Childhood and student life
Shatskaya Nina Sergeevna was born on March 16, 1940 in the capital of our country - Moscow. Her parents were ordinary people who had nothing to do with theater and cinema.
From the age of 7, our heroine studied vocals. She dreamed of becoming a famous singer in the future. But fate decreed differently. In high school, Nina became seriously interested in acting.
After receiving a school certificate, the young Muscovite went to GITIS. She applied to two faculties - musical comedy and drama. The girl managed to conquer the members of the selection committee with her vocal abilities and sense of rhythm. As a result, Shatskaya chose the Faculty of Musical Comedy. In 1963 she successfully graduated from GITIS.
Theater activities
Where did Nina Shatskaya get a job after receiving her diploma? The actress tried to get into the troupe of the Mossovet Theater, where Valery Zolotukhin served. However, management refused her. Our heroine spent almost a year at home. And yet she managed to perform on the stage of the Mossovet Theater. The actress, who was cast in the lead role in the production of “The Wedding Ring,” did not return from filming. The theater director urgently began to look for a replacement for her. And then he remembered Nina. Shatskaya agreed to help out the theater management. The actress performed the performance brilliantly, and then settled back at home.
In 1964, Nina and Zolotukhin went to see the film at the Taganka Theater. They showed Yuri Lyubimov an excerpt from the operetta. They were both accepted into the main troupe.
Nina Shatskaya, whose biography we are considering, worked at the Taganka Theater until 1993. She was forced to leave due to a conflict with the head of this institution, Yuri Lyubimov. For some time, the GITIS graduate collaborated with the Taganka Actors' Community Theater. But that's not all. Since 2003, she has been an actress in the capital’s “School of Modern Plays” theater.
Nina Shatskaya: films with her participation
Our heroine's film debut took place during her student years. The first film in which the young beauty Nina starred was called “Colleagues” (1962). She successfully reincarnated as a sweet girl named Inna.
In 1964, the second film with Shatskaya’s participation was released - the comedy “Welcome, or No Trespassing”. The image she created (of the pioneer leader) turned out to be bright and realistic. This role brought the young actress her first fame. And director Elem Klimov was pleased with the collaboration with her.
In 1968, Nina Shatskaya received her first leading role in the musical comedy “White Piano”. Her character is Alla Sergeevna Arsenyeva, a musicologist by profession. This woman is obsessed with finding unique instruments that represent different eras. Alla Sergeevna’s collection already includes Peter the Great’s balalaika and the drum that Genghis Khan played. Now the object of her search is a white piano that once belonged to the emir of Bukhara.
Listed below are other interesting film works of the actress for 1971-1990:
- drama “The Premature Man” (1971) - Nina Arkadyevna;
- fairy tale film “Forest Song. Mavka" (1980) - water Mermaid;
- melodrama “Time for Thought” (1982) - Elena;
- detective series “A Visit to the Minotaur” (1987) – drug addiction specialist;
- social drama “Children of Bitches” (1990) - Elena Konstantinovna Gvozdilova (one of the main characters).
Moving to Moscow
The singer left hospitable St. Petersburg and set off to conquer the capital. In Moscow, she went to work at a variety show on Tverskaya Street. In addition, she decided to improve her qualifications by entering the Gnesin Academy, where Professor Natalya Andrianova became her mentor.
The singer began to perform not only romances, but also jazz compositions. In 2005, Nina gave a concert “Jazz mainstream”, which was recorded on a solo disc.
Singer on stage
The singer’s first disc was released in 2000 and was called “Game of Love.” The remaining discs were dedicated to Russian classics and ancient romances:
- "Lady Romance";
- "Song of Happiness";
- "Emerald";
- "Witch";
- "Zephyr" and others.
The singer successfully combines jazz and romances - she is the first who decided to combine these two different directions. Before her, Valentina Ponomareva performed romances and jazz, but did not combine them.
The singer’s manner of performing romances is interesting and unusual. She fascinates with an unexpected stop or a sudden rise in her voice in those places where it seems to her that she needs to emphasize. The singing is breathy, sensual and lively - touches the listeners.
Nina Shatskaya transforms on stage as soon as the first chords of the introduction begin to sound. It is clear that she lives the romance that she performs. She feels every note, passes every phrase through her heart. Her wonderful voice makes listeners tremble and gives goosebumps. Added to this is the sparkle of her beautiful eyes and the smooth gestures of her hands - they are like birds soaring above the stage and slowly falling down. This explains her unprecedented success.
With actress Olga Kabo
Nina dedicated a cycle of songs called “The Witch” to the 120th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova. She recorded the disc to the accompaniment of the cinematography orchestra (conducted by S. Skripka).
Nina Shatskaya also tried her hand at cinema. She played episodic roles in the television series: “In the First Circle” and “On the Corner, at the Patriarch’s”. The singer also appeared in the theater, playing with actress Olga Kabo in the plays: “I was looking for you” (dedicated to the 125th anniversary of M. Tsvetaeva), “Memory of the Sun”, etc. In 2004, Nina Shatskaya became an Honored Artist of Russia.
Now the singer does not give up her performances, touring cities across the country and abroad. She has many fans. Nina has a large number of creative plans.
Nina Shatskaya: personal life
Our heroine's first husband was Valery Zolotukhin. They studied in the same course. Valery immediately liked the sweet and smiling girl. The young man did everything to win her favor.
In their fifth year, Nina and Valera officially got married. They got married on February 14, Valentine's Day. True, at that time Soviet citizens did not yet know this holiday.
In 1969, Shatskaya and Zolotukhin became parents for the first time. Their son Denis was born. Unfortunately, the happy family life lasted only a few years. Our heroine is tired of turning a blind eye to her husband’s constant infidelities. In the end it all ended in divorce.
Personal life
The singer does not like to talk about the details of her personal life. It is known that in the 90s Nina Shatskaya developed a relationship with Franco Vitale, a photographer from Italy. However, the romance did not last long. Franco's intentions were serious, but Nina fell in love with someone else.
Later, the bright brunette was credited with having connections with movie and pop stars, but Shatskaya did not comment on the rumors. In an interview, she admitted that, like most women, she dreams of getting married and having children, but she understands that it will be difficult for her husband to be with a self-sufficient person whose life is dedicated to the stage.
Apparently, Pavel Gusev, a billionaire, a member of the Public Chamber under the President of Russia and the owner of Moskovsky Komsomolets, was not afraid to throw in his lot with the artist. The couple got married in 2019, on Nina’s birthday - April 22. The husband is 17 years older and has four children from two previous marriages. The media tycoon's fortune is estimated at 30 billion rubles.
By the way, Shatskaya according to the documents is Ninel. The name was given in honor of Vladimir Lenin, with whom the date of birth coincided. Mom wanted to name the girl Asya, but in the end the family came to a consensus - Nina.
Because of her last name and first name, the singer sometimes gets confused with the first wife of Valery Zolotukhin, who later got married to Leonid Filatov. The famous namesake, Shatskaya said, without understanding the details or believing gossip, once insulted her in an interview, suspecting that “the girl was using someone else’s name.”
“Clinging to” someone else’s fame is not in Nina’s rules. Now, when receiving an invitation to an event, she specifies the middle name of the person they want to see.
Nina has enviable model parameters: height 180 cm, weight 68 kg. She is proud that after 50 years she wears the same dresses as at 25. In her youth, while studying at a university, the woman gained 30 kg, for which she received a severe rebuke from her father. Since then, he carefully monitors his figure, does not eat after 18:00, preferring separate meals. In addition, Shatskaya loves long walks, yoga, and flies to India once a year, where she undergoes a special massage course.
Second marriage
Zolotukhin did not remain single for long. He met the pretty and talented violinist Tamara. After some time, the couple got married. And in 1979, their common son, Seryozha, was born.
Nina Shatskaya also found a new love. Our heroine’s chosen one was the actor and poet Leonid Filatov. It was he who raised her son from her first marriage.
Filatov and Shatskaya met at a time when the actress was married to Zolotukhin. During their romance, Valery Alekseevich married Lydia Savchenko. However, both of these unions soon fell apart.
In 1985, Shatskaya and Filatov went to the registry office. Their marriage lasted just under 20 years. Only death could separate two loving hearts. In October 2003, Leonid Alekseevich died after a serious illness.
Shatskaya Nina Arkadyevna
Nina Shatskaya was born on April 22, 1966 in the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region. She took her first musical steps in her father’s band, the Rainbow jazz orchestra. She studied in St. Petersburg, where she simultaneously graduated from the Music Hall School-Studio and the Humanitarian University. After moving to Moscow, she developed her vocal skills in the class of Professor of the Gnessin Academy, Honored Cultural Worker Natalia Zinovievna Andrianova.
The press and fans are increasingly calling the singer the Diva of Russian Romance. As an original, extraordinary and daring person in a good way, Nina is not afraid of experiments, relying on her impeccable taste and natural musicality!
The repertoire of singer Nina Shatskaya includes romances, jazz, retro, and Russian songs. Nina has about ten unique solo programs, united by a common tone and theme. From solo projects follows about, which consisted of concerts “Emerald”, “Jazz Mainstream” and “Song of Happiness” and took place in 2005, “Music of Love”, “Snow Maiden”, “From Romance to Jazz”, “Game of Love”, “The Witch”, dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of Anna Akhmatova.
Together with actress Olga Kabo, two performances dedicated to the great Russian poets were created. The play “Memory of the Sun”, in memory of Anna Akhmatova, premiered in 2011. And the play “I was looking for you..”, dedicated to the relationship between mother and daughter - Marina Tsvetaeva and Ariadna Efron, which premiered in 2013. Both projects were recorded at the Mosfilm tone studio, accompanied by a cinematography orchestra, conducted by Sergei Skripka. Performances are shown both in Moscow and in the best philharmonic societies of Russia.
The singer has been actively touring Russia and neighboring countries in recent years. Her solo concerts are held at the best philharmonic venues, accompanied by symphony orchestras and folk instrument orchestras.
In addition to concerts, Nina takes part in events and musical evenings organized for royalty and foreign ambassadors. The singer is a frequent guest of cultural programs at film festivals. In August 2008 she represented Russia in the cultural program of the Olympic Games in Beijing, and in February 2010 in Vancouver. In 2015, she participated in the cultural program of the BRICS and SCO summits in Ufa.
In the fall of 2020, two videos will be released for the compositions “Where we are not..” and “Time”. In October 2020, at the invitation of composer Eduard Artemyev, he takes part in the anniversary concert of Nikita Mikhalkov and Eduard Artemyev - “Territory of Love”. The song “Forbidden Love” she performed from the film “The Barber of Siberia” became one of the brightest moments of the concert.
2016 became an anniversary year for the singer. Concerts in Russia and abroad were dedicated to the birthday. The culmination was the concerts in the Gradsky Hall on his birthday and a gala concert at the Moscow International House of Music. Nina’s friends and colleagues took part in them, such as Olga Kabo, Ekaterina Guseva, Mariam Merabova, Vladislav Kosarev and many others.
In April 2020, a photo exhibition of Nina Shatskaya’s photographs from her trips to Africa, India, Mongolia, Japan, and Chile opened at the State Kremlin Palace. After two months of exposure, the exhibition was sold at a charity auction jointly with the Creation Foundation.
In May 2020, the RIPOL publishing house published the book “Thirst for Life.” It contains notes and photographs by Nina Shatskaya about travel to 16 exotic countries. The book is in demand in the largest bookstores in the country.
In October 2020, a presentation of the singer’s new disc, “Songs of Love and Sorrow,” dedicated to two great composers in the romance genre, Boris Fomin and Boris Prozorovsky, will take place in the diplomatic hall of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. The disc was recorded with the best jazz musicians in Moscow. In April 2020, for the singer’s anniversary, the Kultura TV channel filmed a solo concert “We Are Only Acquainted” with romances that were included in the basis of this disc.
Nina has two episodic roles to her credit - in the television series “On the Corner, at the Patriarch’s” and “In the First Circle.”
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Happy mother and grandmother
The son of Shatskaya and Zolotukhin has long been an adult and independent person. Denis received a musical education at one of the Moscow schools. He successfully entered the directing department of VGIK, but after the 3rd year he transferred to the Theological Seminary.
Nina Sergeevna is very proud of her son, who, by the way, became the priest Dionysius. He also made her a happy grandmother.
Shatskaya has three granddaughters (22-year-old Olya, 19-year-old Tanya and 18-year-old Masha), as well as two grandchildren - Alexey (born in 2000) and Nikon (born in 2002). The actress is on a warm relationship with her daughter-in-law Alla.
