Marina Devyatova
Russian singer
Marina Vladimirovna Devyatova (Russian: Мари́на Влади́мировна Девя́това, born 13 December 1983) is a Russian singer and interpreter of Russian traditional music. She was a finalist of the third edition of Narodni Artist (People's Artist), the Russian equivalent of American Idol.
Biography
Marina Devyatova was born on 13 December 1983 in Moscow in the former Soviet Union. She is the daughter of Natalya Lopato, a choreographer, and singer Vladimir Devyatov, who was awarded the distinction People's Artist of Russia. Devyatov discovered his daughter's talent in her early childhood, when she started singing and feeling rhythm at the age of three. Her parents divorced when she was five years old. After the divorce, she was raised mainly by her mother. At the age of 11, she met again with her father, who encouraged her wish to become a professional singer and took her to sing with him at one of his concerts at the Rossiya concert hall.
In 1990, her parents enrolled her in the Shostakovich Children's Music School to study choral conducting. In 1999, she continued her studies at the Schnittke Musical College, specializing in solo folk singing.
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