Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya is a singer, actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. She is known to fans as a performer of Soviet film hits.
There are many rumors and conjectures around the name of Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya. It was rumored that the prima donna of the Russian stage did everything to ensure that Jeanne went into oblivion. Today she practically does not perform on stage. Rozhdestvenskaya teaches students.
Childhood and youth of Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya
Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya was born on November 23, 1950. She was born in the small provincial town of Rtishchevo, Saratov Region. Jeanne admits that she was a naughty child as a child. Rozhdestvenskaya brought a lot of trouble to her parents - she fought and preferred to be friends exclusively with boys.
Despite Jeanne's mischief, her parents forgave her a lot. They lowered their daughter's antics to "no". Rozhdestvenskaya extended her childhood character traits into adulthood - she remained just as lively and mischievous.
She has proven herself to be a very capable girl. From an early age, Zhanna was engaged in vocal and dancing. From the age of ten, she was invited to accompany in kindergarten. Already in childhood, she decided on a profession - Rozhdestvenskaya promised herself that she would definitely connect her life with the stage.
After graduating from high school, she entered the Saratov Music College. Then she was lucky to get a job at the local Philharmonic. At the new place, Jeanne led the vocal and instrumental ensemble "Singing Hearts". VIA lasted quite a bit. After the dissolution of the team, Rozhdestvenskaya went to the Saratov Theater of Miniatures.
In the theater, Jeanne began to diligently improve her vocal abilities. The theater did not do without musical performances. Some time later, Rozhdestvenskaya assembled a new vocal and instrumental group.
Jeanne's brainchild was named "Saratov Harmonicas". With this VIA, the artist visited the Moscow competition. Rozhdestvenskaya had a chance to demonstrate her talent in the capital.
She sang, danced, played several musical instruments. As a result, the vocal and instrumental ensemble received a diploma for good performance and an original selection of musical instruments. Then Zhanna became interested in playing folk instruments. For some time, her team performed in the circus, which did not please Rozhdestvenskaya at all.
Soon she was accepted into the Moscow Music Hall. She was noted as a singer who was ideally suited to perform musical accompaniments for films. She fit into the style of almost any tape.
After a couple of months, records appear on sale, in the recording of which Jeanne participated. Longplay was released by the Soviet recording studio Melodiya.
Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya: a creative path
The beginning of the 80s was the peak of the career of the Soviet singer. For several years in a row, she has been in the top five singers of the Golden Path hit parade. A plastic and strong voice of four octaves allows her to continue to take part in the recording of songs that sound in Soviet films. Jeanne managed the impossible - she perfectly conveyed the mood of her heroines.
Confirmation of the professionalism of Rozhdestvenskaya is that the audience, watching the singing of the heroes of the tapes, did not realize that they were voiced by a professional singer. For example, few people know that Irina Muravyova did not actually perform the song "Call me, call" in the film "Carnival", or Ekaterina Vasilyeva - "Mirror" in "Magicians".
Rozhdestvenskaya forever secured the title of a star of Soviet film hits. She has no regrets. In an interview, Zhanna said that dubbing is an invaluable experience that cannot be compared with anything.
“I think that the status of a professional studio performer is a worthy level. I spent up to 8 hours a day in the recording studio. They spend several hours in the studio now, and if you don’t hit the notes, they will pull you up. In Soviet times, this was excluded.
Rozhdestvenskaya says that the list of her favorite works includes the Star's aria in the rock opera The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta. On the collection, she recorded all the female parts of the musical production.
The decline in his creative career came at the beginning of the 90s. After the collapse of the USSR, Zhanna got a job at the Moscow Clown Theater. She taught vocals to students. Later she got a job in the theater to the composer Andrei Rybnikov. She worked as an accompanist.
The singer's plans include the creation of a theatrical and musical group. It also became known that she is working on a LP, which, according to her, will include not only her songs, but also the works of some Russian singers. Not so long ago, she took part in the filming of the show "Main Stage".
Details of the personal life of Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya
She doesn't like talking about personal things. Her marriage to musician Sergei Akimov cannot be called happy. Almost immediately after the birth of her daughter, the husband left the family.
Olga (daughter of Rozhdestvenskaya) showed an interest in music from an early age. Her voice sounds in the children's film "About Little Red Riding Hood. Continuation of the old fairy tale.
Some publications contain information that Rozhdestvenskaya was married for some time to the head of the Saratov Harmonicas, Viktor Krivopushchenko. The performer does not give any specific comments regarding this.
Olga inherited her mother's talent. Together with her husband, she founded the musical project Moscow Grooves Institute. Rozhdestvenskaya's daughter gave her mother Nikita a grandson.
Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya at the present time
In one of the latest interviews, Zhanna admitted that her fans had “buried” her for a long time, and some of them think that she lives in the United States of America. She does not organize concerts and does not tour. The decline in popularity Christmas is taking very calmly and wisely.
A retro program dedicated to Soviet artists started on Russian television.
Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya also took part in the recording of the retro program. She remembered the projects in which she had previously taken part, and also tried to answer the question: why today be in oblivion.
Documentary films, which were presented in 2018-2019, also focused on the early demand for the singer and the decline in her popularity at the present time.
She said she felt happy. Rozhdestvenskaya found herself in pedagogy. She teaches young singers to perform parts in which she herself shone not so long ago. Jeanne admits that she was not angry with people and those circumstances that did everything to ensure that her career ended ahead of time.
