Zara is a singer, film actress, public figure. In addition to all of the above, the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation of Russian origin.
He performs under his own name, but only in its abbreviated form.
Childhood and youth of Zara
Mgoyan Zarifa Pashaevna is the name given to the future artist at birth. Zara was born in 1983 on July 26 in St. Petersburg (then called Leningrad). In the family of a candidate of physical and mathematical sciences and a housewife. Zara is from a large family. The singer has a younger brother named Roman and an older sister named Liana.
Zara received her school education by graduating from gymnasium No. 56 of the city of St. Petersburg with a medal. Prior to that, she studied at school No. 2 in the city of Otradnoye, which is located in the Leningrad Region.
While studying at school, Zara also attended a music school. The future star graduated from school with a red diploma in piano.
The beginning of the creative path of the singer Zara
At the age of 12, the future artist met a musician named Oleg Kvasha. She worked with him for some time. They recorded three songs, which often got into the rotation of various radio stations. This brought Zara the first recognition.
After 2 years, with one of the previously recorded compositions, Zara became one of the finalists of the Moscow television competition called "Morning Star". In subsequent years, Zara was awarded various prizes in various music competitions.
After graduating from the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts in 2004, during her studies in which she played in performances, Zara became one of the finalists of the sixth season of another musical television project called "Star Factory", where as a result she took an honorable second place.
At the same time, Zara got married. The chosen one was the son of the governor of St. Petersburg - Sergey Matvienko. The husband insisted that Zara accept Orthodoxy. After a year and a half of married life, the young people divorced.
Some time later, in 2008, Zara got married for the second time. This time, the couple had two sons. But it was not possible to save the marriage, Zara and Sergey divorced after 8 years of married life.
After some time - in 2010 - she became a member of a project called "Ice and Fire". Olympic figure skating champion Anton Sikharulidze also took part in the project.
A year later, fans could again see the singer as part of the musical project "Star Factory" Return ""
Zarifa also played roles in films. She can be seen in such adaptations as: the series "Streets of Broken Lights", which premiered in 2001; the film "Special Forces in Russian 2", which premiered in 2004; the series "Favorsky", which premiered in 2005; film "Pushkin. The Last Duel”, which premiered in 2006 and in the film “White Sand”, which premiered in 2011.
Zara today
In 2015, Zara was offered to become a member of the jury of a music song contest called "New Wave", which Zara is to this day.
Behind many years of creative activity Zarifa has a huge number of music awards. She received them thanks to the faith and devotion of her listeners. There are only more of them from year to year. It was the listeners who raised her to the top, making her a bright star of the Russian pop scene and the entire show business.
2016 was the anniversary year of Zara on stage, her career turned 20 years old, in honor of which Zara performed at the State Kremlin Palace. On the eve of the solo concert, Zara presented her listeners with her studio album, which has the name “#Millimeters”. The composition of the same name from the album received a video work, which is filled with a feeling of love and touchingly conveys the meaning of the song.
Collaboration with Andrea Bocelli
Among the co-authored compositions in the collection, Zara has two songs with a famous Italian singer named Andrea Bocelli: "Time To Say Goodbye" and "La Grande Storia". These compositions performed by artists can be heard on the stage of music awards, where they are invited to perform.
Bocelli chose Zara as his complementary voice because he believes that Zara is a combination of different cultures, her amazing voice and passionate temperament make her a world-class singer. He found in it the inherent Russian soul and notes of the alluring East.
In addition to music, Zara also devotes sufficient time to cultural and social activities. She really has a love for art, as evidenced by her frequent participation in various festivals dedicated to this creative direction.
Zara is committed to the values and ideals of such an organization as the United Nations (specifically on education, culture and science), for which she was awarded the title of UNESCO Artist for Peace.
Singer Zara in cinema
Zara hasn't forgotten about cinema either. The actress can be seen in the following adaptations: the film "Frontier", which premiered in 2017, Zara played the role of a nurse there, in the movie "The Lego Movie: Batman" Zara tried herself in voice acting, her heroine is Batgirl and also voiced the heroine of the cartoon "Ralph against the Internet "Jasmine.
Video work on the song "I'm flying", which was filmed in America, in particular in the city of skyscrapers and in the city that never sleeps - New York, gave Zara even stronger love from fans who unanimously said that the clip came out very sensual and emotional, which definitely pleased Zara's fans.
To date, Zara's latest video work is a video for the song "Neproud", which was released almost a year ago - in November 2018.
The video climbed to the top of the music charts, which, of course, pleased the artist and became evidence that she is on the right track, and her music touches people's hearts.
In the piggy bank of the performer for 23 years of a successful solo career, there are 9 released studio albums, which, upon release, occupied high positions on all music platforms.
