Semfira

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Semfira

Semfira ( Russian Земфира , Eng. Transcription : Zemfira * 26 August 1976 in Ufa , Bashkir ASSR , Soviet Union ; full name Russian Земфира Талгатовна Рамазанова / semfira Talgatowna Ramasanowa) is a Russian singer , songwriter of the band semfira same and front woman. So far, the singer has sold over 3 million albums.

biography

Semfira Ramasanowa, known under the simple stage name Semfira in Russia, grew up in a medium-sized family in Bashkortostan , on the eastern edge of the European part of Russia . She has Tatar and Bashkir roots. From the age of five she attended a music school in Ufa . In the children's choir she sang as a soloist due to her natural talent for correct intonation.

In the early 1990s she became more and more popular in Russia. First she was a member of the Russian junior basketball team. Then followed memberships in various rock bands. In 1996 she started her solo career. Her first album Semfira followed three years later . To date, she has released an album every one or two years.

Her best-known titles include the singles Iskala , Trafik , Paranoija and Matscho . As a Russian-speaking artist, Semfira's career focus is mainly in the successor states of the Soviet Union , but she has also made appearances on her tours in countries such as Germany and Israel , where she is also very popular among Russian-speaking migrants.

Music genre

Semfira is best known for demanding but catchy and moderate singer-songwriter rock. The sound lives from the powerful voice of the singer and can best be compared internationally with Gianna Nannini , the early Alanis Morissette and Melissa Etheridge .

Semfira covered songs by Wiktor Zoi , the late singer of the important Russian rock band Kino , a. a. “Kukuschka” (German cuckoo) and “Kaschduju notsch” (German every night).

Current

Semfira

The singer publicly distanced herself from the Russian youth organization Nashi .

Since the beginning of 2007, the singer's progressive weight loss has been reported in the Russian press. Recent photos on Semfira's website show an extreme change in the singer's appearance. The pictures from Russian Vogue also show an extremely emaciated Semfira. Drug abuse, anorexia, as well as a dangerous illness that the singer does not want to talk about are discussed as possible causes . Others suspect that the complicated relationship with the director and actress Renata Litvinova is responsible. Semfira is evasive about her visibly poor health. At a press conference on the release of her new album "Spassibo", she said that the stress associated with it was responsible for the weight loss. At another press conference, she said she wrote a song from her new album under the influence of hashish. While appearing on a radio show, she responded to the moderator's question about the truth of the rumors about her drug abuse with an attack of anger.

In 2008 a film about her came onto the Russian market. The film included her greatest hits, among other things. In September 2010 they started their mini tour through Russia. Her first three albums were re-released as a set.

On February 15, 2010 her new album "Schit w twojei Golowe" (Eng .: "Live in your head") was officially released. In 2011 the first single from it was released, "Bes Schansow" ("Without Chances"), 2012, "Dengi" ("Money"). In 2013 finally the current single "Kofewino" (German: for example: "Coffee Wine").

On June 13, 2010, her brother died while hunting underwater.

In July 2015, during a concert in Tbilisi, she accepted a Ukrainian flag from the audience and tied it to the microphone stand. The Ukrainian and Russian media rated this as a “planned action”, albeit from completely different perspectives. According to the Novaya Gazeta columnist, however, it was a spontaneous gesture intended to express friendship, respect and compassion for the people of Ukraine.

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: Semfira
  • 2000: Prosti menja Moja ljubow
  • 2002: Tschetyrnadzat nedel tischiny
  • 2005: Wendetta
  • 2006: Live
  • 2007: Spassibo
  • 2009: Z-Sides
  • 2010: Live2
  • 2012: Poslednjaja skaska Rity (OST)
  • 2013: Schit w twojei golowe
  • 2016: Malenki Tschelowek.live

Singles

  • 1999: Sneg
  • 2000: Do swidanija
  • 2002: tobacco shop
  • 2008: 10 maltchikov
  • 2011: Bes schansow

References

  1. Semfira's biography on V.Dest Production ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vdest.fr
  2. Interview on www.toppop.ru from September 21, 2007 (in Russian)
  3. Official website (in Russian)
  4. 30-08-2007 NEWSmusic.ru (in Russian) ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / newsmusic.ru
  5. May 24, 2007 KP.RU (in Russian)
  6. September 28, 2007 Газета "Твой день" (in Russian) ( memento of the original from December 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tden.ru
  7. October 8, 2007 Газета "Твой день" (in Russian) ( memento of the original from November 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tden.ru
  8. Артемий Троицкий: Культура ноль. In: Novaya Gazeta . novayagazeta.ru, July 6, 2015, accessed on July 8, 2015 (Russian, culture zero , column by Artemi Troitski: “I think ... it was a spontaneous gesture of friendship, respect and solidarity with the people of Ukraine ... "):" Возможно, артистка меня поправит, но я сказал бы, что это был спонтанный жест дружбы, уважения и солидарности с народом Украины, переживающим сейчас сами-знаете-какие времена. "

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