Elena Kamburova

Elena Kamburova ( _ru. Елена Антоновна Камбурова; born July 11, 1940) is a Russian bard, singer, and actor. In addition to numerous solo albums, her voice is recorded in more than a hundred film soundtracks. She is a People's Artist of Russian Federation. She is Jewish.

Born in Novokuznetsk, she was raised in Ukraine where her family relocated. In 1967, she graduated from the State College of Circus and Variety Art (Государственное училище циркового и эстрадного искусства), and in 1979 from GITIS.

In the 1960s, Kamburova participated in concerts and radio recordings. She performed songs by Novella Matveyeva and Bulat Okudzhava. Okudzhava once noted that her art is "a lucky combination of vocals, intellect, and talent." [http://kamburova.theatre.ru/kamburova/]

From mid-1970s, compositions of Vladimir Dashkevich made up a significant part of her repertoire, based on the lyrics by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Blok and (unfavorable with the Soviet authorities) Marina Tsvetayeva, Anna Akhmatova and Osip Mandelstam.

In 1992, Kamburova founded The Moscow Theater of Music and Poetry, where she acts as the director, a performer and an actress.

Discography

LPs

* Прощай оружие, ("A Farewell to Arms" - on motives of Ernest Hemingway, 1970)
* Поет Елена Камбурова, ("Elena Kamburova Sings", 1975)
* Сказки об Италии, ("Tales about Italy", 1981)
* Послушайте, ("Listen", 1982)
* Да осенит тишина, ("Let There Be Silence", 1987)

CDs

* Дрёма, ("Dream" - Russian lullabies, 1997)
* Капли Датского короля, ("The Mixture of Danish King", 1999)
* Волшебная скрипка, ("The Magic Violin", 1999)
* Синий троллейбус, ("The Blue Trolleybus" - songs by Bulat Okudzhava, 1999)
* Дорога, ("The Road", 2000)
* Любовь и разлука, ("Love and Separation", 2001)
* Песни из кинофильмов - 1, ("Songs from Films - part 1", 2001)
* Песни из кинофильмов – 2, ("Songs from Films - part 2", 2001)
* Романс о жизни и смерти, ("Romance of Life and Death", 2004)
* Воспоминание о шарманке ("A Recollection about the Barrel-Organ" - songs by Larissa Kritskaya, 2007)
* Реквием, ("Requiem" of Anna Akhmatova, music by Vladimir Dashkevich, live, 2007)

External links

* [http://kamburova.theatre.ru/ Official site of the Theater of Music and Poetry]
* [http://beliy.ru/private/pod_nebom_golubym/kamb.mp3 Under Blue Sky] Kamburova sings "Над твердью голубой..." (mp3, [http://maof.rjews.net/article.php3?id=10036&type=s&sid=23 History of the song] )
* [http://ekamburova.narod.ru/records.htm Concert] Концерт в Центральном Доме Художника
* [http://ekamburova.narod.ru/albums.htm Albums]

In Russian

* [http://ekamburova.narod.ru/kamburova.htm Bio] at narod.ru
* [http://www.peoples.ru/art/music/pop/kamburova/ Bio, links, interview] at peoples.ru
* [http://www.vestnik.com/issues/98/1027/win/tsybul.htm ЕЛЕНА КАМБУРОВА: ШТРИХИ К ТВОРЧЕСКОМУ ПОРТРЕТУ] Алла ЦЫБУЛЬСКАЯ
* [http://www.newizv.ru/news/2005-02-18/20053/ 2005 interview] at NI
* [http://2005.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2005/49n/n49n-s34.shtml 2005 interview] at NG
* [http://www.womenclub.ru/content-view-420-104.htm Womenclub]