Biography Nina Shatskaya



shatskaya @ yaroslavl philarmony.


arkady shatsky returned home 6 months later after being amnestied, once internationally famous raduga orchestra finished. realized on had make own decisions. firm parental wall had propped me of sudden in ruins, nina remembered.


in 1999 nina shatskaya went usa view of recording russian romances. investors hoped there kind of romance revival. wanted make high-budget product involving leading russian poets , composers. producer maksim dunayevsky decided make pop record , since ve never been keen on pop music, project flopped, later explained. recorded material taken russia remained unreleased. aware material recorded primitive , had nothing whatsoever d been dreaming of. felt d been given 1 chance , squandered it, later admitted. spent in america 6 months , spoke warmly of vocal coach seth riggs. when first came him, jovially dismissive of russian vocal school. having heard me impressed , said had brilliant technique, have thank natalya andrianova, singer recalled.


shatskaya s repertoire changed after met zlata razdolina, saint petersburg composer experimenting modern russian romance genre. immediate result of collaboration musical version of anna akhmatova s requiem, sung shatskaya , backed state cinema orchestra. razdolina , shatskaya parted ways, years later met again akhmathova-themed project.


shatskaya s debut album game of love (2000, part of golden mine of romance series) later provided title expansive concert project russian orchestra, directed boris voron. followed lady of romance (2002) brought shatskaya tchaikovsky concert hall first time. arkady shatsky, attended rehearsal, remarked: @ last dream has come true. woman ve dreamt d become. several days after arriving rybinsk promote nina’s concerts there, died, aged 66. on november 4, 2002, still mourning father s death, shatskaya triumphantly performed @ tchaikovsky concert hall, singing songs music of love set (russian romances in part one, american song classics , movie standards in part two).



shatskata @ tchaikovsky concert hall


in mid-2000s started perform @ elitist events second moscow ball in vienna, russian seasons in kitzbühel, series of concerts @ russian embassy in finland, russian film festivals (zerkalo, european window , amur autumn, among others). time collaborating well-established ensembles, including state symphony cinema orchestra (conducted sergei skripka), moscow symphony orchestra (vladimir ziva), russian presidential orchestra, , karlovy vary orchestra. in 2004 shatskaya premiered romance jazz concert program @ svetlanov hall of moscow house of music. same year designated meritorious artist of russia.


in 2005 shatskaya s third album emerald (Изумруд), recorded in concert on march 13, 2005, @ helikon opera, came out part of autumn triptych concert series. album s material, arranged starkly piano , voice, premiered @ moscow international house of music, accompanied natalya bayurova.


it followed song of happiness (2005), part 2 of same project, recorded anatoly silin orchestra, , later year, mainstream jazz, collection of musicals, jazz , pop standards (including cover of george harrison s ) recorded @ moscow international house of music. in october 2007 shatskaya performed @ father s fifth year memorial concert held in rybinsk.


in 2009 shatskaya released sixth album zephir, describing romanso-jazz , or romances in jazz arrangements in keeping genre s rules, without improvisations. when asked album s title, explained: in times when of russian romances written, zephir word warm, light night breeze. album s warm, melancholy arrangements prompted association.


later in 2009 album sorceress released, collection of zlata razdolina s romances based on anna akhmatova s poetry , arranged sergei skripka s orchestra dmitry userdov. infatuation these poems went shatskaya s student days when d gotten soaked in akhmatova s poetry, explained. same year awarded order of sergei diaghilev foundation contribution , development of russian culture , akhmatova song cycle.


in october 2010 poetry-and-music theatre production remembering sun (Память о солнце, titled sorceress) premiered @ moscow house of music. directed yulia zhenova , based on anna akmatova s poetry (with music written zlata razdolina) featured nina shatskaya , actress olga kabo, 2 of nature s elements, 2 unique women... recreating images of long lost past, when love sacrificial , woman dream of happiness impossible , doomed, according press release.


on may 24, 2011, extended version of shatskaya s romance jazz concert program presented @ international moscow house of music, coinciding re-issue of zephir melodia , featuring olga kabo, composer aleksander pokidchenko , pianist yuri rozum guest performers.


career in films

nina shatskaya appeared in 2 films, vadim derbenyov s on corner patryarshy s (2001, starring nikolai karachentsov) , in gleb panfilov s in first circle (2006) based on alexander solzhenitsyn s novel first circle.


after meeting stage @ private party, panfilov wondered if familiar obscure romance called evening ends (Уходит вечер). pleasantly surprised affirmative, decided include number in film , later wrote small role exclusively singer.








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