Alena Vinnitskaya: “I really want a child – and there will definitely be one”

Biography of Alena Vinnitskaya

Alena Viktorovna Vinnitskaya is a pop-rock singer-songwriter, ex-member of the group “VIA Gra”, co-host of a TV show about the life of show business stars “Zirkovy Shlyakh” (“Star Trek”). Her second official name is Olga (in honor of her grandmother), her pseudonym in the musical community is Markita.

In the photo: Alena Vinnitskaya

The singer’s best compositions, among which it is worth mentioning the songs “What have you done to me?”, “Grapes”, “He”, “Give”, “Talks about Love”, are diverse in character, motives and concept, but they are invariably distinguished by the presence of a piercing , very subtle female lyrics and enchanting melodies, memorable from the first notes, carrying the soul upward.

Clips

As part of the group "VIA Gra"

• 2000 — “Attempt No. 5”
• 2000 — “Hold Me”
• 2001 — “Bomb”
• 2001 - “I won’t come back”
• 2002 - “Stop! Stop! Stop!"
• 2002 — “Good morning, dad”

Solo works

Childhood

One of the first “Viagrins” was born on December 27, 1974 in Kyiv, in the family of an engineer and a kindergarten teacher.
In addition to the baby, her older brother and parents, their three-room apartment included a grandmother and an aunt with two children. But her childhood memories are connected not only with the lack of privacy, to get to the bathroom and toilet without a queue, but also with home concerts that they, the children, organized for adult family members, with trips to the river bank with tents, fishing and with morning jogs with my father. From an early age, at the insistence of her family, she easily learned long poems by heart, and a little later she began to write them herself.

Childhood photo of Alena Vinnitskaya

At school, Alena studied well, preferring the humanities, especially literature, and in her free time she enjoyed playing chess and taking guitar lessons under the guidance of her brother Andrey. The girl’s favorite group was “Kino” led by Viktor Tsoi.

At school, Alena Vinnitskaya dreamed of becoming a trainer

After receiving her high school diploma in 1991, she tried to enroll in a theater institute, but failed and spent some time working for an insurance company. During the same period, she met one of the members of the rock group “7” (later transformed into “The Last Unicorn”) and began collaborating with the group, supplementing its repertoire with songs of her own composition.

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Alena was raised in a simple, Soviet, but friendly family. In addition to her and her sister, her grandmother’s aunt and two children lived in her parents’ apartment. But this did not affect their relationship and mutual understanding in any way. On weekends, a large family gathered and the younger generation staged fun performances, transforming into domestic performers of that time.

Alena studied well at school, her favorite subjects were literature and music. The girl easily memorized long poems and poems, and later began to compose simple rhymes herself. Vinnitskaya was a fan of Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group.

After graduating from school, Alena went to take entrance exams to a local theater university, but, unfortunately, she failed miserably.

In order not to sit on her parents' necks, she went to work for one of the Kyiv insurance companies. Then, the girl accidentally met the leader of group “7”, which she later joined.

Alena clearly knew that working as an insurer was a temporary phenomenon, so in 1996 she left this field. The girl began her new life at a theater school based at the Ecological University.

She really liked acting and choreography classes, but six months later the educational institution suddenly stopped operating. Vinnitskaya got a job at the theater of psychological art.

"Via Gra"

Alena understood that work in the insurance industry, although it brought in a good income, did not contribute to the improvement of her creative potential. One fine day she simply quit her job, which was uninteresting to her. In 1996, she entered a theater school created on the basis of the Ecological Institute. The girl enthusiastically studied stagecraft, plastic arts, and speech, but after about six months the school ceased to exist. Then amateur psychological theater appeared in her life, also for a short time.

The first composition of VIA Gra - Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadezhda Granovskaya

In 1997, she saw an advertisement for a set of presenters for the Biz-TV channel. Having successfully passed the casting, she began working on television. In 2000, the general producer of the TV channel, Dmitry Kostyuk, introduced her to producer Konstantin Meladze, who shared the idea of ​​​​creating a project for a group consisting entirely of sexy girls. Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadezhda Granovskaya formed the backbone of the group, the very first composition of VIA Gra. Long rehearsals followed, classes with a choreographer, and recording of the debut video “Attempt number five.” After the release of the video for this song, the girls, as they say, woke up famous. Soon a third participant, Anna Sedokova, was added to them. VIA Gra - Attempt No. 5 (2000) The girl’s life then completely changed. Her dream came true, she was doing what she loved, but due to a tough tour schedule, obsessive attention from the press, disagreements within the team and lack of time for her own creativity, she experienced enormous physical and psychological stress. And so in January 2003, Alena left the group, losing the status of “the little white one from VIA Gra” to Vera Brezhneva.

Granovskaya, Vinnitskaya and Sedokova

During her time in the group, six videos were shot, 15 songs were recorded and a debut album was released.

Alena Vinnitskaya ...FROM ARTIFICIAL STIMULANTS - TO NATURAL PATIENTS...

Alena Vinnitskaya is not a newcomer to show business. Alena left the successful commercial project “VIA-GRA” for a solo career.

Alena Vinnitskaya photography

“I always assumed that this could happen, but when it all started, the relationship between artists and producers, artists and composers looked attractive.
Everything was really good - it was a pleasure to work. I was very interested to see what would come of it. The only thing I was afraid of was that the style would be too “pop,” but they convinced me that there would be musicians, that there would be a guitar, and if there was pop music, it would be digestible. I can’t say anything bad about the music - I liked singing in the VIA-GRA group. And yet, the main reason for my parting with the team is that I have outgrown such an artificial project with its rules and guidelines,” this is how the singer explained her departure from VIA-GRa. Advertising:
The current stage of Alena Vinnitskaya’s creativity is radically different from what she did at VIA-GRE. “I cannot afford to follow the lead of those people who knew me as a pop singer,” said the singer. She defines the style of her current music as “alternative pop.” In her solo project, Alena embodies everything she dreamed of before: she writes the lyrics and music herself, and “live” musicians play with her on stage. “The direction in which Alena Vinnitskaya is working is essentially a model a la “No doubt”, “Cardigans”, “The Cranberries”. That is, a group in which the lead singer is a girl. This is mainly the mainstream, and it is present from the very beginning. However, the national coordinate will be respected,” music producer Alexey Sergeev commented on Alena’s style

Alena wrote her debut solo composition “Let’s Forget Everything” herself. The musicians of the group “Cool Before” help the singer in implementing her ideas. “I have not only friendships with them, but also family relationships, so there was no point in looking for some people and working with them when there are wonderful musicians nearby,” says Alena.

However, the fact that the singer collaborates with rock musicians does not mean at all that Alena Vinnitskaya will now become an orthodox rocker. “I’m not going to work in the style of rock music in its pure form, there is a fusion of all sorts of styles, it’s just that in some places rock prevails, in others hip-hop or pop music...”

The director of the first video for the song “Let's forget everything” was the fashionable Ukrainian video director Viktor Priduvalov. In the video, the singer appears in three female images, each of them is one of the facets of the character of the heroine of the song: a proud, independent, free woman. Everyone will definitely see something different.

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Alena Vinnitskaya has two theater schools behind her. The first is on the basis of the Economic Institute, where the artist studied for about a year under the guidance of director Alexander Svetlyakov and artistic director - People's Artist of Ukraine Galina Yablonskaya. The second school is experimental psychological theater.

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For the first time, Alena appeared before the eyes of the public as a VJ on the BIZ TV channel. Moreover, in order to get on the TV screen, the girl had to go through three qualifying rounds of the television company. After all, to work on television, in addition to an attractive appearance, you also need professionalism. To gain the necessary skills, Alena received a diploma from Internews, an international reporting school. Lectures at the Ukrainian news school were given by real English journalists, and training took place in real news mode, with students even going on air. In addition, Alena was also a radio host for the Stolitsa network radio station.

The combat training of a radio journalist and TV presenter came in handy for Alena when producers Dmitry Kostyuk and Konstantin Meladze created the VIA-GRA project. The appearance of the group was a real breakthrough in show business. VIA-GR's songs won the top positions on the charts and were included in many popular Ukrainian and Russian collections: "BIZ TV's Best Hits". Part 2", "Auto HIT", "Hit FM" (Moscow), XXL "Dance".

Alena was a welcome guest at photo shoots for glossy publications. She starred for such magazines as: “Afisha” (Moscow), “OM” (Moscow), “XXL” (Moscow), “Maxim” (Moscow), “Women’s Magazine” (Kiev).

In addition, Alena took part in the filming of the popular television programs “VIP - Caprice”, “Stilissimo”, “12 Evil

viewers", "Banzai!", "Paparazzi" (MTV); “SV-show” (TV channel “1+1”); “Cossacks-Robbers”, “Domino Principle”, “Total Show”. Alena participated in the television musicals “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” and “Cinderella” (Inter TV channel).

VIDEO WORKS WITH “VIA GRA”:

* “Attempt No. 5”, director Maxim Papernik, cameraman Alexey Stepanov

* “Hug Me”, director Semyon Gorov, cameraman Alexey Stepanov

* “Bomb”, director Igor Ivanov, cameraman Viktor Cherkasov

* “I won’t come back”, director Maxim Papernik, cameraman Alexey Stepanov

* "Stop! Stop! Stop!”, director Semyon Gorov, cameraman Alexey Stepanov

* “Good Morning, Dad!”, director Semyon Gorov, cameraman Alexey Stepanov

SOLO:

“Let's forget everything,” director Viktor Priduvalov, cameraman Yaroslav Pilunsky. The famous director, who shot several videos for Mumiy Troll and other cult performers, Viktor Vilks, embodied Alena’s second single “Dawn” in the video.

About Alena Vinnitskaya
miss mariella
04/05/2007 03:06:06

I really like her. Beautiful, feminine, talented. In some ways I resemble her in appearance.

PSYCHOLOGIST'S ADVICE
777
12.08.2008 11:26:52

IT SEEMES TO ME THAT THIS TYPE OF PERSON LIKE VINNITSA, IT WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL TO DO ANYTHING, JUST NOT SINGING - in my opinion, and maybe she herself feels it, she needs to do business, manage other people, introduce new ideas and plans, and not trade yourself. This is the psychotype of a person who is exhausted by uncertain earnings prospects - it is better for her to create some types of products and engage in business under, for example, her own brand. He will earn more money and save his health. Although, usually people like her are very afraid to jump from one type of activity to another and torment an unprofitable business until they are finally convinced of its unprofitability.

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Solo career

In 2003, the singer left the successful project and began a solo career. Her first free-floating work was the single “Let’s Forget Everything,” which quickly took high places in the Ukrainian charts. Then the compositions “Dawn” and “Tormented Heart”, which were highly praised by the audience, were also recorded. In the spring of 2004, the singer, who sought to prove her worth as a solo performer, gave a worthy performance at the Sports Palace as the opening act for the popular Swedish band The Cardigans. Alena Vinnitskaya’s songs were popular abroad. During the same period, her debut solo album “Dawn” was released, which included 12 original compositions recorded in partnership with the musicians of the group Cool Before. A year later, the second album entitled “007” was released. Its title song was used as the musical accompaniment for the film adaptation of Alexander Bushkov’s bestseller “Piranha Hunt”. In addition, in the same year, the German recording studio ZYX Music released the English version of the artist’s first album, entitled Sunrise.

Alena Vinnitskaya in her youth (clip “Tormented Heart”)

The beginning of 2006 was marked by the birth of the performer’s next disc, “Dolls,” which ridiculed the promotion of artificially created “artists” existing in the music industry with the help of friends, family and money. Alena Vinnitskaya - Dolls In 2007, a new edition of dance music “Electro” was released, which included remixes of Alena Vinnitskaya’s best songs of past years. Then the singer, for whom the stage became her life’s work, organized an event called “Star Road”. It consisted of 3 stages - the public presentation of the “Stargazer” video, the release of a gift collection of her musical works and a tour with concerts in major cities of the country.

In 2008, the maxi-single “Envelope” was released, and on the eve of the New Year holidays she gave a gift to fans of her work - she released a selection of the best dance mixes “ZAMIKSOVANO. The Best mixes". The following year, a video was shot for the song “I’m here, I’m close,” which became the soundtrack to the film “Random Recording” with the participation of Olga Lomonosova and Evgeny Stychkin, and the television premiere of the video clip for the song “All this is with us” took place.

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In 2010, the singer continued to actively implement her creative ideas. Her original performance of the composition “Listen to me, girl” appeared on radio broadcasts, in the creation of which she used a musical scale that was previously unusual for her. In addition, she released the single and video clip “What have you done to me?”, which appeared on television at the end of the year, as well as the album “Alena Vinnitskaya. Collection of hits 2003-2010."

According to Alena Vinnitskaya, her tattoo means “infinity”

In November of the same year, she took part in an anniversary concert in honor of the 10th anniversary of the VIA Gra group. As the producers planned, then almost all the former soloists of the legendary trio (8 out of 11) appeared on the stage of the Kyiv Palace “Ukraine”. “I want V VIA Gro”: Alena Vinnitskaya - He Over the 7 years of her solo career, the singer has released 8 albums. Then, from 2010, there was a slight decline in her work. In 2013, the single “He” was released and distributed freely online. The video premiered on the ELLO website. In 2014-2015 her composition “Sky” was among the top ten on the Russian music portal Tophit. In 2014, the artist, together with Alexander Skichko, became the host of the “Zirkovy Shlyakh” program on the “Ukraine” TV channel - the girl talked about events in the life of show business stars. And in 2020, she presented to the audience a new solo program, “Conversations about Love.”

Hosts of the show “Zirkoviy Shlyakh”

Biography facts

Alena's biography is not so simple. It consists of multiple searches for one’s artistic self and attempts to climb the mountain of musical Olympus. In the process of promoting her creative projects, Vinnitskaya faces a lot of obstacles. Having successfully overcome each of them, she proved her right to be on stage “solo”.

After 15 years from the first moment when the girl became famous in various countries, Alena remained as sweet and charming, maintaining her unchanged image for a long time.

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Alena Vinnitskaya in childhood

Still the same slender figure, powerful voice, preference for the “rock” direction in music. The singer remained true to her views and tastes.

Alena was born in Ukraine in 1974 into an ordinary average working-class family. After her father died, some time later the girl had a stepfather. In general, a kind, friendly atmosphere reigned in the family. The girl was not alone in the family: she has a brother.

When Alena’s own father was alive, they spent a lot of time together: they went out into nature, went fishing, went hiking in the forest, and played sports. It was he who instilled in his daughter a love for an active lifestyle, which left an imprint on Alena’s own preferences.

Famous singer at the beginning of her career

While studying at school, nothing special happened to Vinnitskaya. She chose a humanitarian direction for herself and began to devote a lot of time to the study of fiction. At the same time, the girl learns to play the guitar and writes the first poems of her own composition. At that time, her role model was V. Tsoi.

After school, Vinnitskaya makes attempts to enroll in acting training. Having failed the entrance test, he gets a job at an insurance company. Here she met a musical rock band. From this moment on, the stage of Alena’s cooperation with new acquaintances begins. Creating her own lyrics for songs, she herself performs them to the accompaniment. At the same time, the girl is studying in acting courses, where she is taught speech and plastic arts. Performances are rare here. Alena also takes part in them.

Singer Alena Vinnitskaya

In 1997, Vinnitskaya went to work on music television: she hosted a program about gossip. After several years, a fateful acquaintance with Valery Meladze occurs. He invited her to take part in the new musical project “VIA Gra”.

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This project was focused on sensuality and eroticism. The singer, with her excellent appearance and professional acting skills, is perfect for one of the roles in this group. Thus, she becomes a member of the famous girl pop group.

Personal life of Alena Vinnitskaya

The popular Ukrainian performer lived for more than 20 years with her husband and producer Sergei Alekseev (Bolshoi). They met at one of the rehearsals of the group “7”; he himself was then the lead singer and keyboard player of the group Cool Before. Their life together began in a small apartment on Bereznyaki, and by 2011 they had already become the owners of a country house.

Alena Vinnitskaya and her husband Sergey Alekseev (Bolshoi)

In 2013-2014, the artist experienced a serious nervous breakdown, family crisis and depression. She had to turn to psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and take antidepressants. But then she completely restored her health and felt a colossal increase in strength. She changed her diet, giving up red meat, which, in her opinion, made her react more calmly to situations that previously caused her extreme irritation. Yoga and meditation also helped her keep herself in control. Alena Vinnitskaya and Sergei Bolshoi - My Husband Plays the Blues (2011) The star couple has not yet given a concrete answer to the rumors circulating in the media about their divorce. The singer subsequently called the separation announcement, made public on April 1, 2013, a hoax. Her interview with Katya Osadchaya, host of the “High Life” program in February 2020, did not clarify this issue. Alena Vinnitskaya in the program “People. "Hard Talk"

Personal life

At the very beginning of her career, Alena Vinnitskaya met musician Sergei Bolshoi, and a romantic relationship quickly began between them. The couple lived together for several years and eventually became officially husband and wife. Alena and Sergey formed a creative tandem: the loving husband more than once helped his wife in her work and is currently actively producing not only herself, but also other promising performers.

Recently, information has emerged that the couple is experiencing a crisis in their relationship. Perhaps this is what affected the absence of children. There really were prerequisites for this, and the singer even had to leave the stage for a while to put her life in order. But now Vinnitskaya refutes all negative rumors and claims that everything is fine in the family. Moreover, Alena and Sergey are thinking hard about replenishing their family.

Alena Vinnitskaya now

The artist, who has been in a creative search for a long period of time, at the beginning of October 2020 presented a video for the lyrical song “Give Me Your Heart,” created in partnership with composer and arranger Alexei Laptev, known as Gorchitza. The video was shot using one-take technology, which gave it expressiveness and softness. Alena Vinnitskaya - Give me your heart (2016) On October 15, a presentation of her program “Singles - The BEST” took place at the Kiev concert hall Caribbean Club. The show included already famous hits from previous years and singles released in recent years.

Alena Vinnitskaya without makeup

In one of her last interviews, the singer named her child as her next project, as she dreams of realizing herself in a new capacity, like a mother.

In 2020, Alena Vinnitskaya released a new video

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