Graduated from the department pop vocals Ufa College of Arts.

Since 1996, she worked as an operator at the Ufa branch of radio Europe Plus. At the same time, she wrote her first songs: “Why”, “Snow”, “Forecaster”.

At the beginning of 1998 she organized her own group “Zemfira”. The group performed for the first time on June 19 of the same year at a festival dedicated to the day birth of radio "Silver Rain - Ufa".

The group's recording came to Leonid Burlakov, the producer of the Mumiy Troll group, and he decided to record with new group album. Work on the debut album continued for several months and in May 1999 the presentation of the album “Zemfira” took place. The album became very popular and quickly sold out in large numbers throughout Russia.

In September 1999, the singer began her first concert tour in Moscow, which finished in early January 2000 in Riga.

In March 2000, the singer’s next album, called “Forgive Me, My Love,” was presented. In 2000, this album became the leader in sales in Russia, the album's circulation exceeded one and a half million copies.

The singer's first big solo concert was a huge success on April 1, 2000 at the capital's Olimpiysky sports complex.

In 2002, the third album, “Fourteen Weeks of Silence,” was released. The album includes 13 new songs. By this time, Zemfira had completely changed the composition of the group. The tour in support of the new record started in April in Chelyabinsk.

In March 2004, she released the album "Vendetta" and began a new tour in May. In the same year she was admitted to the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow state university, but during her studies she took academic leave to record another album, after which she did not begin to recover at the university.

A significant event in Zemfira’s life was her performance on October 16, 2004, together with the group Queen with the song “We Are The Champions” at the MTV Russia Awards.

On June 13, 2006, the singer performed in St. Petersburg at the Stop Counterfeit festival along with the Scorpions group.

In 2007, Zemfira continued performing with concerts and held the “Deja Vu” tour, during which she performed songs from previously released albums. In the same year, she released a DVD with clips Zemfira.DVD, which included a clip filmed by Renata Litvinova.

In October 2007, the album “Thank You” was released with songs written in 2006-2007. After the release of the album, Zemfira conducted a tour, which ended with the final concert on April 1, 2008 in Moscow at the Olimpiysky.

During the same period, a film was released, shot by director Renata Litvinova during a concert at the Green Theater in the park. Gorky June 8, 2007.

On March 21, 2009, an album of b-sides (songs not previously released on numbered albums) Z-Sides appeared on the Internet. The singer planned to release this album several years ago, but postponed the release due to work on the albums “Vendetta” and “Thank You”.

January 1, 2010 at New Year's Eve The second “live” album “Zemfira.Live2” appeared on the singer’s website. The album includes 11 songs recorded during the “Thank You” tour.

On February 14, 2013, the sixth studio album, “Live in Your Head,” was released on the Yandex.Music service. Its official release took place on February 15, 2013. Revenue from sales of the album for the first month amounted to two million rubles, which became a record for online sales of works by Russian performers.

In total, Zemfira released six studio and two live albums (including an album of b-sides). Most often she produces her albums herself.

Many of Zemfira's songs became very popular and led the charts in Russia. Among them are such compositions as “London Sky”, “Arividerchi”, “Do You Want”, “Daisies”, “Infinity”, “We Are Breaking”, etc.

In 2008, Zemfira became the producer of the film " Green Theater in Zemfira", which was highly praised by critics.

In 2012, Zemfira and Renata Litvinova became producers of the film "Rita's Last Fairy Tale." In addition, Zemfira wrote the musical accompaniment for this film. The film took part in the Odessa and Moscow film festivals.

The singer began a tour " Small man". During a concert in Nizhny Novgorod Zemfira stated that this tour would be her last. The first part of the tour covered 20 cities in Russia and neighboring countries and ended with two concerts in Moscow on April 1 and 3, the second will open on September 26 with the only concert in Russia in Yekaterinburg. After this, the singer will give concerts in Germany, Great Britain, the USA and Canada.

The singer is actively involved in charitable activities. She uses funds from concerts for financial support. large families, orphans, for the treatment of cancer patients.

In 2000, Zemfira was awarded the State Youth Prize of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the field of culture named after Shaikhzada Babich.

In 2003 she became a laureate of the Russian youth award "Triumph" for outstanding achievements in the field of culture and art and the MUZ-TV award for best album("Fourteen Weeks of Silence").

In 2008, Zemfira received the prize of the annual music award in the field of rock and roll "Chart Dozen. Top 13" in two categories: "soloist of the year" and "music" (for the song "We Are Breaking" from the album "Thank You").

In June 2008, the singer became a two-time winner of the “Steppen Wolf” alternative music award, established by music critic Artemy Troitsky.

In 2010, she became the laureate of the honorary prize "For Contribution to the Development of Science, Culture and Art" of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO).

In 2013, Zemfira received the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category "Best Russian performer".

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

Our article today will be of interest to everyone who is a fan of the domestic rock scene. You can get acquainted with the life and creative milestones of the popular Russian rock singer, who writes her own lyrics - Zemfira.

Some journalistic publications note that it gave birth to a new direction in music called female rock. Not surprising, because she really brought many new features to the domestic scene that influenced a large number of musical groups. In other words, she turned the page and opened up new trends for Russian rock music. Needless to say about the popularity it has gained in the CIS countries over twenty years musical career.

Very often, fans are interested in various data regarding a particular person. This could be your zodiac sign, hometown, etc. We should not forget about external data, which for one reason or another attracts the attention of the public. Of course, our singer today is no exception, and fans are interested in her height, weight, and age. How old is Zemfira - young people and older people ask. Not surprising, since several generations have already passed since she began her musical career.

There is nothing special to hide here, and the information is available to any user - Zemfira’s height is just over 172 centimeters, and her weight is 58 kilograms. Last summer, Zemfira celebrated her 41st birthday. Photos in her youth and now will confirm that for so many years she has hardly changed in appearance.

Biography 👉 Zemfira

Zemfira's biography begins in the city of Ufa, in 1976. The family had Tatar-Bashkir roots, which, one way or another, was reflected in the singer’s appearance. Father Talgat Talkhovich worked at school, and mother Florida Khakievna studied physical therapy. Also, her older brother, Ramil, was raised in the family. By the way, the real name of the future performer is Zemfira Ramazanova.

She began to show her desire for music in early age. As a five-year-old girl, Zemfira is sent to music school, where she learns to play the piano and sings in the choir along the way. Even then, she appeared on local television channels, where she performed children's songs.

At the age of seven, Zemfira composed her own musical composition, where she was first introduced to the public at her mother’s work. While at school, she became interested in the work of the Kino group, and later she will tell you that this significantly influenced her musical views.

Despite her relatively small stature, Zemfira played basketball and was the captain of the Russian youth team. Because of this, before graduating from school, I had a choice - to take up sports or music. After thinking a little, she decides to give preference to the second and enters the school of the city of Ufa, where she studies pop-jazz vocals. While in her second year, Zemfira begins to earn extra money - performing famous songs in restaurants hometown. And already in 1996, she got a job at a radio station. Around the same time, the first recordings of their own songs were released.

Radical changes took place in the singer’s life a year later, when one of her recordings ended up with the producer of Mumiy Troll. He invites Zemfira to record a full-length album, and already in 1998 a full-length album is released. Some songs from there appeared on the radio even before the official release, and the first crowds of fans began to appear.

Biography of Zemfira

Childhood. Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born on August 26, 1976 in Ufa. Parents future star were not connected with music, but the girl got involved in creativity early - at the age of five she began learning to play the piano at a music school. She was a soloist in the choir and additionally played the guitar. Already at the age of seven she wrote a song. She inherited her passion for rock music from her brother. She attended several clubs, but gave preference to music and basketball: she was the captain of the national junior team and graduated with honors from a music school.

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Career. 1996−1998. After school, she successfully passes the entrance exams to the art school and is immediately enrolled in the second year. He finishes his studies in 1997 with honors. For a short time, the future star performed in restaurants with her friend Vlad Kolchin. In 1996, she began working on radio “Europe +” in Ufa. At the same time, works were written that became hits - “Why”, “Snow”, “Forecaster”. In 1998, a rock band called “Zemfira” was created. On June 19, the team made its debut at the celebration of the anniversary of the local radio “Silver Rain”.

At the Maxidrom rock festival, the recordings of the future star go to Leonid Burlakov. It was he who suggested that the talented performer make her first album. 1999 In the fall of 1999, work began on an album named after the singer at the TonStudio of the Mosfilm film concern. On November 7 it was completed. In February, the songs “AIDS” (the absolute hit of the season), “Rockets” and “Arivederchi” appear on the country’s radio stations. In the spring, videos are shot for the popular compositions “AIDS” and “Arivederchi”. At a briefing on March 24, 1999, the rising star was introduced to the media. May 8 – presentation of her debut work in famous club"16 Tons". Tours around the country begin in September and continue until the beginning of 2000. By the end of 1999, remixes of the songs “Snow” and “Sky of London” were recorded. Zemfira's performances begin to be broadcast on television. On December 11, the group was invited as a headliner to the largest festival of Russian rock music “Invasion”. Work on the next collection has already begun in December. year 2000. On March 28, the new album “P. M.M.L.”, which surpassed the sales mark of 1,500,000 copies, becoming the best-selling. In August, the rock star receives the Shaikhzada Babich Award for special services in the field of art. 2001−2002. In 2001, she was awarded the Record Prize in the categories “Performer of the Year” and “Album of the Year”. In April 2002, another collection, “Fourteen Minutes of Silence,” appeared. He wins the nomination for the Muz-TV channel “Album of the Year” award. At the same time, he won the Triumph award for the highest achievements of art. 2004−2006. In 2004, the singer entered the Faculty of Philosophy at Moscow State University. But in the winter he takes a sabbatical to record an album and never returns to school. On October 16, 2004, the award ceremony of the MTV-Russia RMA channel took place, where legendary rock band Queen Zemfira sang “We Are The Champions”. A presentation took place on March 1, 2005 new job"Vendetta". Critics greeted her with delight, calling her the second takeoff of the singer. In 2005, the video clips and compositions of “Vendetta” were nominated in several categories for the MTV-Russia RMA TV channel award; the video for the composition “Blues” received the award. 2007−2010. At the beginning of 2007, a DVD with video clips “Zemfira. DVD". In the spring, the “Deja Vu” tour begins with already known songs in new arrangements. In October 2007, the album “Thank You” was released, including 12 compositions, and another tour began, ending with a concert at the Olimpiysky. On February 21, 2008, the premiere of Renata Litvinova’s musical film “Green Theater in Zemfira” took place. On January 1, 2010, the concert collection “Zemfira. Live 2", recorded during the "Thank You" tour. In August 2010, a collection of previously unreleased songs written from the beginning of creative activity and until 2006, “Z-Sides”. 2011−2013. Work is underway on the next album, “Live in Your Head.” July 2012 was marked by a performance at the Olympic Stadium at a Queen concert. 2012 is dedicated to working on the music for Renata Litvinova’s next directorial work, “Rita’s Last Fairy Tale.” 2013 began with the tour “Zemfira. Tour 2013”, which included performances in 50 cities. At the same time, he received an award from the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category “Best Russian Performer.” 2015−2016. In the fall of 2015 it became known about concert tour"Small man". There will be performances in 20 Russian cities, Belarus, and the Baltic states. The tour began in Omsk in February 2016 and ended in April in Moscow. This is the final tour of Zemfira Talgatovna. “It’s hard, troublesome, nervous,” she explains about giving up touring, but she won’t give up concerts and writing songs.

Personal life of Zemfira

There are many rumors about Zemfira’s private life. It is known that she is not married and has no children. Her first passion back in Ufa was Vlad Kolchin. Their romance ended with Vlad's departure to St. Petersburg. For some time, the singer lived in a civil marriage with sound engineer Arkady Mukhtarov. They broke up because of his passion for alcohol. At the beginning of her career, she announced her wedding to Vyacheslav Petkun, the leader of the group “Dancing Minus,” but this was only a PR move.

Information appeared in the press about the singer’s closeness with Roman Abramovich, and later about her relationship with Anastasia Kalmanovich. IN last years The media claim that Zemfira and Renata Litvinova have a closer relationship than just friendship, but the girls leave such information without comment. Her dislike of interviews and secrecy allows journalists to speculate about the singer’s personal life. Millions of fans love her for who she is. The rock singer, the idol of several generations, has not lost her popularity over the years.

Beloved and adored by many, Zemfira, whose biography will be described in this article, grew up on the music of such legendary performers as Viktor Tsoi, and the groups Queen, Aquarium, Nautilus Pompilius, Black Sabbath. Her older brother introduced her to rock. We can say that thanks to him the world learned about who she was.

Biography of the artist: childhood

The future singer was born on August 26, 1976 in the city of Ufa. The girl showed talent for music with early years. At five I went to music school for the first time, and at seven I already wrote my first song. Zemfira was born to a father who taught history, and a mother who worked as a doctor. The daughter pleased her parents - she was an excellent student at school and achieved considerable success in sports: in 1990 she became captain of the Russian women's basketball team. Despite the fact that the monotony at the music school began to get on Zemfira’s nerves, at the insistence of her mother she still completed her studies, and with

Zemfira: biography - education and early career

At first, the future singer planned to enroll in the Faculty of Philology, but she accidentally saw an announcement about entrance examinations to a music school and decided to give it a try. She was immediately accepted into the second year, but after a year Zemfira becomes bored, she regrets her choice and has difficulty graduating from the school that has disgusted her. In 1996, he worked during the day at radio “Europe+” (branch in Ufa) as an operator, and at night he recorded his first songs on a computer, which later became real hits: “Forecaster”, “Snow”, “Why”, etc.

In 1998, the singer created her own group “Zemfira”. At that time, the singer’s arsenal had already accumulated a lot of material, which she decided to transfer through her friend Leonid Burlakov (producer of the Mumiy Troll group). Leonid does not doubt for a minute that Zemfira is a real gem and immediately invites her to the capital to record an album. On March 24 of the same year, at a press conference of the Utekai Sound Recording company, the new singer Zemfira was first introduced to the public. The biography of the extraordinary artist, of course, contains information that not everyone accepted her work, and there was also criticism. Vladimir Polupanov, in a review of the album, wrote that Zemfira’s texts are illogical, “do not bring truths to the world” and have philological flaws. But this did not stop the singer from capturing the hearts of millions of fans.

Zemfira: biography - on the wave of fame

In 2000, the country heard the artist’s second album, which sold an incredible amount of copies (more than one and a half million copies). The album became one of the most successful in history Russian show business. 2002 gave fans a third copy of which more than one hundred and eighty thousand were sold on the first day. In 2003, Zemfira became a laureate of the Triumph youth award. And in 2004 her dream came true A big dream— she sang the song “We are the Champions” in a duet with Queen at the MTV Russia Awards ceremony.

Zemfira: biography - personal life

It is known that the singer is not married. Rumors of an affair with musician Petkun in the late 1990s turned out to be just a well-thought-out marketing ploy to promote her first album. The press contains unconfirmed information about Zemfira’s unconventional orientation and her special relationship with actress Renata Litvinova.

Name: Zemfira (Zemfira Ramazanova)

Age: 39 years

Place of Birth: Ufa

Height: 173 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Activity: musician, singer, composer

Family status: Single

Zemfira - biography of the singer

Against the backdrop of dressed-up and silicone-pumped pop stars, Zemfira Ramazanova seems like an inconspicuous sparrow. However, her unconventional image, difficult poetry and music have not stopped her from packing stadiums for many years.

This singer does not depend on the tastes of the crowd or on the stupid rules of show business. For this, she is respected not only by pop stars, but also by serious musicians, and some producers are also afraid - they know that it is impossible to persuade or buy Zemfira.

Childhood years, the beginning of Zemfira Ramazanova's musical career

On the way to school, the girl angrily pulled at the bright bows that her mother had carefully tied for her. If it were up to her, she would also exchange this brown dress for trousers. Don’t adults understand that this is much more convenient? Why was she born a girl? Zemfira was much more interested in kicking the ball with the neighbor kids. However, at school, despite her dislike for uniforms, she studied almost perfectly: she grasped everything on the fly.

Future popular singer Zemfira was born on August 26, 1976 in the capital of Bashkiria, Ufa.

Zemfira went to music school even earlier than regular school. She was only four years old when she, a soloist in a children's choir, was shown on a local television channel. Then she realized that more than anything in the world she loved to sing. No, she didn’t need the fame of the “girl from TV”, she just wanted to compose songs herself. Alas, such kids were not accepted to study, and she barely endured a year until she was allowed to come to class and sit at the piano. And at the age of seven, Zemfira composed her first song and presented it to her beloved mother.

The Ramazanov family lived in a disadvantaged area of ​​Ufa, but everyone around them knew that it was better not to touch this kid, because she has a brother Ramil, who is ten years older. That's why after lessons she turned into a real tomboy - she so wanted to be like her brother. Over time, musical preferences also changed: as a teenager, Zemfira spent hours listening to rock - her brother’s favorite bands “Black Sabbath” and “Queen”.

Then basketball entered her life. His relatively small stature was compensated by his assertiveness and athletic anger. At the age of 14, Ramazanova became the captain of the Russian youth team! But in my senior year I had to choose - sports or music. The second one outweighed.

In the mid-1990s, not the most decent crowd gathered there, but even next to the bandits, Zemfira managed to behave with dignity. One day, in response to a refusal to “kill Murka,” a shot rang out. It is unlikely that anyone had the intention of killing the singer, but she was very frightened then, but she did not show it and did not sing to order.

After college, Ramazanova worked at the Ufa-based Europa Plus as a sound engineer. Recording other people's videos was excellent practice, and she slowly mixed her first songs using government-issued equipment. In 1998, through friends, she gave the tape to the producer of the Mumiy Troll group. Leonid Burlakov immediately contacted Zemfira and invited her to Moscow. The show business master's instincts never failed him.

No one expected an instant takeoff, not even Zemfira herself. At the end of 1998, she selected songs for her debut album. By that time there were fifty of them, but only fifteen had to be chosen. In early 1999, the album was recorded and mixed in London. The main “Mumiy Troll”, Ilya Lagutenko, helped the aspiring star. He felt sympathy for Zemfira, because he himself had once been a modest provincial, whose only advantage was his unique music, unlike anything else.

And away we go - presentations, interviews, concerts... From the very first press conference, Zemfira’s relationship with journalists did not work out. They should ask with a smart look, she should talk nonsense with a smart look. This is what everyone always does. But Zemfira tried to answer questions honestly, but they didn’t understand her. But they accused her of being prickly, harsh, and not recognizing halftones. Zemfira listened and shook her head.

If people feel more comfortable thinking that way, she's willing to play along! She began to dress in black and white. Let them say that the singer is made of nothing but contrasts and contradictions. In fact, Zemfira perfectly understands and knows how to express all shades of feelings. Her lyrics and music - the best for that proof.

Journalists, producers, studio owners and everyone who is in one way or another connected with Ramazanova at work assure that she is a tough person. But it’s simply impossible to sing “I’m suffocating from tenderness” without ever experiencing such a feeling. Only those closest to her know how sensitive and touching she can be with those she truly loves. And who does she love?

Zemfira Ramazanova - the singer’s personal life

The only story that Zemfira shared with the press was the story about her first love.

She met saxophonist Vladik Kolchin at a music school. He said later that their feeling was more passion than tenderness. Sometimes they argued until they came to blows, then just as furiously they made up, only to start arguing again. We argued about creativity. That would be something! It’s not worth a damn, but Zemfira didn’t want to let anyone into her music. It will be as only she hears and feels! Vlad went to St. Petersburg, she remained in Ufa, and that’s where the story ended.

Then there was talk about office romance between Ramazanova and her boss - the head of Europe Plus Sergei Anatsky. But Zemfira quickly realized that the relationship had no prospects either creatively or personally (Sergei had been married for a long time). Now she has left her beloved, leaving for Moscow.

The last “man of her personal life” was the musician from the group “Dancing Minus” Vyacheslav Petkun. At the end of 1999, they announced their engagement and even organized a photo shoot in wedding dresses. And already in March of the following year, both announced that the wedding was postponed indefinitely. But everyone already understood that this story was just a fiction: both Zema and Slava were jokers!

Now she was increasingly suspected of having contacts with women. They wrote that Ramazanova’s producer Anastasia von Kalmanovich allegedly even divorced her husband, if only “ masculinity“did not spoil their sensual relationship. It seems that it was not only men who disturbed the ladies. In any case, Zemfira dedicated the lines “If you want, I’ll kill my neighbors” to Nastya. Two years later they broke up, and the closest person to Zemfira was Anya Kruchinina, who performed the roles of driver and security guard.

And yet, in the personal life of Zemfira Ramazanova there is the most beloved and most close man- her brother Ramil. Or rather, he was: in 2010, he drowned in the river while spearfishing. He got caught on tree branches and couldn’t free himself... The singer barely survived this loss. Adored nephews, twins Arthur and Artem, are all she has left. So Zemfira is not callous at all, she knows how to love and be loved. And we won't bother her.