Semenkina Ekaterina Efimovna ( November 5, 1926 , Moscow - August 8, 2009 , ibid.) - soloist of the Academic Choir of Russian Song of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center . People's Artist of Russia (1977).
| Ekaterina Semenkina | ||||
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| Date of Birth | November 5, 1926 | |||
| Place of Birth | Moscow | |||
| Date of death | August 8, 2009 (82 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Moscow | |||
| Buried | ||||
| A country |  the USSR  Russia | |||
| Professions | singer | |||
| Instruments | ||||
| Genres | folk , folk songs | |||
| Collectives | Academic Choir of the Russian Song of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center | |||
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Biography
Born on November 5, 1926 in Moscow in a working class family. She took singing lessons from O. V. Kovaleva, A. V. Rudneva and N. V. Kutuzov. Since 1947, for more than 50 years she sang in the choir of the Russian song of the USSR Radio and Television (since 1982 - the head of the group of soloists).
Her repertoire includes more than 400 Russian ancient and modern author's songs. In the film “ It Was in Penkovo, ” a duet with Lyudmila Zykina sang the famous song by Nikolai Dorizo and Kirill Molchanov “ There are so many golden lights on the streets of Saratov ”.
Husband - Nikolai Vasilievich Kutuzov (1926–2011), chief conductor of the Academic Choir of Russian Song of the Central Television and All-Union Radio, People's Artist of the USSR (1986). Daughter - Elena Nikolaevna Kutuzova (b. 1950), since 1994 - chief choirmaster of the Academic Choir of Russian Song of the Russian State Museum and Cultural Center, since September 2011 - artistic director and chief conductor of this group, in 2015-2017 - artistic director of the Siberian Russian Folk Choir, Honored Artist Russia (2001).
Awards and titles
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (04.16.1963)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (07/05/1977)
- Order of Honor (11/27/1995) [1]