Singers from Moldova. Moldovan roots: Famous singers - Locals

Vladimir Samsonov (1963)

Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the International Opera Singing Competition named after. M. Del Monaco (Italy, Grand Prix and Audience Award)

Born in Chisinau in the family of an opera singer. In 1991 he graduated from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov (vocal class of associate professor S. R. Ryazantsev). He continued to improve his vocal skills with teachers: E. Manukhova (Gromova), F. Pagliazzi, F. Barbieri. In 1991–1995 he was a soloist at the Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, on the stage of which he performed the roles of Eugene Onegin (“Eugene Onegin”), Figaro (“The Barber of Seville”), Aeneas (“Dido and Aeneas”). From 1993 to 1995 – director of the conservatory choir “Young Voices of Russia”. From 1991 to 2003, he was a soloist at the St. Petersburg State Musical Comedy Theater. From 1994 to the present he is a soloist Mariinsky Theater. He made his debut on the Mariinsky stage in March 1994 as Dandini.

Sarah Gorby (real name Gorbevich) (1900-1980)

French pop singer (contralto), chansonnier.

Born in Chisinau in 1900. At the age of 17 she left to study vocal skills in Iasi. After graduating from the Iasi Conservatory, she married newspaper publisher Joseph Goldstein, much older than her. According to legend, one of the conditions planned singing career Sarah Gorby decided not to have children so as not to lose her voice, as happened with Sarah’s mother, who had 7 children. After the wedding, the couple moved to Rome and then to Paris, where they settled. Performing under the stage name Gorbi, she became popular primarily in Latin America(at that time her main concert venue), and then in the United States (where she first arrived in December 1935, and again in the spring of 1936, after which her tours in the United States became regular). The singer's repertoire included songs in 9 languages. In 1940, Sarah Gorby and her husband left Paris and fled to Haiti, and a few years later to the United States. Here the singer continued her performances with programs of Jewish song and Russian romance. In 1948, Sarah Gorby spent a touring season in Europe, driving around in an American jeep, “which shook her senseless.” In the 1950s, on the Philips, Arion, O.S.I. labels. Disques", "Barclay Disques", "Galton" and others began to release long-playing gramophone records by Sarah Gorby, old 78 rpm recordings from Melotone were transferred to the new long-playing format. At the same time, tape recordings of Sarah Gorby's songs first appeared in the USSR. In 1953 she was awarded le grand prix du disque. Songs performed by Sarah Gorby were used in the soundtrack of the film Onegin directed by Martha Fiennes and starring Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler (1999). The Sarah Gorby Prize is awarded to artists whose work is related to the Yiddish language.

Yakov Gorsky (real name Fainberg) (1867-1935)

Opera singer.

Born in Lipcani. He took singing lessons in Milan with Professor Bradillo, studied at the Vienna Conservatory in the class of Victor von Rokitansky and at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He took a directing course under the direction of Joachim Viktorovich Tartakov at the Mariinsky Theater (1895). He made his debut on April 12, 1880 in the opera Fra Diavolo by Auber at the Mondoni Breo Theater. In 1886, Yakov Gorsky performed as Faust at the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater. Later he performed in Iasi, Moscow, Odessa, Kazan, Minsk, Vienna, Rome and Paris. Managed a private opera studio in Chisinau and taught at the Russian music school musical society. Among the students of Ya. L. Gorsky is the Romanian singer (soprano) Lidia Babich.

Maria Chebotar (1910-1949)

Opera singer.

Born in Chisinau. As a child, she sang in the choir of the Chisinau Cathedral under the direction of M. Berezovsky. She studied at the Chisinau Conservatory, after graduating in 1929 she joined the Moscow troupe that toured the city. art theater. Soon she married an artist of the troupe, Count Alexander Vyrubov. Since 1929 she studied in Berlin. In 1931 she made her debut in Dresden and at the Salzburg Festival. Until 1943 she performed in Berlin and Dresden, until her premature death she was part of the ensemble Vienna Opera.In 1948 she took part in the first post-war tour of the Vienna Opera in Covent Garden (London). She also starred in several films.

Isabella (Isa) Kremer (1887-1956)

She gained worldwide fame not only as an excellent performer of songs and romances, but also as a film actress.

Born in Balti. She studied singing in Milan with a famous teacher. Returning to her homeland, she performed successfully in Odessa, Petrograd, and Moscow. After the revolution, in 1919, Iza emigrated to France. At the beginning of December 1943, Isa Kremer, together with Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich and Vadim Kozin, performed in a concert for participants in the Tehran Conference. On November 19, 1944, Isa Kremer gave a concert at Carnegie Hall. Because of her very active social activities in Argentina, where Iza lived with her husband, the couple suffered: he lost his job, and Iza was excommunicated from large halls and kept silent in every possible way. But she remained true to her ideals of peace and justice. The famous song “Main Shteitele Balts” (My town Baltsy) in Yiddish was written especially for Iza Kremer by poet Yakov Jacobs and composer Alexander Olshanetsky.

Valentina Kuza (real name Euphrosyne) (1868 -1910)

Opera singer (drama soprano), wife of composer Yu. I. Bleichman.

Born in the village of Tarnovo, Soroki district, Bessarabia province. In 1878 she entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Since 1891 improved in Paris with M. Sass. Returning to St. Petersburg, she performed in several performances of the opera “Aida” by G. Verdi on the stage of the private Panaevsky Theater. In 1894-1905 and 1907-10 she was a soloist at the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater. In 1905-07 - soloist Bolshoi Theater. She had a voice that was smooth in all registers and had a wide range and was fluent in thinning and trilling. Her repertoire included 47 parts. Her concert repertoire included works by M. Mussorgsky, A. Serov, A. Rubinstein, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Taneyev, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Yu. I. Bleichman (the composer dedicated the romance “I saw you in a dream” to the singer) .

Lilia Amarfiy (1949-2010)

Soloist of the Moscow Operetta Theater.

Born in Orhei. She started singing at the age of six. At the same time, she took dancing and accordion lessons. Success was not long in coming, and Lilia was invited to the national Moldovan ensemble “Codru”, where she soon became the leading performer. All-Union fame came to her when Lilia moved to Moscow. Was accepted into GITIS. And after graduation, in 1972, she came to the Moscow Operetta Theater, where she played until her death. During her creative career, the singer performed many roles in performances of the classical and modern repertoire, as well as in musicals. She played " bat”, “Sylva”, “Count of Luxembourg”, “Servant”, “The Merry Widow” and “Parisian Life”.

Methodie Bujor (1974)

Opera singer.

Born in Moldova. After graduating from Chisinau Music Academy“named after Gavriil Muzichescu” in 2000, he began his career by working in the troupe of the Moscow Theater “ New Opera” under the direction of Evgeniy Kolobov. He made his debut as Sparafucili in the opera “Rigoletto” by G. Verdi, with the participation of Dmitry Hvorostovsky in the role of Rigoletto. After a successful debut, he performed the roles of: Gremin in the opera “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky, Cecil in the opera “Mary Stuart” by Donizetti, Salieri in the opera “Mozart and Salieri” by Rimsky-Korsakov, etc. In 2003-2005. invited as a soloist to Opera Leipzig. During this period, he performed the following roles: Colin in the opera La bohème by Puccini, Ramfis in the opera Aida by Verdi, Mephistopheles in the opera Damnation of Faust by Berlioz, Ponte in the opera Troy by Berlioz, Biterholf in the opera Tannhäuser by Wagner, Serse in the opera “Themistocles” by I.K. Bach.

Methodie Bujor has extensive touring activities, both opera and concert throughout the world. Since 2003, he has been collaborating with opera festivals and theaters in Italy, Germany (OperaLeipzig, OperaHamburg, France (OperaTulus), Holland. He gives concerts in America, England, China, Switzerland, Spain. He has performed and collaborated with such conductors as: Valery Gergiev, Ricardo Shai (Italy), Hristov Rosset (France), Evgeny Kolobov, Jeanne Carlo Minotti (Italy), Ivan Angelov (Bulgaria), Mikhail Yurovsky (Germany), Ion Marin (Austria), Daniele Rustioni (Italy).

CHISINAU, August 9 – Sputnik. The first line of the Yandex.Music music chart in July of this year was taken by the composition Moldovan group Carla's Dreams called "Sub" Pielea Mea"("Under My Skin"), better known as "Eroina".

Also, Russian media note that this particular song became the “hit of the season” in Russia. One of the many confirmations of this is a video recording in which Natalya Varvina, a participant in the reality show “Dom-2”, and the presenters of this program, Ksenia Borodina and Olga Buzova, sing “Sub Pielea Mea”, presumably in a nightclub.

The work of Carla's Dreams is not the first example of how musical works and performances by pop singers from Moldova become hits in Russia.

1. “Norok”, “What Guitars Cry About”, 1968. It was this year that the all-Union recording company Melodiya released the first record of VIA Norok from Moldova with the songs “What the Guitars Cry About” and “The Artist Sings.” These songs sounded in the repertoire of many of our Soviet performers. However, knowledgeable people claimed that the USSR Ministry of Culture at first assessed the work of “Mink” extremely negatively - the department stated that “ musical culture VIA "Norok" does not correspond to the moral traditions of the USSR, imitates Western culture and has a detrimental effect on the education of modern youth. "The bottom line is that there are as many opinions as there are people.

2. “Zdod şi Zdub”, “We saw the night” (cover version of the composition of the group “Kino”), 2000. Having recorded the result of their own musical interpretation of the song, known to more than one generation of “film fans,” the Moldovan “Zdubs”, together with the gypsy vocal trio “Erdenko,” gave this composition a second wind. “We saw the night” with “rudy” brass, ringing female gypsy vocals and the characteristic recitative of Roman Yagupov “started dancing” throughout Russia and neighboring countries, highly raising the level of popularity of Moldovan musicians. You can listen to an interview with the leader of “Zdubov” Roman Yagupov on air at the Sputnik Moldova radio studio here

3. O-Zone, "Dragostea din tei", 2004. In Russia, it was also popularly called “Numa-numa” - as they heard a line from the chorus. By the way, the composition "Dragostea din tei" was released in 2004 and took first place in the ratings of more than 30 countries, as well as third place in the sales charts in the UK. The single went platinum and mostly gold. European countries, in Asia and Latin America. This hit was also included in the list of the best-selling singles in music history. Find out more about the success of this hit here

4. Dan Balan and Vera Brezhneva, “Petals of Tears”, 2011. Balan, the ex-soloist of "O-Zone", is the record holder for the number of hits that have gained popularity in Russia. One of the most successful examples is his duet with Vera Brezhneva. The video for this composition broke all records in many Russian charts five years ago.

The “Golden Age” of the Moldavian stage - this is how most of our middle-generation artists speak about the 80s. No more “Western things” for you - no “plywood”, no “fans”, no “show business”, but free broadcasts on radio and television. And there are also many concerts and tours, albeit often of local importance, but scheduled for the year in advance. A few lucky ones from Moldova even managed to appear on all-Union platforms and conquer “ national flavor"and sincerity of almost the entire USSR. However, national glory Moldovan stars The 80s were enough...

Group "Contemporanul" ("Noroc") - the first Moldovan "Star Factory"

For three decades, for the Moldovan stage, “Norok” was not only the standard of musical taste, but also a real source of personnel. The group's soloists, like fledgling chicks, flew out of the nest with a solid portfolio, which allowed them to easily build their own creative career. The group itself, which performed in the 80s as “Contemporanul”, had already experienced the peak of its popularity by that time, but still filled the halls in the cities and towns of the Soviet Union. Guru "Noroca" Mihai Dolgan and his wife Lidia Botezatu from 12 months of the year to best case scenario There was only one person at home. The couple's son Radu became a member of the group in 1988. He still remembers the very first tour in his life.

- It was a tour of Romania, - says Radu Dolgan. - I knew that my parents were popular, but I did not suspect such a scale of popular love! In one of the towns, people stopped our bus, and in a few minutes we signed more than 200 autographs. At that moment I felt a feeling of pride and happiness.

Primavara - Formatia Contemporanul (NOROC).

Stefan Petrache swapped his stage tuxedo for a sweatshirt and rubber boots

“Norok”, “Singing Guitars”, Moscow jazz band of the famous Anatoly Kroll. All these are milestones of the rich creative biography Moldovan performer Stefan Petrache. By the beginning of the 80s, his name was a generally recognized musical authority. Behind him is a solid number of records released by the Melodiya company (the song “Crede Me” breaks all records), and stable popularity on a national scale. In 1982, Petrak creates “Play”, a group that sings songs based on poems by Eminescu, Vieru and Vodă. However, the team, which did not indulge in the “pop” that was then in fashion, ceased to exist after 2.5 years. After the collapse of Play, the musician went to work on television, and in 1991 he decided to break with the profession and plunged headlong into the construction business. It is to Petrache that the Chisinau residents owe the appearance of the first apartments of the so-called elite layout.

- In difficult times, when I had to feed my family, I changed my fashionable stage costume to a sweatshirt and rubber boots and went to supervise the construction site, - Stefan Petrake says. - I missed music very much and continue to experience this feeling to this day. However, I understand that the scene is a turned page of my life. I have been away from business for several years now and today I never tire of enjoying my new role - grandfather. A year ago I gave birth to two beautiful twin grandchildren.

Stefan Petrache live.

Georgy Tsopa almost became a restaurateur

This singer with a head of hair curly hair with his special, memorable voice he could reach the most delicate heartstrings of the Moldovan public. The soloist of the famous “Contemporanul”, a student of the legendary Petr Aldya-Teodorovich, in the second half of the 80s went on an independent creative voyage and rode the wave national revival sang the main hit of his life - “Venits Akase”. The next decade was very difficult for Georgiy Tsopa, like all his colleagues. He performed at weddings and performances, and then decided to go into business and opened his own bar in Chekany. The establishment was popular, including among fellow artists. However, the singer quickly got bored with VAT and debits and credits, and he happily returned to his profession.

- I rented out my bar several years ago, but I’m very glad that I had such entrepreneurial experience in my life, - says Georgiy Tsopa. - Today I also opened a beauty salon, but my husband pays more attention to this business. For me, music will always come first, without which I simply cannot imagine my life.

Gheorge_Topa.

Ion Suruceanu - the main forget-me-not national stage

The star of the “Moldavian Celentano” Ion Suruceanu lit up in the USSR in 1984. Then, after leaving “Contemporaneous”, he created with the permission of the Ministry of Culture own group"Real". The singer, performing songs with an “Italian flavor,” quickly became popular. A year later, the Moldovan vocalist, together with Valery Leontiev, was trusted to represent Soviet Union at the prestigious festival in Poland “Zielona Gora”. Ion Suruceanu becomes presenter music program Central Television "With a song through life." In 1987, he gave more than 60 performances in Moscow alone, including a big concert in famous Palace sports Then the singer’s signature hit was born - the legendary “Forget-Me-Not”.

- This song was written for me by Slava Dobrynin to the verses of Mikhail Ryabinin, - remembers Ion Suruceanu. - At “Song of the Year - 87” the hit became a laureate. But now Forget-Me-Not is much more popular than it was more than 20 years ago. I remember that time as a time of youth, fulfilled hopes and true creative realization.

Ion Suruceanu "Forget-me-not".

Riku Voda once almost drove all the girls of Jurmala crazy

Also a “minker”, Riku Voda was once called a real “lighter” of the national stage. With long hair, in an incredibly fashionable jacket, in 1985 he literally overwhelmed the entire musical Jurmala with his charisma. Then the Moldovan artist not only won a whole bunch of prestigious awards, but was also recognized, along with Alexander Malinin and Aziza, as the most bright participant competition. After the triumph in Latvia, our performer was candidate No. 1 for the legendary Sopot. But it didn’t work out... But in his homeland, Riku Voda entered the first circle of the Moldavian stage. His signature “Alarge kai” is still in rotation.

- This song was written by me as a joke, in 5 minutes. I couldn't even imagine that it would be so popular. - shares with Komsomolskaya Pravda Riku Voda. - With the advent of the hard times of the 90s, difficult times came for us artists. I had to play in restaurants, schools and cold cultural centers. Musician friends invited me to work abroad, but I never decided to. Today I don’t speak often, but I’m going to give a concert in the fall, on my 50th birthday. solo concert in his native Philharmonic.

RICU VODA ALEARGA CAII remix.

The Coric sisters - Georgeta and Oksana - introduced the fashion for duets in Moldova

All viewers considered the soloists of “Contemporaneous” Georgeta and Oksana to be twins. The artists, who are exactly a year apart, tried their best to emphasize their similarities on stage. And this could not but fuel the interest of the curious Moldovan public in them. However, the authors also loved the sisters for their modesty and sincerity. The masters of literature - Grigory Vieru and Dmitry Matkovsky - brought them their poems for songs. It was he who wrote for Georgeta and Oksana famous song about Chisinau.

- The eighties were the most eventful and interesting for us years of life, - says Georgeta Coric. – We did what we loved, performed on stage and everywhere - in the Baltics, Siberia or at home in Moldova we felt the most important thing for every artist - the love of the audience. With the collapse of “Norok,” my sister and I briefly went to the “Legend” group, and then practically moved away from creativity. Today I work in the capital's department of architecture, and Sylvia works as a translator.

SURORILE CIORICI - CHISINAUL MEU CEL MIC.

Sylvia and Anatoly Kiriyak put Germany, Japan... and Mozambique on their ears

Singer and composer. Their romance unfolded before the eyes of Sofia Rotaru, in whose group (“Chervona Ruta”) they worked since 1978. It was Anatoly Kiriyak who authored the famous “Romance”, which became truly triumphant for Sofia Mikhailovna. However, the musician wrote most of the hits for his wife, a student of Veronica Garštya herself (Doina Chapel) Sylvia Kiriyac. Together with her, as part of the created group, they traveled half the world, including such exotic countries as Japan and Mozambique. Long years The melody of the Moldovan composer “Mihaela” was the theme song for the weather forecast on Central Television.

- In the 80s, pop fashion in Europe was set by the Italians, - says composer Anatoly Kiriyak. - I wrote many hits for Sylvia in exactly this style. It was a time of very close communication between the entire creative space of the USSR. We were friends with Alexander Serov and Igor Krutoy. He also liked to joke: I’m Cool, but you, Tolya, are cooler. In the first year of the opening of the famous “Vzglyad”, Vladislav Listyev invited my wife and me to his program. After famous journalist came to our concert in Chisinau. With the collapse of the Union, when the Moldavian stage fell into a state of suspended animation, I organized the first concert agency in Moldova, and Sylvia began raising children. Today we are performing again, but, of course, not as actively as before.

"Mikaela" - Anatoly Kiriyak (Melody ensemble).

Anastasia Lazaryuk gave a start to life to Philip Kirkorov Wider Circle,” which was hosted on the first central TV channel by Philipp Kirkorov, an unknown young singer from Bulgaria. Once, having asked a Moldovan artist for an autograph, he persuaded her to take him on tour with her. From a tour of Moldova and light hand Anastasia Lazaryuk and the career of the future king of pop began.

Anastasia Lazaryuk - Stork.

EXPERT OPINION

Marian STYRCHA, artistic director National Philharmonic:

The 80s went down in the history of the Moldovan stage as a time of very high-quality music. The singers worked with good poets and composers. Domestic performers were loved throughout the entire Union, so they toured a lot and did not think about their daily bread. There was stability and perspective, which cannot be said about today...

Maria was born into a large family in Moldova, in the village of Trusheni. Maria began to sing early, she liked it very much, and her silver voice could be heard in the courtyard of the house, in the field, and in the vineyard. Often her parents took her to all sorts of celebrations, and there, climbing on a chair, little Mariyka sang to the admiring villagers. In the village, she was given the nickname “fata kare kynta” - “the girl who sings.” She sang and amateur performances. One of these concerts was attended by a delegation of guests from Russia as part of the then Decade of Masters of Arts of the RSFSR. The delegation was led by great composer Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich. He was amazed by the little girl’s singing and said to the Minister of Culture of Moldova, who was sitting next to him: “This girl should study music.” Mariyka was accepted into a music school - a boarding school for gifted children at the Moldavian Conservatory in the violin class, but she never parted with singing, continuing to perform with various folk orchestras. The director of the Leningrad ensemble “Friendship”, Alexander Bronevitsky, accidentally heard her and invited her to work. So Maria Codreanu entered the professional stage, replacing in the ensemble the famous Edita Pieha, who was then on tour abroad. Later, Maria worked at the Lenconcert with the trio of the brilliant pianist Simon Kagan, in the jazz orchestra of I. Weinstein, in the group of Ben Benetsianov. In Leningrad she graduated from the music school at the conservatory in classical vocals with Henrietta Apter, and pop vocals at Lina Arkhangelskaya. In 1969, she was invited to return to Moldova to work at the Moldovan State Philharmonic Society, where she created a vocal and instrumental ensemble, which she led for nine years and was its constant soloist. In 1967, at the international pop song competition in Sochi, she sang Alexandra Pakhmutova’s song “Tenderness” and received first prize. In 1972, Maria became a Laureate at the 10th International Pop Song Competition in Sopot, brilliantly performing Oscar Feltsman's song based on the poems of Robert Rozhdestvensky, “The Ballad of Colors.” In 1978 she moved to Moscow, where she became a soloist of the Mosconcert. Graduated in 1986 State Academy theatrical arts as a director. She toured with great success in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Austria, New York, where she performed in concert hall"Millenium". In her repertoire popular songs in German, English, Japanese, Moldavian, Yiddish, Italian. Maria pays a lot of attention to charitable activities, being the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Assembly of Women of the World Charitable Foundation. Maria Codreanu - People's Artist of Moldova and Honored Artist of Russia, Laureate international competitions, Laureate of the National Russian Prize"Leader", awarded the Order of Catherine the Great. Her name is in the book “Famous People of Moscow”.