Ukrainian singer chili. Singer Katya Chili

Last Sunday, a show took place on the 1 + 1 channel and on our website. The main discovery of this episode was the legendary Ukrainian singer Katya Chilly.

For more than 10 years no one has heard of Katya Chilly. The singer did not appear at secular parties and rarely gave concerts. And then suddenly, appearing on the stage of a popular vocal show, this charming, fragile girl with a powerful voice literally blew up social media rave reviews.

The editors of "The Only One" invites you to find out little known facts from the life of Katya Chilly to get to know her better.

• Katya Chilly grew up in a medical family. And if it were not for the singer's career, then she would have made a good doctor. True, as the girl herself admits, what she does on stage, to a certain extent, concerns medicine. Unconventional, but still medicine, because earlier only people who know how to control their consciousness were allowed in the prophetic word. The prophetic word means the art of singing and spewing sound.

• Katya Chilly sees her most important task in decoding modern man, which is a cog of a technogenic civilization, to those closed chakras that unite a person with the inexplicable Universe of nature, so that he (this person) feels like a part of the world and could live, and not exist.
• In 1998, Chilly Chilly released her debut album "Mermaids in da House", after which her singing was dubbed "the singing of a beautiful elf", and she herself was called the mermaid of new Ukrainian music.

• Concerning stage name"Chilly", the word comes from "chill out" - a recreation area, coolness. Performing her songs, Katya, as it were, invites her listener into the chill, or rather, into the comfort of the wild.
• Katya Chilly loves to walk through wild thickets and wild animals, in particular bears and tigers. At home, the singer keeps a cat "with character", whose name is Aziza.
• Katya also loves adventure and extreme sports, yoga, dancing, for example, Indian. He loves rollerblading and cycling.
• Katya Chilly has a 3-year-old son, Svyatozar. The boy, in whom the singer does not have a soul, supported his mother at the casting of the Voice of the Country project.

Photo in the text: press service of the 1+1 channel

Ukrainian singer Katya Chilly, whose real name is Ekaterina Petrovna Kondratenko, at 38 years old looks much younger than her age due to her fragile physique (the singer's height is 152 cm, weight is 41 kg) and her young voice.

A girl was born in Kyiv on July 12, 1978. WITH early childhood Katya began to show musical ability. Already from the first classes of the ten-year-old, she entered music school immediately into two departments - string instruments and piano. In addition, a talented girl enrolled in a folk singing school, and then became a soloist in the Orel choir.

Versatile talents allowed Katya, already at the age of 8, to loudly declare herself to the whole country. During the broadcast of the television concert "Children of Chernobyl", which was on central television Soviet Union, Katya performed the song "33 cows". The little big-eyed girl was then remembered by many viewers.

After 6 years, the singer received her first award at the Fant-Lotto Nadezhda competition. Then he noticed her famous composer Sergei Ivanovich Smetanin. He invited the girl to cooperate, the fruit of which was Ekaterina's first album "Mermaids In Da House", and she herself changed her name to creative pseudonym Katya Chilly.

Despite her stage employment, Kondratenko did not forget her studies. As a teenager, she became a lyceum student at National University, and then went on the path of a philologist-folklorist, enrolling in a prestigious university. My thesis she devoted to the study of ancient pra-civilization. Katya completed her postgraduate studies in two cities at once - Kyiv and Lyublino.

Music

Folklore themes formed the basis of Katya's first album Chilly. Original manner, unusual musical material impressed the listeners and made the singer popular. In 1997, Katya, at the invitation of the head of MTV Bill Rowdy, takes part in the filming of programs for this channel.

In addition to the national competition "Chervona Ruta", where the singer becomes a frequent guest, she travels abroad to participate in international projects, one of which was the Edinburgh festival "Fringe". All events testified that a new star appeared in the sky of the stage, creative biography which promised to be fruitful and happy.

Injury

During one of the tours, an unforeseen event happened. During the performance, the singer was badly injured, stumbling and falling off the stage. The injuries were serious - damage to the spine, concussion. Colleague Sashko Polozhinsky gave her first aid, he also helped during rehabilitation. For this period, the girl disappeared from the media space. The disease did not recede for a long time, her health was deteriorating, Katya was already beginning to despair.

Against the backdrop of experiences, she developed severe depression. It took time and the support of relatives to overcome this condition. But, pulling herself together, Katya Chilly creates the second album "Sleep", with which she even managed to perform in forty cities in the UK. After the concert in London, which was broadcast on live BBC, a world-famous company, offered Katya to shoot a video for one of the hits for a year-long show on the channel.

Experiments

A new turn in the work of Katya Chilly was her album "I'm Young", which was released in 2006. A year before, the singer's maxi-single "Pivni" was released, which was created with the participation of many famous DJs of that time: Tka4, Evgeny Arsentiev, DJ Lemon, Professor Moriarti and LP. A video was also created for this song, made in a new 3D technique for that time.

The bonus of the disc was the hit "Ponad gloomy", which Katya Chilly sang in a duet with Sashko Polozhinsky. Will appear a little later a new version this song, but already performed jointly by Katya and the hip-hop group TNMK.

The album, consisting of 13 tracks, among which the songs "Bantik", "Krashen Vechir", "Zozulya" were the most popular, made an impression on listeners and critics. In it, Katya Chilly combined the incompatible - folklore and electronics. We used as starting material folk songs, as well as poetic lines of modern authors.

After the release of this disc, Katya Chilly rethinks the concept of her work and concentrates only on acoustic music. She completely changes the composition of the team and begins touring with live concerts, without a single hint of artificial sound. Now such instruments as piano, violin, double bass, drumbook, drums appear in her group. The girl goes on stage barefoot, in simple dresses. She is invited as a headliner by many Ukrainian music festivals: "Spivochі terasi", "Golden Gate", "Chervona Ruta", "Antonich-fest", "Rozhanitsya".

Despite the fact that the singer's discography is small (only 5 albums), all Katya Chilly's concerts are sold out.

At the end of 2016, Katya Chilly participated in the program "People. Hard Talk", where she spoke about her plans for the future and about the sources of her inspiration.

Katya Chilly today

On January 22, 2017, the seventh season of the show "Voice of the Country" began on the air of the Ukrainian channel "1 + 1". The composition of the judges this year has changed somewhat compared to previous programs of the Voice of the Country. It included two previous mentors and and two new coaches and. During one of the first auditions, which took place on January 26, Katya Chilly appeared on the stage. She performed the musical composition "Svetlitsa". For her performance, the singer chose an ethnic style: she was wearing a linen scarf, a canvas dress, and painted on her chest special sign.

As a result of the blind choice, all four judges turned to her, who were indescribably delighted with the appearance of a talented singer as a participant in the competition. Many fans of the Voice of Ukraine show are already predicting Katya Chilly a victory in the final of the competition, but time will tell how events will develop.

Now, in addition to being busy in the media project, Katya Chilly continues to give live concerts, the last of which took place on March 2.

Personal life

The singer's personal life is behind the scenes: Katya does not advertise her relationship or marital status. But judging by the change maiden name Kondratenko on Bogolyubov, the pianist Alexei Bogolyubov, who works with her in the same team, became the singer's husband.

Three years ago, the first-born son Svyatozar appeared in the family of Ekaterina and Alexei, whom the artist already takes with her to many performances.

Discography

• "Mermaids in da House" - (1998)
• "Dream" - (2002)
• "I am young" - (2006)

The very first question that comes to mind when mentioning her name is: “Where did Katya Chilly go?”. The singer, whose voice was called and is called unique, and the manner of performance is the future of Ukrainian music. Katya sings with her soul and accompanies herself with her heart. And, in fact, she did not disappear anywhere: just for a while, the singer stopped appearing on television, and for an artist it is always akin to sink into oblivion. But not for Katya Chilly. As soon as she appears at least for a couple of minutes on the air of some show, the media immediately explodes with dozens of materials, and Youtube with millions of views of videos with her participation. This happened in February of this year, when Katya Chilly came to the blind auditions of the vocal show "Voice of the Country": with her heartfelt "Light" she made all the coaches turn around and arrange a real battle for such a fantastic participant. Despite the fact that Katya did not win the show, although both the audience and music reviewers read it to her, she left an indelible impression and told everyone that she had returned, that she was again ready to delight Ukrainians with her music.

Katya Chilly: photo Tatyana Kizeeva

Katya Chilly was the discovery of this year. Now you can hear her more often live, she gives seminars on the topic "Healing with sound", takes part in yoga festivals, gives concerts with her group Katya Chilly Group 432Hz, and sometimes attends social events. It is noteworthy that Katya is a young mother and she goes to all events with her 3-year-old son: be it a concert or a presentation. The singer practices transcendental meditation, does not eat meat, adheres to, preaches Vedic philosophy, starts the morning with prayer, love is inspired and ... never ceases to amaze with her views on life. Read a unique interview with the most unique Ukrainian singer and learn more about her!

Katya, this year you triumphantly returned to the stage. Why did you decide to take part in The Voice?

The rule of three presentations... I trusted the Space. Three times they tell me "no" - I let go. They invite me three times - I go. I took this for myself as one and bookmarks in the direction 2 years ago. And a few more rules. One of them is to follow Joy. Where I feel Joy inside my heart, when the sea is calm inside. To invest my energy only in something that gives me goosebumps and tears in my eyes, which makes me want to laugh like a small child.

You have changed a lot since the hit “Over the Gloom”…

Nobody knows me. There are only the fruits of labor, which are few. But I intend to work hard.

What kind of music do you make? Who is she for?

It is designed to open the heart to a space where access to Knowledge is open to everyone... It is for People... It is for Children... human, who are called not to dominate, not to be blind kittens, but to take care of everything that exists... she for Life... It is called to awaken Life...

All our works are Live. They cannot be compared like maple and oak leaves. They are alive. This is already a victory. This is not a reaction to the work... but to Life. Life cannot but respond to Life.

Katya, you are the soul of Ukrainian folk music. Who do you think you are?

Soul, yes. I am part of a Very Big Soul.

Katya, what inspires you?

The question is how to help love.

Katya Chilly: photo Sergey Savchenko for Fezzery

Katya, you are a fan of ethnic style. What interesting things can be found in your wardrobe?

I don't have much in my house or closet.) Of the things, these are two colors of the same style (for a change). The same story in summer and winter...only I can change jewelry, following my feelings in life. And hair to be in order.

Which Ukrainian designer do you support and wear with pleasure?

To be honest, I don’t know more pleasure than wearing old clothes: there is so much Life there! There is so much attention and quality! These are real things of power… These clothes structure the space of Life. These clothes help to feel the connection with the living world, with the Universe. I am happy that the guys created the Ukrainian Institute of Fashion History / Ukrainian Institute of History of Modi, where the tradition of clothing is maintained at a level that makes me cry. And I get great inspiration from everything that happens through the space of the National Center of Folk Culture to the Museum of I. Honchar.

Do you have special symbolic objects and things with which your memories, secrets, dreams, special events are connected?

If there are things in my life, they are just like that.

Katya Chilly: photo Sergey Savchenko for Fezzery

Katya, a profile question: how do you maintain your beauty and youth?

This is Living food (raw). I don’t eat killed creatures and where there are ingredients obtained by murder, I don’t eat GMOs (complete sterilization through generations and mutations), synthetic food, I don’t eat where there is yeast (this fungus is not friendly to the microflora of a living person and rebuilds it for itself ), I don’t eat trans fats, I don’t eat mushrooms (they quench the immune system).

The food industry has transformed into a mass flow directed against a person, for his destruction. Being weak, we have little ability to feel and control.

For health - everything is simple: fruits, vegetables, pure water. Consciousness directly depends on what we let in. There are products that extinguish the ability to be Alive, and there are products that help. The latter are all that nature gives us, products obtained without violence.

Yoga. Breathing practices. I swim in the hole and douse myself with cold water. Prayer of repentance. TM.

Ekaterina Petrovna Kondratenko - Ukrainian singer, who performs under the pseudonym Katya Chili, was born in Kyiv on July 12, 1978. Her parents sent her to a music school, noticing the girl's ability to sing. Katya entered at the same time on the piano and on stringed instruments, showed perseverance and determination from the first grades of the decade.

The girl was enrolled in a folk singing school called "Orelya" and soon she was chosen as a soloist of the choir. Thanks to her versatile talents, at the age of eight, Katya very loudly declared herself.

The broadcast of the concert "Children of Chernobyl" did not go unnoticed and all thanks to Ekaterina, who performed that day with the song "33 cows".

Beautiful girl with big eyes instantly captivated the audience. Six years later, she was awarded an award at the Fant Lotto Nadezhda competition, where composer Sergei Smetanin drew attention to her. The fruitful collaboration between the aspiring singer and the producer brought long-awaited results - the first album, called "Mermaids In Da House".

Then the girl decided to change her stage name and called herself Katya Chili. Stage employment did not allow the artist to pay much attention to her studies, but Kondratenko still did not forget about her. Katya Chili's personal life was marked by a new stage in her life, as a teenager she entered the lyceum at the National University, and then she received a diploma in folklore philology at one of the country's prestigious universities.

Since the beginning of 1996, Chilly's work has been completely focused on a pop avant-garde project, based on ritual singing combined with modern arrangements. Such an unusual direction became the subject of discussion in the media and caused crazy enthusiasm among fans.

Now the name Katya Chilly is associated with a new musical alternative, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian music. Unusual ethnic material attracted the attention of even those people who did not consider themselves fans of folklore.

There is little information about Katya Chili's personal life on Wikipedia. It is known that the singer had an army of fans who were completely different people.

Adult fans of Ukrainian music, representatives of generation X and lovers of unconventional compositions are happy to attend her concerts. Katya needed less than a year to become a star, and she confidently continues to defend her status. She gives interviews, takes an active part in various TV shows and performs at the largest venues in the city of Kyiv and the country. One of the main victories of Chile was prize-winning place at the Chervona Ruta festival.

The Western community became interested in the work of a fragile and unusually petite girl, and in 1997 Bill Rowdy (MTV president) invited her to take part in one of the channel's programs. Photos from the personal life of Katya Chili can be found on the Internet in young and mature years. In the arsenal of awards, the girl has an honorable first place from the Fringe festival, which took place on the territory of the Scottish town of Edinburgh.

Numerous viewers compare Ekaterina's style of performance with the "singing of a beautiful elf", during her performances she creates unique vibrations that are more like a whirlwind. From the outside, it seems that Chile is plunging into a state of nirvana, becoming a medium that tells the story of the ancient world.

Archaic material allows her to modern way to present unique works to the public, here it is a new embodiment of the spirit of the people.

Life after injury

She does not like to tell details about Katya Chili's personal life and health. At one of the performances, the singer fell off the stage and received serious injuries to the brain and spine. First aid was provided by a colleague Alexander Polozhinsky, who helped Ekaterina throughout her rehabilitation.

For some time, the artist disappears from the TV screens, her condition worsens, and Chile begins to fall into a state of depression, which is accompanied by despair.

Despite the experiences and mixed emotions, the girl continued her work on the album, called "Dream". With him, she traveled to forty cities in the UK. After a concert in London, she was offered to shoot a video for the BBC channel. In 2000, the singer collaborated with many composers, then she recorded an album called "Dream".

It was never published, even though the program became successful abroad. In 2005, the maxi-single "Pivni" was born, on the creation of which famous Ukrainian and Russian DJs worked. A nice bonus for Katya's many fans was the track "Pod gloomy", which she performed together with Alexander Polozhinsky and the work was presented to the public in 3D technology. New stage Creativity has become another stepping stone for Catherine.

Albums by Katya Chili

2006 presented the album "I'm Young", which included the well-known tracks of the performer, the clip of the same name was presented on the air music channel in 2006 year. The songs of Katya Chili and her personal life are of interest to many people.

A unique combination of modern electronic music and folklore - the diamond of her work. The soulful voice of the singer literally penetrates to the depths of the soul. Since 2007, Katya has been performing with a team called "Solominbend", which included famous musicians: Victor Solomin, Konstantin Ionenko, Alik Fataev and Alexei Bogolyubov.

The new program is a combination of jazz and folklore in a modern, unusual arrangement. The audience warmly welcomes the team, which becomes the headliners of numerous festivals that take place throughout Ukraine.

2008 - the presentation of an acoustic program in which there is not a drop of electronic music. Since 2010, work has continued on a new album, completely acoustic. Katya Chili continues to draw attention to her person, the audience is delighted with her unique voice.

At the end of 2016, the singer took part in the program “People. Hard Talk", shared her plans for the future, spoke about the sources of inspiration and Once again surprised her fans. More than once, the artist admitted that she herself writes poetry for songs that are born in the process of deep shocks and experiences that are sometimes impossible to cope with.

Katya Chili in the show "Voice"

On January 2, 2017, the 1+1 TV channel began broadcasting the seventh season popular show"Voice". The jury included: Tina Karol, Potap, Jamala and Sergey Babkin. Katya Chili came to the blind auditions and stunned not only all the spectators, but also the jury, all four people turned to her. Has been performed musical composition"Svetlitsa", a combination of folk motifs.

Chili chose Tina Karol as a mentor, who was very happy. The artist, who sings with her soul, has managed to win millions of hearts and will fight for the main prize - victory in the Voice show.

She said that she came just to sing and did not even hope that she would pass such a tough selection, but she stayed. Talented, sincere and incredible charismatic singer that sings with the soul.

Katya Chili returned to the stage last week. Someone has known her since the distant 90s, someone heard her voice just now. What kind of singer is this and what made her return to big stage See the following facts.

The beginning of creativity

Ekaterina Kondratenko, later - Katya Chilly, appeared on stage quite by accident, at the age of 8, when she performed and got on television in 1986 during one concert. As the singer said: "All this was accidentally filmed by television, and I felt like a stage virus got into my blood, which, in principle, cannot be removed."

Later in 1992, Katya received the Grand Prix in a song contest. There the singer found her future composer and mentor Sergei Smetanin.

Concerts and albums of the singer

Katya's success in show business made itself felt. In 1997-1999, the singer released her first album "Mermaids In Da House" and declared itself in Germany, Poland, Sweden, Egypt, the USA and other countries. And already in March 2001, Katya Chilly performed with concert program in London, where she gave more than 40 concerts. The artist's performances were broadcast live on the BBC channel.

In the early 2000s, Katya, together with other band members, created a joint album "Dream", but it was never published.

In 2003, the hit "Ponad Khmarami" was released, recorded together with the leader of the Tartak group Sashko Polozhinsky. In 2005 he presents new single"Pivni", and already in 2006 released another studio album"I am young".

Beginning of "Calm"

In 2008, Katya decides to create a group Katya Chilly with other musicians. Since in 2007-2009 the singer was the headliner of the festivals "Jazz Koktebel", "Golden Gate", "Chervona Ruta", "Rozhanitsa", "Antonych-fest", " Junior Eurovision"There was a slight lull in her work.

Since 2010, the singer has delved into work on solo acoustic material and began to appear in public less and less. However, the singer did not "disappear" and remained well-known. Only in March 2016, in the studio of the M2 channel with Sashko Polozhinsky, the singer performed the old hit "Ponad khmarami".

Return to the big stage

It became a real sensation. According to the singer, she did not plan to stay on the project, as she only came as a guest. But the judges convinced her to choose one of her mentors and continue to sing on the show. Katya unexpectedly changed her choice and chose Tina Karol. The singer was amazed by Katya's choice and touchingly commented on this event: "How Ukraine needs you."

Despite the vast experience in the Ukrainian show business, Katya Chilly appeared on the stage again and perhaps this time she will again win the attention of her faithful listeners.