Singer Anna Shurochkina in Russia, few know, and the singer Nyusha - almost all. But Anna Vladimirovna Shurochkina is the famous Nyusha, an incredibly charismatic, bright and daring girl who quickly broke into domestic show business in the late 2000s. Nyusha Shurochkina is not only a singer, but also a composer, poet, arranger and producer of her songs, actress and presenter. How many talents does one girl have, plus a spectacular appearance and an unusual, memorable name.
Childhood. Beginning of a creative career
Anna Vladimirovna Shurochkina was born in Moscow on August 15, 1990 in a family of pop musicians. Her father, Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Shurochkin, a well-known singer and composer in pop circles, a former member of the Hour Peak and Tender May. Mother, Irina Vladimirovna Shurochkina, also a singer, formerly the lead singer of a rock band.
When the daughter was two years old, the marriage of the parents broke up - could not stand the frequent tour of the spouses. The father had a new family, but Vladimir and his second wife Oksana devoted a lot of their time and attention to Anechka. Subsequently, Vladimir Shurochkin acted as the producer of the singer Nyusha, and under the guidance of her stepmother Oksana Shurochkina, the master of sports in gymnastics, Anna was engaged in stage skills and dancing. Father, mother and stepmother Shurochkina are friendly to this day.
Anya Shurochkina inherited from her parents a delicate ear for music and a love of musical creativity. From the age of three, she began to engage in vocals and solfeggio with Victor Anatolyevich Pozdnyakov - a well-known teacher, composer, poet, arranger and producer. These lessons continued for a year and a half, then the music lessons with the daughter were continued by the father, Vladimir Shurochkin. At the age of five, he brought Anya to a recording studio, where she performed "Ursa Major's Song" - this was the first studio recording of a novice singer. In addition to vocals, Anna was also engaged in piano, but, according to her, she did not reach special heights in performance. But at the age of eight she composed her first song, and in English. Anna did not receive any special musical education - she had enough natural talent and skills acquired in childhood to make a dizzying career in show business.
In 2001, the girl became a member of the Grizzly group, which she performed at various concerts, and also went on tour in the cities of Russia and Germany. And in 1994, at the age of 14, Anna decided to try her hand at the "Star Factory", but at the casting it turned out that she did not pass by age. Anna Shurochkina received secondary education at experimental secondary school No. 1133, her studies were hard for her because of constant traveling and performances. Nevertheless, she graduated from school as an external student, so that nothing else would distract from musical creativity. In school, Anya also studied in the Thai boxing section.
In 2007, Anna Shurochkina, at the insistence and with the support of her father, went to the casting of the musical show "STS lights a superstar", participation in which brought the singer victory and popularity of the audience. And the following year, Anya sang at the New Wave contest in Jurmala, where she became very excited and therefore took only 7th place. The father of the singer constantly accompanied Anna on trips to competitions and tours, and was engaged in her production. According to unconfirmed reports, he even sold an apartment in Moscow to raise funds for the "promotion" of his talented daughter.
Why Anna Shurochkina became Nyusha
In 2007, Anna Vladimirovna Shurochkina became known as Nyusha Vladimirovna Shurochkina. By this time she was already very popular. The singer decided that for greater fame and personality, she needed a sonorous name, and her own seemed too simple and ordinary. Anna went through different options - for example, she thought of calling herself Aisha. But then she chose an affectionate version of her name - Nyusha, especially since in childhood she was called just that. In addition, in those years the animated series "Smeshariki" appeared and became incredibly popular, one of the main characters of which was called Nyusha. Since then, Shurochkina everywhere and everywhere began to give toy pigs Nyush. The singer decided to officially legalize her creative pseudonym in order to become related to her herself. Since Anna was still a minor, she went to the registry office with her mother, where Irina Vladimirovna wrote a name change application. So Anna became Nyusha.
The heyday of creativity
In previous years, Nyusha Shurochkina performed mostly songs by other artists - for example, on the STS show she sang the song “There were dances” from the repertoire of singer Bianchi, “Dances on the Glasses” by Maxim Fadeev and other compositions. Finally, it was time to present our own songwriting to the public. In 2009, Nyusha's first single, "Howling at the Moon, " was released, the music and words to which she wrote herself. Shurochkina said that the song was written to her after breaking up with the guy and became a means of combating depression. Immediately “rained down” awards: “God of Ether 2009”, “Song of the Year 2009”. Later this song was included in the album “Choose a Miracle” (2011), which also had a song of the same name, as well as hits “Do Not Interrupt”, “It Hurts”, “Angel”, “Above” and others.
The songs of the singer Nyusha began to occupy the first lines in Russian charts, to win all kinds of music awards - MUZ-TV, RU.TV, MTV Europe Music Awards, "Golden Gramophone". Nyusha constantly became the winner of the nominations "Best Song", "Best Performer", "Person of the Year", "Best Russian Performer" and many others. It was a rapid climb to the top of the domestic show business. New songs were also created - "Unification", "Recollection", the duet "You Are My Life", performed by the singer with her father Vladimir Shurochkin. April 28, 2012 in Crocus City Hall hosted the first grand Nyusha recital “Choose your miracle!”, November 2, 2013 - the show “Association”, later an album with the same name appeared; November 2, 2016 - the show "9 Lives". In the following years of her work, Shurochkina recorded such songs as “Little Feather”, “Only”, “To Love You”, “Always Need You”, “Night”, “Tayu” - the list is extensive. Video clips have been shot for many songs.
Other projects
In addition to songwriting, Anna Shurochkina is engaged in other diverse activities. She tried herself as a television and radio host, voiced several characters in the animated films "The Smurfs" (Priscilla), "The Snow Queen" (Gerda), "The Kruds Family" (Guip) and others. A bright moment in the biography of the singer was her participation in the television project of Channel One “Ice Age 2013”, where her partner was a professional skater Maxim Shabalin; the couple reached the 12th stage of the competition.
Nyusha Shurochkina worked both in films (Univer, 2011; People He, 2013 - she played herself in both films; Friends of Friends, 2014, Masha), and in the theater (the play Peter Pan in the sports complex " Olympic ", 2014, the role of Fairy Tinker Bell).
In February 2017, viewers of the first channel saw the singer Nyusha as a mentor of the show "Voice. Children." And in 2017, she became a member of the jury of the pop and vocal show "Success" on STS.
