Yelena Kamburova

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Mixture of Dannish King. 1999 album cover
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Mixture of Dannish King. 1999 album cover

Yelena Kamburova (Russian: Елена Камбурова; born July 11, 1940) is a Russian bard singer and actor. In addition to numerous solo albums, her voice is recorded in more than a hundred films. Kamburova is the founder (in 1992) and director of Theater of Music and Poetry (Театр музыки и поэзии). She is the People's Artist of Russian Federation.

Born in Novokuznetsk, she was raised in Ukraine where her family relocated. In 1967 she graduated from the State College of Circus and Variety Art (Государственное училище циркового и эстрадного искусства) and in 1979 from GITIS.

In the 1960s Kamburova participated in concerts and radio recordings. She performed songs by Novella Matveyeva and Bulat Okudzhava. Okudzhava once noted that her art is "a lucky combination of vocals, intellect and talent."[1]

From mid-1970s, compositions of Vladimir Dashkevich took a significant part in her repertoire, on the lyrics by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Marina Tsvetayeva, Alexander Blok and unfavorable with the Soviet authorities Anna Akhmatova and Osip Mandelstam.

In 1993, Kamburova began acting in theater plays.

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[edit] Discography

  • Прощай оружие, (A Farewell to Arms - on motives by Ernest Hemingway) (1970)
  • Поет Елена Камбурова, (Sings Yelena Kamburova) (1975)
  • Сказки об Италии, (Tales about Italy) (1981)
  • Послушайте, (Listen) (1982)
  • Да осенит тишина, (Let There Be Silence) (1987)

[edit] CDs

  • Дрёма, (Dream - Russian lullabies) (1997)
  • Капли Датского короля, (Mixture of Dannish King), (1999)
  • Волшебная скрипка, (Magic Violin) (1999)
  • Синий троллейбус, (Blue Trolleybus - songs by Bulat Okudzhava), (1999)
  • Дорога, (The Road) (2000)
  • Любовь и разлука, (Love and Separation) (2001)
  • Песни из кинофильмов - 1, (Songs from Films - part 1)
  • Песни из кинофильмов – 2, (Songs from Films - part 2)
  • Романс о жизни и смерти, (Romance of Life and Death) (2004)

[edit] External links

[edit] In Russian

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