Valentina Legkostupova is a well-known Russian singer who performed such songs as “Drop in the Sea”, “Berry-Raspberry” and others. What is interesting about her biography and personal life?
Singer Biography
Valentina was born on December 30, 1965 in Khabarovsk. Her parents were famous musicians. Mom was a folk singer, and dad a composer. Three years after the appearance of the child, the whole family moved from cold places to warm Crimea. Sunny Theodosius became their new place of residence.
Since childhood, Valya began to get involved in music. She loved to sing. When the girl went to school, she began to speak at all holidays. In addition, she attended the children's music school in the city in the violin class.
At a young age, the girl’s parents understood that a real musician would grow out of Vali. Therefore, after graduation, she was sent to Simferopol to study at a music school. After receiving her first education, Valentina moved to Moscow and became a student at the Gnesins Institute. She studied at the pop department under the direction of Joseph Kobzon. In 1990, Legkostupova successfully graduated from this educational institution.
In parallel with her studies, Valentina began her concert activity. Her first solo concert was a performance in Kherson in 1985. Then she performed at the music festival in Jurmala, where she won an honorable second place. The jury really liked the songs of the young singer. The famous composer Raymond Pauls drew attention to her and offered cooperation. He wrote several songs for Valentina, which immediately became folk hits.
At this time, Legkostupova moved to live in Tula, where she became the leading soloist of the local philharmonic. In this position she was listed for 6 years.
In 1987, the singer begins her international career. First she goes to a music festival in Czechoslovakia, then to Poland. The following year, Valentine writes the main hit of her life, the song "Berry Raspberry", which brings her unprecedented popularity. The song was written by composer Vyacheslav Dobrynin.
Then Legkostupova continued to collaborate with this famous composer and recorded songs such as “Music plays on the ship, ” “My Dear” and so on.
In 1989, the singer went on her first foreign tour. She gives several concerts in Germany. And then, together with the ensemble of Joseph Kobzon, he visits some African countries.
After recording some more famous songs of Legkostupov, go on maternity leave and leave the stage. After that, she tries to return, but she does not achieve her former fame.
At the same time, Valentina never stopped her creative activity. She released two albums. I went a lot on tour. She regularly appeared on television in various programs.
Many years later, Legkostupova decided to change her place of residence and moved to live in Spain. There she set up a real estate company. In Russia, Valentina starred several times in television programs. In 2007, she became a member of the project "You are a superstar" on the NTV channel. Then in Moscow opened the production center of Valentina Legkostupova.
Now the famous singer moved to live in her hometown - Feodosia. She holds the post of head of the city department of culture. At the beginning of 2018, the singer visited Malakhov’s program “Hello Andrey!”
