HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Svetlana Yakovlevna Surganova (russian: Светлана Яковлевна Сурганова) (born 14 November 1968) is a Russian rock musician, singer and poet. She was a founding member of the popular Russian rock band '' Nochnye Snaipery'', providing vocals and playing
violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
. Presently she is a founding member of ''" Surganova i Orkestr"'' band.


Early years

Svetlana Surganova was born in Leningrad, on 14 November 1968. She has never seen her real parents: her biological mother refused her after birth. When Svetlana was three years old, she was adopted by Liya Davydovna Surganova, Candidate of Biological Sciences.
Svetlana Surganova started writing her own songs at 14. In the 9th grade she created her first musical band ''"Камертон" ("Camerton")''. Her second band, "League", was formed during the period of study in a medical college.
From 1988 to 1996, Surganova had been a member of ''" Нечто иное" ("Something Else")'' band. As a sessional musician she took part in recording an album with ''" КузяBAND"'' from Munmansk.


"Nochnye Snaipery"

In 1993 Svetlana Surganova and
Diana Arbenina Diana Sergeyevna Arbenina (née Kulachenko, be, Дыяна Сяргееўна Кулачэнка; russian: Диа́на Серге́евна Арбе́нина, born July 8, 1974) is a Russian singer, musician, poet, and leader of the rock group N ...
established an acoustic duet ''" Nochnye Snaipery"''. In 1998 Surganova and Arbenina released their first album ''"Капля дегтя в бочке меда", ("Drop of a tar in the ointment")'' which became popular on Russian radio stations such as ''" Европа Плюс", " Радио Балтика", " Модерн", " Ностальжи" and " Русский шансон"''. In the end of 1998, women decided to change the style of the band from acoustic to electric. In 1999, 2 new members entered ''" Nochnye Snaipery"''. In the same year the band released their second album ''"Детский лепет" ("Baby talk")''. The third album was ''"Рубеж" ("Frontier")''. In autumn of 2002, Svetlana Surganova and
Diana Arbenina Diana Sergeyevna Arbenina (née Kulachenko, be, Дыяна Сяргееўна Кулачэнка; russian: Диа́на Серге́евна Арбе́нина, born July 8, 1974) is a Russian singer, musician, poet, and leader of the rock group N ...
released their last joint album ''"Цунами" ("Tsunami")''. In December 2002 Surganova left the band.


"Surganova i Orkestr"

After leaving ''" Nochnye Snaipery"'' in 2002, Svetlana Surganova left the band and started her own, ''" Surganova i Orkestr" ("Сурганова и оркестр"; "Surganova and orchestra")''. In 2003, their first album ''"Neuzheli ne ja" (“Неужели не я”, “Isn’t it me”)'' was released and sold more than 100,000 copies. In 2004, they were nominated for “the best live-band of the year” award and won the prestigious FUZZ magazine award for ''“
Pesnya goda Pesnya goda (russian: Песня года), meaning Song of the Year, is an annual Russian music gala and former Soviet televised music festival. First held in 1971, it became the main event of the year for Soviet singers and musical groups. Pesn ...
” (“Песня года”)''. Songs from ''"Neuzheli ne ja"'', especially ''"Murakamii"'' ''(“Мураками”, “Murakami”)'' and ''"Bol’no" ("Больно", "In pain")'' topped the music charts for months. The band shot a music video ''"Korabli" ("Корабли", "Ships"),'' that rotated successfully on MTV and MUZ-TV (МУЗ-ТВ), and went on the first tour through the country. After the first album, later albums included: ''“Zhivoj” ("Живой",”Alive”)'' in 2003, ''“Vozljublennaja Shopena” (“Возлюбленная Шопена”, “Chopin’s beloved”)'' in 2005, ''“Sol” (“Соль”, “Salt”)'' in 2007. Those repeated the success of the first one: almost all the songs became hits and topped the music charts . The magazine “Russian Reporter” included the album “Sol” into the top 10 of the best rock-albums of Russia. Surganova i Orkestr is one of the most actively touring bands of Russia, performing across the Far East, Western Europe and the United States. Definition coined by Surganova for a music played by a group ''" Surganova i Orkestr"'' is ''"VIP-Punk-Decadence"'', which stands for: V – aesthetically pleasing scenic image of an elegant man who tends to think, the image of the artist, combining experience and unsophistication; P- energetic and sincere treatment, with swashbuckling charm and a high degree of self-irony; D – a sophisticated and intelligent, but at the same time accessible poetry, that affects the timeless themes and have their analog works of writers of the Silver Age and the poetics of French symbolism, and a Drive that forces public to "stand on their heads" and to barely held themselves in chairs.


Personal life

Svetlana Surganova never concealed her homosexuality. In various interviews, Diana Arbenina (a second founder of Nochnye Snaipery), said that she was dating Surganova. The women were together for 9 years, but in 2002 they eventually broke up and Surganova left the band to create her own. In 2008 she started advocating
Side by Side (film festival) "Side by Side" Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival (''«Bok o Bok»'', russian: Международный ЛГБТ-Кинофестиваль «Бок о Бок») is an international film festival that seeks to explore the issues of ho ...
and became one of the judges. In Interviews Svetlana Surganova mentions that she believes in God. According to her, there is one God, but different religions have different presentations of “God”. In 1996 Surganova found out that she had sygmoid colon cancer. At the age of 27 she underwent a clinical death. In May 2018 Surganova was banned from visiting
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
for three years due to violating Ukrainian law by entering
Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
through Russia in 2016, two years after the region was
annexed Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ...
by Russia. She supported the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, and the
Presidential Administration of Russia The Presidential Executive Office of Russia or the Presidential Administration of Russia ( rus, Администрация Президента Российской Федерации, Administratsiya Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the ex ...
put her on the list of singers who were recommended to be invited to state-sponsored events.


References


External links

*
Official page
on Surganova i Orkestr site in Russian'' *
Unofficial page
on Svetlana Surganova & Diana Arbenina fansite in Russian'' *
Official page
on Nochnye Snaipery site in Russian'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Surganova, Svetlana 1968 births Lesbian singers Lesbian composers Lesbian songwriters Russian LGBT singers Russian LGBT songwriters Russian LGBT composers Russian lesbian musicians Living people Russian rock singers Singers from Saint Petersburg Russian women singer-songwriters Russian women composers 20th-century Russian women singers 21st-century Russian women singers 20th-century Russian LGBT people 21st-century Russian LGBT people