Tamara Miansarova

Tamara Miansarova
Тамара Миансарова
Born
Tamara Grigoryevna Miansarova

(1931-03-05)5 March 1931
Zinovievsk, Ukrainian SSR
Died12 July 2017(2017-07-12) (aged 86)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materMoscow Conservatory
AwardsSopot International Song Festival (Winner, 1963)
Musical career
OriginMoscow, Soviet Union
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Musical artist

Tamara Grigoryevna Miansarova (née Remnyova, Russian: Тамара Григорьевна Миансарова; 5 March 1931 – 12 July 2017) was a Soviet Ukrainian lyric soprano,[1][2] pop singer and professor of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts,[3] best known for her hit May There Always Be Sunshine.[4][5]

Biography

She was born on March 5, 1931, in Zinovievsk.

She received her education at a music school attached to the Minsk Conservatory, which she graduated in 1951. In the same year she entered the piano department of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Lev Oborin).

She died on July 12, 2017, in Moscow.

Awards and recognition

Hits

Miansarova performed over 400 songs, many of them remembered as hits (their recording may be found at Miansarova's site).[8]

  • "Ginger", in the meaning of red haired man), a rendering the song "Rudy Rydz" by Helena Majdaniec, Queen of Polish Twist, the first Twist song performed in Russian on stage[1]
  • "Black Cat"[9] It was the first Soviet Twist.[10]
  • "May There Always Be Sunshine"
  • "Летка-енка" (for the fad dance Letkajenkka)
  • "Let Us Never Quarrel"[1][11]
  • "Step, Step, a Toddler Is Stepping"[1]
  • "Eyes on the Sand"[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Миансарова спасла домработницу Пугачевой" (Miansarova saved the servant Pugacheva), an interview, 5 February 2004 (in Russian)
  2. ^ Тамара Міансарова. Біографія
  3. ^ Tamara Miansarova official site
  4. ^ Tamara Miansarova bio
  5. ^ Умерла исполнительница песни про «Чёрного кота» Тамара Миансарова
  6. ^ Międzynarodowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej – Sopot Festival
  7. ^ Указ Президента РФ No. 1284 Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Recordings of Miansarova's hits
  9. ^ "Black Cat"
  10. ^ Композитор Юрий САУЛЬСКИЙ: «Мой «Черный кот» был первым советским твистом» Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Let Us Never Quarrel"
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