Zemfira is “the breaking voice of a generation”, as the magazine Ogonyok called the singer, a Russian rock singer, lyricist, composer and music producer. Zemfira set the direction in Russian rock, which journalists defined as "female rock".

Zemfira Ramazanova once opened a new page in Russian rock music. The press calls her style "female rock", and the popularity of the singer, who has rapidly soared to the tops of all radio stations, has not only not declined in eighteen years, but continues to confidently win more and more new fans.

Zemfira was born in Ufa in an intelligent Tatar-Bashkir family. Her father, Talgat Talkhovich, taught history, and her mother, Florida Khakievna, worked as a specialist in physiotherapy exercises. The girl had an older brother named Ramil, with whom the singer had a close and trusting relationship.

Zemfira's talent for music was revealed very early, from the age of five the future singer studied at a specialized music school, where she studied piano and was a soloist in a student choir. Then she appeared on local television with a children's song.

The girl was seven years old when she wrote her first song, performing it at her mother's work. AT school years Zemfira was fond of the work of the Kino group: according to the singer herself, the songs and Thom Yorke largely influenced her development as a musician.

At school, Zemfira was seriously involved in basketball. Despite the fact that the girl was the lowest in the team, she became the captain of the Russian junior team. Thus, in the last classes, she faced a dilemma: sports or music. Zemfira chose the latter and entered the Ufa School of Arts in the department of pop-jazz vocals.

In parallel with her studies at the university, the girl began to earn extra money, performing popular songs in Ufa restaurants. However, she quickly got bored with such activities, and in 1996 Zemfira got a job on the radio: she recorded commercials for the Bashkir branch of the Europa Plus radio station. Then she records her first demos.

Music

Zemfira's biography changed dramatically in 1997, when at the annual rock festival "Maksidrom" a cassette with her songs fell into the hands of Leonid Burlakov, then producer of the Mumiy Troll group, through acquaintances of journalists. Leonid decides to give a chance talented performer, and at the end of 1998 Zemfira recorded her first album "Zemfira" at the Mosfilm studio.

The mixing of the first album was done in the British capital under the guidance of the frontman and leader of Mumiy Troll. The guitarist and drummer of the band also took part in the recording. The disc was released in May 1999, while individual songs - "AIDS", "Rockets" and "Arivederchi" - entered the rotation of radio stations in February. So the public was prepared for the birth new star. The composition "Arivederci" has received deafening popularity, but due to the complex name, fans often call this track "Ships" by the first word of the chorus.

The presentation of the album took place on May 8 at the club "16 tons". The stage was designed in spring style, and the singer wove flowers into her hair. On a flower from Zemfira's hairstyle, she wondered, singing the song "Daisies".

The album also included the songs "Rumba", "T-shirts" (also often signed as "Anechka"), "Forecaster", "Why" and others.

The album was a resounding success, over seven hundred thousand copies were sold in the first six months. Video clips were shot for three songs: the Riga video for the song "AIDS", which in the end never came out on wide screens, "Why" - a concert video from the singer's Ufa performance, as well as the video work "Arivederchi", which immediately won the hearts of thousands of fans with its extraordinary approach to editing and directing (Zemfira's face in this video was shaded, there were rumors that the singer is a side - the project of Lagutenko himself). The compositions "Snow" and "London" were also released as a separate single.

The first tour, which started three months after the release of the album, also exceeded all expectations, the concerts were sold out. At the end of the tour, Zemfira becomes the headliner of the first music festival"Invasion".

Upon returning from the tour, the Zemfira group begins to record new album, which she also named after one of the songs "Forgive me, my love." The singer herself admits that the names were always difficult for her.

Nevertheless, "Forgive me, my love" became the most popular disc of 2000 in Russia, as well as the most commercially successful of Zemfira's entire discography. The track "Looking for" from the new album was performed in cult film"" and entered the soundtrack album of the picture.

The disc also included other compositions, which later critics and fans called Zemfira's hits: “Ripened”, “Do you want?”, “City”, “Proved”, “P. M. M. L. and "Dawns". The album also included the tracks "Cigarettes", "Don't Let Go" and "London". A live recording of the last composition was also released on the single "Snow/Sky of London".

The singer herself becomes "Performer of the Year" according to the music magazine "OM".

The increased popularity rather burdened rather than pleased Zemfira, and at the end of 2000 she went on a sabbatical, taking part in only one project dedicated to her musical idol- . For the concert "Kinoproby" Zemfira recorded the song "Cuckoo", which later also entered the single "Goodbye", and "Every Night".

The next step was Zemfira's album "Fourteen Weeks of Silence", which was released in 2002. During this time, the girl rethought a lot in her work, and the album turned out to be solid, but unlike her previous works. Zemfira completely departed from the stylistic framework that Burlakov once set, which is why she was constantly compared with Mumiy Troll, although the band's musicians still participated in the recording of songs.

The album included the songs "Webgirl", the undisputed hit of the performer, which fans remember under the Russian name "The Girl Living on the Web", "Fairy Tales", "Macho" (also known as "Drunk Macho"), "Main" and others. The circulation of the disc crossed over a million discs, and the singer herself received the Triumph award in 2003. The compositions "Infinity" and "Traffic" were released as separate singles.

The year 2004 was marked for Zemfira by several events at once. She performed two of the brightest duets: one at the rock festival "Maksidrom" paired with Ilya Lagutenko and the second with Queen at the MTV Russia Music Awards ( immortal hit"We are the Champions").

Zemfira decided to get a higher education in philosophy and entered Moscow State University, but she failed to finish her studies, music took too much time.

In 2005, Zemfira began collaborating with an actress and director, charismatic. Zemfira was invited to create music for Litvinova's film "The Goddess: How I fell in love." Subsequently, Renata directed the video for the song "Itogi" and many of the singer's subsequent works. Zemfira's song "Love, like an accidental death" was included in the film's soundtrack.

In 2005, the singer presented the fourth album "Vendetta", which included the songs "Airplane", "Breathe", "Sky Sea Clouds", "Let's leave it like that." The performer called the album eclectic in sound, and identified search and anxiety as the main theme.

In October 2007, Zemfira's new album "Thank you" was released, which the singer released on her own behalf, stating that the Zemfira group no longer exists, but there is only she - the singer Zemfira Ramazanova. The title track of the album was the composition "In the Metro", which the performer herself described as both combative and lyrical.

Before the presentation, the radio single “Boy” and the video clip for the song “We Break Up”, filmed by Renata Litvinova, were released. The singles prepared the audience for the upcoming album.

During the tour, a special single "10 Boys" was on sale at the concerts, containing ten remixes of the song "Boy", collected from among the works that people submitted to the Internet competition. At the same time, the film-concert "Green Theater in Zemfira" was presented, which was filmed by Litvinova during the singer's performance at the site of the same name in Gorky Park in Moscow.

The final concert of the tour was held at the Olimpiyskiy. According to the singer, the concert was being prepared for two years and became a major victory for Zemfira.

In 2009, Zemfira released a collection called "Z-sides", and also toured extensively in Russia and abroad. The singer is also working on the soundtrack for the arthouse film "Rita's Last Tale", filmed by her friend Renata Litvinova. In the same year, the singer recorded the single "Australia".

In 2010, Afisha magazine compiled a list of the 50 Best Russian Albums of All Time. Choice of young musicians. The debut album of the performer took fifth place in this list, and the album "Forgive me, my love" - ​​43rd. Zemfira also received an award from the Russian Authors' Society "For contribution to the development of science, culture and art."

In 2011, the singer released the singles "Money" and "No Chance".

Zemfira's next album was another breakthrough in the history of Russian rock. The disc "Live in your head" with an amazing combination of minimalism, style and sound accuracy said a new word in modern music. It set a new record in domestic online sales.

At the end of 2013, three songs were posted on iTunes, which almost immediately topped the Russian chart. The performer was a group, this Bashkir word means "triangle". According to the legend, described in the official community of the group on social networks, the band includes guitarist Bro, bassist and drummer Luka and vocalist Rocket, represented by animated characters.

The audience recognized Zemfira's characteristic vocals immediately, and soon she herself announced the performance of her side project in the main concert hall"Russia", where the secret of the personalities of Bro and Luka was revealed: they turned out to be Zemfira's nephews, the twins Artem and Arthur Ramazanov.

At the end of 2103, Zemfira was awarded the MTV Europe Music Awards as the best Russian performer. In 2013, 2014 and 2015, the rock singer was included in the list of "One Hundred Most Influential Women in Russia".

At the end of October 2015, Zemfira announced the start of a new concert tour " Small man».

Personal life

Zemfira's personal life for the whole musical career the singer was filled with all sorts of rumors and speculation. The singer herself laid the foundation for this, at the very beginning announcing the upcoming wedding with the leader of the Dancing Minus group, which was nothing more than a publicity stunt. Since then, the press has unreasonably associated Zemfira's name either with the oligarch or with the director of the singer.

AT last years journalists say: Zemfira and Renata Litvinova are not just friends, supposedly women are connected by something more. There were even rumors in the media that the stars got married in Stockholm. Friends don't comment this information. The secretive nature of the singer and her dislike for interviews allows journalists to only speculate about her private life.

In 2010, misfortune occurred in Zemfira's family - her older brother Ramil drowned in the river while spearfishing. A year earlier, the singer's father Talgat Talkhovich died of a long illness, and in early 2015 the singer died. Since then, the girl has been trying to take care of the remaining nephews Artur and Artem, therefore, at the end of 2013, Zemfira created a joint venture with them. musical project. The singer has no children of her own.

Zemfira is dedicated to a page in " Instagram”, which is signed by 188 thousand people. The account is not verified, and the photos appearing in it are mainly taken at concerts and other social events.

Zemfira now

During the tour "Little Man" the performer visited more than 20 cities of the Russian Federation, as well as cities of near and far abroad. The first part of the huge tour started in February 2016 in Omsk and ended in April in Moscow, the second part took place abroad: in Israel, Germany, Great Britain, the United Arab Emirates, the USA and Canada.

During the large-scale tour "Little Man" Zemfira. Nevertheless, the singer continued to present, and even more so to distribute already recorded songs. Today, Zemfira's official website is a business card website. On the page with a large black and white photo there are links to popular online music stores where you can buy Zemfira's tracks: "Apple Music", "Google play", "Yandex. Music, Spotify, Deezer and Zvooq.

In 2016, Zemfira recorded a new track "Come back home".

In July 2017, journalists learned that Zemfira could write a soundtrack for a film about the Great patriotic war"Sevastopol 1952". The directors of the film are negotiating with the singer.

Discography

• Forgive me, my love
• Fourteen weeks of silence
• Vendetta
• Thanks
• live in your head

"Scandal Girl" Zemfira quickly burst into Russian show business in the late 90s and immediately won a place at the top of the star Olympus. Her songs, which favorably differed from those that sounded then on the domestic stage, took the top lines of the charts, and the very name of the singer became the personification of female rock. Time passes, but Zemfira does not lose its popularity. Biography, the personal life of the performer today is still of interest to her fans, as before. Let's take a closer look at the fate of this unique singer, who has become a real idol for several generations of young people.

Zemfira family

The rock star was born in the capital of Bashkortostan, the city of Ufa, on August 26, 1976. The girl was born into an intelligent family: her father, Talgat Talkhovich, taught history at a secondary school, and her mother, Florida Khakievna, worked as a doctor specializing in physical therapy. In addition to the daughter, the spouses had the eldest son Ramil. For Zemfira's father, marriage to her mother was already the third in a row. From previous wives he had 2 sons.

Childhood

Childhood future star took place in Chernikovka, a residential area located in the northern part of Ufa. The Ramazanov family lived here until the very end of the 1990s. Little Zema visited Kindergarten ik No. 267 and even then showed interest in songs. At the age of five, her parents took her to music school. There she studied piano and sang in the choir. Zemfira's passion for songwriting appeared very early. At the age of seven, she composed her first creation, which was listened to by her mother's work colleagues. Brother Ramil's passion for rock music was also transferred to the singer. Since childhood, her idols were Queen and Black Sabbath.

In her school years, Zemfira Ramazanova, whose biography is discussed in this article, was an excellent student. In the third grade, Zema, in addition to music, had another serious hobby - basketball. In this sport, the girl managed to achieve good success. She was the best player on the team, and in 1990 she was appointed captain of the Russian junior women's basketball team. But in high school, to the great chagrin of the coaches, Zemfira decided to quit the sport and focus on the music school, which she graduated with honors.

Further education and first part-time jobs

After high school Ramazanova entered the Ufa Art School with a degree in pop vocals. After the music school, she was accepted immediately to the second year. educational institution the girl graduated in 1997 with a red diploma. As a student at the school, she simultaneously mastered playing the guitar and worked part-time, performing songs by Russian and foreign rock performers on the streets. In addition, Zemfira, together with her friend and classmate Vlad Kolchin, performed for some time in Ufa restaurants and nightclubs: the young singer sang and played the keys, and the guy accompanied her on the saxophone. Such part-time jobs lasted 4 years, and then the girl got tired of them, and she refused them.

History of success

In 1996, while still a student at the art school, Zemfira got a job as a sound engineer at the Europa Plus radio station in Ufa. From that time on, her biography began to change dramatically: having mastered several musical computer programs, the girl began to write songs, which later glorified her throughout the country. Then such hits as "Why", "Snow", "Forecaster" were created. At night, sitting at work, Zemfira composed songs, and in the morning she went home and listened to them. For 9 months, she accumulated about 40 works.

The singer's colleague Arkady Mukhtarov helped her to record the first demo disc. At the same time, the girl begins to create her own Zemfira group and records songs no longer with the help of computer programs, but at a real recording studio. The future rock star rehearsed with her musicians in a room owned by the Orange teenage club.

In 1997, they began to write about a talented girl in local newspapers, and the very next year, the singer borrowed money from friends and went to conquer Moscow. By this time, her group was already fully formed. It included keyboardist Sergei Mirolyubov, bass guitarist Rinat Akhmadiev, solo guitarist Vadim Solovyov and drummer Sergei Sozinov. In the capital, the girl, through a familiar journalist, managed to transfer a cassette with her songs to the producer of Mummy Troll, Leonid Burlakov. After listening to the compositions, he offered the talented singer cooperation.

Debut album and the rise of popularity

Since 1998, Zemfira moved to Moscow. Her biography during this period is replenished major event- working on the recording of the first studio album. It began in autumn 1998 in Moscow and ended in January 1999 in London. The creators did not philosophize over the name of the album and gave it the name Zemfira. Ilya Lagutenko, the leader of Mummii Troll, became its sound producer.

The official release of the album took place in May 1998. By this time, the name of the singer was already well known throughout the post-Soviet space, and her songs "Arivederchi" and "AIDS" had become hits. The album sold out at lightning speed. It was a real triumph, marking the beginning of an impressive star trek. Already in the fall of this year, the singer Zemfira goes on her first tour. Her biography begins to interest all fans of rock music. But the girl is not very frank with journalists about her personal life and pours out her soul only in songs. Following the old hits, she has new ones. “Why” and “Daisies” are listened to even by those who have never been interested in rock music before.

Continuation of a stellar career

In the spring of 2000, the second studio album of the Zemfira group was released, called Forgive Me, My Love. It sold 1.5 million copies, breaking sales records in Russia and neighboring countries. The songs from this album “And the girl is ripe”, “Do you want?”, “PMML”, “Goodbye” topped the charts of the country, and the composition “I was looking for” became the soundtrack for the film “Brother-2” with Sergei Bodrov Jr. In the same period, Zemfira agrees to appear for the glossy cover of the OM fashion magazine. The biography, photos of this girl, placed in the publication, attracted millions of readers to him.

In April 2000, the singer gave a big solo concert in Moscow and soon after that went on a new tour. In December 2000, a stampede occurred at her performance in Yakutsk, as a result of which many people were injured. The incident was widely discussed in the media, Zemfira was called the culprit of the incident. The singer, in turn, blamed the organizers of the concert for the incident. A busy tour schedule and a scandal in Yakutsk so exhausted the artist that she canceled all performances scheduled for 2001 and disappeared from the field of view of her fans for many months.

Subsequent albums of the singer

In the spring of 2002, Zemfira again appeared in public, presenting her next album called "14 weeks of silence." He was enthusiastically received by music critics and fans of the singer. Only on the first day after the presentation, about 180 thousand copies of the album were sold, which was a record for Russian show business. In total, "14 Weeks of Silence" was sold among admirers of Zemfira's talent in excess of 1 million copies. After that, in the period from 2005 to 2013, the singer releases 4 more albums (“Vendetta”, “Thank you”, “Z-Sides” and “Live in your head”), met by critics and music lovers with the same positive reviews, like her first work.

Cooperation with Litvinova

In 2008, the star, together with her friend, director Renata Litvinova, produced the musical film “ Green theater in Zemfira”, which was based on video footage filmed at the singer’s concert in Moscow. The film received high marks from critics and was the winner of the Steppenwolf Award. In 2012, Zemfira and Litvinova became producers of the film "Rita's Last Tale". For the same film, the singer wrote the soundtrack. She is also the author of music that sounds in other film works by Renata Litvinova.

Rumors about personal life and orientation

Not only creativity attracts the attention of the public Zemfira. The biography, the orientation of the singer sometimes interest them much more than her new songs. Over the past years, there have been rumors in the media about the unconventional sexual preferences of the star, and Renata Litvinov is attributed to her as her lover. Although Zemfira and her no less famous friend have repeatedly denied this information, journalists do not let up and continue to look for evidence of a love affair between women.

Zemfira does not like to be frank with journalists, so not so much is known about her personal life. In her youth, when the star performed in Ufa restaurants, she had an affair with her stage colleague Vlad Kolchin. Young people met for several years, but the guy's departure to St. Petersburg put an end to their relationship. After Ramazanova became a celebrity, she was credited with an affair with Vyacheslav Petkun (the leader of the Dancing Minus group), but subsequently this information was not confirmed.

Later, rumors appeared about a romantic relationship between Zemfira and the oligarch Romanov Abramovich. People close to the billionaire claimed that he was a fan of the girl's talent and invested a lot of money in her promotion. The secret relationship between the singer and the governor of Chukotka continued until he met Dasha Zhukova. After that, Zema fell into a depression, lost a lot of weight and found solace in the person of her best friend Renata Litvinova. It was then that they began to accuse her of lesbian inclinations.

The fate of native stars

Zemfira owed her popularity in many respects to her parents. Biography, the singer's family once again attracted media attention after her beloved dad passed away in April 2009. 77-year-old Talgat Talkhovich died of a heart attack. The father always rejoiced at the success of his daughter and, as long as his health allowed him, attended all her concerts in Ufa. A year after the tragedy, fate took another loved one from Zemfira - brother Ramil. A 43-year-old man drowned on the Pavlovsk reservoir during spearfishing. In March 2015, Zemfira buried her mother, whose health was greatly crippled by the death of her husband and son. Florida Khakievna was ill for a long time, and the singer even wanted to take her to her place in Moscow, but did not have time.

In 2004, a school history textbook was published in Russia, in which the singer was mentioned as the founder of a new direction in Russian musical culture. In the same year, Ramazanova was enrolled as a student at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, but due to a busy work schedule, she had to quit her studies.

Not at all a Bashkir, as many people think, is the singer Zemfira. The biography, in which her nationality was not indicated for a long time, did not shed light on this issue. The answer was given by the star itself. In 2013, at a concert in Kazan, she declared that she was a Tatar.

In 2011, Zemfira took 26th place in the hundred most influential women in Russia. The rating was compiled jointly by Ekho Moskvy radio station, Interfax news agency, Ogonyok magazine and RIA Novosti.

Throughout the existence of the Zemfira group, its composition has changed several times. In 2013, the singer took her nephews Artyom and Artur (sons of the deceased brother Ramil) to the band as musicians.

It's been 17 years since Zemfira appeared on the Russian stage. Biography, personal life of the singer all this time are under close attention of the media. Due to her complex nature, the star has found herself at the center of scandals many times, but this did not make her less popular. Zemfira continues to work fruitfully, and fans of her talent can be sure that in the near future the star will delight them with new hits.

Zemfira biography personal life

Personal life Russian singer Zemfira is shrouded in mystery. Few people know, but she (daring, strange and talented) was credited with a relationship with billionaire Roman Abramovich. She sings passionately about love. Her poems are filled with love. And it seems that Zemfira's songs are a cry from the soul, confessions, revelations. Perhaps the recording studio is the only place where she does not speak, but screams about her feelings. In other places, with other people and under other circumstances, she cannot be forced to speak out loud about personal things.

Zemfira also became a producer of a musical film Green theater in Zemfira(2008), which received many positive reviews from critics. Together with director Renata Litvinova, Zemfira became a co-producer of the film Rita's last story(2012), for which she wrote music. The film took part in the competition program of the 3rd Odessa International Film Festival and the 34th Moscow International Film Festival. She also wrote music for the films of Renata Litvinova “Goddess: How I fell in love” and others. Several songs by Zemfira from the album “Thank you” are heard in Kira Muratova’s film “Melody for a barrel organ”, and in the film “Eternal Return” a concert recording repeatedly appears in the frame “ Songs of the Duke" from the opera "Rigoletto" performed by the singer.

Since her appearance in show business in 1999, Zemfira has undergone numerous changes in appearance, demeanor on stage and communication with journalists. Her behavior in public was often outrageous and caused rejection by the press.

Zemfira is also distinguished by perfectionism in work, tough disagreements with music producers. Therefore, she often produces her albums herself. musical style Zemfira belongs to the genres of rock and pop rock. Her music is influenced by both guitar pop and jazz harmonies and bossa nova.

In 2004, in the Russian history textbook for grade 9, the section “Spiritual life” included a mention of Zemfira as the founder of a “completely different” musical youth culture (the author of the manual is a professor at the Moscow Pedagogical state university Alexander Danilov). Zemfira had a great influence on the work of young bands of the 2000s and on the younger generation as a whole. In November 2010, her debut album was included by Afisha magazine in the list of "The 50 Best Russian Albums of All Time. Choice of young musicians”, where he took the fifth line. The rating was compiled according to a survey among representatives of several dozen young musical groups in Russia. The list also included the album "Forgive me, my love" (43rd place).

In 2012, 2013 and 2014, the singer was included in the "One Hundred Most Influential Women of Russia" rating, compiled by the Ekho Moskvy radio station, RIA Novosti news agencies, Interfax and Ogonyok magazine.

Biography

1976-1995: Childhood and adolescence

Zemfira went to Ufa kindergarten No. 267. From the age of five she studied at a music school, in the piano class, where she was accepted into the choir as a soloist. At the same time, the singer's television debut took place: she sang a solo song about a worm on local television: “There lived a worm in the world, a lazy worm. I lay down to sleep on a barrel ... ". At the age of seven, she wrote the first song that she sang with her mother at work.

Already in preschool age Zemfira became interested in music. At school, Zemfira managed to study simultaneously in 7 circles, but made the main emphasis on music and basketball; she graduated from music school with honors, and in early 1990 she became the captain of the Russian women's junior basketball team, despite the fact that she was not tall (Zemfira's height is 172 cm). “I was a point guard. I was the smallest, but the most important, ”said the singer, adding that she had been involved in this sport since the third grade. Team coach Yuri Maksimov recalled: “Zemfira was very passionate about basketball, she was the best player and team captain. In 1990-1991, we won the youth championship of Russia, and, of course, I was a little upset when she decided to quit the sport. ”

At the same time, Zemfira learned to play the guitar and, according to one version, performed the songs “Kino”, “Aquarium”, “Nautilus Pompilius” right on the street. According to another version, she performed hits by foreign artists in the original language, in particular, George Michael and Freddie Mercury. After graduating from school, Zemfira faced a very difficult choice for herself: music or basketball. The girl chose music and immediately entered the second year at the Ufa School of Arts, which she graduated in 1997 (class of A.K. Masalimova) with a red diploma in pop vocals. After college, she worked part-time in Ufa restaurants, singing songs to the accompaniment of her classmate saxophonist Vlad Kolchin. A year later, Zemfira got tired of it, and she stopped performing.

1996-1997: Early career

I sat myself in Ufa, worked for four years in restaurants and got tired. I went to the radio station "Europe plus Ufa" ... Then there was a love for the computer and the opportunity arose at night to sing some songs. Got a couple of music programs and forward ... I wrote at night, went home in the morning, listened ... I sat like that for nine months, thirty or forty songs accumulated. Then I went to Moscow - just to relax, to visit. And I took these songs with me on CDR, as they say, just in case of a fire. The friend I stayed with liked it, she asked me to rewrite it. I made a trip to the Fili record company, but they told me that they would not take the CDR, I needed a cassette. I left. I didn't go anywhere else - I didn't like it. And my friend handed over the cassette she had rewritten at Maksidrome to the producer of Mumiy Troll, Leonid Burlak. Lenya on the same day called me in Ufa. I hardly scraped together money for a ticket and returned to Moscow.

Zemfira talks about the first stage of her career

Since 1996, Zemfira worked as a sound engineer at the Ufa radio station Europe Plus - she recorded commercials (jingles). At the same time, she tries to write songs in the Cakewalk program, which will later be included in her first album (Snow, Why, Weatherman, Rockets). Participates as the second vocalist in the Spectrum Ace group, popular at that time. Zemfira's backing vocals can be heard in the song "What a pity that he is not a black man."

At the studio of the radio station, sound engineer Arkady Mukhtarov worked on his material. Together with him, Zemfira recorded his first demo disc. Arkady was determined to record his own songs, but the performer convinced him to record her material: “Of course, I was sure that my own work was much more important ... but [her] rock-hard character ... did the trick. And we, with hassle, but still recorded the first demo disc, ”the musician later said. In parallel, Zemfira collects her own group. The first musician with whom she began to work was bass player Rinat Akhmadiev. Together they decide to record a program minimum of songs. Rinat brings drummer Sergei Sozinov, and they begin rehearsals together, in which Zemfira alternately plays the guitar and keyboards. Zemfira persuades the director of the teenage club "Apelsin" Lilia Khrabrina to provide the group with a room for rehearsals.

In 1997, the press writes about the group for the first time. Journalist Svetlana Rutskaya wrote an article about the team for a regional newspaper and later recalled: “It was 1997, two years were left before the release of her first album, and the future celebrity was then just a talented Ufa girl, unknown to anyone even in her hometown. But you can’t hide charisma, and the songs that the heroine of the material gave me to listen to were attractive. That's when we decided to tell the whole republic about it. I remember that even then Zemfira made a policy statement: “I have so much music in my head that I have nowhere to go.”

Zemfira continues to recruit musicians for the team. With the arrival of keyboardist Sergei Mirolyubov, the group is almost completely assembled, only a solo guitarist is missing. They become Vadim Solovyov, who joins the group after one of the concerts. Zemfira borrows money for a trip to Moscow and begins to engage in the "promotion" of the team. On the annual festival"Maksidrome" cassette, on which three songs were recorded ("Snow", "-140" and "Scandal"), through journalists to whom Zemfira gave demo recordings to listen, falls into the hands of the producer of the Mumiy Troll group Leonid Burlakov. He decides to take a chance and record an album.

In parallel with her studies at the university, the girl began to earn extra money, performing popular songs in Ufa restaurants. However, she quickly got bored with such activities, and in 1996 Zemfira got a job on the radio: she recorded commercials for the Bashkir branch of the Europa Plus radio station. Then she records her first demos.

Zemfira: music

Zemfira's biography changed dramatically in 1997, when at the annual rock festival "Maksidrom" a cassette with her songs fell into the hands of Leonid Burlakov, then producer of the Mumiy Troll group, through acquaintances of journalists. Leonid decides to give the talented performer a chance, and at the end of 1998 Zemfira records her first album at the Mosfilm studio "Zemfira".

In 1996, Zemfira went to visit her friend in Moscow, where she met Leonid Burlak, who was the producer of the Mumiy Troll group. At the same time, the singer begins to record her first demo disc and at the same time gathers her group.

In 1997 about new group first mentioned in newspapers. In 1998, the recording of the first album began at the Mosfilm studio, Vladimir Ovchinnikov became a sound engineer, and singer Ilya Lagutenko from the Mumiy Troll group became a sound producer.

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For some time the couple lived together, and when Zemfira moved to Moscow, Mukhtarov followed. Arkady was engaged in the official website of Zemfira, and later starred in the video "Macho".

In 1999, Zemfira and her colleague Vyacheslav Petkun decided to promote themselves and even shared their plans for the upcoming wedding with the press. However, after 5 months, the inept PR move was revealed by journalists.

Zemfira: biography - on the wave of fame

May 10, 2005 started a tour in support of the fourth album "Vendetta", which included 15 tracks. FROM new program Zemfira visited a number of cities near and far abroad with a renewed lineup of session musicians Boris Livshits, Andrey Zvonkov and her protégé Vladimir Kornienko. The final point was a concert on December 23 in Moscow, in the Gorbunov Palace of Culture, where Zemfira jumped from the stage into the crowd.

On February 14, on St. Valentine's Day, a DVD with clips "Zemfira.DVD" was released, which included most of the singer's videos released at that time, except for the clips for the songs Speed ​​(the singer does not like this clip) and Traffic (due to disagreements Zemfira with the director of the video Irina Mironova). The deluxe version of the collection also included a video for the song Itogi, shot by Renata Litvinova.

After a short break, in the spring of 2007, Zemfira again delights fans with new concerts. The tour, called "De Javu", features well-known compositions from previously released albums, but in a new arrangement. Songs changed beyond recognition are performed again by session musicians: Dmitry Shurov, Konstantin Kulikov, Alexei Belyaev, Denis Marinkin. The tour ends with a concert in Moscow, at the Green Theater on Pushkinskaya Embankment, whose visitors could see fireworks in honor of the performer at the end of the concert.

In recent years, the press has hinted in every possible way at Zemfira's unconventional orientation and writes about her special friendship with actress and director Renata Litvinova. Zemfira and Renata Litvinova are connected by a number of common creative projects- movies Goddess, Green Theater in Zemfira, clips.

Discography

She sings her songs like that and writes her music like that, while she loves so much.

Zemfira is a Russian rock singer, composer, producer and songwriter. Zemfira is called the founder of "female rock" and the "voice of a generation."

Childhood and youth

Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born in Ufa in 1976. Already at the age of five, the future celebrity began to study music, enrolling in a music school in piano, where she was accepted into the choir. Already at the age of 7 she wrote her first works.

During her studies at school, Zemfira tried herself in many ways, attending seven circles. For example, she was the captain of the junior women's team Russian Federation in basketball, and in 1990 her team even won the youth championship of Russia.

However, Zemfira chose a musical career and immediately entered the second year of the Ufa College of Arts in the pop vocal department, which she graduated in 1997. During her studies, the future rock singer worked as a presenter in the Ufa branch of the famous Europa Plus radio channel.

Musical career

Zemfira wrote her first works, which made her famous throughout the country, in parallel with her work on the radio. In early 1997, she created the Zemfira musical group, and a year later she moved to Moscow. It was then, after listening to her songs by the producer of the Mumiy-Troll group Burlakov, that she was invited to record debut album at the tone studio of Mosfilm. Ilya Lagutenko volunteered to be the music producer for him, and Vladimir Ovchinnikov was the sound engineer. The music of the first record was unlike anything that existed in Russian rock at that time. At first glance, understandable themes of creativity, such as love, loneliness, nostalgia, were dressed in non-trivial texts and the original sound of the melody.

Zemfira - "Arivederchi"

Already in February 1999, the song "Speed" broke into the rotation of the radio stations "Nashe Radio" and "M-radio". A month later, Zemfira filmed her first video in Prague for the song "Arivederchi". The girl's official first performance took place on March 24 at the Republic Beefeater club in Moscow, and six months later she left for her first concert tour of the CIS cities until 2000.

On March 28, 2000, the presentation of Zemfira's next album "Forgive me, my love" took place. During this year, the singer recorded a video for the song "Looking for", which will sound in the cult feature film Alexei Balabanov "Brother 2" and received the first prize in the field of culture named after Shaikhzada Babich, awarded in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Zemfira - "Looking for"

April 2002 began for the singer with the presentation of the new, third, album "Fourteen Minutes of Silence", for which Zemfira received the prestigious Russian Prize"Triumph" in 2003.

On October 16, 2004, Zemfira was honored to perform the hit "We Are The Champions" together with the Queen group during the MTV Russia Awards ceremony. In the same year, Ramazanova entered the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, but after taking academic leave to write an album, she never recovered.

Queen & Zemfira - "We are the champions"

In 2005, a new album, Vendetta, was released, and a year and a half later, sales of a DVD with her clips called Zemfira.DVD started.

In July 2006, Zemfira performed on Lake Seliger at a rally of the Nashi political movement, which she later called her mistake.

By the end of the year, the singer released another album with concert recordings "Zemfira.Live", which included 10 hits from previous records.

October 2007 launched the sales of the singer's new album Thank You, which continued with a concert tour that ended at the Olympic. In March of the following year, Zemfira was awarded the famous "Chart Dozen" music award, where she won in the "Music" and "Soloist of the Year" nominations.

In 2008, the full-length musical film "Green Theater in Zemfira" by Renata Litvinova, the singer's closest friend, was released. The film revealed the theme of the uniqueness of Zemfira's work: he appeared on the Russian stage completely new look self-sufficient woman.

In 2011-2013, the singer worked on the album "Live in your head." Prior to its creation, an extraordinary collection of b-sides was released, called "Z-Sides". During this period, Zemfira gives concerts in the cities of the Czech Republic, Belgium, Germany and other European cities, and also participates in the creation of soundtracks for the film "Rita's Last Tale" by Renata Litvinova.

Soundtrack to the film "Rita's Last Tale"

In April 2012, the singer for the first time in a long time appears on television with the presentation of the song "Money" on Ivan Urgant's show "Evening Urgant".

In 2013, she was awarded the most honorable MTV Europe Music Awards in the Best Russian Performer nomination, and by the end of the year, Zemfira's sixth album, Live in Your Head, was available on the Yandex.Music service. For a long time, the relationship between Renata Litvinova and Zemfira was discussed in the press. The girls were often seen together, and they often worked on joint projects. In 2017, information appeared in the media that Zemfira and Renata Litvinova got married in Stockholm, but both girls did not comment on this news.

Zemfira today

In 2018, the singer performed at the Live Fest Summer festival in Sochi and at the Afisha picnic in Moscow.

Zemfira - "Non-vulgar" (2018)

In the summer of 2018, there was a conflict between Zemfira and the singers Monetochka and Grechka. It all started with the release of the show on the YouTube channel "Viska", where Liza Monetochka called Zemfira " difficult person, closed and incomprehensible. She, in turn, sharply criticized the work of young performers, saying that Grechka has a “terrible appearance”, and Monetochka has a “disgusting voice”.

Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova is a singer who opened a new direction in music called "female rock". The girl leads a secluded life, flatly refuses to communicate with journalists. There are incredible rumors about her life, which she does not confirm, but does not refute either.

Among the producers, she was known for her strict requirements, so she often acts in this role herself. With her creativity, she set the musical tone for beginners musical groups in the early 2000s.

Despite her sometimes shocking appearance, Zemfira was included in the lists of the magazine, in the nomination "One Hundred Most Influential Women of Russia".

Height, weight, age. How old is Zemfira

Since Zemfira for her musical activity changed images many times, fans are in a hurry to find out not only the biography, but also its parameters: height, weight, age. How many years Zemfira also remains topical issue, because due to the fact that she weighs only fifty-seven kilograms, with a height of one hundred and seventy-three centimeters, it is difficult to correctly name the age.

Here, lovers of Russian rock performed by Zemfira are lucky - the singer does not try to hide these data from the public. This year, in August, the singer will turn forty-two years old. She does not sit (like most singers) on strict diets, does not like to visit sports clubs. It's just that Zemfira is constantly on the move, and this is enough for her to be in excellent physical shape.

Biography of Zemfira

Zemfira's biography began in the city of Ufa. Even as a child, she began to show a craving for music. At the age of five, she was sent to a music school. There, the girl studied piano, then sang in the choir, was a vocalist. Two years later, little Zemfira wrote her first song. Choice musical genre influenced by the elder brother Ramil.

Music was not the only hobby of the child. Despite her average height, she was the captain of the women's basketball team.

In addition to school, she graduated in her hometown School of Music, vocal department. She worked as a radio presenter.

In parallel with work, the girl creates her own group, called Zemfira. In 1998, she decided to move to the capital in order to be able to further develop her musical career.

The producer of the then-famous Mumiy Troll group, after listening, invited her to record an album. From this moment, the ascent of a new star in the world of show business begins.

The singer's debut album was released literally the following year. Many songs from the album began to play on popular radio stations. Zemfira shot a video for one of the songs in the city of Prague.

The girl instantly became popular. Her songs "Speed", "London Sky" and "Snow" won the love of millions of listeners in a short period of time. At the end of the same year, the singer went on a tour with concerts, which ended only in January of the next.

Zemfira presented her second album in the spring of 2000. It was called "Forgive Me My Love". This album became the most successful in the career of the singer and the best-selling. Thanks to the songs included in the album, the girl and her group were awarded several awards. She has planned another tour. However, this popularity also brought negative results. At her concert, which took place in the city of Yakutsk, more than ten people were injured due to a strong crowd. The authorities blamed the performer for this, but it was not her fault. It was not she who sold the tickets and the stadium was filled to capacity, also not a singer. This incident unsettled the artist a little, she apologized to the fans and did not appear on stage for almost a year.

The next album of the singer took first place in the nomination "Album of the Year", arranged by Muz-TV in 2003.

In 2005, the fourth album "Vendetta" was released, which was highly appreciated by critics and fans.

Zemfira released a live album, which included about ten hits from previous albums.

In subsequent years, several more albums were released. They included new songs and already beloved hits, but in a new arrangement.

As mentioned earlier, the performer does not like to give interviews, rarely appears in her videos. In 2012, Zemfira closed her official website due to the dirt and gossip addressed to the singer. Many criticize her lifestyle, image and demeanor. However, the multi-million fans of the creativity of an extraordinary artist sincerely wrote to her not to pay attention to the opinions of others and wished her creative success.

In 2016, her album "Little Man" was released. During the tour in support of her album, Zemfira announced her intention to complete tour activity. Nevertheless, she continues to delight fans with new songs. Last year, the directors began to negotiate with her about the singer recording and performing the soundtrack for the film "Sevastopol 1952". Whether Zemfira will agree to this proposal, time will tell.

Singer Zemfira and Renata Litvinova got married photo 2015

Information about the unconventional orientation of the singer often appears in the press. People, when the behind-the-scenes life is carefully hidden from them, begin to fantasize in order to somehow satisfy their curiosity.

In 2007, the girl began to communicate closely with the Russian actress Renata Litvinova. Together they gave an interview for a fashionable glossy magazine, Renata acted as a producer of the singer, and she, in turn, recorded soundtracks for her films. After that, they were often seen together.

It even got to the point that a few years later they started talking about the fact that the singer Zemfira and Renata Litvinova got married - a photo of 2015 was allegedly attached and it all happened secretly in Stockholm. Ramazanova and Litvinova did not react to this statement in any way. Listeners can only guess: is this true, or another "duck" of unscrupulous "hacks".

Zemfira's personal life

The singer herself is a secretive person. She is categorically against any interviews. Journalists have long come to the conclusion that Zemfira's personal life is generally a closed topic. Nevertheless, this part of the biography worries not only the press, but also her fans. There are a lot of rumors, gossip and speculation about what is happening with the musician on the love front. Partly, Zemfira herself provoked such increased attention from fans when she announced an allegedly upcoming engagement. Things didn’t go further than conversations, and it became clear to everyone that it was just a PR move to rive people’s attention to their person.

The public was quite surprised when they found out about the acquaintance of Zemfira and Roman Abramovich. If you believe the information that circulated on the network, it turns out that they were connected not just by friendship, but by something more.

The private side of the singer's life raises many questions, both among the press and ordinary people. However, people are not one hundred percent sure that they will ever hear true information regarding Zemfira's personal life.

Husband of singer Zemfira

The husband of the singer Zemfira - does he really exist? Knowing the secretive nature of the producer, fans of her work write that they will not be surprised if it suddenly turns out that the girl has been married for a long time. Be that as it may, Zemfira is now alone and has not yet found a life partner.

Zemfira and Vlad Kolchin - the singer's youthful hobby

Zemfira is an interesting person both as a singer and as a person. Her musical works are often criticized negatively. However, she does not pay attention to the statements from the outside and continues to sing the way she likes. Fans hope that the singer will still find her soul mate and it doesn’t matter if it’s a man or a woman, the main thing is that their idol is truly happy.

Zemfira family

Zemfira's family consists of numerous relatives. She is a Tatar, and the people of this nation, as you know, are very friendly. Zemfira's father, Talgat Talkhoevich Ramazanov, worked all his life at school. Mother - Florida Khakievna Ramazanova is a doctor by education.

The singer has an older brother and two paternal half-brothers. The fact is that for Talgat Talkhoevich it was the third marriage. As a young man, he was the first handsome man and was popular with women. In the first two marriages, he had a son, but he became happy only with a third family.

Zemfira is kind to her loved ones. Coming to her hometown with concerts, she always left seats in the forefront for her family. In an interview with her father, he said that her daughter achieved everything in life on her own, they could not help her financially. Ramazanov boasted that Zemfira, having received one of her first fees, did not purchase housing for herself in the capital. The daughter bought her parents an apartment in one of the central districts of the city of Ufa, made repairs there and furnished it with furniture. He also proudly recalled when, at the beginning of the year 2000, his daughter was awarded the youth award named after Sh. Babich. Then he first got to the Bashkir White House, where the Prime Minister handed over this award to him.

The spring of 2009 can be called tragic for Zemfira. Her beloved father died of a massive heart attack. Ramil Talgatovich's health has deteriorated greatly over the past four years. The fact is that two of his sons from previous marriages suddenly died. On top of that, while working in the country, he stumbled and fell, the result - a concussion. The body could not stand it and on May 10, Zemfira's father passed away.

Unfortunately, as it turned out, a series of losses in the singer's family was only gaining momentum. A year later, Zemfira's brother Ramil dies. He was an entrepreneur, worked as a director of a well-known trading network. My brother was fond of spearfishing. Something went wrong in one of these “outings” and Ramil tragically dies. For the singer, this was a real blow, because she and her brother were very close, they trusted each other with all the secrets.

Zemfira began to worry about her mother, for her health after the loss of her husband and son. She was going to transport Florida Khakievna to her place in Moscow, but did not have time. The woman could not stand the pain of loss and died in 2015. The parents were buried together, according to all the laws of Islam.

Zemfira was very upset by the death of loved ones, refused concerts and tours, no matter how tempting they were. But still, she found the strength to move on.

Children of Zemfira

Zemfira's children are her nephews Arthur and Artem. Probably, only thanks to them, the girl did not withdraw into herself, she continues to perform on stage and delight the audience. After the tragic death of the twins' father, Zemfira considers it her duty to take care of her brother's children.

Although the two brothers are similar, their characters are radically different: one was a closed, well-educated child at school, and the other was the soul of the company, who was not at all interested in knowledge or grades. They graduated from a prestigious gymnasium, their father wanted to send them to London, but did not have time. Zemfira fulfilled her brother's wish. The nephews went to study directing craft abroad. In 2013, the aunt performed with her nephews at a concert in Luzhniki. This was the only performance of the Ramazanov brothers. They returned to Ufa, they record songs in the studio, but so far they do not seek to advertise their activities. They plan to go to England again, this time to get knowledge in the field of pop vocals.

The singer loves her nephews, tries to take an active part in their life. They, in turn, wish their aunt to become a mother and please them with brothers or sisters.

Photo Zemfira before and after plastic surgery

Very often, the singer changes her appearance, style of clothing. Since she herself is a closed person and does not like to talk to journalists, often the latter, together with the fans, begin to think out, or invent something that does not really exist. When the girl began to lose weight dramatically, someone posted two pictures on the network different periods her life and signed "photo of Zemfira before and after plastic surgery." In fact, the singer believes that she plastic surgery to nothing. She is of the opinion that if someone is not satisfied with her appearance, let her not look, it is impossible to please everyone.

Zemfira only once starred in a photo shoot. She agreed to this only in order to promote her new album. She was not comfortable in long dresses, high platform shoes and a ton of makeup on her face. Be that as it may, for her it became a kind of test, which she withstood with honor. The artist herself does not favor printed publications, believing that this is a waste of time.

Instagram and Wikipedia Zemfira

Knowing the pathological dislike of the musician for his person, it would be ridiculous to think that she has a page on Instagram and Zemfira's Wikipedia, in fact, is the only official page on the Internet, where you can find reliable information about the singer.

Nevertheless, Zemfira has an Instagram page: it was made by the singer's fans. There, basically, they post photos from concerts and parties in which the singer takes part.

The official site is more like a "memo-business card". Here you can find all songs and albums of Zemfira.