Lidia Klement
Lidia Richardovna Klement | |
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Ли́дия Ри́хардовна Кле́мент | |
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Born | 8 July 1937 |
Died | 16 June 1964 |
Education | Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineering |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 1958–1964 |
Notable work | Karelia Rain on the Neva Is All This for Me Alone? |
Lidia Richardovna Klement(Russian:Ли́дия Ри́хардовна Кле́мент;8 July 1937 – 16 June 1964[1]) was aSovietsinger.[2]
Early life
[edit]She was involved with music and singing since childhood, studying piano at a music school for children and singing in a choir.[3]Later, when studying at theLeningrad Institute of Civil Engineering,Klement sang in a student jazz ensemble.
Career
[edit]After graduation, she worked for two years as adesign engineerand sang with the Naum Tyomkin Variety Orchestra at theOrdzhonikidze Palace of Culture.In 1958, for about a year, she sang with the ensemble of theLeningrad Comedy Theater.She was noticed and composers started writing songs especially for her.[2]
Lidia Klement gained fame all over the Soviet Union with songs such asKarelia,Rain on the Neva,andIs All This for Me Alone?.She performed frequently on radio and television, including on the extremely popular[tone]musical variety showGoluboy Ogonyok.In 1964, just months before her death, she released a record with 9 songs on it (throughMelodiyarecord label). At 26 years of age, at the peak of her career,[2]she was diagnosed withmelanomaand soon died. She leaves behind a daughter, a granddaughter, and a great granddaughter, who[who?]live in the United States.[4][5]
See also
[edit]- "Karelia" (song)in the Russian Wikipedia
References
[edit]- ^"Our Pride: Lidia Richardovna Klement".Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineeringofficial website.
- ^abcElizaveta Uvarova, ed. (2004).Эстрада в России. XX век: энциклопедия.OLMA Media Group.ISBN9785224044627.
- ^Сайт, посвящённый памяти Лидии Клемент
- ^Maria Olshanskaya."Лидия Клемент и Нонна Суханова (" Слушай, Ленинград, я тебе спою… ")".
- ^"Biography: Lidia Klement".Peoples.ru.
External links
[edit]- Website dedicated to Lidia Klement(in Russian)