Biography of Nadezhda Babkina, a great performer of folk songs

One of the most famous performers of the Russian folk song - Nadezhda Babkina, whose biography will be considered in this article, she sang from early childhood. To choose a profession not related to music, she simply could not. More than thirty years of performances on stage, she learned to perform folk songs the way no one else can.

Biography of Nadezhda Babkina is rich in bright theatrical concerts, state prizes and other awards. About how the singer has achieved this recognition, read in the article.

Biography of Nadezhda Babkina: childhood

The future singer was born in 1950, on March 19, in the Astrakhan region, in the family of George Ivanovich Babkin, a descendant of Cossacks, who served in the White Army. The Chistyakov family, from whom Mama Nadezhda, Tamara Aleksandrovna, was born, owned a Moscow factory in the pre-revolutionary period.

In 1957, the daughter was given to the first grade of secondary school in Bolkhuny, where Georgy Ivanovich was appointed chairman of the kolkhoz. Armenians, Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Cossacks, and Chechens lived in the village, so guests of different nationalities often appeared in their house. The girl liked to sing in early childhood. Noisy companies often arranged various masquerades with songs and dances, Father of Hope played on all sorts of musical instruments, so the girl grew up in the atmosphere of the holiday and was a very artistic child. Already in the tenth grade, she deserved recognition of her talent, taking first place at the All-Russian competition of young performers in the genre "Folk Song". Her idol at that time was Lyudmila Zykina, whose songs she often rehashed.

Biography of Nadezhda Babkina: youth

After school (in 1967), the girl entered the music school in Astrakhan. And already in 1969 she became the vocalist of the orchestra of the regional directorate of cinematography and film distribution. Before the beginning of the film, Babkina always performed, for which viewers came to the session half an hour earlier. While studying at the school, Nadezhda met the composer Gladchenko, with whom they together prepared over a hundred songs. In 1971, the girl graduated from the school and went to conquer Moscow. Having easily entered the Gnesins Institute, she began to make confident steps towards her dream of becoming a great artist. In 1975, Hope and her friends began to "write" the history of the ensemble "Russian Song". At first the girls gathered in the hostel, rehearsed long nights and imagined themselves on the big stage. Popularity did not come right away, at first, only a few spectators came to their concerts in small towns. Only at the Song of the USSR contest, held in Sochi in 1976, talented girlfriends noticed.

Biography of Nadezhda Babkina: glory

After the acclaimed success in Sochi, the ensemble "Russian Song" received gold at the competition in Bratislava in 1978, and in the second Song of the USSR contest in 1979 also won first place. Since 1978, the team begins work under the leadership of Babkina at the "Mosconcert".

For the entire period of her work Nadezhda Georgievna released a lot of records, tapes and discs, her repertoire now makes more than 2000 songs. For forty years, she and her ensemble traveled all continents, actively promoting the rich Russian music culture.

Nadezhda Babkina. Biography. Personal life

She was married for the first time to the drummer Vladimir Zasedatelev, who lived with her for more than 17 years. In 1975, he gave birth to Daniil's son, who gave her two grandchildren: George (2010) and Vera (2013). Now her husband is the singer Eugene Gore.