Zemfira

Zemfira (full name Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova; genus. 1976) is a Russian rock singer, songwriter, musician, composer, producer and writer.

Since her appearance on the stage, she has repeatedly changed her appearance and demeanor. She had a significant impact on the creativity of young groups of the 2000s and on the younger generation in general.

There are many interesting facts in the biography of Zemfira, which we will talk about in this article.

So, before you is a short biography of Zemfira Ramazanova.

Biography of Zemfira

Zemfira Ramazanova was born on August 26, 1976 in Ufa. She grew up and was brought up in a simple educated family.

Her father, Talgat Talkhovich, taught history and was a Tatar by nationality. Mother, Florida Khakievna, worked as a doctor and was a specialist in physiotherapy exercises. In addition to Zemfira, a boy Ramil was born in the Ramazanov family.

Childhood and youth

Zemfira's musical talent began to manifest itself even in preschool age. When she was 5 years old, her parents sent her to a music school to study the piano. Then she was entrusted with performing solo parts in the choir.

As a result, Ramazanova was shown for the first time on local TV, where she sang a children's song about a worm. At school, the girl led an active life, attending 7 different circles. However, her greatest interest was in music and basketball.

Few people know the fact that Zemfira was the captain of the Russian women's junior team, in which she became the champion in the 1990/91 season.

By that time, the girl had already graduated from a music school with honors and learned to play the guitar. At that time, her favorite performers were Viktor Tsoi, Vyacheslav Butusov, Boris Grebenshchikov, Freddie Mercury and other rock musicians.

After receiving the certificate, Zemfira pondered for a long time about how she sees herself in the future - a musician or a basketball player. In the end, she decided to quit basketball and focus only on music.

Ramazanova successfully passed the exams at the Ufa College of Arts, which she graduated with honors in 1997. After that, she did not work for long in local restaurants as a singer, but later she got tired of it.

Music

Zemfira wrote her first song at the age of 7, but she achieved great success in music much later. When she was about 20 years old, she worked as a sound engineer at the Europe Plus radio.

A year later, a significant event took place in the girl's biography. After performing at the Maksidrom rock festival, Leonid Burlakov, the producer of the Mumiy Troll group, heard her songs. He liked the work of the young singer, as a result of which he helped her to record her first album "Zemfira".

It is worth noting that Mumiy Troll's musicians participated in the recording of the disc, where Ilya Lagutenko acted as a sound producer.

The release of the disk "Zemfira" took place in 1999. Ramazanova's songs quickly gained all-Russian popularity. In the first six months, they managed to sell over 700,000 copies. The most popular were such compositions as "Why", "Daisies", "AIDS" and "Arivederchi".

The next year Zemfira presented a new work "Forgive me, my love." In addition to the song of the same name, the album featured hits “Ripe”, “Do you want?”, “Don't let go” and “I was looking for”. It is curious that the last track sounded in the famous film "Brother-2".

The popularity that fell on the singer, more likely upset her than pleased her. As a result, she decided to go on sabbatical, taking part only in the project in memory of Viktor Tsoi. The girl covered the famous song "Cuckoo", and later "Every night".

An interesting fact is that at her concerts, Zemfira often refers to the work of the "Kino" group. She performs Tsoi's songs in a manner characteristic of herself, extolling many changes in the music.

In 2002, Zemfira Ramazanova recorded the album Fourteen Weeks of Silence, where the most popular songs were "Girl Living on the Net", "Infinity", "Macho" and "Traffic". The following year, this disc won the Muz-TV Prize in the category "Best Album of the Year".

In 2005, Zemfira released her fourth disc, Vendetta, and began an active collaboration with actress and director Renata Litvinova. As a result, the singer's songs began to appear frequently in Litvinova's films. In addition, Renata directed several clips of Ramazanova, including "Walk" and "We are crashing."

In 2008, Litvinova presented the musical film Green Theater in Zemfira, which later received the Steppenwolf award. By that time, Zemfira delighted fans with a new album "Thank you".

In 2010, the Afisha edition compiled a list of “50 Best Russian Albums of All Time. Choice of Young Musicians ”. This rating includes 2 albums of Ramazanova - "Zemfira" (5th place) and "Forgive me, my love" (43rd place).

In 2013, the rock singer recorded her sixth disc, Living in Your Head, which contained a lot of pessimistic notes. Three years later, the concert album “Little Man. Live ”, with which she went on tour.

During the concerts, Zemfira constantly told the audience that she was planning to end her career. In 2018, she presented a new song "Joseph", based on 2 poems by Joseph Brodsky.

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For her difficult character, Zemfira was nicknamed the "scandal girl". An interesting fact is that this phrase is found in her song "Scandal" from her debut album.

At the peak of her popularity, the artist had a fight with a store employee. Some have argued that she is on drugs and really wants to get rid of drug addiction.

Such assumptions were based on the singer's unusual behavior and her lines. There are cases when she even ran away from her concert.

As a result, Zemfira called the editorial office of Komsomolskaya Pravda to refute speculation that she was allegedly being treated in a specialized clinic. Then she added - "I'm not a drug addict!"

In recent years, Ramazanova has preferred to wear turtlenecks, jeans, skinny pants, dark men's shoes and tousled hair. Sometimes she dresses in dresses, however, she does not strive for any sophistication and femininity.

You can't see any special jewelry that women like to wear on it. On the contrary, with her appearance Zemfira, as it were, expresses a protest against the established norms and traditions.

Vladimir Pozner, who interviewed Zemfira, noted that she was an interesting, but at the same time difficult person to communicate. She does not like it when they crawl into her personal life. She also has an explosive character, but at the same time later regrets her outbursts of anger.

Personal life

As soon as Zemfira became a famous artist, she immediately attracted the attention of journalists, who often spoke an outright lie about her. However, at times, the singer herself was the author of fakes regarding her personal life.

Many remember that the girl announced that she was marrying Vyacheslav Petkun, the lead singer of the Dances Minus group. As it turns out later, such a statement was just a publicity stunt.

After Zemfira and Renata Litvinova met in the media and on TV, rumors about the gay girlfriends began to appear. At the same time, none of them gave any comments on this matter.

At the moment, the rock singer is not married to anyone and she also has no children. During an interview with Pozner, she stated that she is an atheist.

Zemfira today

Now Zemfira can be mainly seen at music festivals and concerts. She still closely communicates with Litvinova, attending various events with her.

In 2019, Ramazanova was critical of both the creativity of the singers Grechka and Monetochka and their appearance.

In 2020, Zemfira decided to go on a tour of Russia and other countries again. In the same year, she recorded the song "Crimea", the text of which puzzled many of her fans.