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
Novokuznetsk ( rus, Новокузнецк, p=nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk; literally: "new smith's", cjs, Аба-тура, ''Aba-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the ob ...
, she was brought up in
Ukraine 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
GITIS.
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. Okudzhava once noted that her art is "a lucky combination of voice, intellect, and talent
From mid-1970s, compositions of
Vladimir Dashkevich
Vladimir Sergeevich Dashkevich (russian: Владимир Серге́евич Дашкевич) (born 20 January 1934) is a Russian composer, known mainly for his film music. Originally, he studied chemical technology at Moscow State University ...
made up a significant part of her repertoire, based on the lyrics by
Vladimir Mayakovsky,
Alexander Blok and (unfavorable with the Soviet authorities)
Marina Tsvetayeva,
Anna Akhmatova and
Osip Mandelstam.
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 (''
A Farewell to Arms
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'' - on motives of
Ernest Hemingway, 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
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, 2007)
* Реквием (''
Requiem
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'' of Anna Akhmatova, music by Vladimir Dashkevich,
live
Live may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film
* ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film
*'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD)
Music
*Live (band), American alternative rock band
* List of albums ...
, 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
*
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid - Marina (''Singing voice in Matteo Hitto'')
*
The Adventures of the Elektronic
''The Adventures of Electronic'' (russian: Приключения Электроника, translit. Priklyucheniya Elektronika) is a 1979 Soviet children's science fiction TV miniseries, directed by Konstantin Bromberg.
The series' screenpl ...
- Syroyezhkin (''Singing voice'')
External links
Official site of the Theater of Music and PoetryUnder Blue SkyKamburova sings "Над твердью голубой..." (mp3
History of the song
Концерт в Центральном Доме Художника
In Russian
at narod.ru
Bio, links, interviewat peoples.ru
Алла ЦЫБУЛЬСКАЯ
2005 interviewat NI
2005 interviewat NG
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1940 births
Living people
Russian actresses
Russian women singers
Russian people of Greek descent
People from Novokuznetsk