Larisa Dolina is a famous Soviet and Russian pop jazz singer, actress. Since 1998, she has been a People’s Artist, as well as three times winner of the Russian National Ovation Award. Larisa Dolina is the only Russian singer who owns a voice of five octaves. She performs in a variety of musical directions: classical music; popular stage; jazz; blues; rock. Her vocal range is compared to the voices of Whitney Houston and Gloria Gaynor.
The content of the article:
- early years
- Career and creativity
- Movie work
- Personal life
Early years.
Larisa Dolina was born on September 10, 1955 in the city of Baku. Her father, Kudelman Alexander Markovich, was Jewish by nationality, and builder by profession. Larisa's mother, Galina Izrailevna (maiden name Dolina), worked as a typist. Later, Larisa decided to change the name Kudelman to the Valley - her mother’s maiden name - considering her more harmonious.
The girl’s musical abilities showed up at an early age. She possessed absolute pitch, good musical memory and a strong beautiful voice.
When Larisa was 2.5 years old, the family moved to Odessa, where her maternal grandmother lived. The living conditions there were rather difficult; for a long time they lived in a communal apartment. At age 6, the girl was sent to a music school, which she graduated in cello. And a year later, on the seventh birthday of Larisa, the first musical instrument appeared in the family: the piano of Red October. In childhood, in addition to her passion for music, Larisa liked foreign languages very much, and she even thought about a career as a translator. But years passed and the natural talent for music prevailed over linguistic abilities.
Dolina's musical taste formed when she sang the Beatles repertoire, and her first jazz teachers were Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and, of course, Billy Holliday.
While still at school, Larisa already sang in Odessa restaurants. In the 9th grade, she accidentally got to the audition, to the place of the soloist of the ensemble "Wave" and was accepted. With great difficulty, she managed to leave school and become an artist of the Odessa Philharmonic. School had to finish in absentia.
Career and creativity.
After the deafening popularity in Odessa, the Valley, a proposal was received to work in Yerevan and perform as part of the Armin musical group. Parents were against it, but the girl left Odessa and moved to live in Armenia. Four years spent there were a difficult period. Often had to sit without a penny of money. Subsequently, she was a soloist of such musical groups as the “State Variety Orchestra of Armenia” under the direction of Konstantin Orbelian, “The State Variety Orchestra of Azerbaijan” under the direction of Polad Bul-Bul Oglu.
A real success for Larisa’s work was getting to know Anatoly Kroll (director of the Sovremennik orchestra), who immediately noticed the jazz voice of the singer. Then, Larisa composed an individual jazz program "Anthology of Jazz Vocal", with which she performed in different parts of the Soviet Union and became popular as a pop and jazz singer. In the mid-80s, the artist changed her repertoire, changing jazz to pop music. Larisa moves to Leningrad, where she works independently, with her team and such show programs:
1985 "Long Jump"
1987 "Contrasts"
1989 "Ice"
1990 "Little Woman"
1992 "On the 20th anniversary of creative activity"
1993 "What I want, I sing"
1995 "I Don't Like Me"
1996 "Weather at home"
1997 "I Want to Be Loved"
1998 "Singer and musician"
2000 "As long as you are all with me"
Dolina received her professional musical education only at the age of 30; in 1984 she graduated from the Moscow Music College named after Gnesins, pop department for vocals.
The peak of popularity in the nineties came to the Valley after the performance of the song "Weather in the house", which became a national hit. In 1993, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
In 2002, Larisa decides to return to her favorite musical genre - jazz. She records several English-language albums, such as 2008 Hollywood Mood, Carnival of Jazz-2: No comments (2009), Route 55 (2010), and LARISA (2012).
Throughout her career, Larisa Dolina recorded 21 albums.
The singer has repeatedly won the prize and laureate of all-Union and international competitions, such as: the title "Best Country Singer" at the All-Union Competition "Profi" (1991); Ovation Award to the best soloist of the year (in the Pop Music nomination) (1996); awarded the Order of Honor for his great contribution to the development of musical art (2005); She was awarded the Order of Friendship for her great contribution to the development of domestic culture and art, many years of fruitful activity (2018) and others.
The main advantage of the Valley is its voice, non-standard manner of performance and performance without the use of a phonogram. Live music performed by her sounded not only in concert halls, but also in large stadiums.
Work in the cinema.
In parallel with musical activity, the Valley starred in many famous films, such as "We Are From Jazz" 1983, "The Latest Adventures of Pinocchio" 1997, "Cinderella" 2002.
The voice of Larisa Dolina is sung by many famous heroes of domestic films: "An Ordinary Miracle" 1978, "Wizards" 1982, "Princess of the Circus" 1982, "We Are from Jazz" 1983, "Winter Evening in Gagra" 1985, "Island of the Dead Ship" 1987, " A man from Kapucin Boulevard "1987" Kill the Dragon "1988, " Souvenir for the Prosecutor "1989, " Rock and Roll for Princesses "1990, " Love-Carrot "2007, and many others.
She voiced more than 70 films and cartoons.
