The soloist of the Golden Ring folk band Nadezhda Nikitichna Kadysheva is an Honored Artist of Russia, Tatarstan, Mordovia. The group recorded more than 20 albums, some were reprinted again and again, because they were very popular. For many songs, the music was written by the spouse Kadysheva.
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Biography
Nadezhda Kadysheva was born in June 1959. in a family of workers. They lived in the village of Gorky (Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), then moved to the village of Stary Maklush. In the family, in addition to Nadia, there were 3 more girls. Father was a railroad foreman, mother was a housewife. She died early, Nadia was only 10 liters.
Six months later, a stepmother with a strict character appeared in the house. The older sisters left home - one moved to the city, the other went to relatives. The younger Nadia and Lyuba were in a boarding school, where the girl began to get involved in music. She participated in amateur performances, performed at all concerts.
After boarding, Kadysheva moved to her sister in the suburbs and went to work at the factory. Then she decided to enter the music school. After an unsuccessful attempt, she went to the preparatory department and then she did the same. After graduating from college, she studied in Gnesinka.
Creative career
Creative career began with performances in the team "Russian girl". In 1988 Nadezhda’s husband, Alexander Kostyuk, organized the ensemble of the Russian song “Golden Ring” on the basis of the Smolensk Philharmonic. The basis of the team was the musicians of the group "Bylina". The soloist was Nadezhda Kadysheva.
The group more often performed abroad, they visited the USA, European countries, Japan, Bolivia and others. Russian folk songs were successful, artists made good money. In 1993 Soyuz studio offered the group a contract, the first album was titled "Am I Guilty." It included folk and pseudo-folk songs. The song "Flowing Stream" became a hit; it entered the second collection, recorded in 1995. So the group became popular in the Russian Federation.
Clips were created for the hits "Broad River", "Confused Happiness", "I'm Not a Witch". They were often played in greetings. For many compositions, the music was written by spouse Alexander Grigorievich. Son Kadysheva George organizes the concerts of the group. In 1999 N. Kadysheva was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation. The team celebrated thirty years of creative activity in 2015.