Maria Pakhomenko
Maria Pakhomenko Мария Пахоменко | |
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![]() Maria Pakhomenko in 1971 | |
Born | Maria Leonidovna Pakhomenko (1937-03-25)25 March 1937 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
Died | 8 March 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 75) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 1964–2013 |
Title | People's Artist of Russia (1998) |
Awards | Golden Orpheus (Grand Prix,1971) |
Maria Leonidovna Pakhomenko (Russian: Мари́я Леони́довна Пахо́менко; 25 March 1937 – 8 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian singer, a holder of the title of People's Artist of Russia since 1999.[1]
The song that brought her fame was Kachaet, kachaet... (Russian: Качает, качает...) that she recorded for the theater play Idu na Grozu (Russian: Иду на грозу) in 1963.[1] In the 1960s and until the mid-1970s, Maria Pakhomenko was one of the main stars of the Soviet stage. The songs in her performance sounded in the programs of many radio stations and on television. During her career she toured the USSR and abroad, including Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.[1]
Among the songs by leading Soviet composers of which she was the original performer are Love Will Stay (by Valery Gavrilin), Nenaglyadnyy Moy (by Aleksandra Pakhmutova), Men (by Eduard Kolmanovsky), Conversations (by Eduard Khanok), Vals pri Svechakh (by Oscar Feltsman), etc.[1]
Career highlights
In 1968, she sold 2,600,000 discs.[2] In 1971, Pakhomenko became the first of Soviet singers to win the Grand Prix at the Golden Orpheus song contest.[1][3]
Several music films were shot about her, one of which was acquired by 13 countries.
Discography
- Singles and EPs
- "Песни А. Колкера" (1966)
- "Поёт Мария Пахоменко" (1966)
- "Эстрадные песни" (1966) (feat. Eduard Khil)
- "Вальс при свечах" (1970)
- "Разговоры" / "Письма твои" (1971)
- "Признание" (1971)
- "Дон Кихот / Ненаглядный мой" (1971)
- "Встанем под рябиною" (1972)
- "Русская изба" (1973)
- "И меня пожалей" (1973)
- "Наши любимые" (1973)
- "Поют ленинградцы" (1974)
- "Белый танец" / "С берёзкой рядом" (1974)
- "Наши любимые" / "Не ошибись" / "Романс Лиды" (1974)
- "Откровение" / "Почему?" (1975)
- "Школьный вальс" / "К нам в Саратов" (1977)
- "Песня первоклассника и другие песни Эдуарда Ханка" (1978)
- "Голубые снега" (1981) (feat. Eduard Khil)
- Compilations
- 2002 — Имена на все времена
- 2005 — Любовь останется
See also
- Russian pop music
References
- ^ a b c d e Elizaveta Uvarova, ed. (2004). "Мария Леонидовна ПАХОМЕНКО". Эстрада в России. XX век : энциклопедия. OLMA Media Group. ISBN 9785224044627.
- ^ Юлия Баренгольц (2009). Ваш год рождения: время, факты, подробности. 1968. Анаграмма. ISBN 9785903646173.
- ^ Федор Раззаков (1 October 2013). Алла Пугачева: Рожденная в СССР. Litres. ISBN 9785425048714.
External links
Media related to Maria Pakhomenko at Wikimedia Commons
- Биография и фильмография на сайте Кино-Театр. Ру
- Maria Pakhomenko at IMDb
- Maria Pakhomenko discography at Discogs