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There are people who feel their destiny from childhood. One such girl, Lena Khruleva, was born on January 27, 1977, and in 1986 she already wrote her first original song.

She took her pseudonym in honor of the old name of her hometown - Severomorsk. This word also means a female deer (there is a consonant word “important”). Indeed, there is something old and northern in Vaenga.

Vaenga's musical style is a mixture of pop music, folk songs, chanson (both in the Russian and European sense), and all this is mixed very organically. Elena writes not only for herself: her songs have entered the repertoire of many performers, from “Strelok” to Tatyana Tishinskaya.

Today Vaenga is one of the most popular singers in the post-Soviet space. Although her last album was released in 2012, her listeners do not need constant updates; they will gladly sing along to old songs at the concert - “Smoke”, “White Bird”, “I Wish” and other hits, and viewers of Vaenga’s Instagram would definitely like to see even more new photos! Her work seems timeless; it could be relevant in our time, fifty or a hundred years ago.

You can hear something gypsy in Vaenga’s songs. Perhaps this is the influence of her common-law husband and producer Ivan Matvienko (no, not a relative of Igor Matvienko), a gypsy by nationality. In 2011, Elena and Ivan broke up, but it was during their years together that her greatest success occurred. In 2012, Elena gave birth to a son, Ivan.

Instagram taken as a basis

You can find Vaenga’s Instagram page at vaengaofficial. There you can see photos of the singer, showing her excellent shape and beauty, and posters of her concerts, and simply interesting events.

It’s hard to wrap my head around it, but the “folk singer” has only 75 thousand subscribers as of March 2016, while the participants of “Dom-2” easily gain 3-4 hundred thousand. Perhaps Vaenga’s audience is far from Instagram for some reason.

In general, Vaenga’s timeless image is difficult to reconcile with modern technologies, but there is nowhere to go. However, Elena skillfully selects filters, often publishes black and white photos, sepia, and dresses in timeless fashion, so everything turns out stylishly organic.

Suddenly, Vaenga is very ironic and deep on Instagram. She publishes not only her photos (like some other stars), but also pictures that express her condition, and interesting quotes, and her own poems, which are better to read than to listen to. Sometimes Elena enters into discussions with readers, so ask tough questions, comment, and perhaps the star will answer you.

Elena Vaenga is a Russian performer, actress, composer and songwriter.
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Lives in St. Petersburg. The North and its expanses became one of the leitmotifs of her work. The Moscow period of creativity did not last long. Performs war songs, chanson, blues, romance, ballads, songs with rock and roll elements. Has been performing since the 1990s.She wrote her first song at the age of 9 and won the All-Union Competition for Young Composers on the Kola Peninsula. Lena received a classical music education. He loves music and takes it seriously, has a huge collection of music CDs. Favorite instruments are piano and guitar. After graduating from school, she came to St. Petersburg, entered and graduated from the Music College named after.
Rimsky-Korsakov in piano, receiving a diploma as a teacher-accompanist. Since childhood, Elena dreamed of becoming an actress, so she entered the Theater Academy (LGITMIK) on Trostinetsky’s course, but did not graduate, as she was invited to Moscow to record her first album.
The album was recorded in Moscow, but has not yet been released, and Elena Vaenga’s songs began to be sung by Strelki, Alexander Marshal, Tatyana Tishinskaya, the Ladybug group and other famous performers. The Moscow creative period lasted only one year. Elena decided to return back to St. Petersburg and continue her studies there.
Wrote about 500 songs. In 2000, she entered the Baltic Institute (BIEPiP) to study at the theater department. Currently, she has graduated and received a diploma in dramatic art. Course master - Pyotr Sergeevich Velyaminov. The singer shows her dramatic talent in the entreprise performance “Free Couple” together with classmate Andrei Rodimov (dir. Katya Shimileva).
Vaenga has been giving concerts since she was 19 years old, she is the laureate of the St. Petersburg “Hit of the Year 1998” with the song “Gypsy”, laureate of “Worthy Song 2002”. Participant in concerts and festivals “Spring of Romance” at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, “Free Song over the Free Neva”, “Nevsky Breeze”.
Her repertoire includes ancient Russian romances, modern romances, ballads, folk songs, and her own songs. She gave solo concerts at the Gorky Palace of Culture, held a presentation of the album “Portrait”, and solo concerts at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall. Lively sound, lively voice, sensuality and femininity distinguish Elena Vaenga as a performer.
On October 17, 2008, Elena Vaenga, together with the best Russian figure skaters, presented a solo concert and ice show “Ice Heart”, attracting a sold-out Ice Palace in St. Petersburg.
On November 15, 2008, for the first time in Moscow, Elena Vaenga gave a solo concert in the Mir concert hall.
On January 14 and 15, 2009, two more solo concerts at the Variety Theater in Moscow.
On January 28 and 30, 2009, the 13th and 14th solo concerts were sold out at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the singer’s birthday.
On June 22, 2009, a concert dedicated to the day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War took place at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall.
On September 28 and 29, 2009, a solo concert “I wish you the sun” was held at the Mir Concert Hall in Moscow.
October 9, 2009 - solo concert and ice show "Ice Heart-2" at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg.
October 22, 2009 - participation in the Romance Festival "Petersburg Autumn - 2009".
October 31, 2009 - participation in the program "Ehh, Razgulay - 2009" on the stage of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow.
In October - November 2009, Elena Vaenga performed "I Wish the Sun" concerts in the cities of Russia and the CIS - Ryazan, Veliky Novgorod, Rostov, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Minsk
On November 28, 2009, Elena Vaenga received the Golden Gramophone in the Kremlin for the song “I Smoke.”

Elena Vaenga's path to musical Olympus was not easy. For a long time she was unable to get on the big stage, but the girl, who grew up in the north, was used to overcoming difficulties. And in the end, Vaenga found her listener and became a popular singer.

Biography

Elena (her real name is Khruleva) was born on January 27, 1977 in Severomorsk. Her parents worked in the village of Vyuzhny at the Nerpa ship repair plant, servicing nuclear submarines. In this locality (now called Snezhnogorsk) in the Murmansk region, Lena spent her childhood.

The girl had many hobbies. She sang, played the piano, danced, and skied. At the age of 9, Lena wrote her first song “Pigeons” and won the All-Union Competition for Young Composers.

After graduating from school, the girl went to St. Petersburg, where her father’s parents lived. Here she entered the famous Rimsky-Korsakov Music School (piano class). For the first 2 years, the girl studied in a paid department, and then she was transferred to free education. After graduating from the educational institution, Khruleva received a diploma in the specialty “teacher-accompanist”. For some time she taught children music at school.

Then Elena, who dreamed of the stage since childhood, decided to become an actress. She entered the Theater Academy to take a course with director-teacher Gennady Trostyanetsky. After 2 months, she was invited to Moscow to record an album. Khruleva dropped out of her studies at a theater university and left to conquer the capital.

Creative career

Elena began recording her songs in the studio in the late 90s. By chance, her cassette fell into the hands of composer Yuri Chernavsky. He liked Khruleva’s deep songs, and he invited the girl to come to Moscow. Here Chernavsky introduced Elena to Stepan Razin (brother of singer Svetlana Razina), who began producing her.

The collaboration between Lena and Stepan was short-lived. They did not find a common language. As a result, Khruleva, having released one video for the song “Long Corridors,” returned to St. Petersburg. The producer, who concluded a “cunning” contract with the singer, took possession of the rights to her songs, including the hit “Treat the Lady with a Cigarette.”

Returning to the northern capital, Elena entered the Baltic Institute of Ecology, Politics and Law and received a diploma in dramatic art. Elena performed on stage for some time, but did not forget about music. She composed new songs and “developed” material for the album.

Having broken the contract with Razin, Elena lost the right to perform under her own name. Her mother advised her to take the pseudonym Vaenga. This was the name of her hometown Severomorsk until 1951. Under this pseudonym, in 2003, Lena released her debut album “Portrait” on her own.

Vaenga gained popularity in 2005 after the release of the disc “White Bird”, which contained the songs “I Wish”, “Airport” and other compositions. In 2009, the singer received her first Golden Gramophone for the hit “Smoke.” Vaenga has confidently become one of the sought-after Russian artists.

Over the years of her creativity, Elena has written more than 800 songs and released 10 albums. Her repertoire is dominated by her own songs, ancient and modern romances, and folk songs.

Personal life

At the age of 18, Khruleva accidentally met Ivan Matvienko in St. Petersburg. He was driving a car, and the girl ran out onto the road. Thus began the love story of Elena and Ivan. They quickly found a common language. The girl was not even embarrassed that her chosen one was from a gypsy family and was 15 years older than her (she lovingly called him “Uncle Vanya”). Soon Lena moved to live with Ivan.

Matvienko earned good money and invested money in the “promotion” of his beloved. He paid for a recording studio for Elena, bought costumes for her, promoted her songs. In the 2000s, Ivan became Vaenga's producer. The man was also a “vest” for her. He saved Lena from depression and supported all her endeavors.

The couple had been together for 16 years. They never made it to the registry office. After 30 years, Elena started thinking about having a child, but Matvienko believed that there was no point in interrupting her career just yet. Gradually they began to move away from each other and broke up in 2011. For a long time, the singer hid this fact.

In August 2012, Vaenga gave birth to a son, Ivan. Journalists were at a loss as to who the father of the child was. The singer preferred not to communicate with the press on this topic. And only a few years later it became known that Elena had a relationship with the musician of her band, Roman Sadyrbaev. He is Ivan's father. In September 2016, Vaenga and Sadyrbaev got married.

Social media

The singer does not have an account on the Odnoklassniki network.

People have different attitudes towards Vaenga’s work. Some people don’t like her songs, but others enjoy going to all her concerts. Elena herself is critical of herself and works a lot on herself. Her plans include new songs, tours and a second child!

Childhood and family

Lena was born and raised in a simple but intelligent family; her parents worked in the village of Vyuzhny at a ship repair plant that serviced submarines. Khruleva’s mother, Irina Vasilievna, was a chemist by training, and her father, Vladimir Borisovich, was an engineer.

The childhood of the future artist, who was brought up in strictness, passed in Vyuzhny. The girl was not the only child; the Khrulevs raised two more daughters with her. Elena's younger sister, Tatyana, became an international journalist and left for St. Petersburg.

Subsequently, Elena Vaenga wrote a song about her father and her native North: “I have eyes of northern colors, and I don’t need tropical countries. I was always by your side. It's a pity that you left too early. I suddenly realized: I had to go through all these cities as if it were a punishment. But I have a house, and the house has me, and the North has a radiance.”

Elena Vaenga – Pigeons

After school, which she graduated from in Snezhnogorsk, Lena decided to move to St. Petersburg to live with her paternal grandmother. There she had to complete another year of schooling in order to receive a certificate of complete secondary education - that year there were changes in the education system. After this, in 1994, Khruleva entered the prestigious music school named after. N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov for the piano department.

At first, studying was difficult for her - she lacked the necessary preparation and knowledge. In her free time, Elena additionally studied vocals, since she already understood that she would not become an excellent pianist, and she did not have any desire to do so.

Carier start

One of Elena Vaenga's first concerts in St. Petersburg

This happened because at the same time Elena received a very tempting offer from composer Yuri Chernyavsky and producer Stepan Razin from Moscow - to come and record an album with their authoritative help. The bitter experience she gained turned out to be very useful for the aspiring artist - she personally became acquainted with the world of show business and its “sharks” and was able to show character by abandoning projects that were not close to her.

In 2000, returning to St. Petersburg, Lena again entered the theater department - this time at the Baltic Institute of Economics, Politics and Law, taking the course of the famous Soviet actor Pyotr Sergeevich Velyaminov. However, having graduated from the university with honors, she nevertheless returned to what never left her during these years - music.

The girl was pushed to make changes in her life by her common-law husband Ivan Matvienko, whom she later called “her best producer.” Thanks to Ivan’s support and advice, Lena’s songs first began to be heard occasionally on the Russian Chanson radio, and in 2003, already under the pseudonym Elena Vaenga, the singer released her first album entitled “Portrait”.

The songs from the debut album were appreciated only in St. Petersburg, but the promising performer was noticed and began to be invited to various festivals and competitions. During this period, Elena Vaenga took part in the concert-festivals “Spring of Romance”, “Free Song over the Free Neva”, “Nevsky Breeze”.

The rise of a musical career

Vaenga was often compared to Grigory Leps and nicknamed “the queen of chanson.” Elena is a sincere singer with artistic talent and a sensual voice.

Elena Vaenga – Absinthe

On November 12, 2010, Elena Vaenga’s first solo concert took place at the State Kremlin Palace, which was later broadcast on Channel One on January 7, 2011. The singer was warmly greeted by the public and was appreciated by many pop stars, for example, Alla Pugacheva.

In 2011, Elena Vaenga performed the songs “Tin Heart” and “Girl” at the annual ceremony of the national award “Chanson of the Year” in the Kremlin. This year can be called the peak in her career: the singer took ninth position on the list of the most successful figures in Russian show business with an annual income of more than six million dollars.

Since 2012, the singer has been the permanent winner in the “Chanson of the Year” nomination for five years. After a short break, Vaenga continued touring Russia and participating in concerts - it is worth noting her performance with Alexander Malinin at the Slavic Bazaar in 2013 and the duet “Neva” with Intars Busulis in 2014. In 2015, the singer again held a solo concert at the Kremlin Palace, performing her best compositions there.

Elena Vaenga – “Queen”

Personal life of Elena Vaenga

Despite mutual understanding and great love, after Elena’s constant tours and protracted departures, her relationship with Ivan began to deteriorate. Everything came to naught in 2011, and the once lovers broke up, although they remained close people to each other. The singer herself later cited the lack of children in their marriage as one of the reasons for the separation.

In 2012, Vaenga gave birth to a son, Ivan, from a member of her team, Roman Sadyrbaev, with whom she formalized her relationship in 2016. The husband is 6 years younger than Elena. The couple tries not to advertise their relationship. Due to constant travel, Elena does not see her beloved son as often as she would like; at this time, his grandmother is raising him.

Elena Vaenga now

Among her friends, Elena Vaenga is called Lenenergo for her charisma, irrepressible character, and the gift of raising the mood in the room where she appears. It doesn’t cost the singer anything to call in the middle of the night if a question about the concert program arises in her head. And what’s surprising is that no one will point out the watch to the artist.

Vaenga realizes that the idea that the world revolves around her causes problems and inconveniences, but she has already gotten used to it. Elena herself is ready to respond to a call for help, regardless of where she is and what time of day it is outside.

Childhood and youth

Elena Vaenga, according to her passport Elena Khruleva, was born on January 27, 1977 in the port town of Severomorsk. His parents worked at a ship repair plant, his father was an engineer by training, and his mother was a chemist. The girl grew up with her younger sister Tatyana and half-sister Inna from her father’s first marriage.

The future singer spent her childhood in the small village of Vyuzhny at her parents’ place of work. The Khrulev family raised their children in strictness, instilling discipline. The girl’s days were literally scheduled by the hour: exercises, schoolwork, attending clubs and back to school.

Later in an interview, Elena said that her biography is a combat one. In the house she stood in all the corners, in a visible place hung a belt, from which Vaenga sometimes got hurt. At school, the singer scared teachers and got into boy fights. Due to a conflict with an anti-Semitic teacher, Lena was expelled from school and was taken back only when another teacher vouched for the student.

“In connection with which I gave myself this definition: I am a typical northern woman with southern blood.”

Elena's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood. Vaenga learned to dance from the age of 3. At the same young age, the girl easily repeated the melody played on the piano by her father, and her parents realized that they had a future star growing up. At the age of 9, the child wrote his first song.

The parents sent their daughter to a music school. At the same time, Vaenga studied at a sports school, which helped to maintain good physical shape. After graduating from school, Elena moved to St. Petersburg to live with her grandmother to go to university there. However, it turned out that one class was missing for complete secondary education, the girl was forced to go back to school to complete the 11th grade.

In 1994, Elena Vaenga entered the Music College named after, where she continued to master playing the piano. She had a hard time studying, the level of musical education did not reach that of the capital, she studied mostly with B grades. The future singer showed enviable zeal; in her 2nd year, Vaenga was even transferred from the paid department to the budget department.

After graduating from college, Elena decided to make her childhood dream come true and go study acting. The choice fell on the Theater Academy (LGITMIK), where the singer entered the course of G. Trostyanetsky. Vaenga studied there for 2 months, receiving an invitation from Moscow to record a music disc.

Returning to St. Petersburg, Elena entered the Baltic Institute of Ecology, Politics and Law in the theater department. The girl was sure that she would become a theater actress. However, after graduating from the university with honors, Vaenga returned to music again.

Music

As a student at the theater institute, Elena Vaenga went to Moscow at the invitation of a music producer to record her first album. But the record was never released, and Razin sold its work to other Russian pop performers. However, the celebrity is not in the mood to sue the famous producer.

The girl became disillusioned with show business and decided to become an actress again, but her common-law husband and producer Ivan Matvienko persuaded the artist to return to the music stage. Thanks to her husband, Elena’s first album, “Portrait,” was released in 2003.

At the same time, Khruleva, on the advice of her mother, took the creative pseudonym Vaenga after the name of a river near her hometown; this word also means “deer” in Sami. The disc is being released under the singer’s new name. The record was popular in St. Petersburg, but the talented young performer was noticed and began to be invited to various festivals and song competitions.

Vaenga received recognition and love from listeners by releasing the album “White Bird” in 2005, which included the songs “Taiga”, “I Wish”, “Airport”, “Chopin” and others.

A number of compositions instantly became hits in Russia. Journalists wrote en masse about the singer’s growing popularity and about the “Elena Vaenga phenomenon,” who achieved serious success without the help of famous producers, composers and influential relatives. The artist’s songs compared favorably with what modern pop performers offered listeners en masse.

Soon Vaenga was given the title “Queen of Chanson”. In 2009, the singer received her first Golden Gramophone award for the song “I Smoke.” A year later, the composition “Airport” received the “20 Best Songs” award, and the track “Absinthe” received the “Song of the Year”. Since 2011, Elena has given tours in the countries of the former CIS, Germany and Israel.

In 2012, the artist had to take a break from the concert tour because Vaenga damaged her vocal cords and was physically unable to sing. She performed in her homeland and went on maternity leave, returning to the stage only at the end of the year. Since 2012, Elena Vaenga has been awarded the title of singer of the year according to the Chanson of the Year award for 5 years.

In addition, in 2012, the composition “Where Was” received the prestigious “Song of the Year” and “Golden Gramophone” awards, in 2013 Vaenga’s new song “Bride” was awarded the “Golden Gramophone”, and in 2014 - recorded in a duet with "Neva". The creative union with Busulis did not stop there. Together with the singer, Elena Vaenga performed another composition called “Gravity.”

In 2013, the singer performed at the Slavic Bazaar festival. The event was remembered by Elena’s fans for another interesting duet. She sang the song “Two Souls” together.

In 2014, Vaenga participated as a jury member in the transformation show “Just the Same” on Channel One.

At the end of 2015, Elena Vaenga gave a solo concert in the Kremlin and performed both the best songs from the repertoire known to the public and completely new compositions. The performance at the State Kremlin Palace was timed to coincide with the release of the singer’s new program and new album.

In 2016, the composition “Lady Di” was nominated for the Russian National Music Award in the “Urban Romance” category. Also this year, Elena traditionally took part in the gala concert of the national award “Chanson of the Year,” where she sang the song “What Have We Done?” The concert was broadcast on Channel One.

In December 2016, Elena Vaenga performed at the annual New Year’s concert “NOT Blue Light”, where she sang a duet with the “Tortilla Turtle Song”, familiar to many from childhood, and also appeared together with the Latvian pop singer. Elena shared a joint photo with the latter in "Instagram" and received compliments on the festive appearance of the artists.

In 2017, the singer went on a tour of cities in Russia and neighboring countries, but was forced to cancel or reschedule some concerts due to being hospitalized with the flu.

Personal life

Elena met her common-law husband Ivan Matvienko in 1995 in St. Petersburg. He is of gypsy blood, which caused disapproval from the girl’s parents. However, 18-year-old Vaenga chose her beloved over the opinion of her family. The artist almost immediately moved to Ivan, having quarreled with her family.

Matvienko supported his talented wife as best he could. The man left the city to work to provide Elena with the opportunity to record albums and buy stage costumes. He produced her first and subsequent albums. Despite their ideal relationship, the couple separated in 2011. According to Elena, the reason for the end of the relationship was the lack of children in this union. However, the singer remained on friendly terms with Matvienko; the former spouses even live in neighboring apartments and now continue to communicate.

In 2012, Vaenga gave birth to a son, whom she named Ivan. Later she admitted that the baby’s father is a member of the musical group Roman Sadyrbaev.

Motherhood has given Elena real happiness, although she doesn’t see her son very often because of her tours. Ivan is raised by his grandparents, whom Vaenga sends every winter to live in Cyprus with a friend. The performer tries to visit her son as often as possible, and sometimes takes Vanya with her on tour.

The artist only dreams of spending the winter by the sea and says that she has sacrificed her personal life for her career: Elena is the only breadwinner in the family.

“Everyone wants to be aristocrats with billions in their accounts, so that mom and dad stay at home all the time, and 25 children are fed, clothed and educated. But in my situation, I can either shed tears or work for days!”

In 2016, the singer attracted attention to her appearance. At the beginning of the year, Elena dyed her hair blonde, which shocked fans, and then changed her image again and cut her hair short.

In addition, that year the woman once again lost weight, causing approval from fans. Elena immediately shared changes in her appearance with subscribers on Instagram. However, the artist, whose height is 177 cm, did not perceive excess weight as a problem. Although in 2014, she lost 15 kg in 4 months, arguing with her own concert director for money.

Elena Vaenga now

Elena Vaenga's concert schedule, judging by the official website, is scheduled for 3 months in advance. The singer tours in Russia, the Baltic countries and Central Asia. In 2016, the artist visited Crimea for the first time and has been coming there every year since then, for which the Ukrainian website “Peacemaker” blacklisted her.

At the beginning of 2018, Elena presented a new song “Confession” to listeners.

In the fall of the same year, another album called “1+1” was released, which contained compositions performed in a duet with Mikhail Nikitin, Alena Petrovskaya, Jein (Evgenia Lavrentieva) and participant of the show “Achi Purtseladze”. Already familiar Laima Vaikule and Intars Busulis are also present.

Latin American motifs were heard in the song Mueve la Cintura Mulata, performed by Vaenga with Roberto Quel Torres, who represented Cuba at the New Wave competition in 2013.

The Slavic Bazaar 2018 festival, as a number of websites wrote, showed a new Vaenga: live sound, an incendiary program, works in which jazz, rock and gypsy tunes are heard. Brass section, drums, percussion. In general, nothing from the usual chanson, where critics classified the artist’s work in the early 2000s.

Elena has also changed as an actress, not inferior in experiencing each song as a separate performance. In her performance, the singer got rid of the tragic strain and sluggish pronunciation of the ends of phrases, which previously blurred the meaning of the song.

To Vitebsk, Vaenga invited artists “who are not played on TV or radio,” including. Elena liked the native of Volgograd since the days of the show “Three Chords”, where the woman sat on the jury. Both performers were remembered by the public for their unique version of the song “Fasicky Horses.”

Discography

• 2003 - “Portrait”
• 2003 - “Flute 1”
• 2005 - “Flute 2”
• 2005 - “White Bird”
• 2006 - “Chopin”
• 2007 - “Absinthe”
• 2007 - “Dunes”
• 2008 - “Keys”
• 2012 - “Lena”
• 2015 - “New”
• 2018 - “1+1”