Diana Sergeevna Arbenina - singer, musician and poetess, Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic. She is the leader of the rock band Night Snipers, she writes songs herself.
Biography
Diana Arbenina was born in Volozhin (Belarus). Her mother and father worked as journalists. When the girl was 6 years old, the family moved to Chukotka. After 2 years, the parents divorced. The mother married for the second time, A. Fedchenko, a surgeon, became her husband. Later they lived in Magadan, Kolyma.
Diana graduated from high school in Magadan, then entered the pedagogical institute at the faculty of foreign languages. In 1993 Arbenina moved to St. Petersburg, studied at the State University (Department of Philology).
Music career
During her student years, Diana Arbenina was an aspiring singer. In 1993 She performed at the festival of art song, where she met Svetlana Surganova. Arbenina returned to Magadan, and Surganova also moved there. Together they sang in clubs, bars. So the group "Night Snipers" appeared.
In 1994 girls moved to St. Petersburg, participated in rock concerts, events. In 1998 the first album "Drop of tar" was released. Then there were many concerts, the group became popular, toured around the country and abroad.
In 1999-2001 albums "Baby talk", "Frontier" are released. In 2002 Surganova left the group and began a solo career. In 2002-2013 "Night Snipers" record 7 albums. In 2005 the band collaborated with Kazufumi Miyazawa, a Japanese musician. They had 2 joint concerts, and the song "Cat" became a hit in Japan.
Diana was a participant in other projects, in particular, she performed solo at some rock festivals, collaborated with Mr. Bi-2. In 1998-2012. 15 films were released, where D. Arbenina’s compositions were used. Diana appeared in the TV project "Two Stars", voiced the cartoon "Elysium". In 2012, Arbenina's collection entitled Autodafe was released.
In 2016 recorded the album "Only lovers survive, " the song "I really wanted it" became a hit. In 2017 "Night snipers" continue their active tour. In 2018 the group celebrates its 25th anniversary.
