Singer Ekaterina Semenova was very popular and in demand in the 80s. A lot of people knew her hits “Girlfriends have been married for a long time”, “For a moment”. The singer had 70 concerts a month, she led television shows, starred in films. Her biography is very full of bright events.
Biography
Ekaterina Semenova was born in January 1961, her hometown is Moscow. My father worked as an engineer, went on business trips abroad, made good money, his mother was a housewife. Katya has an older sister Lyudmila, she was born in 1947.
Parents left early, her father died when she was 6 years old. After 5 years, her mother died. Katya remained in the care of her older sister, who was already married and raised two children.
Katya studied at a regular school, from the age of 8 she went to music. The girl turned out to be an absolute ear. She began to work early, washed the porches. After graduating from school in 1977, she tried to enter Gnesinka, but failed.
Then Katya got a job as a nurse in the sanitary and epidemiological station. There she contracted pulmonary tuberculosis, then was treated for a whole year.
After treatment, Semyonova went to work as a secretary in a veterinary clinic. Once she saw a newspaper announcement about the Golden Tuning Fork contest, it was organized by Melody and Komsomolskaya Pravda. The girl recorded a brass knuckle with songs on an ordinary tape recorder and sent it to the contest, which she managed to win.
Music career
The winner of the competition was taken to the ensemble "Girls", created at the Moscow Philharmonic. Soon Semenov noticed Yu. Antonov and invited the vocalist to the group "Airbus". It happened in 1982.
After 2 years, she left the team due to marriage. Spouse was A. Baturin, a musician at Arsenal. He began to pursue a career as a wife. Katya began appearing on TV, began to collaborate with well-known songwriters (L. Voropaeva, D. Tukhmanov).
In 1985 Catherine became the second in the charts "Sound Track", the first was A. Pugacheva herself. In 1986 Baturin and Semenova created the group "Hello", their first song "Girlfriends Married Long ago" became a hit. The singer is becoming very popular, the compositions in her performance sounded at the New Year lights, the finals of "Song of the Year".
In 1991 there is an experimental theater "Katya", created by the spouses. In the same period, Semenova starred in the television movie "Predators", performing the song "Crank in Love". In 1992 Catherine broke up with her husband, had to sacrifice many contracts, relationships.
Semenova began to sing copyright songs, released several records, wrote songs for other artists. In the 2000s, the singer began recording soundtracks for films, performing at concerts. She led the radio broadcast "Star Company", participated in the television show. In 2015 For contribution to the development of culture, Semenova received the Order of the Golden Star of the Fatherland.
