Valentina Dmitrievna Ponomaryova

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Valentina Dmitrijewna Ponomarjowa (Russian Пономарёва, Валентина Дмитриевна, born July 10, 1939 in Moscow ) is a Soviet - Russian singer. She mainly interprets Roma music , Russian romances and jazz and is known internationally as Valentina Ponomareva .

Live and act

Valentina Ponomaryova 2011

Ponomarjowa's father was the Roma violinist Dmitri Ponomarjow, her mother the Russian pianist Irina Lukaschowa. Both parents studied with Valentina Ponomarjowas birth at the Moscow Conservatory and lived in boarding school, so that she was familiar with European classical and Roma music from childhood.

Ponomarjowa studied singing and piano at the Khabarovsk Music Academy . While still a student she made her successful debut in December 1960 in a performance of the Tolstoy play The Living Corpse at the Khabarovsk Dramatic Theater in the role of Maschenka, where she also sang some Roma songs.

In 1967 she performed at the International Jazz Festival in Tallinn . She then became a singer in Anatoli Kroll's jazz ensemble . In 1971 she moved to the Roma Theater in Moscow. In 1973 she sang in the trio Romen formed at this theater , which in the same year received prizes at the All-Russian Youth Theater Competition and the All- Union Competition of Star Artists . The trio appeared on radio and television, recorded records and made guest appearances at home and abroad. In 1979 she left the theater and devoted herself entirely to jazz. 1981 also separated from the Trio Romen and appeared in variety shows and in tailored shows. In 1983 she was invited to sing the songs of the main role in Eldar Ryazanov's film A Bitter Romance . The title became a huge success and is still played on Russian radio to this day.

Since then she has been giving concerts and making records on a regular basis.

Sound carrier (selection)

  • Live in Japan ( Leo Records , 1991)
  • Valentina Ponomareva, Ken Hyder , Tim Hodgkinson The Goose (Megaphone / Woof 1992)
  • Forte (Boheme, 1999)
  • Gypsy Romances from Russia (Landy Star Music, 2007)
  • Trio Romen / Valentina Ponomareva: The Russian Gypsy Queen (Hot Club Records, 2008)

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personal data
SURNAME Ponomarjowa, Valentina Dmitrijewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Пономарёва, Валенти́на Дми́триевна (Russian); Ponomareva, Valentina (English transcription, artist name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet-Russian singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union