Our today's article will be of interest to everyone who is a fan of the domestic rock scene. You will be able to get acquainted with the life and creative milestones of the popular Russian rock singer, who writes her own lyrics - Zemfira.
Some journalistic publications note that she gave rise to a new direction in music called female rock. Not surprising, because she really brought many new features to the domestic scene, which influenced a large number of musical groups. In other words, she turned the page and opened up new trends for domestic rock music. Needless to say, the popularity that she won in the territory of the CIS countries over the twenty years of her musical career.
Height, weight, age. How old is Zemfira
Very often, fans are interested in various data regarding a particular person. It can be a sign of the Zodiac, hometown and so on. Do not forget about external data that, for one reason or another, attracts the attention of the public. Of course, our today's singer is no exception, and fans are interested in her height, weight, age. How old is Zemfira - young people and older people ask. Not surprising, since several generations have passed since she began her musical career.
There is nothing special to hide here, and the information is available to any user - Zemfira's height is just over 172 centimeters, and her weight is 58 kilograms. Last summer, Zemfira celebrated her 41st birthday. Photos in her youth and now will confirm that for so many years she has hardly changed in appearance.
Biography of Zemfira
Zemfira's biography begins in the city of Ufa, in 1976. The family had Tatar-Bashkir roots, which, one way or another, was reflected in the appearance of the singer. Father Talgat Talkhovich worked at a school, and his mother Florida Khakievna was engaged in physical therapy. Also, her older brother, Ramil, was brought up in the family. By the way, the real name of the future performer is Zemfira Ramazanova.
She began to show her desire for music at an early age. As a five-year-old girl, Zemfira is sent to a music school, where she learns to play the piano and sings in the choir along the way. Even then, she appeared on local TV channels, where she performed children's songs.
At the age of seven, Zemfira composes her own musical composition, where she was first presented to the public at her mother's work. While at school, she is fond of the work of the Kino group, and in the future she will tell that this significantly influenced her musical views.
Despite her relatively small height, Zemfira played basketball and was the captain of the youth team of the Russian Federation. Because of this, before graduation, there was a choice - to go in for sports or music. After a little thought, she decides to give preference to the second and enters the school of the city of Ufa, where she studies pop-jazz vocals. Being in her second year, Zemfira begins to earn extra money - she performs famous songs in the restaurants of her native city. And already in 1996, she got a job at a radio station. Around the same time, the first recordings of their own songs were released.
Radical changes took place in the life of the singer a year later, when one of her recordings came to the producer of Mumiy Troll. He invites Zemfira to record a full-length album, and already in 1998 a full-length album was released. Some songs from there appeared on the radio even before the official release, and the first crowds of fans began to appear.
Of course, the resounding success of the young singer was ensured. In just six months, more than 700,000 copies of the album have been sold. A little later, video clips were released, which were often broadcast on television. In 1998, the first tour in Russia starts. As expected, the concert venues were packed to capacity. And in the last days of the tour, Zemfira acted as the headliner of "Invasion" - a popular rock music festival.
After the end of the tour, the singer proceeds to the second album, no less popular with fans. The name was not chosen immediately - "Forgive me, my love." Some songs from this album became soundtracks for Russian films of those years. After the commercial success of this work, Zemfira takes a short sabbatical for two years.
In 2002, a new album appears before the listeners. It is noteworthy that its novelty is associated not only with the compositions, but also with the stylistic framework. Now these are exclusively independent works, without the influence of Mumiy Troll. The new album was sold in huge circulation, and received no less than various awards. Zemfira herself received the title of "Performer of the Year", thanks to several music magazines.
In 2004, several significant events happened for the career of the performer. More precisely, two performances on the same stage with Ilya Lagutenko and Queen. The second pair is interesting in that one of the most famous songs of the band, “We are the Champions”, was performed.
2005 is also bearing fruitful results. First of all - Renata Litvinova, whom they met while writing the music for the film. In the future, thanks to their partnership, several Zemfira clips were financed.
In the fall of 2007, another album appears, which brought some changes to creativity. The singer announced the termination of her activities as part of the group, and now her work will be exclusively solo. At the same time, a competition was announced - ordinary listeners were offered to make a remix for the song "Boy", and the top ten will be released as a single.
In the future, creativity came out without any changes. Several times, Zemfira's albums received various well-deserved awards. Many critics point out that the singer chose the right vector of development, and to some extent filled the empty niche on the domestic rock scene in time. MTV several times awarded the prestigious award to Zemfira - she was awarded the "Best Performer from Russia".
So far, Zemfira has released several new albums, each of which opens a new page in domestic rock. By the way, in 2016 she announced that she would stop touring. But, despite this, new compositions still continue to come out.
Zemfira's personal life
Zemfira's personal life is interesting to both fans and journalists. Therefore, various rumors and conjectures often appear, which rarely have any basis. Some of them, of course, are connected with the actions of the singer herself. For example, she announced a wedding with Vyacheslav Petkun, which never took place. After a while, the rock singer admitted that it was an ordinary PR company.
After a while, new rumors. Now, the press connects Zemfira and Renata Litvinova, moreover, ambiguously hinting that there is something big in their friendship. The journalists did not miss the moment and started talking about the wedding in Sweden. Star persons themselves do not undertake to comment on such gossip. This does not stop the press, and they are increasingly interested in spreading lies about the wedding. The thing is that Swedish law has allowed same-sex marriage since 2009. Around this period, Zemfira was with Renata on vacation in this country. Great matches for the yellow press.
It is known that Zemfira did not have any serious relationship and marriage. Or, she hides them very well from the general public. Now, according to her, she is in love with a young man, but it is still impossible to get other details.
Zemfira family
As we mentioned a little earlier, the Zemfira family had Tatar and Bashkir roots. The singer herself received the nationality of the Tatar. Zemfira's father, Talgat, worked as a teacher of historical sciences. Mom Florida was a doctor by training, and gave classes in physical therapy. By the way, it was at the work of her mother that Zemfira performed her first song.
Not all fans know that in the early 2010s, several misfortunes befell the singer at once. In 2009, Zemfira's father died, who had suffered from an illness for a long time. A year later, during underwater fishing, my brother died - there was an accident, and he simply drowned. In 2015, the performer's mother died. At that time, she was 69 years old. Zemfira herself, at that time, commented on everything to a minimum, referring to a series of irreparable losses and unwillingness to communicate with the press.
Children of Zemfira
As far as is known at the moment, the singer has not yet been married. However, fans do not get tired of waiting and hoping that the topic "Children of Zemfira" will be filled with information. The singer herself notes that there is nowhere to rush, because creativity, for her, is in the first place.
After a series of losses in the family, Zemfira began to devote more and more time to her nephews - Arthur and Artem. In 2013, a side project was even created, where the singer participates in recordings with them. So far, the group has one album to its credit. It is known that for some time, the nephews studied directing, and recently moved to London, where they receive an education in pop vocals.
Zemfira's husband
On account of the popular Russian singer, there are several novels, which, however, did not develop into official relations. It is impossible to say for sure - Zemfira hides her chosen ones well, or really is not in a relationship with anyone.
Throughout her career, journalists and the media have tried to attribute various marriages to her. In particular, some time ago, the headlines kept saying that Zemfira's husband is Slava Petkun, which the singer herself spoke about. But later she admitted that it was just a publicity stunt to increase popularity.
Fans often note on social networks that the rock singer does not change outwardly, throughout her career. That is why, some fans are wondering if she used the services of plastic surgeons. Of course, they do not get tired of looking for photos of Zemfira before and after plastic surgery.
It’s worth saying right away that all this is in vain - there are no photographs before or after. Zemfira claims that she adheres to the natural canons of beauty and believes that only those who have nothing to surprise fans resort to such radical methods.
Instagram and Wikipedia Zemfira
The popular Russian performer tries to maintain an active enough social life to always be “on the same wavelength” with her fans. Therefore, I got myself several pages on social networks - it is very convenient and practical. In addition, anyone can see photos from the last performance or concert.
Instagram and Wikipedia Zemfira are still very popular, despite a long career. Yes, it is worth noting that she did not become a “star of one hit” and to this day works are released that attract new fans and warm up the interest of old ones.
By the way, the performer continues her creative activity, releasing new songs and performing at concerts. In the last round, Zemfira performed in twenty cities of the Russian Federation. It is noteworthy that the singer is also loved and known abroad - Germany, Israel, England and America. In these countries, concert venues are often full.
A couple of times, Zemfira got into the camera lenses at not the most appropriate moments, which then resulted in scandals. The first happened in 2008 - then the singer started a fight because the cashier was slowly discussing the queue. As you know, a year later, the store owner apologized, and everything was resolved peacefully.
A few years later, there was another scandal - at a private party, the star was "caught" using white powder. In the end, she had to sue. She won the case, thus proving that there were no drugs.
In 2013, Zemfira quarreled with fans from Rostov. The thing is that due to problems with the director of the local recreation center, the concert was in jeopardy, which she immediately announced to her fans. However, everything went well, but the mood was spoiled. Due to the "dry" acceptance by the public, the performer announced her unwillingness to return to Rostov-on-Don. Later, a public apology was given, where Zemfira noted that she got excited and regretted what had happened.
In the summer of 2016 there was another scandal, this time in Latvia. The skirmish with journalists "spread" to ordinary fans. As usual, normative vocabulary took over in these disputes. As she herself stated, she was dissatisfied with the constant attention from the press. It was not possible to calm down even after some time, so after leaving the Theater, the skirmish was repeated again. Article found on alabanza.ru
For many years, the metropolitan party has been discussing the passionate romance of singer Zemfira Ramazanova and actress Renata Litvinova. Every step of the stars causes a violent reaction. Meanwhile, Zemfira's personal life before meeting Renata was so intense that intriguing facts still surface. "ZHG" remembered the singer's loudest novels.
Tried men first
Having barely appeared on the stage in the capital, a nondescript girl from Ufa fell in love with half of the country's teenagers. Representatives of non-traditional orientation reacted especially gently to Zemfira. And this is not surprising - the songs and the image of Ramazanova were very close to them. Having gained popularity, Zema plunged headlong into lesbian novels. And the singer never talked about her personal life “before Moscow”. Like, there was no time for these nonsense, she was engaged in studies and music. Meanwhile, for quite a long time, Zemfira met with men.
“Ramazanova’s first love was her classmate at the Ufa Art School, Vlad Kolchin,” Ufa guitarist Jalil Mukhametshin once revealed Zema’s secret. - With him in the mid-nineties, they earned their bread in the trendy restaurant "Jespar". Kolchin played the saxophone, and Zemfira sang and played the guitar.
Close friends of the singer recall that Ramazanova looked at Vlad with wet eyes and dedicated songs to him. But her feelings remained unrequited. Subsequently, Kolchin left for St. Petersburg, but did not invite Zema with him.
The second love of the future star was the director of the local radio station Sergei Anatsky. But the office romance was doomed from the very beginning. Sergei was happily married and did not want to change his wife for a capricious employee.
Soon Zema became interested in the sound engineer Arkady Mukhtarov. Young people even lived for a short time in a civil marriage. When Zemfira moved to Moscow, Mukhtarov followed her. They broke up because of Arkady's addiction to alcohol.
Stole my wife from Kalmanovich
A couple of years ago, the news thundered that Zemfira had an affair with ... Roman Abramovich. This version is supported by the fact that Roman Arkadyevich secretly came to Zemfira's concerts, and also ensured her participation in prestigious European events and even in football matches. Supporters of this version are still confident that Zemfira owes her resounding success to Abramovich. They even said that the PR people specially invented a bike about Zema's lesbian inclinations in order to divert the eyes of the people from the real state of affairs. These conversations subsided when the oligarch met Daria Zhukova, and Zemfira became close to Anastasia Kalmanovich.
Having burned herself on the men, Zema told them a firm “no!” A woman's love entered her life. Anastasia Kalmanovich became the producer of Zemfira thanks to her influential businessman husband Shabtai Kalmanovich. Then no one could have imagined that Nastya and Zemfira would be physically drawn to each other. Kalmanovich had built-in cameras at home and in the office, which once recorded the singer and her producer in such expressive poses that her husband could not stand it. Shabtai and Nastya divorced. Around the same time, Lena Perova fell in love with Zemfira.
Perova remembers fondly
“Lena just blew her mind,” Perova’s friends recall. - She got to the point that she gave her gifts with or without reason. Lena monitored the chat of Zemfirin's website for days on end, went to meetings of her fan club, where she drank endlessly. At one of these gatherings, she got drunk to such an extent that she molested almost all female representatives there.
Unlike Kalmanovich, Lena Perova still speaks of Zem with tenderness: “Our communication with Zemfira was saturated with fun, youthful recklessness. We went to visit each other. We played the computer game How to Become a Millionaire, rode the attractions in the park of culture and generally had fun. At some point, she recovered and was so unhappy with herself that she drank only water for a whole month. She could take a sip of cognac, but nothing from food. Of course, she is a difficult person, but I am very glad that fate brought us together. Why did we split up? As she does not remember, so do I.
After parting with Perova and Kalmanovich, Zema began to develop complexes that forced her to turn to a psychiatrist. At that time, more than one oligarch offered sponsorship and not only assistance to Zemfira, but the singer found a cure for heart wounds in the house of Renata Litvinova. And now Zemfira and Renata live and work together. Litvinova made a film about a friend. And Zemfira is working on music for Renata's new film "Rita's Last Tale". According to rumors, the stars even got engaged a year ago in Holland. Zemfira's mother Florida Khakiyevna considers Litvinova her second daughter, and her daughter Ulyana her granddaughter. The actress does not get tired of confessing her love to the singer.
- I love Zemfira so much! Renata says without a shadow of embarrassment. She is really close to me. She is part of my biography.
Complicating the union of two women is only the wild jealousy of Zemfira, who is haunted by rumors about Litvinova's romances with students. The latest scandal occurred due to intimate photos of Litvinova in an embrace with a young actress Renata Piotrowski leaked to the Internet. There was gossip about Zemfira's departure, but in vain: the other day, the paparazzi again captured Zema leaving Litvinova's house.
Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan. Having been born on August 26, 1976, she clearly stated that she was the leader here and would achieve her goals at all costs! She grew up in a rather intelligent family: her mother is a doctor, her father is a history teacher. Already at the age of four, young Zemfira was fond of music. At the age of five, she began attending a music school in piano. At the age of seven, Zemfira composed her first song, which she performed with her mother at work.
Under the influence of her older brother Ramil, she suddenly became interested in rock, listening to Black Sabbath and Queen. She studied well at school, was an excellent student. From the seventh grade, she managed to study in seven circles and sections at once, focusing her attention mainly on music and basketball. Possessing sports anger, determination and assertiveness, Zemfira achieves considerable results in basketball: in 90 she becomes the captain of the Russian girls' team. By this time, the music begins to gradually get bored, the incessant swotting of the same thing depresses her. The question of continuing musical education rises with an edge, but a wise mother forces Zemfira to finish her studies. Then it acquires an "applied" character and passion for rock music. Right on the streets of her native city, together with her friends, Zemfira performed songs with a guitar that at that time were on the crest of the success of "KINO", "Aquarium", "Nautilus".
In the eleventh grade, basketball began to seriously interfere with her studies, and she abruptly leaves the sport, she also graduates from music school with honors, slamming the piano lid, as it seemed to her then, forever ... Quite by chance, Zemfira decided to go to the philological faculty after school, but cool the leader instructs her on the true path and offers to go to a music school. Passing by the building of the School of Arts, she sees an announcement about the entrance exams, which will take place the next day. Zemfira decided to try, and she was immediately accepted into the second year at the pop vocal department. In her group, there were also two drummers, two pianists, a bassist, a guitarist, and she, a vocalist. At the same time, Zemfira sings with her friend, saxophonist Vlad Kolchin, jazz standards and famous western hits in Ufa taverns and restaurants. Literally a year later, she gets bored with it, but she still graduates from college.
Since 1996, Zemfira has been working as an operator at the Ufa branch of radio "Europe +": during the day she slaps commercials that taught her how to work with sound, and at night she records her first real songs on a computer: "Why", "Snow", "Forecaster". ..
In early 1998, Zemfira organized his own group "Zemfira", with which he recorded his songs no longer on a computer. For the first time, the group performs on June 19 at the birthday party of the radio "Silver Rain Ufa". Already having enough material for more than one album, Zemfira, through her friend, passes on a promotional cassette with several songs at the MAXIDROM rock music festival to Leonid Burlakov, the producer of Mumiy TROLL. Leo immediately calls Ufa and asks to send more. Confident that this girl is a real future star, he invites Zemfira to Moscow with her musicians to record an album. From October 19 to 23, several songs were recorded at the Mosfilm studio. These were the first sketches for the debut album. Ilya Lagutenko acted as a musical producer directly, and Vladimir Ovchinnikov as a sound engineer. By the seventh of November, the recording of the album was completely finished. 15 songs 50 minutes long. Such a large number of songs is explained by the fact that Zemfira has about 40 more finished compositions - enough for more than one disc. When recording the album, both Zemfira musicians (Vadim Solovyov, guitars; Renat Akhmadiev, bass guitar; Sergei Mirolubov, keyboards; Sergei Sozinov, drums) and MUMIY TROLL musicians (Yuri Tsaler, guitars; Oleg Pungin, drums) took part in the recording of the album.
From mid-January, Zemfira, without a group, leaves for London to mix the album. The layout took place at "Beethoven Street Studio", the sound engineer was Chris Bandy. The track "Don't Let Go" was dropped from the original album, leaving a total of 14 songs.
Since mid-February, the heavy rotation of first "Our Radio", and then radio Maximum, "Silver Rain", "M-Radio" includes the song "AIDS", and then "AriveDerchi", "Rockets".
From 5 to 6 March in Prague, local clip makers filmed a video for the song "AIDS" based on the script by Pavel Ruminov. This song was not chosen by chance after 150 respondents chose this particular song. On March 8, a collection of completely different music "U - 1" went on sale, the first track of which is "Rockets". On March 24, in the Moscow club "Respublika Beefeater" a press conference was held by the sound recording company "Leak sound recording", at which the new Ufa singer Zemfira was presented to journalists for the first time. She answered questions and even sang a song in the Bashkir language. From April 5, the presentation of the clip "AIDS" was planned on the MTV - Russia channel, but for unknown reasons it was postponed until July. The release of the debut album was planned on April 24, but the press conference was postponed to May 8, and the release itself to May 10. On April 24, the shooting of the video for the song "Arivederchi" took place, which went into rotation before the clip "AIDS". On May 8, the 16 Tons club hosted a joint presentation of the album and the May issue of the OM magazine, which was organized by the record company Decade Music International, the OM magazine and the Europa + radio station. There were so many people that Zemfira herself, according to her confession, felt somehow uncomfortable. At the concert, they tried in every possible way to recreate the mood of spring, which was never within its rights: green leaves were scattered all over the stage, however, by the third song they had faded slightly, there were also flowers, more precisely one flower in Zemfira’s hair, chamomile, on which she guessed during the performance of the song "Daisies". For those who did not manage to get to the stage, a timely edited clip for the song "Arivederchi" was shown on the big screen. But, according to the impressions of all those present, everything was a success, and Zemfira herself liked everything very much.
On June 19, Zemfira performed at the next City Day in Ufa, and she opened her concert tour on September 1 in Moscow. The schedule was scheduled literally by the day, which could not but affect the health of Zemfira herself. On October 15, due to illness, she was hospitalized and the concert tour had to be interrupted for 15 days.
But back to August 1999. Again, mixing and mastering of the band's second album was completed at "Beethoven Street Studio". Which will be released next year.
In the meantime, after Zemfira's recovery, the concert tour continued and ended in Riga on January 5, 2000. The last concert was recorded on video and shown on ORT. At the same time, Zemfira's single was released, containing a remix of the song "Snow" and "Sky of London", performed live at one of the concerts. And at the same time, Zemfira appears in the New Year's program of NTV, and performs the song "The blue ball is spinning, spinning."
March 28, 2000 - all of Russia experienced another explosion of "Zemfiromania", it was then that the second CD was released, "Forgive me, my love" or in short - "PMML". "Looking for" and "Mature" were played literally 3 times a day on each music radio station. Somewhere at the same time, the video clip "Looking for" was released, it stays in the top 5 MTV clips for a very long time. A little later, other songs from this album became, one might say, folk. “If you want”, “Don't let go”, “Dawns”, “I hate”, the texts of these and other songs are known by heart and they sing along with Zemfira at her concerts. Immediately the next day after the release of the album, a new tour started. Among all the concerts, it is worth highlighting Zemfira's performance as the "headliner" of the Maxidrom festival, which took place on May 20, 2000 in Moscow at the Olympic.
In the course of the concert tour, the single "Goodbye" is released, which includes favorite hits "Goodbye (my favorite city)", "Splashes", V. Tsoi's song "Cuckoo" specially recorded for the film test disc and several remixes. The record is given an ambiguous assessment, denoting its pop. But in general - a positive effect.
The situation was overshadowed by a concert in Yakutsk, where an unpleasant incident occurred: the poor organization of the concert led to a stampede and several people were injured and were hospitalized. Of course, Zemfira again becomes the hero No. 1 of many magazines and newspapers, sometimes with a yellow tint. A large number of frankly invented articles and interviews appear, in this regard, Zemfira limits all communication with the press.
She is the face of youth music of the late 90s and the standard of the new style. The singer, who quickly broke into the world of Russian music and became the idol of millions. It is with her name that the birth of "female rock" in Russia is associated. She still does not let the media and people into her personal life who are eager to know anything about her orientation and connections.
All this is about the singer, outstanding musician Zemfira, whose biography is filled with a rocker mood of protest, seriousness and not at all rocker-like subtle female feelings, resulting in songs that have not lost popularity for more than 17 years.
Zemfira still collects huge halls, she is interesting to her fans, who unconditionally accept their idol without a modern fashionable appearance and details of her personal life. She is what she is: alive, sincere and feeling.
The beginning of the way
The future rock star Zemfira Ramazanova was born in the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan - the city of Ufa at the end of August 1976 in a family that had nothing to do with music. Her father was a historian, and her mother was a physiotherapy specialist.
At school, Zemfira studied "excellently". Studying was easy for her. That is why the girl had plenty of free time and hobbies. In addition to the general education school, she also studied at the music school in the piano department and sang in the choir.
The girl also had achievements in sports, since at school she loved to play basketball. Despite her short stature, she became the captain of the Russian junior national team. However, when it came time to choose what to connect their fate with after graduation, Zemfira decided to go headlong into music. And she entered the Ufa Musical College in the department of pop vocals.
A colleague at work helped her to record the first demo disc, who pushed the singer to create a group. So the Zemfira group appeared. Tracks recorded in the mid-90s "blew up" the youth of Bashkiria. Zemfira began not only to sing, but they began to write about her. Many local newspapers were willing to interview the young musician whose songs captured the youth. And a year later, Zemfira decides to leave to conquer Moscow.
Way to the top
Zemfira handed over her first works through familiar journalists personally to the soloist of the Mumiy Troll group Ilya Lagutenko, who was delighted with the young, little-known musician. And soon, thanks to Ilya and the producer of his group, Zemfira's debut album of the same name was recorded. It happened in 1998.
And six months later, Zemfira went on her first tour of the CIS countries. True, the singer did not want to reveal her soul to journalists even then. She conveyed all her feelings exclusively through music and symbolic objects at concerts: a camomile, a guitar, a butterfly.
A year after the presentation of the first album, the second one comes out - "Forgive me, my love." The girl once admitted that it is especially difficult for her to give names to her songs, which is why it often turns out that the tracks have two names. The songs from this disc again topped the charts of the country, and some became movie soundtracks.
At the end of 2000, the singer Zemfira, after another concert in Yakutsk, was accused of riots that took place in the city square. So many people gathered to look at the idol that a stampede began, as a result of which many people were injured.
However, by 2002, the singer returned again with a "bomb". The third album, entitled "14 Weeks of Silence", was released, which was sold in a record circulation - more than a million copies.
In total, Zemfira has seven albums:
- Zemfira.
- "Forgive me, my love".
- "14 weeks of silence".
- "Vendetta".
- "Thank you".
- Z-sides.
- "Live in your head."
Personal life
As already mentioned, Zemfira does not let strangers into her life. Therefore, little is known about her relationships with men. However, some facts still leaked to the media.
It may seem strange, but the rock singer was also associated with Roman Abramovich. Rumor has it that the oligarch was a sponsor of the then beginning singer. Like it or not, it is not known for sure.
Renata Litvinova is of great importance in Zemfira's life. Although the girls claim they are just friends, their frequent appearances together give the media a reason to talk about more. There is a rumor that Renata and Zemfira secretly got engaged in Sweden. Despite the age of 41, Zemfira has no children.
2009 was a tragic year for the singer's family. The girl lost her father, who died of a heart attack. However, this was only the beginning, a year later her own and beloved brother Ramil drowned. And in 2015, not recovering from the loss of her husband and son, Zemfira's mother died. Since then, the singer herself has been trying to take care of her twin nephews, who remained after the death of her brother. Together with them, the singer created the musical project "Uchpochmak".
Today, Zemfira does not like to appear on TV screens and practically does not tell the press about herself. She focuses on her lyrics and music. In her wardrobe there are only black and white things and an unchanging short haircut, symbolizing minimalism, seriousness and steadfastness. Author: Anastasia Kaikova
Name: Zemfira (Zemfira Ramazanova)
Age: 39 years
Place of Birth: Ufa
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Activity: musician, singer, composer
Family status: Single
Zemfira - biography of the singer
Against the background of pop stars dressed up and pumped up with silicone, Zemfira Ramazanova seems like an inconspicuous sparrow. However, a non-standard image, difficult poems and music do not prevent her from collecting stadiums for many years now.
This singer does not depend on the tastes of the crowd, nor on the stupid rules of show business. For this, she is respected not only by pop stars, but also by serious musicians, and some producers are also afraid - they know that it is impossible to persuade or buy Zemfira.
Childhood, the beginning of the musical career of Zemfira Ramazanova
On the way to school, the girl angrily tugged at the bright bows that her mother carefully tied for her. If it were her will, she would change this brown dress for trousers. Do adults really not understand that it is much more convenient this way? Why was she born a girl? Zemfira was much more interested in chasing the ball with the neighboring guys. However, at school, despite her dislike of uniforms, she studied almost perfectly: she grasped everything on the fly.
The future popular singer Zemfira was born on August 26, 1976 in the capital of Bashkiria, Ufa.
Zemfira went to music school even earlier than usual. She was only four years old when she, the soloist of the children's choir, was shown on the local TV channel. Then she realized that more than anything in the world she loves to sing. No, she didn’t need the fame of the “girl from the TV”, she just wanted to compose songs herself. Alas, such kids were not taken to study, and she barely endured a year until she was allowed to come to class and sit down at the piano. And at the age of seven, Zemfira composed her first song and presented it to her beloved mother.
The Ramazanov family lived in a disadvantaged district of Ufa, but everyone around knew that it was better not to touch this little boy, because she has a brother, Ramil, who is ten years older. That is why after the lessons she turned into a real tomboy - she so wanted to be like her brother. Over time, musical preferences also changed: as a teenager, Zemfira listened to rock for hours - her brother's favorite bands Black Sabbath and Queen.
Then basketball entered her life. Relatively small growth was compensated by assertiveness and sports anger. At the age of 14, Ramazanova became the captain of the Russian youth team! But in the senior class I had to choose - sports or music. Outweighed the second.
Zemfira herself understood that the songs “Kino” and “Nautilus Pompilius”, which she sang on the streets of Ufa, are great, but it’s much better to perform something of her own, especially since she had something to say to this world. The girl was enrolled immediately in the second year of the vocal department of the local art school. But the breakthrough did not happen: she still sang not her own, however, she moved from the streets to restaurants.
In the mid-1990s, not the most decent audience gathered there, but even next to the bandits, Zemfira managed to behave with dignity. Once, in response to a refusal to “beat Murka,” a shot rang out. It is unlikely that someone had the intention to kill the singer, but then she was very scared, but she did not show her mind and did not begin to sing to order.
After college, Ramazanova worked at the Ufa "Europe Plus" as a sound engineer. Recording other people's videos was an excellent practice, besides, on state-owned equipment, she slowly mixed her first songs. In 1998, through acquaintances, she handed over the cassette to the producer of the Mumiy Troll group. Leonid Burlakov immediately contacted Zemfira and called to Moscow. Intuition never failed the master of show business.
Nobody expected an instant takeoff, even Zemfira herself. At the end of 1998, she selects songs for her debut album. By that time there were fifty of them, and only fifteen had to be chosen. In early 1999, the album was recorded and mixed in London. The main "Mumiy Troll" - Ilya Lagutenko, helped the novice star. He felt sympathy for Zemfira, because he himself was once a modest provincial, whose only advantage is unique, unlike anything music.
And it started - presentations, interviews, concerts ... From the very first press conference, Zemfira's relationship with journalists did not work out. They should ask with a smart look, she should talk nonsense with a smart look. That's what everyone does all the time. But Zemfira tried to answer questions honestly, but they did not understand her. But they accused her of being prickly, sharp, not recognizing halftones. Zemfira listened and shook her head.
If people feel more comfortable thinking that way, she's ready to play along! She began to dress in black and white. Let them say that the singer is woven from some contrasts and contradictions. In fact, Zemfira perfectly understands and knows how to express all shades of feelings. Her lyrics and music are the best proof of that.
Journalists, producers, studio owners and everyone who is somehow connected with Ramazanova at work assure that she is a tough person. But singing “I am choking with tenderness” without ever having experienced such a feeling is simply impossible. Only those closest to her know how sensitive and touching she can be with those she truly loves. And who does she love?
Zemfira Ramazanova - personal life of the singer
The only story that Zemfira shared with the press is the story of her first love.
She met saxophonist Vladik Kolchin at a music school. He said later that their feeling was more passion than tenderness. Sometimes they argued to the point of a fight, then just as fiercely reconciled to start swearing again. We argued about creativity. It would be something! The question is not worth a damn, but Zemfira did not want to let anyone into her music. It will be as only she hears and feels! Vlad went to St. Petersburg, she stayed in Ufa, and that was the end of the story.
Then there was talk of an office romance between Ramazanova and her boss, the head of Europe Plus, Sergei Anatsky. But Zemfira quickly realized that the relationship had no prospects either creatively or personally (Sergey had been married for a long time). Now she has left her beloved, leaving for Moscow.
The last "man of her personal life" was the musician from the group "Dancing Minus" Vyacheslav Petkun. At the end of 1999, they announced their engagement and even organized a photo shoot in wedding attire. And in March of next year, both announced that the wedding was postponed indefinitely. But everyone already understood that this story was just a fiction: both Zema and Slava were still jokers!
Now she was increasingly suspected of contacts with women. They wrote that Anastasia von Kalmanovich, the producer of Ramazanova, allegedly even divorced her husband, if only the “masculine principle” did not spoil their sensual relationship. It seems that not only men interfered with the ladies. In any case, Zemfira dedicated the lines "If you want, I'll kill the neighbors" to Nastya. Two years later, they broke up, and Anya Kruchinina, who served as a driver and security guard, became the closest person to Zemfira.
Finally, in 2005, Zemfira found a kindred spirit, the same intellectual who does not care about public opinion - Renata Litvinova. But she, too, is considered a person not of this world. The more they hid their communication, the more frantically the journalists tried to catch them in connection. Even surveillance was arranged to find out who spent the night where. It was easier to stop hiding. For almost ten years they have maintained friendly relations, considering it below their dignity to explain anything to the crowd.
And yet, in the personal life of Zemfira Ramazanova, the most beloved and closest man is her brother Ramil. Rather, he was: in 2010, he drowned in the river while spearfishing. He got caught on the branches of trees and could not free himself ... The singer hardly survived this loss. Adored nephews, the twins Arthur and Artem, are all she has left. So Zemfira is not at all callous, she knows how to love and be loved. We won't interfere with her.
