Julia Chicherina: biography, creativity, career, personal life

Chicherina Julia Dmitrievna - Russian rock singer, actress, musician, author and performer of her songs. Founder and leader of the Chicherina group (1997). Winner of the Golden Gramophone Award (2000).

Biography

Chicherina Julia was born on August 7, 1978 in the city of Sverdlovsk (USSR). She became the second child in the family. The singer has an older sister Dean. It was Sverdlovsk that the girl learned to draw well and learned the basics of music. From childhood, Julia loved to sing, even tried to enter the children's choir "Goroshenki".

Julia became interested in music in her school years. She quickly mastered playing the drum and guitar. She also participated in several school groups.

After school, Julia tried to enter the faculty of art history at Ural University, but did not pass one of the exams.

After she went to study at the school of culture, at the library department, but soon the future singer changed her mind and left the school. Julia went to get an education at a music school in the class of pop vocal.

Career and creativity

In 1997, in Yekaterinburg, the singer founded her own musical group with the name "Chicherina", which in addition to her included musicians: Azat Mukhametov, Alexander Bury and Alexander Alexandrov. The band’s birthday is considered to be the first club concert - June 1, 1997, when the Chicherina band performed at the cult Yekaterinburg club J-22.

Further, the group participated in several music festivals in Western Siberia.

In 1999, the singer signed a contract with the Russian record company Real Records and moved to Moscow. The group’s producer was Vadim Samoilov (leader of the Agatha Christie group).

In 2000, Chicherina provided the public with her debut album, Dreams. Tracks and videos of the singer began to appear on television. The artist’s songs became popular, and she herself was invited to music festivals and competitions in Moscow. The most famous of the compositions written by Julia Chicherina were Tu-Lu-La and Heat. Video clips were specially filmed for these works.

In 2000, the singer took part in the Russian television game "One Hundred to One."

In 2001, the band released their second album, entitled "The Flow." And in the same year, Julia Chicherina participated in the creation of one of the compositions of the album of the group "Bi-2" "Meow Kiss mi", recording together with the group the song "My rock and roll". According to Muz-TV, this song has become as popular as possible.

On November 15, 2002, the song became the winner of the Golden Gramophone Award, and on June 5, 2003 - the winner of the annual national television award in the field of popular music, Muz-TV, in the nomination "Best Song".

Now the photo of Julia Chicherina could be found on the covers of the most prestigious magazines and the first pages of morning newspapers.

In 2001, Julia played the role of Deidra (the gladiatorial slave) in the historical film Gladiatrix, directed by Timur Bekmambetov.

November 11, 2002 on the First channel the premiere of the television series "Ice Age" with the participation of Julia Chicherina in the role of singer Anyuta.

In 2003, the singer took part in the adventure TV show "Fort Boyard". And in the same year she participated in the Russian television comedy show "OSP-studio".

In 2004, the Chicherina group underwent major changes, only the singer herself remained from the first cast. But Julia gathered a new line-up of musicians and recorded the third studio album "Off / On".

In 2004, Julia dreamed in the film "Words and Music".

In 2006, the group released its fourth studio album, entitled "Musical Film." Julia Chicherina shot all the video clips for the songs from her album herself.

A year later, in 2007, the fifth album of the Man-Bird group was released. Critics called this work one of the most conceptual pieces of music in recent years.

In 2009, the singer again took part in the television game "One Hundred to One."

In 2010, Julia performed at the Moscow State Variety Theater and visited Argentina, taking part in the filming of the extreme television program "Cruel Intentions."

At the end of 2010, Yulia Chicherina performed with “Bi-2” at several concerts of the group with the symphony orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

In 2011, Chicherina returned to collaboration with the group "Meaningful Hallucinations", recording with her her new single "Dangerous."

In 2012, the singer, together with Sergei Bobunts, recorded a joint track "No, yes."

On March 11, 2014, the Chicherina group came with a humanitarian aid convoy to Sevastopol, where they became witnesses and participants of the Crimean spring.

In 2015, Yulia Chicherina played many concerts in support of the residents of Donbass, for which she was put on the wanted list by the Security Service of Ukraine. And in the same year she received the LPR medal "For Services to the Republic." She was also awarded the medal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR "For Assistance to the Internal Affairs Bodies".

Also in 2015, the singer, together with the group, created the conceptual video-musical work "The Tale of Wandering and the Search for Happiness."

On January 2, 2016, the singer gave a festive New Year’s concert for Russian troops at the Khmeimim military base in Syria.

In September 2016, a new single and the clip "On the Front Line" were released.

In 2017, the new single "My Sparta" was released.

On June 1, 2017 the Chicherina group celebrated its 20th anniversary. The musicians spent the entire anniversary year on tour with the program "20 years on the road."

Songs performed by Yulia Chicherina entered the soundtracks for many films: