Biography of ALyosha. Singer Alyosha: personal life of a star mother Early years, childhood and family of Elena Kucher

17.07.2019
Singer Alyosha (or rather Alyosha) is one of the brightest stars on the modern Ukrainian stage. She is talented, beautiful and incredibly artistic. That is why the popularity of this extraordinary performer did not come as a surprise to most of the recognized masters of the Kyiv pop scene.

She was predicted to be a huge success for a long time, and today this star beauty simply began to justify the advances given to her. Today Alyosha is at the pinnacle of success. Therefore, in our article today, we decided to talk about it. What was her path to her current heights? And what interesting facts does her biography hide? Read on for a story about this and much, much more.

Early years, childhood and family of Elena Kucher

Elena Kucher (and this is exactly what Alyosha’s real name sounds like) was born on May 14, 1986 in the Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye. Her father worked as a policeman, and her mother was an ordinary employee at an aircraft factory. In addition, our today's heroine also has two older brothers. As the artist herself notes, it was they who came up with such an extraordinary pseudonym for their younger sister - Alyosha.

It is worth noting that the girl began to earn her own bread from a very early age. Elena’s father was a fisherman, and therefore for a long time the family of the future singer had their own point in the market. It was there that Alyosha began her career. She spent her days selling fish, and in the evenings she also managed to make it to rehearsals of the school choir, in which she sang from an early age.

In addition, at some point, our today’s heroine also began to study music at the Yunost music studio, where her mentor was the famous teacher Vladimir Artemyev. It was during these years that an insatiable craving for art appeared in the soul of the young singer. Elena Kucher could not imagine her life without music, and therefore, immediately after graduating from school, the young artist went to Kyiv, where she began to study at the pop vocal department of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.

Star Trek singer Alyosha

Alyosha began her professional musical career with a performance at the international festival “Yalta-2006”. As part of this competition, the singer took first place, which became her first serious success. Two years later, already as a fairly famous singer, Elena appeared at the “Songs of the Sea” competition (Sevastopol). This performance turned out to be triumphant for the artist. Alyosha won the first prize, which in turn secured our today’s heroine a prestigious contract with the music company Catapult Music. It is very noteworthy that it was after this that Elena Kucher began to appear on stage for the first time under the pseudonym Alyosha.

New song by singer ALyosha (Alyosha) - Sweet People - Eurovision 2010

In 2009, her debut single “Snow” was heard on all Ukrainian radio channels, which brought the singer her first popularity. In December of the same year, a video was shot for this song, which was subsequently aired by music TV channels in Ukraine for a long time.

Singer Alena at Eurovision

Having made a name for herself in the musical world of Ukraine, our today's heroine began to work on writing new songs. During this period, Alyosha wrote the composition “To be free” (which would later provide her with a ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest), and also authored a number of songs for other Ukrainian stars - Nastya Kamenskikh, Natalia Mogilevskaya, Potap and some others.

2010 was a landmark and defining year in the singer’s career. During this period, our today’s heroine was among the participants in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. On this project, Alyosha presented the previously written song “To be free,” which ultimately brought her victory.

However, at this moment a serious scandal broke out around the singer’s competition composition. The thing is that at the competitive selection the girl scored the same number of points with another artist - Masha Sobko. Thus, Alyosha received the coveted ticket only in accordance with the additional decision of the judges.

ALyosha - (Singer Alyosha) - Snow

But that was only the beginning. Immediately after the winner was announced, the artist was bombarded with accusations of plagiarism. As it turned out, the first chords of the song almost completely coincided with the melody of the song “Knock Me Out” by Linda Perry. In addition, the composition itself has been available for download on the Amazon website for about a year. These facts served as the basis for the withdrawal of the competition composition. For a long time, rumors were discussed in the Ukrainian press that Masha Sobko would become the representative of Ukraine at the competition in Oslo, but in the end, the panel of judges still awarded the coveted ticket to the Eurovision to Alyosha.

At the competition, the girl presented a new composition “Sweet People”, written in collaboration with the famous Kyiv producer Boris Kukoba. The song was recorded in just a few weeks, and therefore preparations for the performance took place in a hurry. However, despite all the difficulties, Alyosha still made it to the finals, where she subsequently scored 108 points, which in turn secured the singer tenth place in the competition. The Ukrainian singer received the highest points (10 each) from Belarus and Azerbaijan.

Singer Alyosha today

After participating in Eurovision, the singer began actively working on her solo album. In the second half of 2010, the treasured record was presented to the public. The disc was called “A World Outside Your Door” and immediately became popular in Ukraine and other CIS countries.

In recent years, singer Alyosha has been actively touring the cities of Ukraine. She performed at the city day in Zaporozhye, and also took part in a large concert in honor of the liberation of the Vasilyevsky district of Kyiv from the Nazi invaders. In addition, in 2013, Alyosha presented to the public a new video, “You are my everything.” It is not yet known when the singer’s new album will appear.

Personal life of singer Alyosha

Until 2011, for several years the singer lived with her producer Vadim Lisitsa, whom she began dating in her youth. Their romance lasted for several years, but the relationship eventually broke up.

In the summer of 2013, the popular Ukrainian singer married another Ukrainian singer Taras Topol. Shortly before this - in April 2013 - the couple had a son, Roman.

Name:
Singer Alyosha

Zodiac sign:
Taurus

Eastern horoscope:
Tiger

Place of Birth:
Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR

Activity:
singer

Weight:
51 kg

Height:
166 cm

Biography of singer Alyosha

Singer Alyosha (or rather Alyosha) is one of the brightest stars on the modern Ukrainian stage. She is talented, beautiful and incredibly artistic. That is why the popularity of this extraordinary performer did not come as a surprise to most of the recognized masters of the Kyiv pop scene.

She was predicted to be a huge success for a long time, and today this star beauty simply began to justify the advances given to her. Today Alyosha is at the pinnacle of success. Therefore, in our article today, we decided to talk about it. What was her path to her current heights? And what interesting facts does her biography hide? Read on for a story about this and much, much more.

Early years, childhood and family of Elena Kucher

Elena Kucher (and this is exactly what Alyosha’s real name sounds like) was born on May 14, 1986 in the Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye. Her father worked as a policeman, and her mother was an ordinary employee at an aircraft factory. In addition, our today's heroine also has two older brothers. As the artist herself notes, it was they who came up with such an extraordinary pseudonym for their younger sister - Alyosha.

Alyosha - popular Ukrainian singer

It is worth noting that the girl began to earn her own bread from a very early age. Elena’s father was a fisherman, and therefore for a long time the family of the future singer had their own point in the market. It was there that Alyosha began her career. She spent her days selling fish, and in the evenings she also managed to make it to rehearsals of the school choir, in which she sang from an early age.

In addition, at some point, our today’s heroine also began to study music at the Yunost music studio, where her mentor was the famous teacher Vladimir Artemyev. It was during these years that an insatiable craving for art appeared in the soul of the young singer. Elena Kucher could not imagine her life without music, and therefore, immediately after graduating from school, the young artist went to Kyiv, where she began to study at the pop vocal department of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.

Star Trek singer Alyosha

Alyosha began her professional musical career with a performance at the international festival “Yalta-2006”. As part of this competition, the singer took first place, which became her first serious success. Two years later, already as a fairly famous singer, Elena appeared at the “Songs of the Sea” competition (Sevastopol). This performance turned out to be triumphant for the artist. Alyosha won the first prize, which in turn secured our today’s heroine a prestigious contract with the music company Catapult Music. It is very noteworthy that it was after this that Elena Kucher began to appear on stage for the first time under the pseudonym Alyosha.


New song by singer ALyosha (Alyosha) - Sweet People - Eurovision 2010

In 2009, her debut single “Snow” was heard on all Ukrainian radio channels, which brought the singer her first popularity. In December of the same year, a video was shot for this song, which was subsequently aired by music TV channels in Ukraine for a long time.

Singer Alena at Eurovision

Having made a name for herself in the musical world of Ukraine, our today's heroine began to work on writing new songs. During this period, Alyosha wrote the composition “To be free” (which would later provide her with a ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest), and also authored a number of songs for other Ukrainian stars - Nastya Kamenskikh, Natalia Mogilevskaya, Potap and some others.

2010 was a landmark and defining year in the singer’s career. During this period, our today’s heroine was among the participants in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. On this project, Alyosha presented the previously written song “To be free,” which ultimately brought her victory.

However, at this moment a serious scandal broke out around the singer’s competition composition. The thing is that at the competitive selection the girl scored the same number of points with another artist - Masha Sobko. Thus, Alyosha received the coveted ticket only in accordance with the additional decision of the judges.


ALyosha - (Singer Alyosha) - Snow

But that was only the beginning. Immediately after the winner was announced, the artist was bombarded with accusations of plagiarism. As it turned out, the first chords of the song almost completely coincided with the melody of the song “Knock Me Out” by Linda Perry. In addition, the composition itself has been available for download on the Amazon website for about a year. These facts served as the basis for the withdrawal of the competition composition. For a long time, rumors were discussed in the Ukrainian press that Masha Sobko would become the representative of Ukraine at the competition in Oslo, but in the end, the panel of judges still awarded the coveted ticket to the Eurovision to Alyosha.

At the competition, the girl presented a new composition “Sweet People”, written in collaboration with the famous Kyiv producer Boris Kukoba. The song was recorded in just a few weeks, and therefore preparations for the performance took place in a hurry. However, despite all the difficulties, Alyosha still made it to the finals, where she subsequently scored 108 points, which in turn secured the singer tenth place in the competition. The Ukrainian singer received the highest points (10 each) from Belarus and Azerbaijan.

Singer Alyosha today

After participating in Eurovision, the singer began actively working on her solo album. In the second half of 2010, the treasured record was presented to the public. The disc was called “A World Outside Your Door” and immediately became popular in Ukraine and other CIS countries.

Singer Alyosha gave birth to a son

In recent years, singer Alyosha has been actively touring the cities of Ukraine. She performed at the city day in Zaporozhye, and also took part in a large concert in honor of the liberation of the Vasilyevsky district of Kyiv from the Nazi invaders. In addition, in 2013, Alyosha presented to the public a new video, “You are my everything.” It is not yet known when the singer’s new album will appear.

Personal life of singer Alyosha

Until 2011, for several years the singer lived with her producer Vadim Lisitsa, whom she began dating in her youth. Their romance lasted for several years, but the relationship eventually broke up.

In the summer of 2013, the popular Ukrainian singer married another Ukrainian singer Taras Topol. Shortly before this - in April 2013 - the couple had a son, Roman.

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Popularity came to her when the young singer Alyosha passed the selection and then performed at Eurovision from Ukraine in 2010.

But this is not at all the beginning of the life of blond Alena, and most certainly not her whole life. Yes, the strange boy nickname Alyosha was invented for her by the producer, but its roots stretch back to the girl’s childhood.

Music is a small life

Alena, and this is the real name of the singer, was born in Zaporozhye and in addition to her, two more boys were growing up in the family. The girl, who was born into the family of a policeman and an aircraft factory worker, after two boys, was a favorite in the family. Dad, a music lover at heart, taught his daughter to music from early childhood; classical melodies were constantly heard in the house, although modern trends were not alien. Alena happily sang along with Madonna, Michael Jackson, and she liked this one incredibly. When the baby grew up, her older brothers began to take her with them to their boys’ groups, where they called her Leshka or shortened her name to the short Le.

Source: instagram @alyoshasinger

During her school years, Alena continued to sing, participated in all school music competitions and concerts, 5th grader Alena Kucher joined the school choir, and at the age of 15 she went to the music studio of popular music “Yunost”, where the head of the studio, Vladimir Artemyev, drew attention to her. It turned out that the bright and cheerful Alena has a voice of four octaves, and this is a rather rare and valuable phenomenon. It was there, in the Zaporozhye studio “Yunost”, that a schoolgirl and aspiring singer, who already knew what she wanted to do in life, met her first producer, Vadim Lisitsa.

Friendship is more than love

Alyosha was only 16 years old when, without exaggeration, a fateful acquaintance took place. Vadim Lisitsa, an accomplished adult man, 11 years older than Alena, appreciated the girl’s voice and artistry and offered her help, which she, of course, could not refuse. Lisitsa actually became the young singer’s sound producer; when she graduated from school, they moved to Kyiv together. Alena entered the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts at the pop vocal department, at the same time they opened a recording studio, and Nastya Kamenskikh was one of the first to record there.

Source: instagram @alyoshasinger

For about two years, Alyosha and Vadim Lisitsa tried to remain just friends and colleagues, but it didn’t work out for them, as one might expect. The relationship lasted almost 8 years, and no one was embarrassed by the age difference or the fact that Lisitsa had a wife and child.

Talented Alena wrote songs, performed at concerts, worked in a recording studio, but she got older, the girl was no longer satisfied with such relationships, she wanted a family, children:

I just got older and wanted progress in our personal relationship. He was absent. The issue with Vadik’s official marital status was never resolved. And I, like any woman, already wanted to have a family, children and everything that comes with it. After 5 years of living together, I just realized that my feelings have already changed, I can’t wait forever. And I told him about it.

This is how Alyosha spoke candidly in one of her interviews, talking about the reasons for breaking up with Vadim Lisitsa. They both still speak only well of each other, the separation was painful, but they managed to maintain a friendly and professional relationship. Vadim Lisitsa is still the producer of singer Alyosha

The most dear person

By the time Alyosha finally dotted the i’s in her relationship with Lisitsa, she had already met with the young musician Taras Topolya, not yet realizing that this was her destiny.

Source: instagram @alyoshasinger

In general, despite the publicity and increased interest in her personal life, Alyosha prefers to talk a little and not often about what is happening outside of work. Like her husband, frontman of the Ukrainian group “Antitel” Taras Topolya. The relationship between the young people was so harmonious and touching that both preferred to keep it a secret - for several years even the ubiquitous journalists had no idea about this romance. The guys started talking about the wedding only when Alena saw the coveted two lines on the pregnancy test, and then they publicly admitted that they would soon become parents.


17.01.2013 21:55


Alyosha Biography (Alyosha Biography) Ukrainian singer

BIOGRAPHY

Ukrainian talented singer Alyosha (real name Elena Aleksandrovna Kucher (Olena Kucher) was born on May 14, 1986 in Zaporozhye, then the Ukrainian SSR. Alyosha won the national selection and represented Ukraine at the Eurovision 2010 international song contest in Oslo, where she took 10th place.

Alena Kucher was born on May 14, 1986 in the city of Zaporozhye in the family of a policeman, traffic police officer Alexander Kucher and Lyudmila Kucher, a worker at an aircraft factory. Alena has two older brothers. Alena’s father is a fisherman and therefore she sold fish as a child. Alena’s brothers practiced karate and kung fu, she helped them train, they took her into their company and called her Lyoshka, more often just Lyo. During her school years, she sang in the choir and studied at the popular music studio “Yunost”, under the guidance of Honored Worker of Culture Vladimir Artemyev (today his students also include famous singers such as Alexander Panayotov and Uncle VADIA). After school, Lena graduated from the pop vocal department at the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts.

In 2006, Alena won the international competition “Yalta-2006”. Two years later, the singer won first prize at the International Festival “Songs of the Sea” (2008) in Sevastopol. In 2009, she signed an agreement with the production center “Catapult music”, where she received her stage name.

The singer captivated Ukrainian listeners with the song “Snow.” In December 2009, a video clip was shot for “Snow”.

Elena writes the words and music for her songs herself. For example, she wrote the music for the song “To be free.” She is also the author of some songs by Nastya Kamensky, Natalia Mogilevskaya, the duet of Potap and Nastya Kamensky.

Singer Alyosha with her song “To Be Free” was selected for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 as a result of the National Vote. At the same time, Alyosha scored the same number of points with another contender, Masha Sobko. After consulting, the jury decided in favor of Alyosha.

On March 21, 2010, a scandal broke out, the reason for which was the information that Alyosha’s competition song was plagiarized. The song “To Be Free,” according to the official legend, was written back in 1977 in the USA and has been waiting for its performer all this time. For Eurovision, the time of writing a song is not significant. According to the rules of the competition, it is only important that the song is not performed publicly six months before the competition (that is, until October 1, 2009). However, since April 12, 2008, the song has been available for download on the German Amazon (under the name Alonya). In addition, the first chords of the singer’s song are similar to the song “Knock Me Out” by American rock singer Linda Perry, which in 1996 became the soundtrack of the film “The Crow 2: City of Angels.”

On March 22, 2010, it became known that the song "To Be Free" did not comply with the rules of the European Broadcasting Union. The song was removed from the competition, and on March 25, Alyosha presented a new song, with which she went to the competition: “Sweet People”.

“Sweet People” is a song calling on people to protect our planet. The song is distinguished from other pop love ballads by its more emotional and meaningful content. “I am convinced that the fact that the song was created in record time did not in any way affect its quality. My song is radically different in style from the songs of other countries participating in Eurovision 2010,” said Alyosha.

The English-language lyrics of the song “Sweet People” were written by the singer herself, and in addition to Alyosha, her producer Vadim Lisitsa and the famous sound producer Boris Kukoba were involved in creating the music (together they worked at “Star Factory 2”, write songs for famous Ukrainian performers, including in particular Natalya Mogilevskaya).

On May 27, the singer qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, becoming one of ten performers who won the second semi-final. In the final of the song competition, on May 29, 2010, Alyosha performed seventeenth. In the finals she took 10th place, scoring 108 points.
Personal life

Her former common-law husband until 2011 was Vadim Lisitsa (who is also from Zaporozhye and is also a graduate of the popular music studio “Yunost” under the leadership of Vladimir Artemyev).

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VIDEO AND MUSIC


Who said

I barely have the strength to hold back,
To come up and not hug.
And every morning waking up,
You can't tell someone the truth.
I remember, I remember
And there are no excuses for me
And you always forgive me,
But not now.




Do not look back



I'm happy when you're near
When with me and in me...
And maybe the devil wears PRADA
And I carry love for you.
But you just can’t turn back time,
My mistakes and words
You won't ask anything anymore
I know you won't forgive me


But who said that time will judge us, who said
Open your eyes, time cannot be returned to us,
Do not look back
Who said that time will judge us, who said
Open your eyes, let time not return,
But look back, believe my tears...


I carry within me, my love, I carry love
I'm sorry, my love, I'm asking


Well, who said that time will judge us, who said
Open your eyes, time cannot be returned to us,
Do not look back
Who said that time will judge us, who said
Open your eyes, let time not return,
But look back, believe my tears...


A point on the map

My favorite city, dot-dot in the heart.
Torn by the wind, touching by the light,
I'm flying like a comet across all borders,
To fall in love with you.

The ocean is a whole world, you have opened up for me.
And from heaven a golden thread pierced my heart.
Draw the wires, visit, and we will return everything,
I pray, dictate those words, and we will be saved.




I'm ready to do my best for your words,
For your sake, love, to fall again.
Having risen, carry light on the roads of all countries,
To the point on the map where the chestnut tree blooms.

Speak through us, we will find the true meaning of the words.
And find it forever in everyone’s blood.
You are in everything, and we live only here, in your arms.
Give this verse for hearts, no, don't leave us.

I'm ready to do my best for your words,
For your sake, love, to fall again.
Having risen, carry light on the roads of all countries,
To the point on the map where the chestnut tree blooms.

I'm ready to do my best for your words,
For your sake, love, to fall again.
Having risen, carry light on the roads of all countries,
To the point on the map where the chestnut tree blooms.


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Biography and selection of photos of the Ukrainian singer Alyosha (Alyosha).

Biography of singer Alyosha

The singer's real name is Elena Kucher. She was born on May 14, 1986 in the city of Zaporozhye. During her school years, she sang in the choir and studied in a youth music studio. After school, Elena graduated from the pop vocal department at the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts.

In 2006, Elena won the international competition “Yalta-2006”. Two years later, the singer won first prize at the International Songs of the Sea Festival (2008) in Sevastopol. In the same year, Elena signed a contract with the production center "Catapult music", where she received her stage name Alyosha.

Alyosha's most famous composition at the moment is "Snow".

In March 2010, the singer with her song "To Be Free" was selected for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 as a result of the National Vote. At the same time, Alyosha scored the same number of points with another contender, Masha Sobko. After consulting, the jury decided in favor of Alyosha.

However, a little later a scandal broke out, the reason for which was information that Alyosha’s competition song was plagiarized. The song "To Be Free", according to the official legend, was written back in 1977 in the USA and has been waiting for its performer all this time. For Eurovision, the time of writing a song is not significant. According to the rules of the competition, it is only important that the song is not performed publicly six months before the competition (i.e. until October 1, 2009). However, since April 12, 2008, the song has been available for download on the German Amazon (under the name Alonya). In addition, the singer’s competition song is very similar to the song “Knock Me Out” by American rock singer Linda Perry, which in 1996 became the soundtrack of the film “The Crow 2: City of Angels.”

On March 22, 2010, it became known that the song "To Be Free" did not comply with the rules of the European Broadcasting Union. The song was removed from the competition, and on March 25, Alyosha presented a new song with which she will go to the competition: “Sweet People”.



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