Марина Девятова
Marina Devyatova was born on December 13, 1983 in Moscow into an artistic family. Her father is a performer of Russian folk songs, People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Sergeevich Devyatov; mother is a choreographer. Marina's parents divorced when she was 5 years old, and her mother was mainly involved in raising her. Marina was taught music by her father. He instilled in her a love not only for Russian folk music, but also for such bands as The Beatles and Deep Purple. At the age of three, Marina already sang well and felt the rhythm.
In 1990, her parents sent Marina to the music school. D. D. Shostakovich, where she studied choral conducting. In 1999, Marina entered the A. Schnittke College of Music at the department of solo folk singing, and in 2001 she became a laureate of the All-Russian Competition of Folk Songs named after A. Ippolitov-Ivanov, which took place in Voronezh.
While studying at the 4th year of the school, Devyatova met the founder and artistic director of the "Indrik-Beast" group Artyom Vorobyov, who invited her to try herself as a singer in the ensemble.
"Indrik the Beast" performed old Russian and Slavic songs in modern processing. The members of the ensemble collected the folklore of the western region and made rock arrangements using ethnic wind instruments. Together with this, in the period from 2003 to 2008, Marina studied at the Russian Academy of Music. Gnessin at the Faculty of Solo Folk Singing and for the first time took part in the international competition "Slavianski Bazaar".
During her career, Marina has often come across the statement: "your music is not a format." Out of a desire to prove otherwise, in 2006 she went to the casting of "People's Artist-3". As a result, Marina became the finalist of the project.
The turning point for Devyatova was her duet with Alexey Goman - the song "It Could Be Love". According to critics, in this issue, the synthesis of folk music and variety art was most successfully manifested.
On stage, Marina works with the Yar-Dance show ballet, and often performs with children's groups. According to the newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva, Devyatova "is constantly invited to different countries of the world as an 'ambassador' of Russian culture." She took part in the German-Russian festival in Berlin several times,
gave concerts in countries such as Italy, Estonia, Bulgaria, USA and China. On October 28, 2008, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the first solo concert of Marina Devyatova was held, which was dedicated to Russian traditions and folklore. On March 17, 2009, Devyatova presented the Russian song to Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and the entire royal family. It happened at a secular reception in London hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
jointly with the Russian Orthodox Church. Marina also had a chance to speak in front of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Nursultan Nazarbayev and
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
On November 13, 2009, at the Moscow State Variety Theater, Devyatova performed with the premiere of her new program "I'll Go, Go Out". On the same day, the presentation of her debut album "I didn't think, didn't guess" took place. In November 2011, a new album by Marina Devyatova, entitled "I am happy", was released. According to the singer, she chose this name because it is close to her "both in the state of her soul, and in the energy that, I hope, my work carries." In 2013, Devyatova's third solo album, In the Moonlight, was released.
Marina Devyatova claims that “Russian song and Russian folklore are what unites us all. We can be of different ages, of different social strata, but this is our layer on which the entire Russian nation stands. As long as the Russian people and Russia live, the Russian song will also live ”!
