Roksana Rubenovna Babayan - a popular singer, soloist of VIA "Blue Guitars", TV presenter, actress. Since the 70s, she has participated in numerous song contests, popular television music programs, has acted in films, appears on the radio and has been actively involved in social activities.
Roxana Babayan awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. She still has many fans, and her creative biography is full of various events related not only to music and performances on stage. Roksana Rubenovna is an active defender of stray animals and leads the Russian League for the Protection of Animals.
The childhood and youth of the singer
The girl was born in Uzbekistan, in the city of Tashkent, in 1946, on May 30. Her father is a civil engineer, and her mother is a famous pianist and composer. It was thanks to the musical education that Roxanne's mother was engaged in that the girl from an early age fell in love with music and even before school she learned to sing and play the piano.
Roxanne dreamed of a singing career, but her father did not support her passion for music and was against her daughter becoming a professional musician and singer. That is why Roxana after school goes to a technical university to get an engineering profession. But this did not stop the girl from continuing to engage in singing, and already in the first year of study at the Roxana Institute, she takes part in musical productions, competitions, concerts and festivals. At one of these musical events, the singer's voice was won by Konstantin Orbelian, who at that time was the head of the State Variety Orchestra in Armenia. He invites Babayan to become a soloist of his orchestra and come to Yerevan for this. Roxanne agrees, but studies at the institute does not give up. She succeeds in successfully combining music lessons, performing on stage and studying. As a result, she received a diploma in civil engineering in 1970.
It should be noted that in addition to the first higher education, Roxana Babayan has two more diplomas. She graduated from GITIS with a degree in manager and at the Pedagogical University in Moscow, receiving a diploma in psychology. The girl was always interested in the study of human psychology. And Roksana was involved in obtaining a higher psychological education by her cousin, who devoted himself to the profession of a psychologist, eventually becoming a professor in this field. It should be said that Babayan not only received her third higher education, but also defended a thesis in psychology.
Music, songs, creativity, career
The singer’s career began due to performances with the K. Orbelian’s orchestra, where she performed jazz compositions.
In 1973, Roxanne was invited to the Blue Guitars ensemble as a soloist. There she successfully works under the guidance of musician Igor Granov, participating in group concerts and various song contests. With one of the songs of the composer, Babayan goes to the "Schlager Festival" in Dresden, where her voice was appreciated and awarded a well-deserved award in 1976.
After success at the competition, the solo career of the singer begins to develop rapidly. She leaves VIA Blue Guitars and decides to work independently. She is invited to participate in the annual song festival "Song of the Year", after which she becomes famous throughout the country and occupies a leading position in the ranking of Soviet performers.
Babayan performs not only in her homeland: she is invited to take part in a competition of performers held in Bratislava, then she successfully performs at the Cuban pop song festival.
The beautiful, melodious voice of the singer, artistry and external data were remembered by the audience for many years. The singer is invited to perform in many cities of the Soviet Union, where she is met by crowded rooms and hundreds of fans. Her creative career and work is associated with leading poets, musicians and composers of the country: V. Matetskiy, L. Voropaev, V. Dobrynin, G. Garanyan. All of them with great warmth remember their meetings and joint work.
In the early 80s, Babayan successfully collaborated with the music company "Melody", engaged in the production of phonograph records. She writes many solo albums with her songs and several full records ("Roxanne", "When you are with me", "Another Woman"), and in 1987 she received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
After some time, the first clips with the participation of the singer appeared on television: “Because of love”, “Ocean of glass tears”, “East is a delicate matter”. During this period, Roxanne's touring activities cease for some time, she is working on expanding her repertoire. The result of her painstaking work was new hits presented in the next annual music program "Songs of the Year".
The next stage of the career of the singer is cooperation with the composer Vladimir Matetskiy. His songs, performed by Roxana, were included in her new album, "Enchantment Enchantment."
After a long break in his solo career and touring activities, Roksana writes a new composition together with Alexander Ivanov, the soloist of the NAIV group. This happened in 2013 and, according to the performers themselves, they hatched the creative idea of an experimental duet for many years. Although the directions in music that the singers were doing were completely different, the duet turned out to be unexpected and successful.
Later, a clip was shot for the composition "The Course to Oblivion", in which the main characters were a free artist and business woman. The plot of the video clip was based on a complex relationship between these characters and was well received by the audience. In the wake of new success, the singer is releasing two more new compositions: “Thunderclap” and “Nothing Lasts Forever under the Moon”. The result of the joint project was the album "Formula of happiness".
Over the years, Roxanne Babayan continues his creative career, starring in television projects and popular television shows. She also performs on the radio and is actively involved in society.
Film career of the singer
Roxana is known to viewers not only as a pop singer, but also as an actress who starred in many comedy films. She was not going to completely immerse herself in cinematic activity, but acted more for the soul and her own entertainment.
The creator of most of the films was the director and close friend of Babayan - Anatoly Eyramidzhan. Roksana’s partners in the films were famous and popular actors: A. Shirvindt, L. Gurchenko, I. Muravyev, A. Pankratov-Cherny and many others.
Babayan starred in the films “My Sailor”, “Womanizer”, “Impotent”, “The Groom from Miami”, “The Third Not Extra”.
In addition, the singer made her debut on the stage in 2009. She played the role of Hanuma in the play of the same name, which brought her well-deserved success with the audience.
