Zhanna Vladimirovna Bichevskaya ( en, Jeanne Bichevskaya; russian: Жанна Владимировна Бичевская; born June 17, 1944) is a prominent Russian singer and
folk music
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ian.
She was born in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. In 1971 she graduated from the Moscow Circus and Performing Arts School. She was a teacher of music in
Zagorsk
Sergiyev Posad ( rus, Се́ргиев Поса́д, p=ˈsʲɛrgʲɪ(j)ɪf pɐˈsat) is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population:
It was previously known as ''Sergiyev Posad'' (unti ...
(Sergiev Posad). In the 1970s, Zhanna started to perform Russian
folk song
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s and
romance
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Common meanings
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s.
At that time she was influenced by
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 ...
, and she gained popularity in Russia and abroad with some critics dubbing her the Russian
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...
. Her unique style of music is described as Russian
country
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-folk.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Zhanna Bichevskaya's songs began to have more political, nationalist and spiritual themes. She performed a series of
White Guard officer's songs, as well as a series of patriotic, monarchist and religious songs, some times songs dedicated to the
Romanov Holy Martyrs. The lyrics to the latter were composed by
Father Roman, a priest of the
Pskovo-Pechorsky Monastery
Pskov-Pechory Monastery or The Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery or Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery (russian: Пско́во-Печ́ерский Успе́нский монасты́рь, et, Petseri klooster) is a Russian Orthodox male monaster ...
. Her album "Hieromonk Romans's songs" was blessed by him in 1997.
In 1999, Zhanna also became the host of her own show on
Voice of Russia
Voice of Russia ( rus, Голос России, r=Golos Rossii), commonly abbreviated VOR, was the Russian government's international radio broadcasting service from 1993 until 2014, when it was reorganised as Radio Sputnik. Its interval signal w ...
radio station. She was awarded
People’s Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an Title of honor, honorary title granted to Soviet, Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music ...
.
Официальный сайт Жанны Бичевской
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Discography
Link to selected CDs
Господа офицеры: 1994
Life is too short
Слишком короток век: 1997
link to CD
Songs of Bulat Okudzhavalink to CD
Great, brothers, great...
Любо, братцы, любо…: 1997
Link to CD
Songs of Hieromonk Roman
1997
Link to CD
* Жанна Бичевская поёт песни: 1997
To Your Name, Lord
1998
Autumn of musician
1998
* Русская Голгофа: 1998
* Russian folk songs and ballads
disk 1disk 2disk 3disk 4
1998
* Жанна Бичевская поёт песни Булата Окуджавы : 1999
Tzar Nikolai
1999
* Верую: 2000
We are Russians
Songs of Gennadiy Ponomarev: 2001
Black Raven
2002
* Боже, храни своих: 2003
* К-141: 2004
* Белая ночь. Жанна Бичевская поёт песни: 2005
* Я расскажу тебе... ''Романсы'': 2007
* Гори, гори, моя звезда: 2008
* Засуха: 2010
References
External links
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Official website
Her site
in Vkontakte
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Zhanna Bichevskaya’s Biography in English
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(free songs in MP3 format)
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Zhanna Bichevskaya's Albums in Korean
(7LPs & 22CDs)
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1944 births
Living people
Singers from Moscow
Russian bards
Soviet women singers
Soviet songwriters
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize
Russian monarchists
20th-century Russian women singers
20th-century Russian singers