Svetlana Surganova

Svetlana Surganova

Svetlana Surganova
Background information
Birth name Svetlana Surganova
Born (1968-11-14) November 14, 1968
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Origin Russia
Genres rock
Occupation(s) singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments guitar, violin
Years active 1983 - present
Associated acts Diana Arbenina
Shura [1]
Elena Pogrebizhskaya[2]
Website www.surganova.su

Svetlana Yakovlevna Surganova (Russian: Светлана Яковлевна Сурганова) (born November 14, 1968) is a Russian rock musician, singer and poet. She was a founding member of the popular Russian rock band Nochnye Snaipery, providing vocals and playing violin. Presently she is a founding member of "Surganova i Orkestr" band.

"Nochnye Snaipery"

In 1993 Svetlana Surganova and Diana Arbenina established an acoustic duet "Nochnye Snaipery".

From 1992 to 1996, Surganova had been a member of "Нечто иное" band. As a sessional musician she took part in recording an album with "КузяBAND" from Munmansk.[3]

In 1998 Surganova and Arbenina released their first album ("Капля дегтя в бочке меда’’, "Drop of a tar in the ointment") which became popular on Russian radio stations such as "Европа Плюс", "Радио Балтика", "Модерн", "Ностальжи" and "Русский шансон".

In the end of 1998, women decided to change the stile of the band from acoustic to electric. In 1999, 2 new members entered "Nochnye Snaipery". In autumn of 2002, Svetlana Surganova and Diana Arbenina released their last joint albom "Cunami" ("Цунами", "Tsunami"). In December 2002 Surganova left the band.

"Surganova i Orkestr"

After leaving "Nochnye Snaipery" in 2002, Svetlana Surganova left the band and started her own, "Surganova i Orkestr" ("Сурганова и оркестр"; "Surganova and orchestra").[4]

In 2003, their first album "Neuzheli ne ja" (“Неужели не я”, “Isn’t it me”) was released and sold more than 100,000 copies.

In 2004, they were nominated for “the best live-band of the year” award and won the prestigious FUZZ magazine award for “Pesnya goda” (“Песня года”).

Songs from "Neuzheli ne ja", especially "Murakamii"[5] (“Мураками”, “Murakami”) and "Bol’no" ("Больно", "In pain") topped the music charts for months. The band shot a music video "Korabli" ("Корабли", "Ships"), that rotated successfully on MTV and MUZ-TV (МУЗ-ТВ), and went on the first tour through the country.

After the first album, later albums included: “Zhivoj” ("Живой",”Alive”) in 2003, “Vozljublennaja Shopena” (“Возлюбленная Шопена”, “Chopin’s beloved”) in 2005, “Sol” (“Соль”, “Salt”) in 2007. Those repeated the success of the first one: almost all the songs became hits and topped the music charts . The magazine “Russian Reporter” included the album “Sol” into the top 10 of the best rock-albums of Russia. Surganova i Orkestr is one of the most actively touring bands of Russia, performing across the Far East, Western Europe and the United States.

Definition coined by Svetlana Surganova for a music played by a group "Surganova i Orkestr" is "VIP-Punk-Decadence", which stands for: V - aesthetically pleasing scenic image of an elegant man who tends to think, the image of the artist, combining experience and unsophistication; P- energetic and sincere treatment, with swashbuckling charm and a high degree of self-irony; D - a sophisticated and intelligent, but at the same time accessible poetry, that affects the timeless themes and have their analog works of writers of the Silver Age and the poetics of French symbolism, and a Drive that forces public to "stand on their heads" and to barely held themselves in chairs.

Personal life

Svetlana Surganova never denied talks about her bisexuality.[6] In various interviews Diana Arbenina, a second founder of Nochnye Snaipery band, said that she was dating Surganova. The women were together for 9 years, but in 2002 they eventually broke up and Surganova left the band to create her own one.[7]

In 2008 she started advocating Side by Side (film festival) and became one of the judges.[8]

In Interviews Svetlana Surganova mentions that she believes in God. In her opinion there is one God, but different religions call them differently.[9]

Surganova was adopted when she was a child and has never seen her biological parents.[10]

In 1996 Surganova found out that she had a cancer. At the age of 27 she underwent a clinical death.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Шура и Сурганова и оркестр
  2. ↑ Совместный концерт Елены Погребижской и Светланы Сургановой
  3. ↑ Рен ТВ Какие люди Светлана Сурганова
  4. ↑ Chernov, Sergey (March 7, 2008). "A new club concentrates on the quality of music". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on July 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ Светлана Сурганова - Мураками
  6. ↑ Светлана Сурганова
  7. ↑ "Внутренняя революция доктора Сургановой". журнал Квир. Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  8. ↑ http://www.bok-o-bok.ru/community/opinions/
  9. ↑ Lipich, Olga (June 10, 2014). "Svetlana Surganova- and pain is our happiness". RiaNovosti.
  10. 1 2 Ivanova, Svetlana (October 26, 2011). "Пепел мною сожженных семи городов.". Moscow STORY.
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