piano, and sang in the school choir.
She saw her future in a creative direction. However, the mother had a different opinion, who believed that it was necessary to choose a profession that could secure the future. The stepfather, an architect by education, also agreed with his wife. Therefore, Lida, listening to the opinions of family people, lost and in 1955 became a student of the Civil Engineering Institute. It was during the student years that Lida started a family with musician Boris Shafranov.
Lydia's creative career
Music accompanied the girl during her studies: she performed in student jazz. After graduating from the institute, Lidia Richardovna Clement got a job as a designer, and continued her performances with the pop orchestra of the Palace of Culture named after Ordzhonikidze led by Naum Temkin. Most of all, the listeners liked the song "Nevsky fog" performed by a young singer. Work in the specialty lasted until the time of maternity leave, after which Lida did not return to engineering activities. She was not interested in drawings and whatman; the girl was looking for ways of creative self-realization.
At the peak of fame
In 1958, Lydia Clement continued her musical career in an ensemble organized by the head of the Leningrad Comedy Theater V. Fedorov. The audience loved this girl with beautiful blue eyes, dimples on her cheeks and a lovely smile. On stage, Lydia was very dignified; truly passionate about the song, she charged her listeners. In the soulful performance of the singer, the songs of Y. Saulsky, G. Portnov and Andrei Petrov gained their popularity.
In 1960, Lida became a mother, introducing the world to her charming daughter Natasha. The young woman successfully combined household responsibilities for raising a child with work on the stage. In 1962, she became a member of the Rumyantsev quartet, who worked with composer V. Solovyov-Sedym. With this musical group, Lydia’s first and only trip abroad was to Hungary.
Lydia Clement: songs
The artistic, charming with lyrical soft soprano Lydia Clement was noticed by Leningrad composers. Specially for her, Andrei Petrov, enchanted by the girl’s talent, wrote the song “Hello” to S. Vogelson’s poems. Her young artist, who became the darling of the public, performed in 1962 at the Blue Light. In the same year, at the Variety Theater, the singer became the soloist of the Anatoly Badchen Orchestra. The songs “Autumn”, “Rain on the Neva”, “Stars in a Conductor’s Bag”, “Is it really for me alone?”, “On the Barrow”, “If there weren’t lovers in the world” brought Clement all-Union fame. Her famous song "Karelia" was performed in Canada, Sweden, Finland.
Lydia Clement often performed on All-Union Radio, she was invited to television programs. The song "Karelia" performed by the Soviet singer was included in the film, shot by film director N. Kurikhin. Lida sang a song, sitting on a large boulder near the makeshift surface of the lake. The studio floor was covered with glass, and the play of sun glare on the water was represented by rays of light. At the end of the performance, the girl rose and seemed to go straight at the viewer. Her second image at that time was removed in the depth of the frame. Thanks to this technique, the viewer was given the impression that part of the soul will remain here forever, and the second will dissipate in the Karelian landscape. This moment was often shown on television. But later the film was destroyed.
The last days of Lydia
It seemed that a successful creative life awaited the singer. But the girl already lived a terrible disease. A mole injury, to which Lida did not attach much importance, had irreversible consequences and turned into an oncological disease. But Lidia Richardovna Clement continued to work hard. Few people knew about the terrible misfortune that befell the girl.
The last day of Lydia Clement's life was June 16, 1964. A large number of her fans came to say goodbye to the singer at the Leningrad Variety Theater. She did not have the chance to wait for the appearance of her first album with nine songs, released almost immediately after her departure. Lydia's transient stage life was reflected in the hearts of people with a bright gleam; her bright, sincere songs touch the modern generation to the depths of their souls, despite the fact that they sounded about half a century ago.