Biography of the Larissa Valley - a successful jazz singer in Russia

One of the most successful jazz singers of the Russian stage, the Valley of Larissa, whose biography will be briefly described in this article, was born in sunny Baku and carried in her childhood the name of her father - Kudelman. The valley is the maiden name of her mother, whom her daughter took herself in her youth. What is interesting about the biography of the Larisa Valley? How did she achieve world fame, and through what did she have to go through?

Biography of the Larisa Valley: a difficult childhood

The singer was born in the family of the glazier Alexander Markovich and the typist Galina Izrailevna in 1955 on September 10. Three years later the family left Baku and moved to live in their parents' hometown, Ukrainian Odessa. There, as Larisa remembers, she was unwell. The girl with her parents lived in a damp basement, and in a communal apartment, where apart from them there were about twenty other people. The room was very damp, and Larissa earned a chronic bronchitis there, which sometimes even makes itself felt. A seriously ill grandmother (mother of Galina Izrailevna) lived with them in the same room for several years. When she died, the family decided to move. This time the little Larissa and her parents were in a room in a communal apartment, which was still a tiniest one of the previous one. There was no place even to put a crib, so the girl spent many years sleeping on a cot, than spoiled her spine. Since Larissa is from a Jewish family, at school her peers often called her "Jew", which she was very upset with, until she learned that this word simply means "Jew." The girl's parents wanted a better life for their daughter, and her mother took Larissa to music school to learn how to play the cello, which she hated for the rest of her life. She did not like to play terribly, but she always loved to sing.

Biography of the Larisa Valley: the beginning of the creative path

After school, Larissa entered the "Gnessin" music school for a vocal class. In 1971 the girl sang in the variety orchestra "We are Odessites", and this was the beginning of her career. Later, she was a soloist in the bands "State Variety Orchestra of Armenia", "State Pop Orchestra of Azerbaijan", "Contemporary". Solo career of the singer began in 1985. With the first program she traveled all over the country and gained long-awaited popularity. At the same time, she begins to develop as a director of various programs. Her television "offspring" are the programs "Long Jump", "Little Woman", "Ledinka", "Contrasts".

In 1988, the world saw a legendary rock opera called Giordano, in which Dolina played the leading female role, while the male part went to Valery Leontiev.

The singer has repeatedly received prizes for participating in various competitions and festivals, in 1991 she is called "Best singer of the country". Biography Larisa's Valley is rich not only with variety achievements, the actress also successfully sings in the cinema. In 1993 he presented the title of Honored Artist of Russia to the Valley.

Singer Larisa Dolina: biography. A family

The actress was married three times. Anatoly Mionchinsky, jazz musician and conductor of Sovremennik was the first husband of Larisa Dolina (from 1980 to 1987). From it, in 1983, she gave birth to a daughter - Angelina. The second husband of the singer was Mityazov Victor (bass player), with whom she lived until 1998. From it, she went to the producer Spitsyn Ilya, who is her life companion until now.