Marina Stanislavovna Kapuro is a Russian singer, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, the owner of a unique four-octave voice. Her repertoire includes a large number of songs in the genres: folk, rock and ethnic. In 2007, Kapuro, together with the Yabloko group, created the ABVmania musical performance about a girl who dreams of singing songs by the famous ABBA group.
Today, Marina Kapuro rarely appears at large concerts, many say that she does not fit the modern music format. But still her fans, not only in our country, but also abroad, admire the singer’s beautiful voice and her songs.
Childhood and youth
Marina Kapuro was born in the fall of 1961, in Leningrad. Her family came from the noble family of the Vorontsovs who survived not only the revolution, but also repression. The family tried to educate the girl in the strength of mind, strength of character, desire for a goal and a positive outlook on life.
A girl from an early age got the opportunity to practice singing and music. Parents gave her to study at the Palace of Pioneers, where the studio was opened, and she studied vocal skills at the Conservatory with famous teachers.
In addition, the girl attended a school with in-depth study of foreign languages, where she perfectly mastered English. This helped her a lot in the future, when she began to pursue a professional musical career and record songs in English. Back in school years, the girl was invited to speak on television, radio, the Philharmonic and the Capella.
After graduation, Marina entered the Academy of Culture, where she received the specialty of a historian of world culture, but continued to practice vocals and perform on stage.
Creative way
In the late 70s, Marina and her husband organized their own group, called "Apple". At first, the lead singer of the group was Yuri Berendyukov, and Marina was the backing vocalist. But after visiting the rock festival, where the group performed together with Aquarium, Earthlings and Russians, everything changed, and Kapuro became the constant soloist of Yabloko.
During the existence of the group, its repertoire has undergone significant changes. They started as a folk group, and then moved on to ethnic and pop music. In the repertoire of Marina Kapuro there are still songs that she began to perform in those years: "Mama", "The Loon Flew", "It Is Light in My Room".
Further creative biography of the singer was very successful. She became a participant and laureate of the contest "With a song for life", and then went to the Soviet song contest in Sochi, where she took third place. A year later, Kapuro goes to Sweden and takes second place at the pop song festival, and then becomes second at the Sopot 88 festival in Poland. In the following years, she often tours abroad and takes part in many song festivals and competitions in Norway, Japan, Croatia and the USA. On a tour of the USA, Kapuro gave a huge number of concerts, where she performed songs in English and Russian.
For the Goodwill Games held in 1994, Kapuro wrote an anthem that was performed at their opening.
In the 2000s, the singer, together with the musicians of the group, creates the play "ABBAmania", where she performs songs of the famous group ABBA. All performances were held with the same full house.
Three years ago, Marina Capuro recorded her new album in English, "Matinee". The producer was David Courtney, who worked with celebrities such as Tina Turner, Eric Klepton and Paul McCartney. Courtney believes that music and songs performed by Kapuro will be in demand in the European music market due to its unique voice and impeccable English.
