The childhood of Anastasia Kozhevnikova
Anastasia was born in the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk, Nikolaev region, in the family of photographer Dmitry and choir soloist Tatyana Kozhevnikov.
Anastasia has no siblings. From early childhood, Anastasia loved to compose songs and perform with them in front of her family. Already at the age of two she firmly decided that she would become a singer. Therefore, at the age of six, Nastya was sent to the “Kapelki” children’s choir, and two years later the girl was enrolled in a piano class.
Anastasia Kozhevnikova has been a creative person since childhood
The comprehensive school also helped the little girl discover her creative potential. As a child, Nastya was a mischievous girl, she preferred to play with boys, and grew up, in her own words, as a “tomboy.” She studied well at school, without any C grades, studied choreography, was interested in acting, and sang in the pop song theater “Galatea.” Anastasia’s idol in those years was the singer Beyoncé.
Anastasia Kozhevnikova always dreamed of becoming a singer
Trying to make her dream come true, Anastasia participated in various children’s and teenage competitions: “Running on the Waves”, “First Swallows”, “Moloda Halychyna”, “Super Zirka”, “X-Factor”. Alas, none of them brought Nastya Kozhevnikova victory and recognition, although many spectators sympathized with her and her talent.
Before VIA Gra, Anastasia Kozhevnikova appeared on stage more than once
At the age of 18, Anastasia Kozhevnikova entered the Kiev National University of Technology and Design to major in organization manager. Starting university studies marked the beginning of adult life with its difficulties and problems. Anastasia lived in the KNUTD dormitory. To earn a living, the girl worked as a consultant in a pet store, distributed advertising leaflets, and worked as a Snow Maiden during the New Year holidays.
Personal life
Before getting into the project “I Want V VIA Gro!” the girl was dating a guy named Avaz Ibragimov. It would seem that everything is fine with the couple, and Avaz will soon become Anastasia’s husband, but this did not happen. When Anastasia gained overwhelming popularity, the couple struggled to maintain their relationship. However, due to her busy schedule, the singer could no longer be with her lover as much time as they both would have liked. In February 2014, the lovers broke off their relationship.
The press even reported that the girl’s new boyfriend could be one of the winners of the “I want to go to Meladze!” project, namely Vladislav Ramm or Anatoly Tsoi. Nevertheless, the rumors remained rumors, and the singer did not confirm such information.
Anastasia Kozhevnikova and Vladislav Ramm
Information regularly appeared in the media that Anastasia got married, but she herself repeatedly stated that she was not planning a new relationship, explaining this situation by being busy with the project. Such statements by the singer intrigue loyal fans who constantly follow her Instagram page.
“My mother gave birth to me when I was twenty, but I don’t want it that way. I’m still a child myself!” - says the 24-year-old singer.
Anastasia Kozhevnikova in VIA Gre
The beginning of Anastasia’s professional career and, without exaggeration, her new life is associated with her victory in a competition organized by Konstantin Meladze.
In 2013, the producer launched a reality show, according to the results of which the three finalists were to become the new composition of VIA Gra. The previous “version” of the group, which by January 2013 included only Eva Bushmina and “veteran” Albina Dzhanabaeva, according to Meladze, had exhausted itself and was disbanded. Anastasia Kozhevnikova at the casting for the show I want to join VIA Gro. A green-eyed brown-haired girl with curly hair with parameters 86-60-88 won the hearts of the jury and successfully passed the casting. During the show, she had to endure many tests, but in the end she, as well as Erica Herceg and Misha Romanova, won - not without the help of their mentor Nadezhda Granovskaya. Their composition became the most durable in the entire history of the project. The first performance of the updated VIA Gra, consisting of Misha Romanova, Anastasia Kozhevnikova and Erica Herceg, took place on November 4, 2013 in the Kremlin. After the first concert, the trio began filming a video for the song “Truce”.
Still from the video “Truce”
As part of the VIA Gra trio, Anastasia began her career as a pop singer. The repertoire of the updated group was selected from eight main hits of the legendary “VIA Gra”: “Deceive, but stay”, “Diamonds”, “There is no more attraction”, “Kisses”, “Crazy”, “Get out!”, “L. M. L.”, “Ocean and Three Rivers”, as well as several new masterpieces by Konstantin Meladze: “Truce”, “I Believe in Love”, “It was wonderful”, “Oxygen”, “I got someone else”, “So strongly". “VIA Gra” - “I don’t believe you” In 2013, Nastya Kozhevnikova, who successfully combined studio recordings, filming and touring with studies, was recognized as the most beautiful student at her native university. True, after the victory she had to transfer to correspondence courses, but she deservedly received her bachelor’s degree.
Anastasia Kozhevnikova at the KNUTD beauty contest
In 2014, the ensemble received the “Song of the Year 2014” award and the “Golden Gramophone” award for the single “Truce”. 2020 was also rich in hits, victories and awards. The song of the creative team “I have another one”, performed together with beatboxer Vakhtang, won the TopHit nomination “The most ordered song on the radio” and received the “Fashion People Awards” in the “Fashion Duet” category. "VIA Gra" ft. Vakhtang - “I have another one” The single “Oxygen”, performed together with rapper Mot, gave VIA Gre the Muz-TV award for the best duet in 2015, as well as the Golden Gramophone statuette.
The new composition of “VIA Gra” became the seventeenth in a row
Anastasia’s personal achievement in 2020 is that the singer took 95th place among the hundred sexiest girls in the world according to the English men’s magazine “For Him Magazine”.
In October 2020, Anastasia Kozhevnikova and her friends from VIA Gre, Elena Temnikova, Tatyana Reshetnyak and other stars staged a flash mob in support of Max Barskikh’s new album. Each quail covered one of the compositions from the new record.
Anastasia Kozhevnikova without makeup
Show “I want V VIA Gru”
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On November 25, 2012, Konstantin Meladze announced the closure of VIA Gra from January 1, 2013, explaining that the group had outlived its usefulness in its existing format[7]. However, a week later it was announced that they were casting for a group in the format of a reality show called “I Want V VIA Gro”. Meladze said that the time has come for a new “VIA Gra”, a new format[8][9].
Anastasia performed in the first episode of the show, where Konstantin Meladze was assisted on the jury by Igor Vernik and ex-soloist of VIA Gra Nadezhda Granovskaya. Nastya made it to the second round, performing Konstantin Meladze’s song “Unrequited”. In the second round, Anastasia successfully performed with Elena Pishchikova and Diana Shimanovskaya, but later Konstantin put her in a group with Misha Romanova and Erica Herceg. As a result, the resulting eight troikas had to fight for one of the mentors, who were the ex-soloists of VIA Gra, to take control of them. The groups independently chose songs for their performance.
The group of Anastasia, Misha and Erica was chosen by Albina Dzhanabaeva, but Konstantin Meladze canceled the choice of the mentor due to the fact that before the performance, without the knowledge of the costume designers, the troika cut off their concert dresses. The participants were supposed to leave the show, but Nadezhda Granovskaya persuaded Konstantin to leave them and give the group to her. Under the leadership of Nadezhda, the girls reached the finals, and according to the results of the audience vote, they won on October 25, 2013, becoming the new composition of the VIA Gra group. Also, in the finale they presented the song “Truce”, which subsequently won many awards and became the “calling card” of the new line-up.
Personal life of Anastasia Kozhevnikova
During her student years, the girl met photographer Avaz Ibragimov. Their relationship developed rapidly; the young man supported his beloved in all her endeavors, was present at the casting and on all the broadcasts of “I Want V VIA Gru”.
Anastasia Kozhevnikova has to sacrifice her personal life
But, alas, the relationship did not stand the test of fame. At the beginning of 2014, the couple broke up; Anastasia became the initiator of the breakup. After winning the casting show “I want to join VIA Gro,” Anastasia signed a contract with composer and producer Konstantin Meladze, according to which the singer was to devote five years exclusively to VIA Gre, forgetting about her personal life.
Filming the video “Oxygen”
Anastasia's life changed dramatically after she became one of the soloists of VIA Gra. From an interview with the singer, it became known that she and the girls from the group have to work a lot, and there is practically no free time left. The day is busy with filming, rehearsals, photo shoots, beauty salons, choreography classes, and stage speech. Anastasia is a hardworking and modest girl. Most likely, she would rarely be seen at parties and social events, if they were not related to the working moments of the creative team of “VIAGRA”.
Wedding of Anastasia Kozhevnikova
In August 2020, the media reported the wedding of Nastya and her lover, a young man named Kirill. He is a businessman who sells cocoa beans, but after the wedding the couple decided that he would try his hand at producing his beloved’s solo project.
Achievements
- 2013 - Victory in the show “I Want V VIA Gru”
- 2015 - 95th place in the “Top 100 sexiest girls on the planet” according to FHM magazine[17]
Awards and prizes as part of VIA Gra
- 2014 - RU.TV Award - Real Parish
- 2014 - MUSIC BOX Award - Best Promotion
- 2014 - Song of the year - single “Truce”
- 2014 - Golden Gramophone - single “Truce”
- 2015 - Tophit - The most rotated group on the radio in 2014[13]
- 2015 - Tophit - The most ordered song on the radio of 2014 - “I got another one” (together with Vakhtang)[13]
- 2015 - Muz-TV Award - Best Duet - single “Oxygen” (together with Mot)
- 2015 - Fashion People Awards - Fashion Duet - single “I got someone else” (together with Vakhtang)[18]
- 2015 - Golden Gramophone - single “Oxygen” (together with Mot)
- 2015 - Song of the year - single “It was wonderful”[19]
