Lidia Klement

Lidia Klement (Russian: Ли́дия Ри́чардовна Кле́мент; 8 July 1937, Leningrad — 16 June 1964, Leningrad[1]) was a Soviet singer.[2]

She was involved with music and singing since childhood, studying piano at a music school for children and singing in a choir. Later, when studying at the Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineering, Lidia Klement sang in a student jazz ensemble. After graduation, she for two years worked as a design engineer and sang with the Naum Tyomkin Variety Orchestra at the Ordzhonikidze Palace of Culture. Since 1958 for about a year she sang with the ensemble of the Leningrad Comedy Theater. She was noticed and composers started writing songs especially for her.[2]

Lidia Klement gained fame all over the Soviet Union with songs such as "Karelia" ("Карелия"), "Rain on Fontanka" ("Дождь на Фонтанке"), "Is All This for Me Alone?" ("Неужели это мне одной?"). She performed a lot on radio and television, including on the extremely popular musical variety show Goluboy Ogonyok. In 1964, just several months before her death, she released a record with 9 songs on it (on Melodiya record label). At 26 years of age, at the peak of her career,[2] she was diagnozed with sarcoma and soon died.[3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Pride: Lidia Richardovna Klement". Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering official website.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Elizaveta Uvarova, ed. (2004). Эстрада в России. XX век : энциклопедия. OLMA Media Group. ISBN 9785224044627.
  3. ↑ Maria Olshanskaya. "Лидия Клемент и Нонна Суханова ("Слушай, Ленинград, я тебе спою…")".
  4. ↑ "Biography: Lidia Klement". Peoples.ru.

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