Fans of the Russian chanson know and love this performer very much. Katya Ogonyok, whose biography is similar to the flash of a bright star, won the hearts of soulful performance, sincerity and touching manner. What a pity that fate too little measured her years! How many more masterpieces could she give to a grateful audience, if not for this fatal disease.
The birth of a singer
Katya Ogonyok, whose photo is in this article, was born on May 17, 1977. She was also known as Masha Sha, but the real name of the queen of Russian chanson was Penhasova Kristina Evgenievna. Her family was creative: father Evgeny Semenovich was a musician, for some time he worked with the famous ensemble "Gems". Mother was a housewife, but before the birth of her daughter she danced in the famous Virsky studio. The singer Katya Ogonek was born in the urban-type settlement of Dzhubga in the Krasnodar Territory, but then the family moved to permanent residence in Kislovodsk.
The beginning of a stellar career
Peers remember Katya as a clockwork girl, active, energetic. She studied at a regular school and simultaneously studied music, ballet and choreography. These skills then came in handy on the big stage. In 1995, a talented girl was noticed by Vyacheslav Klimenkov, who invited her to his new project. Then a new sonorous pseudonym for the singer appeared. Katya Ogonek, whose biography resembles a good fairy tale, began performing on the stage in the same year and won the Russian chanson competition. After all, her velvet voice with a hoarse sound was ideal for this genre, and she was not interested in pop music.
Katy's first album, which appeared in 1998, included compositions based on verses by Slava Klimenkov. Its name was "White Taiga", and he enjoyed tremendous popularity. A little later, she briefly collaborated with the Lesopoval group, as well as with M. Sheleg and V. Chernyakov. However, subsequent work did not bring her such triumph as the debut. Throughout her creative life, the singer has released a dozen solo albums and an infinite number of collections.
Personal life
Katya Ogonyok, whose biography is beautiful and tragic at the same time, was not officially married. She had a common-law husband - Levan Koyava, from whom in 2001 she gave birth to a daughter, Valery. They lived in Moscow, alternating long tours with a quiet, calm life.
The tragic end of the singer's life
Anyone who listens to Katy’s songs is sure that she passed away too soon. However, a terrible disease took her out of life, leaving the album “You are in my heart” and many other plans unfinished. She left this world on October 24, 2007 in the intensive care unit of one of the capital's clinics. Doctors will later name the cause of death - heart failure, but her strength was undermined by exhausting work without rest and normal living conditions. Not sparing herself, Katya Ogonyok, whose biography we examined above, gave charity concerts, traveled to prisons, comforting the destitute and stumbled, donated money to them.
She was only thirty when she left us. She went to another world, but not in oblivion. After all, her songs still excite the listener, are optimistic, subdued with soulfulness. A star was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery in Moscow. And to this day, her most loyal fans carry fresh flowers on her grave.