Anita Sergeevna Zoi

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Anita Zoi (2013)

Anita "Anna" Sergejewna Zoi b. Kim ( Russian Анита Сергеевна Цой , English transcription : Anita Tsoy ; born February 7, 1971 in Moscow ) is a Russian singer.

Life

Anita Zoi was born in Moscow in 1971. Both parents are members of the Korean minority in Russia . Her mother supported her musically at a young age. After finishing school, she began studying law at Moscow's Lomonosov University . It was there that she met her future husband, Sergei Zoi, who, like herself, is of Korean descent. After graduating, however, she did not work as a lawyer, but tried to start a career as a singer. In 1997 their first album, Poljot , was finally released. Stylistically, it is most likely to be assigned to the genre of rock music and was heavily influenced by the music of the Russian band Kino .

Encouraged by the success of their first album, a second album, Tschornyj Lebed , was released in 1998 . This was stylistically classified as pop rock . After numerous concert tours in Russia and other Russian-speaking countries, Anita Zoi traveled to the USA in 2000, where she finally recorded her first and so far only English-language album, I'll remember you . In 2003 another Russian-language album followed with 1,000,000 minutes , the style of which was to be assigned to dance music. Dance should remain her preferred style of music in the future. 1000000 minut was another great success, there were a total of four singles ( Million Minut , Odnomu tebe , Eto li ljubow? And Nowogodnije igruschki ).

In 2004 she was appointed ambassador of Korean culture to Russia by the South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun during his state visit.

After a long hiatus, their fourth album, Na Wostok , was released in 2007 . In 2009 Anita Zoi went on a concert tour through Russia, the proceeds of which went to socially disadvantaged families who had lost relatives to Chechen terrorists . She toured Grozny , Beslan and Budjonnowsk , among others .

In 2011 their sixth album, Twoja A , was finally released .

Discography

Albums

  • Poljot (1997; Полёт )
  • Tschorni Lebed (1998; Чёрный лебедь )
  • I'll remember you (2000)
  • 1,000,000 minutes (2003; 1,000,000 minut )
  • Na Vostok (2007; На Восток )
  • Twoja A (2011; Твоя А )

Web links

Commons : Anita Tsoy  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.anitatsoy.ru/promo/?do=cat&category=promo (link not available)
  2. ↑ Анита Цой - звезда Русского Радио . Русское Радио (Russian Radio), accessed September 16, 2017 (Russian).
  3. ↑ 아니타 최, 러 관광 홍보 대사 위촉. Korean Broadcasting System , September 23, 2004, archived from the original on September 29, 2007 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 (Korean, "Anita Choi nominated as ambassador for the promotion of tourism").
  4. ↑ Анита Цой: тур по горячим точкам . Argumenty i Fakty , August 19, 2009, accessed on September 16, 2017 (“Anita Zoi: Tourhotspots”; Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Zoi, Anita Sergeevna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Цой, Анита Сергеевна (Russian spelling); Ким, Анна Сергеевна (Russian spelling, maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION russian singer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow