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For many years, the metropolitan party has been discussing the passionate romance of singer Zemfira Ramazanova and actress Renata Litvinova. Every step of the stars causes a violent reaction. Meanwhile, Zemfira's personal life before meeting Renata was so intense that intriguing facts still surface. "ZHG" remembered the singer's loudest novels.

Tried men first

Barely appearing on the stage of the capital, a nondescript girl from Ufa fell in love with half of the country's teenagers. Representatives of non-traditional orientation reacted especially gently to Zemfira. And this is not surprising - the songs and the image of Ramazanova were very close to them. Having gained popularity, Zema plunged headlong into lesbian novels. And the singer never talked about her personal life “before Moscow”. Like, there was no time for these nonsense, she was engaged in studies and music. Meanwhile, quite for a long time Zemfira met with men.

“Ramazanova’s first love was her classmate at the Ufa Art School, Vlad Kolchin,” Ufa guitarist Jalil Mukhametshin once revealed Zema’s secret. - With him in the mid-nineties, they earned their bread in the trendy restaurant "Jespar". Kolchin played the saxophone, and Zemfira sang and played the guitar.

Close friends of the singer recall that Ramazanova looked at Vlad with wet eyes and dedicated songs to him. But her feelings remained unrequited. Subsequently, Kolchin left for St. Petersburg, but did not invite Zema with him.

Second love future star became the director of the local radio station Sergei Anatsky. But the office romance was doomed from the very beginning. Sergei was happily married and did not want to change his wife for a capricious employee.

Soon Zema became interested in the sound engineer Arkady Mukhtarov. Young people even lived for a short time in a civil marriage. When Zemfira moved to Moscow, Mukhtarov followed her. They broke up because of Arkady's addiction to alcohol.

Stole my wife from Kalmanovich

A couple of years ago, the news thundered that Zemfira had an affair with ... Roman Abramovich. This version is supported by the fact that Roman Arkadyevich secretly came to Zemfira's concerts, and also ensured her participation in prestigious European events and even in football matches. Supporters of this version are still confident that Zemfira owes her resounding success to Abramovich. They even said that the PR people specially invented a bike about Zema's lesbian inclinations in order to divert the eyes of the people from the real state of affairs. These conversations subsided when the oligarch met Daria Zhukova, and Zemfira became close to Anastasia Kalmanovich.

Having burned herself on the men, Zema told them a firm “no!” A woman's love entered her life. Anastasia Kalmanovich became the producer of Zemfira thanks to her influential businessman husband Shabtai Kalmanovich. Then no one could have imagined that Nastya and Zemfira would be physically drawn to each other. Kalmanovich had built-in cameras at home and in the office, which once recorded the singer and her producer in such expressive poses that her husband could not stand it. Shabtai and Nastya divorced. Around the same time, Lena Perova fell in love with Zemfira.

Perova remembers fondly

“Lena just blew her mind,” Perova’s friends recall. - She got to the point that she gave her gifts with or without reason. Lena monitored the chat of Zemfirin's website for days on end, went to meetings of her fan club, where she drank endlessly. At one of these gatherings, she got drunk to such an extent that she molested almost all female representatives there.
Unlike Kalmanovich, Lena Perova still speaks of Zem with tenderness: “Our communication with Zemfira was saturated with fun, youthful recklessness. We went to visit each other. We played the computer game How to Become a Millionaire, rode the attractions in the park of culture and generally had fun. At some point, she recovered and was so unhappy with herself that she drank only water for a whole month. She could take a sip of cognac, but nothing from food. Of course, she is a difficult person, but I am very glad that fate brought us together. Why did we split up? As she does not remember, so do I.

After parting with Perova and Kalmanovich, Zema began to develop complexes that forced her to turn to a psychiatrist. At that time, more than one oligarch offered sponsorship and not only assistance to Zemfira, but the singer found a cure for heart wounds in the house of Renata Litvinova. And now Zemfira and Renata live and work together. Litvinova made a film about a friend. And Zemfira is working on music for Renata's new film " The last tale Rita." According to rumors, the stars even got engaged in Holland a year ago. Zemfira's mother Florida Khakiyevna considers Litvinova her second daughter, and her daughter Ulyana her granddaughter. The actress does not get tired of confessing her love to the singer.

- I love Zemfira so much! Renata says without a shadow of embarrassment. She is really close to me. She is part of my biography.

Complicating the union of two women is only the wild jealousy of Zemfira, who is haunted by rumors about Litvinova's romances with students. Last scandal occurred due to leaks on the Internet intimate photos Litvinova in an embrace with a young actress Renata Piotrowski. There was gossip about Zemfira's departure, but in vain: the other day, the paparazzi again captured Zema leaving Litvinova's house.

The cry of the soul, confessions, revelations. Perhaps, sound recording studio- this is the only place where she does not speak, but screams about her feelings. In other places, with other people and under other circumstances, she cannot be forced to speak out loud about personal things.

Zemfira's love story is shrouded in riddles, speculation and rumors. According to some sources, Zemfira Ramazanova herself spreads false information about herself. Many such novels, which allegedly became known, can be found in her biographical data. Which of them actually took place, Zemfira will not tell about this.

It is obvious that it is impossible to sing about love like that with an absolutely cold heart and a sober mind. To whom does Zemfira dedicate her most touching lines?

The star spoke openly about only one man in her life. Vlad Kolchin is her first love. A talented saxophonist studied with her at the same music school in Ufa. It seems that the music connected them. And this love was strong and true, according to the testimony of old friends of the singer.

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Vlad Kolchin himself recalled in an interview: “I was always strained by her strength, assertiveness, one might even say male traits character. We often quarreled, yelled at each other until we were hoarse, fought to the point of bloodshed. Because if she decides something, she will never give in.

The novel of young musicians "ordered to live long". Vladislav literally broke Zemfira's heart when he left to conquer St. Petersburg. Rumor has it that he did not call her with him, despite the joint plans that the lovers had built before.

My knees were cold, you were happy and drunk, and something important in between, really important between...

Then Zemfira found solace in the arms of a married man. It is difficult to call the singer's second novel serious and long-term. But at first she still made plans for the future with Sergei Anatsky. Perhaps that is why she was unable to hide her relationship with the head of the Europa Plus radio station from outsiders. They were often seen together, but ... Intoxicating conversations and passionate evenings did not lead to anything. Zemfira moved from Ufa to Moscow, putting an end to this love story.

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Zemfira was lucky in Russian capital. Her genius was recognized, she quickly became popular and wealthy. In the same period, the topic of personal life is a taboo for a star. Fans are interested in the details, journalists are beginning to “peep through the keyhole“. Zemfira does not confirm or refute the information that the tabloid press is full of in any official interview.

But the public demands "bread and circuses" - so begins a series of her real and fictional lovers. And the singer herself started first. In 1999, she acted out love with her friend Vyacheslav Petkun. During this period of life, the taciturn Zemfira made vague hints of tender feelings, and also said that she was preparing for the wedding.

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In March 2000, the false story collapsed and the singer again stopped going into the details of her personal life.

But a new fantastic article has appeared in the media that Zemfira has a passionate affair with billionaire Roman Abramovich. Interestingly, he is her ardent admirer. It was rumored that the businessman sponsored the star group, but confirmation of their passionate love was never found.

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At the same time, even more piquant stories about Zemfira begin to circulate. She begins dating her female director, Anastasia Kalmanovich. Nastya even divorced her husband and plunged headlong into feelings. The girls spent two years together.

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Zemfira Ramazanova is a shocking, extraordinary and very mysterious woman, as well as a strong and talented personality. Her songs inspire, charge with positive and every year her work gathers more and more fans. What was her star trek like? Let's find out below.

Biography

According to sources, a talented girl was born August 26, 1976 in the city of Ufa (considered one of the great economic, cultural and scientific centers Russian Federation). Nationality - Tatar. According to the horoscope, Virgo is a strict, intellectual, romantic, tender and devoted woman.

photo as a child

The girl's family is small and consisted of four people: Zemfira, mother Florida, father Talgat and older brother Ramil. The baby's parents were intellectuals: her father taught history at school, and her mother was a doctor (she practiced therapeutic exercises).

The girl adored her older brother, because it was thanks to him that she fell in love with rock and achieved success in her career. Unfortunately, in 2010, Ramil tragically died (according to sources, he drowned during spearfishing), which was a big blow to his family and friends, and especially to Zemfira.

The girl also has two nephews - Arthur and Artem. They are twins and are currently studying abroad (in London). They also love to sing and play music. Zemfira even managed to perform several famous singles with them.

Childhood

WITH early childhood the baby began to show interest in music. Therefore, her parents gave her away at the age of five to music school where she learned to play the piano and sang in the local choir. At the age of seven, she even wrote her first song.

At school, she was a very mobile child, because she attended many circles. Most of all she liked to do vocals and basketball (for some time she was even the captain of the women's team).

After graduating from high school, she had to make a difficult choice: to continue playing sports and pursue a career as a basketball player, or to choose music in order to collect stadiums of fans in the future. She settled on the latter and filed documents in Ufa School of Arts, which she graduated with honors.

Musical career

According to sources, after graduating from high school, the girl undertook to do various jobs (sang songs in restaurants in her native city, worked for some time as a sound engineer at the Europa Plus radio station, worked as a backing vocalist in the Spectrum Ace group, etc.), but already at that time her main dream was to create her own musical group.

Gathering the guys, recording songs and singing them at several concerts was not an easy task, but possible. But to promote the group and make it known throughout the country has become very problematic.

Therefore, in the late 90s, Zemfira decided to go to Moscow and look for all the fetters in order to promote his established group. Thanks to a lucky chance, her cassette falls into the hands of producer of the Mumiy Troll group Leonid Burlakov and he takes the risk of recording an album with her.

Since that time, the singer's stellar career began: she releases albums one after another, millions of listeners like her songs, she gathers crowds of fans at her concerts and becomes a world favorite of the public.

The themes of her songs are very accessible and understandable to the people. There are no hidden connotations in them and they all relate to the problems of the 21st century (money, incurable diseases, unrequited love, etc.).

Discography

- Album - "Zemfira" (1998-1999).
The songs "AIDS", "Rockets" and "Arivederchi" are launched at the radio station and video clips are shot on them in parallel. Soon the first song among them becomes a real hit.

"Arivederci"

- "Forgive me my love" (2000-2001).
Zemfira begins to receive her first awards in various categories. Her song "Looking for" appears in the movie "Brother 2". Most famous songs from this album - "Mature", "Want", "City", "Proved", "Sunrise".

"Want"

- "Fourteen weeks of silence" (2002-2003).
At this time, she changes the composition of the group, she tours a lot and receives the prestigious Triumph award.

"Looking for"

- "Vendetta" (2004-2006).
This album became the best-selling in Russia. This included such notable singles- "Sky Sea Clouds", "Walk", "Blues" and others.

"Walk"

- "Thank you" (2007-2008).
The recording of the album took place in London and all the songs were recorded very quickly within a year. And all because at that time the singer turned 30 years old. She rethought a lot and with this album a new page in her life began.

"We're Crashing"

Collection of b-sides "Z-Sides" (2009-2010).

"Infinity"

- "Live in your head" (2011-2014).

"Do not let go"

- "Little Man" (2015-2016).
During this period, Zemfira arranges a large-scale tour to support the new album. The girl tours not only in the cities of Russia, but also gives concerts abroad (she visited Israel, Germany, Great Britain, the United Arab Emirates, the USA, Canada and other countries). Rumor has it that during the second round, Ramazanova announced that she was stopping touring.

"Live in Your Head"

Interesting Facts

Zemfira has an open page on Instagram, where she shares videos from closed rehearsals and her own selfies with fans.Her height is about 172 centimeters, and her weight is about 53-55 kilograms.

Zemfira performs her songs in the style of rock and pop-rock, although some musicians claim that other genres are also found in her songs.

Together with the twins, Zemfira sang in THE UCHPOCHMACK, but after recording only one album, the band broke up.

According to the media, the girl has an old disease - chronic otitis media, which often reminds her of herself and pesters her.

Ramazanova is also involved in charity work, but does not like to advertise it very much. For some time, she took one of the orphanages in Ufa under her care and took part in raising children.

Personal life

If a girl's biography is an open book, then her personal life is hidden behind seven seals. In her interviews, the singer rarely touches on this topic, and if the journalist still manages to hook her, she deftly avoids questions. Therefore, all the romantic relationships that the media talk about are mostly based only on guesses and not always on confirmed facts. One thing is known for sure that Zemfira is not officially married and she has no children.

But let's take a closer look at some relationships, rumors about which either the singer herself spread for PR, or others spoke about it.

1. Vladislav Kolchin. Many people spoke about this person, and it was even believed that Vladislav was the first love of a star. He is also from Ufa, and together with Ramazanova they once sang in restaurants. But the truth about these relationships was revealed when Kolchin's autobiographical book was published. In it, he described in detail about the fight against a terrible disease (multiple sclerosis) and confirmed that Zemfira played the role of his girlfriend in order to protect the vulnerable guy at that time.

Vladislav Kolchin

2. Sergey Anatsky. The press believes that they had an affair at the time when she worked at the Europa Plus radio station in Ufa. But these relationships quickly exhausted themselves and also quickly ended.

Sergei Anatsky

3. Vyacheslav Petkun(leader of the group "Dancing minus"). The girl invented this novel herself. In the late 90s, a guy and a girl allegedly announced their engagement. Everything was very believable, because young people even had a photo shoot in wedding dresses. The press rejoiced, all the fans closely followed the information and waited for the upcoming wedding.

What a disappointment it was when the guys announced to the whole country that the ceremony was postponed indefinitely. And then it turned out that it was all just another joke.

Vyacheslav Petkun

4. Roman Abramovich. Rumor has it that she met him when she moved to Moscow and was looking for a producer. For some time, he even became a shadow sponsor for her, helped to record albums and provided a carefree life. Their romance lasted several years, and then quickly ended when Roman met another girl (a certain Dasha Zhukova). Then the press reported that because of this gap, the singer had lost a lot of weight and suffered from anorexia. And in order to somehow brighten up her loneliness, she changed her orientation and began dating Renata Litvinova.

With Roman Abramovich

5. Renata Litvinova. That girls get tied up friendly relations is no longer a secret to anyone. Renata is actively involved in the life of the singer, supports her morally and looks after her style.

It is doubtful that these relations have developed into non-traditional ones, because journalists always love to raise such a topic that is of great concern to society.

With Renata Litvinova

But Renata is not the first woman with whom Ramazanova was credited with an affair. For some time, there were also rumors about the relationship of the singer with her director. Anastasia Kalmanovich. As if Nastya left her husband for Zemfira and the girls were in a relationship for two years, and then broke up.

Anastasia Kalmanovich

It's hard to believe, but today, August 26, Zemfira Ramazanova will be 40 years old. The presentation of her first album took place in 1999. During this time she has become musical legend, and her life was overgrown with all kinds of speculation. StarHit chose five myths and tested them.

Myth 1. The Uchpochmack fell apart, and the singer's nephews went abroad (True)

After the death of her parents and brothers, Zemfira has no one closer than her nephews, 26-year-old Arthur and Artem Ramazanov. Three years ago, she sang with them in group The Uchpochmack. “Their album First and Last was the only one,” Dmitry Emelyanov, the band’s guitarist, told StarHit. - We performed together, but the group did not last long. The last time I saw the guys was in 2014.”

Having traveled for a year on tour with an aunt, the nephews returned to their native Ufa. “Artem and Arthur are still making music, they write songs in their studio, but few people are allowed to listen to them,” Evgenia Ostapenko shared with StarHit, cousin Ramazanov. - They sing for friends or for relatives at home gatherings. They don’t think about getting married yet, although there are many fans. Yes, and the thoughts of the guys now are about something else. At the end of August they fly to London, they will study at the faculty pop vocal. A few years ago they were already in England, just mastering the directing business. Then Zemfira helped them.”

In the meantime, the guys are in Ufa, Artem helps his mother Natalya Vladimirovna. She is a businesswoman and is the founder of Forward CJSC, which supplies products to the supermarket chain.

MYTH 2. ZEMFIRA'S FIRST LOVE IS A MUSICIAN FROM UFA (THE IMAGINATION)

More than once they wrote that the first love of the star was Vladislav Kolchin, they performed in the Ufa restaurant "Jespar" in the mid-90s. In his autobiographical book "Music as a Chance to Beat Multiple Sclerosis" - its presentation will take place on September 14 - Vlad spoke about the fight against the disease and devoted an entire chapter to the singer. In it, he revealed the truth about their relationship - the future star was just a cover for Kolchin. An old friend writes the following: "... The owner of the institution showed interest in me ... Zemfira, just in case, fearing for my safety, played the role of my girlfriend as best she could."

MYTH 3. RAISED A HAND TO A MAN (TRUE)

// Photo: From the personal archive of Leonid Burlakov

“Zemfira was at the center of a scandal...” - such headlines can often be found in the press. Even friends know that it is better not to fall under the hot hand of the singer.

“A slap can be slapped on anyone,” recalls musician Vlad Kolchin. - Bandits often gathered at the Jespar restaurant. One day they got tipsy and started ordering songs. One Zemfira flatly refused to perform. Then one skinhead came up, bent over her and began to whisper something. Zemfira, as usual at such moments, fell silent and listened attentively. When the speech ended, she coolly slapped him in the face and rushed to the back room. In the hall began disassembly, noise, screams. We were protected by the restaurant guards, and in order to hush up the conflict, I had to call the gangsters I knew.

Why the singer behaves this way, her first producer Leonid Burlakov explained: “Insolence and rudeness are the usual defense against people. In fact, Zemfira is a sincere and attentive person. A year and a half ago, she called me to see how things were going. She said that she was in Ufa with her mother. I handed the phone to Florida Khakievna. She thanked me for helping my daughter in musical career. And I said thank you for Zemfira. She also adores children and next to them she herself turns into a child. Once my daughter Masha and I stopped by to visit her. She not only welcomed us cordially, but also fried delicious cheesecakes.”

MYTH 4. THE SINGER HAS A SERIOUS DISEASE (THIS IS A FAKE)

“To work like Zemfira, you need a lot of strength,” says producer Leonid Burlakov. - No doping will help, but will only interfere. Zemfira understands this. She has been performing live for almost 20 years."

But the star does have health problems.

“She has a chronic disease, she constantly complained of pain in her left ear,” recalls journalist and producer Alexander Kushnir. - I remember that when she first moved to Moscow, she had no money and no registration. I helped her with the doctors. Among my friends there were specialists of the highest qualification.

A few years ago, an old disease - chronic otitis media - worsened, and the singer even ended up in the hospital.

MYTH 5. LIVES IN AN EMPTY APARTMENT (TRUE)

“If you ever visit her, you will see that the singer uses only three items,” says Leonid Burlakov. - This is a sofa - she sits on it, a table - for work, a piano - for writing music. Zemfira is not a fan of things, and by and large she does not care what she is wearing. And yes, taste is a problem. Outwardly, she was transformed under Nastya Kalmanovich and Renata Litvinova, who had a hand in her style. She cares more about other things. I remember with what enthusiasm Zemfira was looking for an amplifier for bass. I ordered it from London, and when I received it, I was happy as a child.”

By the way, on the cover of the first album of the singer "Zemfira" there is also nothing superfluous - only floral wallpaper from her first rented apartment. “She then lived in Peredelkino,” recalls journalist and producer Alexander Kushnir. - That's where the picture was taken. And when it became clear that the album exploded, they made a witty gift for the insiders - they released a limited edition of CDs, only 999 pieces. A beautiful brown chair was added to the cover, as a sign that there used to be only wallpaper, and now there is money for furniture. Now this record costs unthinkable money, and I have it.

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Real name: Ramazanova Zemfira Talgatovna.

Zemfira was born in Ufa. Her mother is a doctor, her father is a history teacher. From the age of five, she began studying piano at a music school. Under the influence of her older brother, she became interested in rock music, already in preschool age listening to Black Sabbath and Queen. She composed her first composition at the age of seven. At school, she managed to study in seven circles and sections at once, focusing on music and basketball. Possessing a purposeful character and sports anger, Zemfira achieves considerable success and in the 90th year becomes the captain of the Russian girls' team. By the same time, her passion for rock music acquires an "applied" character. Right on the street, she performs the songs "Cinema", "Aquarium", "Nautilus" with the guitar. She sings not only in Ufa, but also in St. Petersburg, where she often goes to visit friends.

Soon Zemfira faces a choice: rock music or basketball. Zemfira chooses music, having entered the Ufa School of Arts, which she graduates with a red diploma in the specialty "pop vocalist". At the same time, she is fond of jazz, folk and blues.

Since 96, Zemfira has been working as an operator at the Ufa radio station Europe Plus, and at night she records her first real songs in the studio: Snow, Weatherman, Rockets. At the same time, she acts as a keyboardist (in a duet with a saxophonist) in small nightclubs, playing soul, blues, reggae and "quality pop music".

At the end of 1997, she organized the 3emfira group, with which she performed in front of an audience of thousands at the City Day celebration in Ufa. The composition is stabilizing; Zemfira (vocals, guitar, percussion), Alexei Mirolyubov (keyboards), Vadim Solovyov (guitar), Rinat Akhmadiev (bass), Sergey Sozinov (drums). In the summer, the group records a promotional cassette of 15 songs, which several Moscow producers are interested in at once. One of the cassettes goes to Ilya Lagutenko and Leonid Burlakov, who help Zemfira record her first record. This session of the group "Zemfira" of the group takes place in October 1998 at Mosfilm. Sound engineer - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, art producer - Ilya Lagutenko, metaphysical producer - Leonid Burlakov". Invited musicians: Oleg Pungin (Drums), Yuri Tsaler (guitar, double bass in the song "Zemfira").

The album of the same name "Zemfira" is brought to "mind" in London in the winter of 1999. The final sound makeup is carried out within the walls of Beethoven Street Studio by sound engineer Chris Bendy, who recorded all the albums of the Mumiy Troll band. The radio single for the song "Speed" instantly becomes one of the main hits of the season, causing a storm of conflicting emotions among the listeners. The debut album "Zemfira" was released on May 10, 1999 by "Decade Music International" with the support of "Real Records". In the Moscow club "16 tons" his presentation was held, which was attended by almost all the sharks of the domestic show business. On the same day, the premiere of the video clip for the song "Arivederchi" took place.

During the summer, "Zemfira, who became the main discovery of the season, as they say, kept a pause. She ignored all the largest rock promotions and festivals, performing only once in her native Ufa. It was during this concert that the shooting of the third video "Why", which will be released aired in August.

In the summer, Zemfira concentrated all her attention on the preparation of the second album. “More than half of the forty compositions had to be left behind,” the singer admits. “And this problem of choice oppressed me and put pressure on my consciousness.” In September, Zemfira, together with the musicians of her Ufa group, goes on a solo tour of the cities of Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic states and Belarus. Will an impulsive girl smash guitars at concerts, smash cameras, pour water on the audience and tear her T-shirt On the eve of the tour, the 23-year-old singer is determined - though not without an admixture of self-irony: fame, let's withdraw into ourselves ... During these performances there will be no slides or any pyrotechnic excesses used. I must turn on the audience myself - warm up, burn and leave. "

Creation

Zemfira is one of those few representatives of the fair sex on the modern pop scene that "made themselves." It is clear that now a team of image makers is working on her, bringing her appearance closer to "European standards"; that "mixing" and "mastering" the band travels to London, where the best sound specialists work. But with regard to the original - music, emotional depth, energy - Zemfira did not need special "promotion", only support. And for this self-sufficiency, she is appreciated and loved by many thousands of fans across the country. "Zemfira, you proved that it is not necessary to have legs from the ears and sleep with a daddy in order to achieve something." Many of those girls who saw her on the first April day on the stage of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, who sang her songs with her, danced to her music - many, perhaps without realizing it, identified themselves with their idol. A native of the "city on the mountain" sung by Y. Shevchuk, a graduate of the Ufa music school, Zemfira Ramazanova left her native "harbour" and, moving the arrows exactly two hours ago, began to conquer space. The space of our hearts.

She burst into our lives, and we were all stunned. The songs from her first self-titled album were played everywhere a human could set foot. They are spinning now. She left no one indifferent - even those who see her as another "caliph for an hour" with immensely inflated popularity. Teenagers and their parents, rock musicians and ordinary listeners of both sexes and various professions - everyone you ask has their own opinion about her. From the stigmatizing "impudent" and "hooligan" to the jubilant: "Zemfira, you are the best!". Journalists are unanimous: "Yes, this is a talent of extraordinary strength and significance." Published dozens of interviews and articles. There are a growing number of websites dedicated to her on the Internet. All the details about the life of the star have already become the property of the media. The details of her life in Ufa, her breakthrough on big stage with the help of Leonid Burlakov and Ilya Lagutenko, her friendship with Slava Petkun from "Dances Minus", her illness associated with hearing loss, her often provocative behavior on the stage and in everyday life ... The public is interested in everything.

Today Zemfira is an idol. We have not had a cultural leader of this magnitude for a long time. Perhaps, from the moment the "old guard" of rockers began to retire. The status of Zemfira is somewhat close to the status of Viktor Tsoi, behind whom the East also stood with its special mentality. Of course, you need to be careful in comparisons, and Zemfira can hardly be called a rock star, although in essence she is a real rock and roll girl. But the role of leader, voluntarily or involuntarily, she took over. Her audience is mostly younger than herself, and the greater the responsibility of the artist. They see in her not just a singer, but something more, which makes, forgetting about herself, to display the Latin Z (“sign-symbol” of Zemfira) on notebooks, fences and cheeks. Write poetry. Strive for a concert at the "Olympic", which did not gather such a mass of people even at the venerable Depeche Mode. Almost praying for this "sign-symbol" flashing in a huge circle hanging over the stage. Go through life with her songs, measure yourself by them.

Songs are the main thing. Undoubtedly strong voice, at first glance, not without the influence of Zh. Aguzarova and D. O "Riordan, with a wide range, rich in nuances. Her signature vocal "baubles" coming from an open, "fatal" type of intonation. In the manner of her writing one can feel a good school, traditions laid down by academic education.These traditions do not lie on the surface, but are implicitly caught in everything: in the subtle use of classical and jazz harmony, which so strikingly distinguishes Zemfira from the modern "youth stage" with its notorious "three chords"; in compositional finds that allow avoiding annoying repetition of phrases and depressing "squareness" In a variety of arrangements, in an unexpected mixture of stylistic components covering a variety of layers musical culture: from bossa nova to grunge, from romance to new wave.

The first impression of listening to her songs was - freshness. Like a spring wind. And at the same time - familiarity, as if you had already heard this melody somewhere inside yourself. And the verses seemed to float in the air, they seemed to be taken from ordinary life, with all her buzzwords (remember the same "comebacks", with light hand Zemfirs released into circulation). But I so wanted to listen and listen to these phrases with broken endings, these lines, playing with phonemes, rhythms and meanings. Get to the bottom of the matter. Everyone has her own.

School school, restaurant school, sports school - Zemfira is a professional in everything, and not a self-taught genius. Zemfira amazingly owns her voice, and in "Olympic" she showed it in all its glory: in more than two hours, not only not a single wrong, shrunken note, but also not a shadow of fatigue. At this concert, the audience got their full. All songs from both albums - old and new - plus some unreleased songs were performed. "Rockets" - twice. The performance consisted of three parts; during breaks, psychedelic "walkers" were broadcast into the hall from huge screens. Zemfira rushed around the stage, ran up to the drum kit to desperately beat the cymbal in "Snow", with a practiced movement she took it from the hands of a concentrated technician acoustic guitar, she sang, lying on the floor, changing into a dress, then into a heavy leather cloak, then into a blouse with large yellow daisies ... One hundred percent "live" performance turned on the listeners. The musicians of the group showed themselves on their own, playing two virtuoso instrumental compositions. There was no limit to the delight of the audience when, at the very end, a real piano appeared in their eyes and string Quartet, to the accompaniment of which Zemfira sang the dreamy "London".

Zemfira knows how to save, take care of himself. In fact, she learned it too. Because with the release of the first album, her burning was so strong that it became scary. There are many sad examples of how such an irrevocable burning of oneself ended, such an opening of the soul, when every emotion seemed to be torn out of the heart by the roots in order to give it to the listener. “Time, you see, I’m burning,” Zemfira sang in Arivederchi, and everyone understood this. But, thank God, it's over. It seems to have passed.

Perhaps from the first listening to the album "Forgive me, my love" is disappointing. Not the quality of the music, not the level of performance. It seems that something important and special has been lost, which made Zemfira a symbol of the current young generation, gave her songs a sacred meaning. What made her a girl-scandal, in a year turned into a girl who has matured. Zemfira became more mature, wiser, experienced difficult relationships. Loved and hated, searched and proved. And having proved, she seemed to be calmer. But, having lost in something external, Zemfira gained in the internal. In that it is not read immediately.

After long comparisons, you come to the conclusion that the debut album with its freshness, brightness, spontaneity, with all its daisies, T-shirts, whys and chants, rhumbs "neglect and tramp", was still in many ways the work of a "child", a little naive. Now - another step. Zemfira seemed to "mature", she had a new, more stable attitude. She firmly stands on the ground, without stopping the flight.

The singer's voice sounded softer and more lyrical. The grunge-punk layer almost disappeared from the sound, which was replaced by detail, even the sophistication of arrangements with an emphasis on keyboards of different timbres, with a more clearly drawn retro bias (including a la Doors in "Zero"), with a special load on instrumental parts (guitar "telling" in "Do you want?"). Although, although ... Other melodies instead of "expected" seem too familiar. The structure of compositions has become simpler, clearer. The lyrics sometimes break into cute girlish pop platitudes a little bit. But at the same time, poetry and living air do not disappear from what Zemfira creates.

Of course, the second album in many ways continues what the first one started: there are also strong emotions, elements of shocking (“I hate”, “I was looking for”), and acute social problems (this time we are talking about drugs - “Sensors are scaled”), and biting banter ( "Mature"), and the theme of love-death ("Do you want?"). New - the image of the family, home, homeland. “Mom is reading Nabokov in the subway / I am sitting around / Tied with a rope / Proved to my mother / The most important thing” (“Proved”) - such autobiographical details say a lot about the character of the artist herself. And still cuts loneliness: "If I could paste portraits deeper into my heart / I'll leave my cigarettes as a keepsake ..." ("Cigarettes"). For a cigarette is known to man best friend, comrade and brother. And the hope for happiness is still strong, for simple female happiness within the framework of a single Universe ("Forgive me, my love", "Don't let go").

Now Zemfira has gone on a large-scale tour in support of the new album. On August 26, on her birthday, the singer plans to give a concert in her native Ufa. Of course, new trends in Zemfira's work are able to attract a new audience to her - more mature, with traditional tastes. Zemfira has approached the establishment, and therefore you can be calm about the future of the national stage. It is in good hands. The artist still has a long way to go: having such data, she will not become a "hero of yesterday." The Z sign will not turn into zero. The general excitement reigning around her name will subside a little, from which the people are already tired. And then Zemfira is waiting for a spacewalk. Perhaps it will be the space of Big Jazz. Perhaps - international recognition, which is now increasingly being awarded to stars from the East.

Source: magazine "Salon Audio Video".

Version 2
History: 1976 - 1996
On August 26, 1976, Zemfira Ramazanova was born in Ufa (in a family of teachers).
Sings almost from birth. The first song written for ice cream was dedicated to Black Sabbath.
Ufa. Early 80s. Little Zemfira turned 5 years old, mother Florida Khakievna decided that it was time for her daughter to take up music, and sent her to a music school. At this time, the first television debut of the future star took place - Zemfira sang on Bashkir television. They recorded the program, after which the whole group kindergarten, where Zemfira was brought up, watched her on TV. Zemfira soloed:

“There lived a worm in the world, a lazy worm
He lay down to sleep on a barrel ... ”(... unfortunately, Zemfira does not remember further words).

“Some kind of stupid song,” Zemfira laughs, hardly imagining a barrel of a worm.
By the age of 10, along with music, Zemfira also had another hobby - basketball. The coach for this sport called Zemfira a computer, because she managed to coordinate the entire site and quickly respond to difficult situations in the game.
In 1989, the young basketball player Zemfira was recognized as the best point guard among juniors, and then became the captain of the Russian national team among girls.
Despite the load (in addition to basketball, Zemfira attended about seven more sections and circles), Zemfira graduated from music school with honors. By this time, she was already writing some songs, although she did not take them seriously: she wrote songs for ice cream, at the request of her mother (for some evenings), etc. I wrote at the age of 14, when adolescence began. Then Zemfira played in the transition, thereby earning herself for fruits and cigarettes, as well as for a trip to St. Petersburg - to the cemetery to Viktor Tsoi (there, of course, something was born, but two years later Zemfira laughed terribly at those songs) .
The first song written by Zemfira at a conscious age was the song "Snow".
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History: 1997
Zemfira: a city that always has a couple of stars in any style, a lot of ambition, curiosity and free time. Of course Europe is to blame for everything +. a place where we spent all our and other people's time. still not enough) I remember the feeling of my very first recorded song. I was torn apart - it seemed to me: I can, even more than I suppose. in a word, if I didn't like the first experience so much, maybe I wouldn't have enough reasons to do it further. I got into the computer with my feet, the Internet was absolutely uninteresting to me then; music software - for this I and 10 other people spent all the money, nerves and any free minute. principled fight for a place on the propeller. 5 groups and a 1 GiG screw.
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History: 1998
Zemfira: Rena and I sat on the computer all winter, then spring, learned cakewalk by heart and recorded 20-30 songs. in the summer we decided to collect the necessary living minimum and play at the holidays, which Europe + often arranged then. Rena brought in a drummer and the three of us started rehearsing. I played the keyboard, but then there was not enough guitar. I tried to play the guitar - it turned out even worse. Peacemaker appeared very timely and unobtrusively. I don't even remember if anyone asked anyone for anything. a month later, at the next European holiday, Vadik heard our performance. so we got a guitarist and the first thoughts about big concerts, travel and future profession. the story with the group stimulated me, I constantly wrote, the guys - f*cked and believed me unconditionally. soon I made a desperate act - I borrowed money for the group’s trip to Moscow, saying that big people were waiting for us (how did they believe me?)) In Moscow, I claimed that the group was gathering full houses in my hometown (how did these people believe?)) bluff and luck we were assigned a time and place to record the first album. of course Burlakov and Lagutenko. I almost went crazy, the guys, in my opinion, went off) we left to write an album, having absolutely no idea what we were getting into. © www.zemfira.ru

History: 1999
Zemfira: my first trip abroad, immediately to London, which many dream of. and the first experience of mixing a record. I didn’t know a damn thing and didn’t understand much. stuck in the studio from morning to evening. after 2 weeks, by the end of the mix, I had a definition of the concept of "sound". in May, the first disc was released, which by that time was known to all young journalists and journalists; Lenya just sold demo tapes to everyone. I remember the summer of 1999 as a stupid hype, to which I nervously reacted, waiting for a dirty trick. Then Lenya drew a diagram for me:
“The fact that they are now writing and talking about you well does not mean anything, except that they will soon begin to write and speak badly, but don’t be upset, then they will start well again, and then again badly.” maybe that's not the case. in July-August we recorded the second album. at the same Mosfilm studio. On September 1, they played the first concert in front of a huge crowd in Moscow, on the street, in honor of the magazine's birthday. We played very badly, we didn’t know how to play at that time. and went on tour until the end of the year. yes, I also found a week to mix the second record, but it didn’t turn out the way I wanted.
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Despite the fact that the release of the album took place in May 1999, the Zemfira group announced the start of the concert tour only on September 1, 1999. In the summer of 1999, Zemfira refrained from performing and gave only one concert - in Ufa, during which the video for the song "Why?" was filmed. The tour started on September 1 as part of a large group concert, in honor of the birthday of Yes! magazine. On this day, the group "Zemfira" acted as a headliner. It was the first appearance of the musicians in front of such a large audience and only the fifth concert in their lives. After Moscow, the group went on a long and intense tour, which covered many cities of the country and neighboring countries and lasted until January 2000. About the first concerts of the group, held in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Zemfira says this: “We just tried to: a) get along with each other; b) play the right notes in the right places; c) do not be shy, in the end, people (understand that the stage is the usual place where you need to work).
On December 11, 1999, the Zemfira group became the headliner of a grandiose two-day music festival"Invasion", which was dedicated to the station "Nashe Radio" for his first birthday.
In December 1999, the group independently began producing and financing a new record. Shortly before the New Year, on December 26, the gift single "Sneg" was released in a five thousandth edition, which, in addition to the remix for this song, included a live version of the composition "London" as a bonus track. On December 26 and 27, Zemfira musicians handed out Snow to the visitors of four major music stores in the capital. The publication of the single was conceived as an anti-piracy action: it was not on sale, and its appearance on the music shelves can only indicate vigorous activity pirates.

History: 2000
Zemfira: the year consisted of full houses, awards, filming, endless rumors. there were claims to each other and a new drummer - Javad. in the summer my dream came true - we played in Ufa, on the main square, on my birthday. on the same day they released the maxi-single "goodbye", with Salavat Yulaev on the cover, and actually said goodbye to the city. Later, I only came to visit. By the end of 2000, few people thought. Having played 150 concerts in less than a year and a half, waiting for vacation and silence. new year gift by the beginning of 2000 - a single with london and a remix for snow.

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Other source:
On January 5, 2000, the Zemfira group gave a concert in Riga, the last of the tour and the first in the new millennium. It was there that they managed to hold the first real show of the group, film the first high-quality version of the concert on video, using complex techniques and effects.
Upon returning from Riga, Moscow met the group with a pleasant surprise. The song "London" captured all the radio airs during the New Year's week. A beautiful and touching composition with a fairly simple arrangement turned out to be competitive among newfangled rhythms, becoming the leader of all kinds of charts. Zemfira herself was sincerely touched by the penetration of her listeners and admitted that she did not expect such a breakthrough in this song. For this reason, it was decided to include the composition "London" in the collector's edition of the new record as a bonus track, recording a chamber version of the song.
During January, the leading media published the results of 1999 in the field of music. Zemfira Ramazanova and the group "Zemfira" won in four nominations of the magazine "OM": "Performer of the Year", "Brawler of the Year", "Breakthrough of the Year" and "Album of the Year". On April 8, 2000, the Zemfira group was awarded the FUZZ magazine award based on the results of 1999 in two categories: The best group" And " Best Album"-" Zemfira.
On February 9, 2000, in the tunnel of the Moscow region of Severnoe Chertanovo, the shooting of the video for the song "Iskala" took place. The video was directed by Roman Prygunov, cameraman - Max Osadchiy. At the time of filming, the tunnel was blocked, because, according to the director of the video, 40 cars were involved in them. Having carried out the main preparatory work for the release of the album, Zemfira began to improve her health. On February 15, she underwent an operation, and the doctors had a month and a half for the rehabilitation period. But already in early March, the rehearsal period of preparation for the second round began, which started on March 24 in Minsk.
And on March 28, with the support of Real Records, the second disc of the Zemfira group, Forgive Me My Love, was released. The disc includes 12 songs: "Scaling Sensors", "Zero", "Mature", "Want", "Dawns", "City", "I Hate", "Cigarettes", "Proven", "P.M.M .L", "I was looking for", "Don't let go". The disc was released in two editions: standard and collector's. The collector's edition is distinguished by the presence of the bonus track "London" and a sixteen-page booklet illustrated with a photo sequence for each song. The idea of ​​​​the design of the booklet is the same as in case with the first disc, belongs to Zemfira.
As part of the tour on April 1, 2000, the band gave their first solo concert in Moscow, in the sports complex "Olympic", where about 20 thousand people were present. 27 songs of the first and second albums were performed on the Olimpiyskiy stage. Subsequently, the press suggested that the performance of the Zemfira group at the Olimpiyskiy would be the brightest event of 2000.
On May 20, 2000, the Zemfira group closed the Maksidrome festival. From the newcomer of "Maxidrome-99", on which she managed to sing only half a verse from "Arivederchi", Zemfira moved into the category of headliners of "Maxidrome-2000".
Five days after the performance at the Maksidrome, the shooting of a new clip by Zemfira for the song Do you want?, which had already been long time was in heavy rotation on the radio stations. The clip was directed by Pavel Vladimirsky (Vilks Filma studio), cameraman - Vlad Opelyants. Filming took two days: on May 24, the film crew spent in the courtyards of old houses in Moscow, and on the 25th - in the pavilions of Mosfilm.
On August 20, 2000, Zemfira again performed at the closing, but now of the Invasion festival, which was held in Ramenskoye. The team already included a new drummer of the group - Igor Javad-Zade. At the concert, Zemfira performed two new songs included in the single, which was released on August 25, 2000 with the support of Real Records: Splashes and Goodbye.
On the day of Zemfira's twenty-fourth birthday, August 26, 2000, in the House of the Government of the Republic of Bashkiria, Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Ishmuratov presented her with the State Youth Prize in the field of culture. Shaikhzada Babich. Zemfira received an order with the image of Babich and a cash prize of 14 thousand rubles. The official award ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials from the government and administration, representatives of the Bashkir media, the staff of the Zemfira group, relatives and friends of Zemfira. As a birthday present, Zemfira received a Rus snowmobile from the authorities.
In the evening, at 21:00, the group gave a free concert (the idea of ​​the concert belonged to Zemfira, who had long dreamed of giving a gift to her countrymen) on the square named after. Lenin in Ufa, where about 100 thousand spectators were present. 25 songs were performed, including "Spray" and "Goodbye", which Zemfira dedicated hometown. At the end of the concert, the group presented Ufa with a five-minute fireworks display.
In November 2000, Zemfira took part in film screenings, performing in Moscow, at the Olimpiisky Sports Complex and in St. Petersburg, at the Ice Palace. At both concerts, the group performed two songs by Viktor Tsoi - Cuckoo and Every Night. By the way, the song "Cuckoo" performed by "Zemfira" was also included in the single "Goodbye". The end of December 2000 was marked by the end of the concert tour in support of the album "P.M.M.L.". The last three performances took place: 23 December, in the "DK Gorbunova", where Pavel Vladimirsky made the second high-quality video filming of the concert; December 24 in St. Petersburg and December 28 - in Vilnius.

History: 2001
Zemfira: nothing happened until May, everyone was busy with themselves and their problems. spontaneously edited a video of the concert in the humpback (23.12.00), the second in a row (the first was the Riga concert a year earlier). wanted to release - faced legal problems, spat, gave to MTV and forgot. in May the band returned to Moscow to rehearse and work on new songs. we didn't succeed. I accused them of lack of desire, they accused me of lack of trust. without thinking twice, they decided to leave, the musicians left for Ufa. For some time I was in weightlessness. I recorded new songs with excellent musicians, but strangers to me. I tried new ones, but I didn’t imagine myself with them on stage at all. the situation was saved by Mirolub, who again appeared very timely. we hired a professional rhythm section, finished the third record and left for Once again to London - to reduce.
On November 11, the single "Traffic" is released
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History: 2002
Zemfira: the year was much brighter compared to the previous one. in April, the record was released and the concerts began. after a 15 month break. we got a lighting engineer, a monitor engineer, a permanent concert apparatus. changed arrangements, stopped playing some songs, provoked hundreds of pink balloons, gave thousands of autographs and took thousands of photos. concerts are generally a strange thing) a lot of them - you die, no - you also die. all spring and summer I was happy. the best concerts groups. parted ways with the rhythm section at the end of the year. However, less is better.
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History: 2003
Zemfira gave several concerts, performance at the "Invasion" 3.08.2003.

History: 2004
On his official website, Zemfira presents a cover version of the song "How to be" gr. "Bravo", after which he performs in St. Petersburg (November 21) and in Moscow (November 26-27) for anniversary concerts groups.
Zemfira's new song "Nebomoreoblaka" appears on her official website, and after that on all CIS radio stations. "Sky-seaclouds" is only one song from the upcoming album, which you already want to listen to. After all, there is every reason to believe that the rest of the songs will be made at the same high level.
Zemfira is working with the famous St. Petersburg electronic musician Igor Vdovin on his new album. Their first joint work is the hit song "Love is like an accidental death", which became the soundtrack to Renata Litvinova's film "Goddess: How I fell in love."
Zemfira enters the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University.
An enchanting performance at the "Maxidrome" and the performance of the song "Medveditsa" in a duet with gr. "Mumiy Troll" undoubtedly becomes the main event of the festival. This performance does not leave the press indifferent, which is not surprising: Zemfira did not appear on stage for a long time.
On December 13, a video for the song "Walk" appears on the singer's official website, on December 15 the video is presented on MTV, and the song breaks into all radio stations and music channels.
The performance of the song "Walk" at the festival "Megahouse" closes Zemfira's show activities this year.
The release date of the album is announced: 01/21/2005.

History: 2005
Numerous interviews in anticipation of the release of the new album. Afisha magazine states that the album will be called Oil. All in anticipation, mass intrigue.
Postponed release to March 1st.
At the last moment it was decided that the album would be called "Vendetta".
The day before the release of "Vendetta" Zemfira announces the track list of the album in his official chat.
1.03.2005 - the long-awaited release of the new album "Vendetta". The magnificent song "Blues" appears on the official website and a no less wonderful video for it, shot by Renata Litvinova.
Appears on store shelves new album, and its presentation is taking place in one of the capital's clubs. Nobody expected such a stir around Zemfira and her new album. All press, radio and TV are actively discussing the album. Three days later it became clear that "Vendetta" has undoubtedly become the main event of the year. Zemfira gives very successful concerts. The super-set at "Maxidrome" does not leave the audience indifferent.
Presents in Kyiv new clip, filmed by Renata Litvinova, for the live version of the song "Airplane".
Zemfira performs at the "Wings" festival, congratulates Lyudmila Gurchenko on her anniversary by singing the song "London".
The concert schedule ends with an enchanting concert in Moscow at the Gorbunov Palace of Culture. This concert will be talked about for a long time...

History: 2006
For personal reasons, Zemfira dissolves the team and cancels previously announced concerts. The official site of the singer is closed for "reconstruction" on April 8.
On August 9, the official website opens after reconstruction.
The release of the album "Zemfra.LIVE" is scheduled for October
On October 16, the album "Zemfra.LIVE" is released
December 14 performance in Moscow, in the club "Apelsin", at the birthday party of zvuki.ru and presents a new team and a new song.
December 31 gives an unforgettable gift clip "Itogi" and reports that the new album is ready.

27 September 2007
Presentation of Zemfira's new album "Thank you". "THANK YOU" - twelve absolutely new songs by Zemfira, composed and recorded within one year, from autumn 2006 to autumn 2007. The recording of the album took place in London, mixing - in Moscow at Mosfilm.

Zemfira - about the new album: “This album is a reflection of me today. I turned thirty, as a result of some internal storms, I understood a lot. Yes, the album is very positive! If Vendetta was restless, I was looking for something, then here I found it. The relationship between these albums is like the Queen albums "A Day At The Races" and "A Night At The Opera". The period of misunderstanding is the period of understanding.

The album "Thank you" is a clean, lively sound without any synthetics. All major parts were recorded current composition singers: Zemfira Ramazanova (voice), Dmitry Shurov (piano), Konstantin Kulikov (trumpet), Dan Marinkin (drums), Alexei Belyaev (bass), Yuri Topchy (guitar). Yury Tsaler (Mumiy Troll band) acted as a guest guitarist. The Cinematography Orchestra under the direction of Sergei Skripka also took part in the recording. The release of the album was preceded by the appearance of the radio single "Boy" and the video for the song "We are breaking", shot by Renata Litvinova and became the top topic of the Russian media.

The release of the album "Thank you" is an unprecedented action for the Russian show business. The album goes beyond the spheres of influence of any record companies and production centers. It's released Publishing House"Kommersant" and will be on sale from October 1, along with the first issue of the new Citizen K magazine - a publication about fashion, music, style. Zemfira will appear on its cover. Inside - maximum information about the singer and the new album, including her big interview, a photo shoot made in Paris, baby photos and much more.

On October 5, the album "Thank you" on an exclusive basis will appear in the Euroset stores. On October 20, Zemfira's tour in support of the new disc will begin in Khabarovsk, which will end with a concert at the Olimpiysky sports complex on April 1, 2008. During the tour, Zemfira organizes special autograph sessions in Euroset salons. A special maxi-single "10 Boys" will be sold at the concerts, which includes 10 remakes of the song "Boy", sent to the singer during the competition held on the Internet. In the same period, Zemfira intends to release on the screens a film shot by Renata Litvinova during a concert at the Green Theater in the Park. Gorky June 8, 2007. Then the singer will start preparing the next release - a collection of b-sides, which will be released under a contract with Real Records.