Elena Antonovna Kamburova (russian: Елена Антоновна Камбурова; born July 11, 1940) is a Russian singer and actress. In addition to numerous solo albums, her voice is recorded in more than a hundred film soundtracks. She is a People's Artist of Russian Federation. Born in Stalinsk, she was brought up in

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where her family relocated. In 1967, she graduated from the State College of Circus and Variety Art (Государственное училище циркового и эстрадного искусства), and in 1979 from

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. In the 1960s, Kamburova participated in concerts and radio recordings. She performed songs by

Novella Matveyeva Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva (russian: Новелла Николаевна Матвеева; 7 October 1934 in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg – 4 September 2016, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian bard, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literar ...

and

Bulat Okudzhava Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (russian: link=no, Булат Шалвович Окуджава; ka, ბულატ ოკუჯავა; hy, Բուլատ Օկուջավա; May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musici ...

. Okudzhava once noted that her art is "a lucky combination of voice, intellect, and talent

From mid-1970s, compositions of

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made up a significant part of her repertoire, based on the lyrics by

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

Alexander Blok Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Blok.oga; 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publ ...

and (unfavorable with the Soviet authorities)

Marina Tsvetayeva Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, p=mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪvə; 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russia ...

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

and

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam ( rus, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, p=ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acm ...

. In 1992, Kamburova founded ''The Moscow Theater of Music and Poetry'', where she acts as the director, a performer and an actress.

Discography

LPs

* Прощай, оружие (''

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'' - on motives of

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, 1970) * Поет Елена Камбурова (''Elena Kamburova Sings'', 1975) * Сказки об Италии (''Tales about Italy'', 1981) * Послушайте (''Listen'', 1982) * Да осенит тишина (''Let There Be Silence'', 1987)

CDs

* Дрёма (''Dream'' - Russian lullabies, 1997) * Капли Датского короля (''The Mixture of Danish King'', 1999) * Волшебная скрипка (''The Magic Violin'', 1999) * Синий троллейбус (''Blue Trolleybus'' - songs by Bulat Okudzhava, 1999) * Дорога (''The Road'', 2000) * Любовь и разлука (''Love and Separation'', 2001) * Песни из кинофильмов - 1 (''Songs from Films - part 1'', 2001) * Песни из кинофильмов – 2 (''Songs from Films - part 2'', 2001) * Романс о жизни и смерти (''Romance of Life and Death'', 2004) * Воспоминание о шарманке (''A Recollection about the Barrel-Organ'' - songs by Larissa Kritskaya, 2007) * Реквием (''

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'' of Anna Akhmatova, music by Vladimir Dashkevich,

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, 2007) * Концерт в театре "Школа современной пьесы" (''Live in the School of Modern Play Theater'', 2008) * Концерт в театре Музыки и Поэзии (''Live in the Theater of Music and Poetry'', 2008, DVD)

Films

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- Marina (''Singing voice in Matteo Hitto'') *

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- Syroyezhkin (''Singing voice'')

External links

Official site of the Theater of Music and Poetry

Under Blue Sky
Kamburova sings "Над твердью голубой..." (mp3
History of the song

Концерт в Центральном Доме Художника

In Russian

at narod.ru
Bio, links, interview
at peoples.ru

Алла ЦЫБУЛЬСКАЯ
2005 interview
at NI
2005 interview
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