Tamara Miansarova
Tamara Grigoryevna Miansarova (née Remnyova, Russian: Тамара Григорьевна Миансарова; 5 March 1931 – 12 July 2017) was a Soviet and Russian lyric soprano,[1][2]pop singer and professor of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts,[3] best known for her hit May There Always Be Sunshine.[4][5]
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| Born | Tamara Grigoryevna Miansarova 5 March 1931 |
| Died | 12 July 2017 (aged 86) Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | Moscow Conservatory |
| Awards | Sopot International Song Festival (Winner,1963) |
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| Origin | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
Biography
She was born on March 5, 1931 in Zinovievsk.
She received her education at a music school attached to the Minsk Conservatory, which she graduated in 1951. In the same year she entered the piano department of the Moscow Conservatory (class of Lev Oborin).
Awards and recognition
- 1963: 1st prize at the Sopot International Song Festival, for the song "May There Always Be Sunshine"[6]
- 1972: Meritorious Artist of the Ukrainian SSR
- 1996: People's Artist of Russia[7]
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- 2004: Miansarova get star on the Star Square in Moscow.
Hits
Miansarova performed over 400 songs, many of them remembered as hits (their recording may be found at Miansarova's site).[8]
- "Ginger", in the meaning of red haired man), a rendering the song "Rudy Rydz" by Helena Majdaniec, Queen of Polish Twist, the first Twist song performed in Russian on stage[1]
- "Black Cat"[9] It was the first Soviet Twist.[10]
- "May There Always Be Sunshine"
- "Летка-енка" (for the fad dance Letkajenkka)
- "Let Us Never Quarrel"[1][11]
- "Step, Step, a Toddler Is Stepping"[1]
- "Eyes on the Sand"[1]
References
- "Миансарова спасла домработницу Пугачевой" (Miansarova saved the servant Pugacheva), an interview, 5 February 2004 (in Russian)
- Тамара Миансарова. Биография
- Tamara Miansarova official site
- Tamara Miansarova bio
- Умерла исполнительница песни про «Чёрного кота» Тамара Миансарова
- Międzynarodowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej – Sopot Festival
- Указ Президента РФ No. 1284 Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Recordings of Miansarova's hits
- "Black Cat"
- Композитор Юрий САУЛЬСКИЙ: «Мой «Черный кот» был первым советским твистом» Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- "Let Us Never Quarrel"
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