Ekaterina Ivanchikova - pop star, soloist of the Iowa music group (IOWA). The singer is quite famous among Russian and Belarusian listeners. Her songs cling to the innermost strings of the soul.
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Biography
Ekaterina Ivanchikova hails from the Belarusian city of Chausy. She was born in 1987 in a family of ordinary workers. Mom was a kindergarten teacher, and father was a machine operator. Parents worked all day, and little Katya was left to herself at home. Despite the large amount of free time, the girl did not suffer from idleness and loneliness. She gathered girlfriends at home, helped homeless animals. The kind and open girl could not pass by the abandoned kitten.
Parents early noticed the daughter’s musical abilities and gave her to the circle at the House of Culture. In high school, Katerina became interested in rock. She dreamed of fame and fans. She failed to enter the conservatory, so the girl left for Minsk. After 4 years, she received a higher philological education, which was never useful to her in life.
Career
In her student years, Catherine decided to try her hand at the vocal field and went to the casting of the project "Star Airship". She was not taken at first, but just before the shootings, one of the selected participants became very ill and freed up the cherished place. In addition, the girl was engaged in dubbing cartoons.
In 2009, Catherine decided to organize her rock band with Vasily Bulanov and Leonid Tereshchenko. At first, the girl sang and played the guitar, but soon decided to focus only on vocals. The singer writes poetry herself. Writing talent opened when Catherine first experienced love. The first tour was organized in Belarus. The musical group quickly gained popularity among the youth audience, and the guys decided to try their luck in St. Petersburg. Soon the fame of them spread throughout Russia.
Some songs got on television. The composition "Mom" became one of the best in 2012. In the program “Let's Get Married” the song “Looking for a Husband” was first played and immediately became incredibly popular, and “Smile” became the soundtrack to the television series “Kitchen”. The song "Minibus" was nominated for the Muz-TV Award in 2015.
At the moment, the group has 6 members, and the producer is Oleg Baranov. Catherine herself is engaged in charity work. The girl helps sick children and organized the project "Good Post".