Table of Contents
- Childhood and youth of the singer
- Participation in "Combination"
- Solo career
- Personal life
Alena Apina is a popular singer, ex-member of the group "Combination", composer, author of lyrics. Business cards of the artist are hits: "Xusha", "American Boy", "Accountant", "Lyokha".
Childhood and youth of the singer
Alyona Apina (maiden name - Lyovochkina) was born on August 23, 1964. Hometown - Saratov.
The girl's father worked as an engineer, her mother - a salesman. Other children, except for Alyona, in the family was not, so the parents sought to give their daughter the best. When the girl was 5 years old, they bought her a piano, and a little later gave her to a music school. To study here she liked it very much, the little girl looked forward to each new lesson. Among the students mastering the piano, she was the best, and even then she knew for sure that she would definitely connect her future life with music.
After school, Alyona Apina entered the Saratov music school, after graduating from which she worked for some time as a pianist-accompanist in the city club "Vostok" (1). Having decided to move on, the girl tried to enter the conservatory, but there were too many people wishing to enter the piano department, and Alyona failed the exams. But she was not confused and did not give up her dream. A year later she applied to the folk singing department. The girl's efforts were not wasted, helped and her special timbre of voice: Alyona was accepted into the conservatory. Already during her studies, the future celebrity has its own, peculiar only to her manner of performance.
Participation in "Combination"
In the group "Combination" Alyona got in the student years. For a while she was offered to work in the girls' collective, and Apina agreed, becoming one of its soloists. At first it was not easy: to rehearse and record compositions had to rehearse in basements, to perform - in nearby towns and villages. Then "Combination" moved to Moscow and soon became a very popular collective. Concerts of girls gathered huge halls, their songs sounded from the windows of every house. It was a time of incredible rise in the creative biography of the singer. But then Apina decided to fundamentally change her life and leave the "Combination" in an independent voyage.
Solo career
Alena's producer was Alexander Iratov, who played an important role both in the musical career and in the personal life of the girl. The artist's first composition "Ksyusha" became an absolute hit, repeatedly played on all authoritative radio stations.
In 1992, Alyona Apina's debut album "Street of Love" was released. Among the songs included in it was the famous composition "Accountant". It was once performed by the group "Combination", but Alena, who is the author of the text, decided that she had every right to sing it herself.
The most successful of all is considered the second disk of the singer - "Dance till morning". It was the result of joint efforts of Alyona Apina and Arkady Ukupnik. All 8 songs from this disk became absolute hits. Fans of the singer even today remember the compositions from it:
- "Flying Dutchman of Love";
- "Lyokha";
- "I'll steal you from everyone."
In 1994, Aliona Apina was the first pop singer to put on the performance "Limit", which became the prototype of modern musicals. Songs for it were composed by Mikhail Tanich. The most popular composition from the written became "Knotty". The musical was a great success in Moscow, St. Petersburg and even received a positive review from the prima donna of Russian pop music Alla Pugacheva.
Popularity of the artist adds to the composition "Electric", released in 1997. At the same time she records with Murat Nasyrov the song "Moonlight Nights", which also became an absolute hit. At this time, Apina repeatedly became a participant of the final concert "Song of the Year", was awarded the title of winner of the prize "Ovation", "Golden Gramophone", "Silver Kalosha", and in 2002 received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Alyona tried herself in other spheres. In the late 90's, she began to lead the program "Field Mail", later starred in several Russian TV series. Roles did not go unnoticed, but the main thing in life for the artist was music. In 2013, the singer became the host of her own program on the radio "KP", after - a participant in the show "Three Chords".
Currently, the singer continues to lead an active artistic life, releases new videos and songs, the words and music to which she writes herself, performs solo and in concerts. In our blog about artists you can find out details about all events and even get to any of them, using the online ticket office.
Personal life
But the most outstanding of her "creation" Aliona Apina considers her daughter Ksenia. The father of the girl is the singer's second husband and her producer Alexander Iratov. Before him, Alena was married to the artist Valery Apin, but their union lasted only a few months. After the divorce, the singer left the surname of the spouse.
With Iratov Alena met during a performance in Tashkent. Dissatisfied with the organization of the concert, she demanded a meeting with the manager of the event. During the meeting, sympathy arose between people, and very soon they decided to get married. For a long time the spouses did not have children. Alena unsuccessfully treated for infertility, and then decided to use the services of a surrogate mother. And the miracle happened.
Upbringing of the girl, including musical, Alena Apina pays a lot of attention. The girl has been attending music school since the age of 4. Mom very carefully follows the successes of her daughter.
Discography
As part of "Combination":
1988 - "White Evening"
1988 - "The Horse Walk"
1989 - "Russian Girls"
1991 - "Moscow Registration".
Solo albums:
1992 - "Street of Love"
1993 - "Dance till Morning"
1994 - "Beach Season"
1995 - "Limit"
1995 - "Missing Soul"
1996 - "The Rival"
1997 - "Explanation of Love"
1998 - "Love Like Me"
1999 - "Poplars"
2001 - "About Fate and Myself"
2007 - "Plane to Moscow"
2010 - "Once More About Love"
2014 - "Melody"
2016 - "Alena Apina"
2018 - "Let's do it this way"
