“Crystal voice and shining eyes”: Lyudmila Senchina is remembered in Russia. “She was a person of light”: friends shared memories of Senchina Death of a People's Artist
In Moscow, after a long illness, the famous Soviet and Russian singer Lyudmila Senchina died at the age of 67. Millions of television viewers first heard and remembered her name after she performed “Cinderella’s Song” at one of the New Year’s “Blue Lights.” The portal site remembered what the path to fame was like for one of the most charming Soviet pop artists.
Love for the stage
The future singer was born in 1950 in the Ukrainian village of Kudryavskoye, in the family of a rural teacher and cultural worker. Soon her father became the director of the local cultural center - it was he who brought the girl to the stage. True, she played episodic roles in amateur performances.
At the age of ten, having moved with her parents to Krivoy Rog, the girl entered music and singing clubs and continued to participate in amateur performances. Then, in the early 1960s, the film “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” with Michel Legrand thundered in the cinema halls of the Soviet Union - after seeing it, Lyudmila Senchina finally decided to become an actress. After graduating from school, she went to Leningrad to enter the music school.
The girl chose the department of musical comedy at the Music College named after. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov at the Leningrad Conservatory. But when she arrived, it turned out that she was late for the start of the entrance exams. Senchina was not at a loss - she caught one of the members of the selection committee in the corridor and persuaded him to listen to the program she had prepared. Hearing Senchina’s voice, the teacher admitted her to the next round, and Senchina successfully entered the school. Perhaps it was this cheerful energy, perseverance and belief in the best in people and in life that not only helped her achieve success on the stage, but also brought the love of numerous viewers.
Step onto the stage
In 1970, immediately after graduating from college, Senchina was invited to work at the Musical Comedy Theater there, in Leningrad. In this theater, over the course of several years, the young, gifted artist, who also possessed a bright and at the same time fragile beauty, played many roles.
Senchina also appeared in films, including in the films “Magic Power”, “Shelmenko the Batman” and “After the Fair”. The turning point in her career was her role in the film “Armed and Very Dangerous,” which became the leader of the Soviet box office - also thanks to Senchina, who flashed in a spectacular love scene.
True, in the mid-1970s she had to leave the theater - the troupe had a new chief director, with whom the artist could not work well. She quit and decided to try herself in pop performances. As it turned out, this was a step towards truly national fame.
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To delight and infect millions of television viewers with her sparkling charm, Senchina only had one number. At one of the New Year's "Blue Lights", which, according to tradition, the whole country watched, Senchina performed "Cinderella's Song". She herself didn’t really want to sing it, but the director of the orchestra with whom the artist worked insisted, and she agreed.
“Believe it or check it, but yesterday I dreamed that a prince came rushing after me on a silver horse,” sang the fair-haired, graceful Senchina in her crystalline young voice. And the next day I woke up famous.
In the 1970s and 1980s, she repeatedly became a laureate of the popular singing competition “Song of the Year,” but her talent was admired not only in her homeland. In 1974 she received the Golden Lyre in Bratislava, and in 1975 the Grand Prix at the Sopot Music Festival.
The youthful "Cinderella's Song" was replaced by a romance from "The Days of the Turbins" - lyrical, poignant, sad and at the same time very bright. The whole country sang along with her to the lines about how “the white acacia’s fragrant clusters drove us crazy all night long.” And “White Acacia” was followed by “Love and Separation,” written by Isaac Schwartz with poems by Bulat Okudzhava.
Meeting with Legrand
During her career, Lyudmila Senchina managed to work with the main stars and masters of the Soviet stage: Alexandra Pakhmutova, Andrei Petrov, David Tukhmanov and even the rock star of the 1980s Igor Talkov. Lyudmila Senchina was married three times, her third husband was the famous musician and director Stas Namin.
But perhaps the main creative meeting took place during one of Senchina’s Moscow concerts. By coincidence, he was visited by Michel Legrand, an Oscar-winning composer and singer, winner of numerous international awards, who has worked with major Hollywood stars.
He was so delighted with the singer’s voice that he invited her to record a joint record. And soon the Melodiya company released their joint recording with songs from “Umbrellas of Cherbourg” - the very ones with which young Lyudmila Senchina’s love for the stage began.
Love and separation
In recent years, Lyudmila Senchina lived in St. Petersburg with her husband and producer Vladimir Andreev. She actively participated in various musical projects and appeared on television. In 2003, collections of her best songs were recorded: “Cinderella” and “Love and Separation”.
The singer’s death was announced by her husband, Vladimir Andreev, on the morning of January 25, noting that she had been seriously ill for the last year and a half.
Lyudmila Senchina is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Today, at the 68th year of her life, Lyudmila Senchina, the “Cinderella” of the Soviet stage, passed away, whose song “At least believe me, at least check”, it seems, everyone without exception knows. For a year and a half, Lyudmila Petrovna struggled with oncology, but did not want to burden anyone with her problems, so even the most devoted fans did not know about her poor health. She continued to perform and said that the stage gave her strength.
Today in the studio of the program “Andrei Malakhov. Live” people who knew and loved the singer gathered. They all spoke in one voice about what a bright, bright, sunny person she was, and recalled her extraordinary talent, soft velvet voice and rare spiritual qualities. Composer Laura Quint told how on tour Senchina fed the entire orchestra, bought and distributed to the group scarce goods to which she had access. Andrei Malakhov recalled how Lyudmila Petrovna, having learned about the explosions in the St. Petersburg metro, interrupted chemotherapy and rushed to the scene of the tragedy, just to help in some way.
Emma Lavrinovich, director of the Great Concert Hall "Oktyabrsky" in St. Petersburg, a friend of Lyudmila Petrovna, knew about her terrible diagnosis for a long time: “I went into the dressing room, she was sitting very tired after a difficult procedure. “You don’t understand how bad I feel,” - she said. “But I’m fighting.” After that, I put on a concert dress and went on stage. And no one knew anything.”
Alla Pugacheva, having learned about Senchina’s death, posted a photo of the singer on Instagram and wrote: “Farewell, beautiful Cinderella.” It turns out that Diva always admired Lyudmila Senchina’s voice and believed that her songs were the future. Actor and singer Sergei Zakharov is also confident that such a voice has never existed and will never exist. “There is no one to pick up this flag. No one will ever be able to sing like that,” singer and composer Igor Kornelyuk echoes him.
Guests in the studio also spoke about the rare beauty of Lyudmila Senchina, about her unique style. Many men paid attention to her, and there were legends about her marriages and romances. The first husband of the young singer was the operetta soloist Vyacheslav Timoshin, who, for the sake of marriage with her, divorced the star of the 50s, actress Tatyana Piletskaya. After the divorce, the son of Senchina and Timoshina stayed with his father, studied at the philology department, played in rock bands, then moved to Boston and began translating. Lyudmila's second husband was Stas Namin, leader of the "Flowers" group, grandson of Anastas Mikoyan. They met at the Olympic Games in Moscow. After getting married, we lived in different cities for 10 years. After the second divorce, Senchina disappeared from the stage and lived alone for six years. Senchina's third husband is director and producer Vladimir Andreev. With him, as the singer claimed, she felt like Christ in his bosom. But even more than marriages, the country discussed the singer’s novels - real and imaginary. She was credited with connections with Kobzon, Talkov, Sergei Zakharov and even the first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU Grigory Romanov, who allegedly eliminated rivals and even put them in prison because of his love for Senchina.
Why did the singer spend little time with her son? Who was her neighbor in the country? Who was Lyudmila Senchina's friends? All this and much more is in the program “Andrey Malakhov. Live”.
Senchina Lyudmila Petrovna is a popular Soviet singer, actress and very beautiful woman. She was born in the village of Kudryavtsy, which is located in Ukraine on December 13, 1950, and it is worth noting that according to the documents the woman was born in 1948. As Lyudmila herself said, this was done by her father so that she could start receiving a pension as early as possible. Height 165 cm.
Rosa is a girl in the most ordinary Soviet family, where her mother was a teacher at a local school, and her father was initially interested in bodybuilding, but later became the director of a cultural center in their village. It was thanks to her dad that the girl was able to go on stage for the first time. Most often, she took part in performances dedicated to some kind of celebration or amateur performances.
After the girl turned 10 years old, her whole family decided to move from the village to the city of Krivoy Rog, where little Lyuda began studying in singing clubs, and also completed her studies at school. Afterwards, the girl decided to go to Leningrad to enter a music school, but, unfortunately, she did not have time for the main tour.
Lyudmila managed to enter the school only by luck - in the corridor she met the chairman of the examination committee, whom she managed to persuade to listen to songs performed by her. Lyuda’s voice captivated the entire commission, and the girl received permission to pass the next exams.
And in 66 the girl began to study at this music school. Moreover, due to the fact that she was not local, Lyudmila had a rather difficult time standing out there. But the girl always had a punchy character, which allowed Lyudmila to complete her studies with a good diploma.
Movies
In fact, Lyudmila Senchina very rarely appeared in films, but in those in which she starred, she was always in the leading role. All the spectators really liked her, and her roles were actually very congenial for every person. Men fell in love with her most of all for her courage and incredible beauty, since in the film “Armed and Very Dangerous” Senchina exposed her breasts. It was with the filmography that Lyudmila’s biography began to change.
Music in Lyudmila's life
The Soviet actress worked in the theater for a long time and played a huge number of roles, and everything could have continued like this, and Lyudmila might never have become a popular singer, but the director changes in the theater, with whom they do not have a good relationship, and Lyudmila has to quit .
The girl decided to go on stage and perform songs that famous singers refused. Senchina’s calling card was the composition “Cinderella,” although, as the woman herself admitted, she didn’t want to perform it either, Anatoly Badkhen forced her to do it.
After this, Senchina began to receive a huge number of laureates and Grand Prix, and a few years later she was recognized as an Honored Artist of the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR.
Senchina reached the peak of her popularity in the 80s and 90s, when concerts began to attract thousands of fans, and her songs were played on virtually every corner. But, after some time, the popularity subsided, and only by 2002 the singer began to appear on the stage again, trying to regain her former popularity.
Personal life
Lyudmila was married three times. With her first husband, the artist had a common and only son, Lyudmila Vyacheslav. The relationship lasted 10 years and everyone thought it was ideal.
According to many people, Lyudmila decided to break off relations with her first husband after she met Stas Namin. As the singer herself admitted, it was with him that she had the most interesting years. But due to the jealousy of her second husband, who did not even allow Lyudmila to tour, the couple decided to separate.
6 years after breaking up with Namin, the woman decided to marry Vladimir Andreev again. As the woman herself said, with him she felt like behind a stone wall.
Death of a People's Artist
On January 25, 2018, it became known that Lyudmila Senchina had died, her last husband informed everyone about this. A woman died in the hospital; the woman had been very ill for the past year and a half.
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Andrei Malakhov dedicated the program to Lyudmila Senchina, who passed away today. Sad news to the host of the program “Andrey Malakhov. Live broadcast,” said the artist’s husband and director Vladimir Andreev. “At 8.45 in the morning my mobile phone rang. Lyudmila Senchina’s husband Volodya said: “Andrey, Lucy is no more,” the TV journalist shared.
The program said that Lyudmila Petrovna struggled with oncology for a year and a half. The star did not want to burden anyone with her problems, so she preferred not to talk about the serious diagnosis. The singer said that the stage gave her strength. Last fall, the artist appeared on TV for the last time, broadcast by Andrei Malakhov.
Former director of the “Flowers” group Nikolai Agutin shared that Senchina amazed those around her with her abilities. “We called her Lyudochka. She endeared herself to everyone. We lived at a time when the phonogram had not yet been invented,” he recalls. “Luda was an amazing person.”
Katya Semenova called Lyudmila Senchina “a person of light.” The artist watched last year’s episode of “Live,” in which her friend performed. After that program, it even seemed to Semenova that Senchina’s illness had receded, the darling of millions looked so wonderful.
“I won’t say that we were direct friends. But we communicated. When they called each other, they could chatter for hours. I knew she was sick. After that broadcast, I had hope that everything would work out [with the disease],” Semenova said. – You know, she could even send anyone to tell the truth. I’ve never made a face, this is so unusual for our time.”
Director of the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall Emma Lavrinovich knew about the famous singer’s illness and tried to support her.
“I remember going into her dressing room, and she was sitting tired and told me: “I’m fighting, it’s hard for me, but I’m fighting.” After that, she went on stage and smiled,” recalls a good friend of Lyudmila Petrovna. “No one even imagined how bad she was.” Her husband Vladimir was always next to her. He said: “It’s such happiness that we have a house in nature. Thanks to this, she somehow holds on.” She enjoyed nature."
Igor Kornelyuk and Tatyana Bulanova got in touch with the program studio from St. Petersburg. The famous composer and singer admitted that he could not come to terms with Senchina’s death. “I dreamed about Ilyusha Oleinikov. I didn't understand what he wanted to tell me. But when I learned this news, I understood everything. Lyusechka left... She was a soprano, a lyric soprano who could not be confused with anyone,” said Kornelyuk. “I won’t believe it, I won’t accept it.” It feels like she left for a while and will be back soon. It seems to me that there is no one to pick up this flag. The Lord gave her an amazing voice and appearance.”
Tatyana Bulanova often met with Lyudmila Senchina at concerts. “I want to believe that there is no death. She was positive and bright,” the singer recalls. “I knew she was sick, but she didn’t give that impression.” Very hard and sad. May her memory be blessed, of course.”
There were legends about Lyudmila Petrovna's novels. According to Natalya Nurmukhamedova, the star often confided in her.
“She talked about her first husband and regretted that everything turned out this way. I was sad that my son was left alone. But she spoke about it easily. And she showed me the diamonds that she carried with her, told me who gave her what. I thought: “How does she carry them around like that?” – said the singer.
At the end of the program, everyone present in the studio stood up to honor the memory of the famous actress and singer. The audience was shown a video in which Lyudmila Senchina performed Michel Legrand's song from the film “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.”
People's Artist of Russia, singer and actress Lyudmila Senchina died in St. Petersburg after a long illness. She was 67 years old. According to her husband and producer Vladimir Andreev, the artist was ill for a year and a half and spent the last days of her life in the hospital.
Politicians and cultural figures express condolences over the passing of one of the most beloved Soviet performers.
Senchina's death was called an irreparable loss.
“Dear Vladimir Petrovich, it was with deep sorrow that I learned about the death of your wife, Lyudmila Petrovna Senchina. Her departure is a great, irreparable loss for the art of music, for the entire national culture,” says a telegram addressed to the artist’s husband.
The head of state emphasized that Senchina “was loved for her amazingly beautiful voice, sincere, unique style of performance, for her kind, respectful attitude towards her listeners.”
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“The bright memory of People’s Artist of Russia Lyudmila Senchina will forever remain in the hearts of family, friends, all admirers of her bright and generous talent,” Putin said.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrote, in turn, that Senchina was brilliant and unique in every genre.
“Lyudmila Petrovna had a beautiful “crystal” voice, extraordinary artistry, and a special energy of goodness. Her vocal talent was capable of everything - jazz, pop, musical, in every genre she was brilliant and unique,” the head of government said in a statement.
According to Medvedev, a special atmosphere always reigned at Senchina’s concerts, and every spectator in the hall felt that she was singing only for him, and the songs she performed were filled with sincerity and warmth.
“Cinderella” and “Stork on the Roof”, “By the Pebbles”, “Love and Separation”, “Wild Flowers” - the whole country knows and loves these songs. She put a piece of her soul into each of them. And therefore they will forever remain in the hearts of millions of people, everyone who knew and appreciated this wonderful singer and admired her art,” the prime minister added.
“This is terrible and unexpected, a great grief. I knew her well, we had known each other for a long time. She was a good person, a wonderful singer. In addition, she was one of the most beautiful and charming artists on the Soviet and Russian stage. I know this for sure and I can talk about it, because I have always been her fan. I convey my sincere condolences to all her loved ones and those who knew her,” he said.
“She has lived a very private life in recent years. We communicated well, worked together in the same orchestra. Lyudmila was a wonderful person, a very talented singer, she was a friend,” the singer said.
According to her, Senchina was an open and sincere person.
“We knew each other for about 30 years, we met at Stas Namin’s Green Theater. On the set of “Universal Artist,” our dressing rooms were nearby, we visited each other. Sadness and sadness in my soul. She was a very open, sincere person, cheerful and cheerful. With your own unique and inimitable voice. Only the brightest and kindest memories remain,” he admitted.
About the work of Lyudmila Senchina
Lyudmila Senchina graduated from the Music College named after. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov at the Leningrad Conservatory. After completing her studies, she began working at the Leningrad Musical Comedy Theater.
The artist became famous after performing the song “Cinderella” at the New Year’s “Blue Light”. Subsequently, she became a laureate of the Song of the Year festival many times.
Listeners immediately fell in love with the romance performed by Senchina from the television film “Days of the Turbins” “The fragrant clusters of white acacia...”.
The actress starred in the films “The Magic Power of Art” (1970), “Shelmenko the Batman” (1971), “After the Fair” (1972), “Lyudmila Senchina Sings” (1976, concert film of Leningrad Television), “Armed and Very Dangerous” "(1978), "Blue Cities" (1985).
Over the course of her career, Lyudmila Senchina has released eight albums, as well as a separate collection of songs from different years that were not included in other albums.
