How old is Elena Maximova? “The Voice” star Elena Maksimova is enjoying her honeymoon in the Bahamas. You were noticed after the “First New Year” video...

Finalist of the second season of the show “The Voice” Elena Maksimova Since childhood, she aspired to the stage, but it took her 20 years to reach her goal. At some stage, the singer was forced to start everything from scratch - in a foreign city, without money, with a little daughter in her arms... But now, according to her admission, everything is finally going as it should

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Last year, Elena Maksimova was already in great demand: she performed with the orchestra for ten days as part of the military music festival“Spasskaya Tower”, gave several concerts in St. Petersburg, recorded a song that Leonid Agutin gave her, shot a video for it, then composed the composition “Our first New Year"... “This song was written by itself, I still don’t understand how,” says Elena. - In three minutes I came up with words and music, then I took everything to the arranger, and we shot a New Year’s video with the participants of the “Voice” project. And on the day of the presentation, Channel One called me and said that this song would become the final anthem on the “New Year’s Light”.

Elena, at the Five Stars festival in Yalta last summer you also performed the anthem. Do you specialize in them?

(Smiling.) I don’t know, maybe this is my purpose? With that song, everything turned out the same way as with the New Year's song, only my daughter Diana became the ideological inspirer. We were driving to celebrate her birthday, I had a car full of her classmates, and suddenly a song started playing in my head. Initially, I was invited to Yalta to sing “Two Stars” in a duet with another participant in “The Voice,” Sharip Umkhanov, but then I realized that I was now writing an anthem for “Five Stars”! Yalta for me native place, I am originally from Sevastopol. During the festival, everyone celebrated the entry of Crimea into Russia, and I myself had just received Russian passport.

As they say, the stars aligned.

Yes!.. And we are driving in the car, I am steering with one hand, and writing the lyrics of the song with the other... When we arrived at our destination, the song was already ready, and a few days later it was recorded. You know, I really like the energy of something large-scale; I constantly feel the desire to unite everyone. And I worked well in groups - in the musical We Will Rock You, and in the group Non Stop, and in Reflex...

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You are in no way associated with Reflex.

This needs to be sorted out. Despite the fact that the participants perform in rather revealing costumes, there are excellent vocals and live singing at concerts. Ira Nelson is a great singer and artist. Slava Tyurin - talented composer, producer. It was he who invited me to the group when, after the “New Wave” in 2008, I was looking around in search of myself. At that time I had what seemed to be a fairly successful track “Angel Wings” on my hands, but there were no connections and no understanding of what to do next. I always wanted to study solo career, and after “Wave” it seemed to me that I had learned something and could handle everything on my own. But then I realized that no, I couldn’t handle it. A year later, Slava called me - even before Volna I worked for him in the Non Stop group - and said: “Come join us at Reflex.”

And you immediately agreed?

I respect their creativity very much, so I agreed without a doubt. But she didn’t shine much in the group, because at that time there was some downtime: Slava and Ira lived in Los Angeles, they wrote albums there, and, by and large, there was no time to work with the group. But I have improved relationships in the right circles. In general, the first offer I received after working at Reflex was to appear in a men's magazine. At first I refused, but then I thought: why not? The yacht, the sea, I am the master of the situation, they promised me that I would shoot as I want, and besides, the photographer is my old friend Roma Kadaria... But then the editors and I fought a lot over each photo - I wanted to choose less candid, but more aesthetic. It wasn't easy.

What happened after Reflex?

I participated in the national selection for Eurovision with a song written by Swedish authors, but after that everything stalled for a while, and then I got on “The Voice”. At the blind audition, all four chose me - Leonid Agutin, Dima Bilan, Alexander Gradsky, and Pelageya.

And you weren't ready for this...

I thought: “Oh my God, I need to make up my mind.” Agutin did not show any special emotions, and Dima, I remember, jumped up from his seat and started screaming, Polya also supported him, and Gradsky gave it to me last place in his team, although there was still a whole day of casting ahead and among the fifty participants there could have been someone more talented. I was very flattered and now I want to tell everyone Thanks a lot. Everyone who knows me knows that I have been working towards this for a very long time. As a result, I worked with Leonid Agutin, which I am very happy about: he is a talented composer, a wonderful artist who performs all production tasks himself. And I have always strived for the same. I had two producers, but somehow it didn’t work out with them, and now I act on my own.

So now you are your own boss?

Yes, but my team helps me. You must have your own management, because it is impossible to simultaneously iron your suit and think about where you need to go and what to write down. Sometimes I don’t have time to put on makeup, comb my hair, or eat; I even arrived at my own presentation after drinking just one cup of coffee. Now I’m learning from my mistakes, I write a lot, I try to show everything I can. Thank God, “The Voice” gave us all the opportunity to be heard. There are viewers, and this motivates me to write new songs, such as “Our First New Year.” My daughter, by the way, took it for a school event - she asked for a backing track, remade the text and presented it at her “New Year's Light” » . (Smiling.)

Does she also play music?

Diana belongs to that category of children who, having creative parents, like to do everything themselves: she sings, comes to the studio, records something, participates in theatrical productions at school, organizes some events. Unfortunately, we see each other almost once a day, or even less often, so I try to take her to all the shoots, she also starred in my video. I don’t drag her into show business because... For example, at her age I couldn’t imagine my life without music, without a stage, without all this paraphernalia, but with her everything is different. She is a person of mood: when she is comfortable, she can be very, very bright, when not, she gets tired quickly. My mother didn’t drag me anywhere either, I shook her myself: “Do something, I need to sing.” ( Smiling.) In Sevastopol there was only one group in which I subsequently ended up. It was called “Multi-Max”, and there were many Maxims and Maximovs. It was just fate that I ended up there. I sang in it for six years and learned a lot as an artist.

But what about the classic parental “you need to get a serious profession”?

And I received a specialty - I graduated from the Institute foreign languages in the Sevastopol. I understood that I needed this for life. And now knowledge of English and French helps to sing songs and communicate with people on tour. Nowadays languages are a completely natural and obligatory element of education. And I’m not talking about the university, but in general - you need to know at least one foreign one. But I didn’t intend to work in my specialty, because music and stage are my calling, nothing else professional level I don't know how to do it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that you didn't have many prospects in Sevastopol. How did you see your future?

There were and are very good music schools there. My mother saw how rhythmic I was, how I could listen and hear music, and sent me to school. If she hadn’t done this... In general, everything comes from the parents, they must develop the child’s talents. At school, the teachers took charge of me and told my mother: “You have talented child, who will go to competitions.” My mother still sometimes asks me: “How is this possible? Maybe they replaced you at the maternity hospital?” He doesn’t understand how it is that in a family where there are no musicians, a person appears who plays music at a certain professional level.

What is your family's profession?

Mom is a teacher, dad is a military man, grandmother is a school director, another grandmother is a teacher. primary classes, grandfather is a physics teacher... This too creative professions In fact. A good teacher is an artist. To my relatives open lessons people came to watch this stage performance. ( Smiling.)

Elena, in yours creative biography there is a gap, you were married then. Did you really leave the stage for the sake of your family?

(Thinking about it.) I am the kind of person who cannot do many things at the same time. If I am intensely involved in artistic activities, then I have little time left for my family, and then my mother and all my relatives join in to almost spoon feed me. After getting married, I focused exclusively on myself, my pregnancy, my apartment, and borscht. I was just such a wife-wife. My husband and I came to Moscow together from Sevastopol, and I was building a family home in a city that was still unfamiliar. I understood: when the child is born, I will be with him for some time, and I did not have the thought, like many colleagues, that “I’ll take a short break and then go to work.” Perhaps if I had now gotten married again and given birth to a second child, I would have reasoned this way, but then I didn’t. I actually didn’t know if my career would start, since I had absolutely nothing here. I just watched TV and dreamed about the stage, but I also dreamed that I had a happy family- beloved and loving husband, the child I was really looking forward to. But it didn’t work out.

What happened?

I realized that nothing would work out with my husband, and I started all over again. Left in my arms Small child. My father was sick. I, too, was not entirely healthy: a difficult birth, postpartum depression, lack of milk... I did not leave the hospital: my daughter constantly had a tummy ache, she did not sleep. And at that moment we were left in female composition. My father is gone. Diana's dad and I have already had different lives. And my mother helped me with my child for twelve years so that I could do my work. She supported the family, and I was a dad to both myself and Diana - I earned money, realizing that there was no one to count on. This is how we existed. We also had a cat, but she died. Now I feel like I'm a child own daughter, because in some matters Diana has already outgrown me.

She independent girl?

Absolutely. She can live alone for weeks, cook her own breakfast and still not be late for school. We don’t have this: wake me up, iron my shirt and take me out, and then wait with lunch. We never had a nanny. Now Diana has grown up and does everything herself.

Diana is thirteen, it's starting difficult age. Are you waiting for some teenage rebellion?

No, the only problem so far is that she cut off her hair, a whole 15 centimeters. I wanted volume, curls. How I squealed! “Diana, no more, you’ll want long ones and won’t know how to grow them!” ( Smiles.) I have already started to put on makeup, but with restraint. Her dad, whom she sees once every few months - despite the fact that they live in the same city - is against it, and in general everyone is against it. In general, Diana and I, of course, are not without conflicts, but I am very proud of her, I have an amazing child. She has a core. And that's why I know I can rely on her. Sometimes she says to me: “Mom, stop it, mom, what are you doing?” We have a partnership with her. We have been living as dorm roommates for two years now, sharing our nice rented apartment for two.

Rented apartment?

About housing - this is absolutely lovely. I've been waiting for my apartment since 2008. Everything I ever earned I invested in it. That is, in fact, I don’t have money, it’s all there. And the house took twelve years to complete - it started back in 2002. And all this time we

Diana and I lived out of suitcases. Perhaps soon we will finally move into our own home, hurray! Some time ago beautiful initiative group decided to attract shareholders
brought the issue to the attention of the press and asked me to contribute to publicity. I sang on the ruins, on the concrete. The governor of the Moscow region came, TV channels “360°”
Podmoskovye" and "Russia 1", other reporters. A few months - and the problem was solved. One of these days we should receive the keys to our apartment.

Wow, when I saw you on stage - blooming and laughing, I thought that everything in your life had been arranged for a long time.

You know, nothing is ever given for nothing. When I appeared on stage I had blue dress, artificial diamonds for one and a half thousand rubles, I was tanned - I came from Sevastopol. And someone thought: “Yeah, everything is tied up with her, she bought them all.” And when they ask me how I do everything, I tell them how much they need to eat first. I don’t want to say: look what I had Difficult life. It's not easy for everyone. They just think about those on TV: “What problems could they possibly have? Children were fathered by oligarchs, everything is free for them.” And if the artist is divorced, then everyone is sure that she, let’s say, lives well on the compensation. This is not always the case.

I see that this attitude really upsets you.

Yes. But now everything is finally going really well. Friends come up and say: “Lena, congratulations, you’ve been working towards this for so many years, you deserve it!” I tell everyone: “Guys, the main thing is to really, really want it.” And don’t forget about all sorts of karmic things: you need to give more to people, do good, love more, sing for free. I often did this at charity events and in orphanages. And my mother, whom I have now sent to rest, also repeats: “Lena, you don’t need to constantly do this for money, do as much as possible for people just like that.”

The winner of the project “Exactly” was humiliated by her lover

The winner of the project “Exactly” was humiliated by her lover

In the TV show “Exactly”, the finalist of the “Voice” project Elena MAKSIMOVA scored maximum amount points, ahead of other participants. On the eve of the super season finale, we met with Elena and asked why her path to success turned out to be so long.

- You were noticed after the “First New Year” video...

- You said that every New Year in kindergarten dressed up as the Snow Maiden. Did you like it?

Mom worked as a teacher, naturally, she called me the Snow Maiden due to connections. One of the teachers dressed up as Santa Claus. In general, I stopped believing in Santa Claus early on.

- I see, with winter holidays you have a lot going on.

Once before the New Year, I was collecting money for a monument with fans Michael Jackson. So far we have collected little, but we are not abandoning the idea.

After kindergarten and school, the path lay to Sevastopol University. You graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages with honors, and then - the Black Sea branch of GITIS and your first tour.

Wherever they performed! I remember on warship in Sevastopol they sang next to guns and two missile systems. I wasn’t afraid of anything then, although I was in storms. And now I take care of my health and don’t eat too much. I fly business class not because I’m showing off, but because it’s more comfortable.

Sex under Pushkin

- Why did you leave the Decadence group?

Once a bass player I knew invited me to visit the composer Pavel Kashin. He invited me to participate in the NLP project - “Inspired by Lermontov and Pushkin.” I just graduated from GITIS and came to Moscow. I thought for a long time about how to sing. She decided infantilely, in a thin voice. This was my first reincarnation. They say that no one will recognize my strange, rattling voice. Famous music critic-blogger Guru Ken wrote: “Maksimova is a nightmare, drive him off stage!”

Pasha always tried to bring his girls into the project. They didn’t participate in Decadence, but they stood with me for the picture. As a result, the cable channel “Russian Night” launched our “NLP” as the soundtrack for a video with naked girls washing themselves in the bath with foam.

- Then you went to the Reflex group?

I ended up in a restaurant Arkady Novikova“Cheese”, where she sang western stylish things. Once I saw the lead singer of “Reflex” there. Irina Nelson and producer. She sang something from the Reflex repertoire and was hooked. They also had a group “Non-Stop” - a subsidiary. The producer suggested going there. I did just that, and after several tours I ended up in Reflex.

- And the money flowed like a river? The rich daddies must have perked up.

No matter how hard I try to exude sex, I can’t. True, in Kazakhstan, one dude approached the director of the group and said, pointing at me: “I’m ready to invest a million dollars in the group, and it’s all because of her!” But he didn’t offer sex. Reflex generally had strict discipline; you couldn’t even touch the girl.

Has developed arthrosis

I saw a number in “Exactly Exactly”: you, in the image of Gurchenko, sing with Boris Moiseev. This is not your first reincarnation into this elemental woman, is it?

Last year I was supposed to leave Moscow for the New Year, but suddenly I was informed that I had to perform on Red Square in Lyudmila Markovna’s dress. The wind, I wrap myself in a muff, sing “Five Minutes.” From that time on, Lyudmila Markovna did not leave me. She sang a song from the film “Old Nags” for “Culture”, then for “Exactly” she performed a hit song from the film “Straw Hat”. By the way, the project number is Moiseev another artist should do it. At first I was offended. You won’t believe it, she was sobbing and saying to herself: “How can you, Lyudmila Markovna, allow this to happen?!” And then this artist refused, so we sang with Borya. About three weeks ago we called the director of Moiseev - Sergei Gorokhov, I planned to record a song with Boris. But he disappeared. He probably doesn't feel well.

- Weren’t you afraid that your reincarnation as Lyubov Kazarnovskaya wouldn’t be accepted?

The following happened with “The Flea”: it was planned to be more grotesque, but they advised me to make it more restrained. I was afraid to go all in and show the way I had rehearsed. And I was still pleased, because I had never studied opera vocals before.

- How satisfied are you with the work of the make-up artist?

I just need my makeup Bianchi I didn’t like it - it turned out to be not similar. Her snub nose was made sharp for me, like Baba Yaga’s.

- Do you think you deserved the victory?

For the entire season I was given only one B. I developed arthrosis. Six hours of rehearsals a day, and at night. I was so tired that I could barely crawl to take the prize.

Left with baby

- Why did you break up with your husband? And by the way, who is he?

16 years have passed, and I myself want to find out the reason. We dated for three years before marriage, and everything was fine. I wanted to become a mother at the age of 21, so that I could devote myself to work. We signed when I was in my ninth month. And so, when I just gave birth, my husband went on a business trip for three months. Vadik said that he saves family business. I didn’t understand: my wife gave birth, she’s in one hospital or another, how can you leave her, knowing that she’s in poor health? Then I and the baby returned to Father's house. Apparently, we have such a share. Vadik was surprised that I was divorcing him. I didn't even feel like I needed help. Vadik, how could you do this to me? Apparently, I will live with this question until the end of my days.

- Do you allow your ex-husband to see Diana?

At first I was afraid that he would take my daughter away from me, but he had no intention of doing so. After me, Vadik had another abandoned wife with a child. Sometimes I beg the father to call his daughter at least once a year. But any conversation ends with the fact that we should not communicate.

- Is your daughter’s last name?

Father, but she wants to change it.

- Does he even pay child support?

I could pay ten children such alimony. And he thinks there are enough of them. How can you pay such a sum in Moscow?! And I don’t spend a penny on myself. My daughter has a Sberbank card, on which her dad deposits money for her, and she squanders it on things. And I pay for the rented apartment where we live. I think that Diana’s father should also participate in this. Vadik is not a poor man, he is public, now in the program “ Natural selection"as the head of Roskontrol speaks. (This organization is led by Vadim Gitlin. - N.M.)

- It turns out that after all these years in show business you haven’t earned enough money for your apartment?

In 2006, I bought an apartment on Rublyovka, in the village of Gorki-10. I invested in a new building, but the house was completed only ten years later. I bought an apartment in a business class building, but in the end I got an “economy” one. It is still standing without any repairs. The daughter does not want to leave the area where she grew up. Therefore, I’ll probably sell it and buy it in Moscow.

Who seduced whom?

Why didn’t things work out with “The Voice” participant Zhenya Kungurov? What a beautiful duet it was! “Promise me love”...

In one interview, Zhenya, without mentioning my name, called me a “litmus test.” Thank you for not using a piece of toilet paper. Maybe he is hurt and offended and he asks his wife for forgiveness for cheating. But he humiliated not only me, but also ex-wife, saying that he had outgrown it. I can't date married man, so she told Zhenya: “Make up your mind.” But this is only the first step to start the relationship honestly. And then more steps had to be taken. Zhenya didn’t make them. So we parted.

- From his interview it turns out that you broke up his family.

Zhenya's marriage to an actress Natalia Troitskaya I didn't interfere. Why did I seduce him? Maybe I ran away from him without looking back. Maybe we need to pay attention to Evgeniy’s moral principles. I hate that this happened, but anyone else could have been in my place. Zhenya now has another woman, a child was born, we don’t communicate, sometimes we don’t even say hello. But Zhenya and I had plans to start a family, although we did not live under the same roof, but only met.

I also have a problem. It just so happens that Diana knows: her mother’s work comes first. I have strong feeling guilt towards my daughter due to the fact that we were often apart. In addition, Diana told me that she would not accept someone who would wear “sweatpants” at home. However, if my daughter sees that he has appeared in my life a real man, maybe it will be possible to break this psychological barrier.

Now my heart is not free. He is a musician, we have been working together for many years. But marriage for me is not an end in itself.

- Will you celebrate the New Year with your loved one?

I hope, but I don’t dare to guess. If everything works out, I'll meet you at a private party in Paris. I wanted to take my daughter with me, but she prefers to be with friends.

Elena Maksimova (singer)

Elena Gennadievna Maksimova. Born on August 9, 1979 in Sevastopol. Russian singer. Ex-soloist of the group "Reflex".

Father is a military man.

Mother is a teacher, worked as a teacher in kindergarten.

Grandmother is a primary school teacher, grandfather is a physics teacher.

WITH early years I was interested in singing. “Mom remembers that it was impossible for me to calmly walk down the street and ride on a trolleybus - I read poems and sang all over the street. In the kindergarten where my mother worked, I was a regular Snow Maiden, Little Red Riding Hood and other characters. Sometimes they took me straight away from the playground and dragged me to the next matinee so that I could sing my signature number there - the song of an elephant trainer,” said Elena.

From the age of 11 she performed in the group “Multi-Max”, participated with the group in various singing competitions and won several times. “It was just fate that I got there. I sang in it for six years and learned a lot as an artist,” she said about participating in the group. The girl’s talent was so noticeable that her mother even quit her job to accompany her at competitions.

Graduated music school in piano class.

After graduating from school, at the insistence of her parents, she entered the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Sevastopol University, from which she later graduated with honors. “And now knowledge of English and French helps to sing songs and communicate with people on tour. Nowadays languages are a completely natural and obligatory element of education. And I’m not talking about a university, but in general - you need to know at least one foreign language. But to work according to I didn’t intend to pursue my specialty, because music and the stage are my calling, I can’t do anything else at a professional level,” she said.

While studying at the university, she worked part-time: she sang in cafes and clubs, and in the summer in sanatoriums and rest homes.

After graduating from university, she entered the Black Sea branch of GITIS. Their course was based at the Sailors' Club Theater, which belongs to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. There she was noticed by the conductor of the naval headquarters orchestra and invited her to perform as a soloist at the festival of military bands. They sailed on the ship "Kerch". “And when they came to France, I performed songs by Patricia Kaas: the orchestra accompanied, admirals and diplomats applauded. It’s impossible to forget,” Elena shared.

Studied at the institute for three years contemporary art in the class of pop-jazz vocals and a year at RATI GITIS.

Later, she and her husband moved to Moscow, but then returned to Sevastopol again.

At one time, her musical consultant was the guitarist of the legendary Queen Brian May(Brian May).

In 2006, producer Vyacheslav Tyurin invited Elena to his project - the group "Non Stop". It was with this group that Elena Maksimova became a participant in the Five Stars music festival.

In 2008, the singer was among the finalists international competition « New wave“, where she performed the song “Angel Wings”, which amazed the audience and for a long time was one of the most frequently downloaded compositions on the Internet. Then in the capital concert hall Composer Kashin presented “Peace” new project“Decadence”, and Maksimova became the voice of this group.

Also in 2008, she became one of the soloists of the group "Reflex", where she worked for almost two years.

After Reflex, she participated in the national selection for Eurovision with a song written by Swedish authors. She was a participant in the 2nd season of the show "Voice". Elena Maksimova passed the “blind” auditions, performing the song “Run to you”, and got into the team.

Elena Maksimova reached the semi-finals of the competition, where she performed a cover version of the famous Back in USSR group The Beatles.

In 2015, she took part in the second season of the transformation show. "Exactly the same" on Channel One. She appeared to TV viewers in the images of a French woman, a pop singer, and sang the famous “ Moscow Nights" - exactly like .

In 2016, she participated in the project “Exactly. Super season”, to which the most bright participants previous seasons. The final of the show took place on January 22, 2017, and Elena Maksimova, having scored the most a large number of points (299), became the winner. She lost only 1 point.

In the final episode of the “Super Season”, Elena Maksimova appeared before the audience in the image of Zemfira.

After participating in popular television projects, she presented the songs “I Won’t Let You Go,” “Our First New Year,” “Weightless Words,” etc.

Elena Maximova's height: 165 centimeters.

Personal life of Elena Maximova:

She was married to Vadim Gitlin (later became the head of the Roskontrol Consumer Union). The marriage produced a daughter, Diana. Almost immediately after the birth of their daughter, they separated.

She was in a relationship with a fellow singer. The artists recorded songs together, but after some time their cooperation ceased. At the time of their relationship, the couple did not share details - Kungurov was married to actress Natalya Troitskaya. But after he left his wife and gave frank interview, Maksimova also broke the silence. Evgeniy told reporters that he repented of his ex-wife, and his mistress became only a litmus test that exposed problems in his relationship with Natalya.

Elena Maksimova was insulted by words ex-lover: “Zhenya, in one of the interviews, without indicating my name, called me a “litmus test.” Thank you, not a piece of toilet paper. Maybe he is hurt and offended and he asks his wife for forgiveness for cheating. But he humiliated not only me, but also to my ex-wife, saying that he had outgrown her. I can’t date a married man, so I told Zhenya: “Make up your mind.” But this is only the first step for the relationship to begin honestly. And then more steps had to be taken. Zhenya didn’t did... I did not interfere in Zhenya’s marriage with Natalya Troitskaya. Why did I seduce him? Maybe I ran away from him without looking back."

IN this moment, according to Elena, her heart is not free, the singer’s chosen one is a musician with whom she has been working for many years.

Elena Maximova's childhood

Lena was born in Sevastopol. She started singing with early childhood. Mom worked in a kindergarten, the same one where her daughter went. Elena sang and performed almost non-stop. In my mother’s kindergarten, she was practically the permanent Little Red Riding Hood and the Snow Maiden. Her signature number at that time was the elephant trainer's song. Covered with a gray painted blanket, the teacher portrayed an elephant, and the young artist sang.

At eleven she was already performing in the “Multi-Max” ensemble, which toured many cities of the country, participated in various competitions, winning victories more than once. The ensemble worked for professional base. Elena’s mother even had to quit her job in order to take her daughter to competitions. The girl graduated from music school.

After school, she entered the university and graduated with honors. It must be said that Lena dreamed of being an artist since childhood, but her parents insisted that she first receive an education. Since she was good at languages since school, she applied to the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Lena did not get enough points for the budget department, so she had to study for a fee.

It was difficult for my parents; they earned money wherever they could. The girl decided to work too and began performing in clubs and cafes, and in the summer - in rest homes and sanatoriums. She understood that she still wanted to become a singer. Maksimova entered GITIS (Black Sea branch). Her course is located in the Sailors' Club theater, which belonged to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. From that moment on, she became a soloist of the Black Sea Fleet headquarters orchestra.

It was a good experience for her as a future singer. They performed at the military band festival, which took place in Cannes, and represented Russia there. Maksimova performed compositions by Patricia Kaas. It was 1998. In the same year, Elena won the festival, whose name is “Yalta-Moscow-Transit”. Maksimova not only worked in the orchestra, she performed in the music hall, in sanatoriums in Crimea, and at holidays.

The beginning of the career of singer Elena Maksimova

Despite graduating from college with honors, the girl never worked in her specialty, but it cannot be said that knowledge of foreign languages was not useful to her in later life.

In 2004, she successfully passed the casting for participation in the musical “We will rock you”, was selected from 1000 applicants and was included in the main cast. Brian May became her musical consultant. It turned out that a member of the Queen group had been following the successes of the aspiring singer for a long time; he noted her excellent pronunciation and amazing timbre. For six months the performance ran every day, seven days a week.

Producer Vyacheslav Tyurin invited Elena to a new project in 2006. It was work in the group "Non Stop", which became a good step in her career for the young singer, since it was with this group that she became a participant in the Five Stars music festival.

In 2008, Maksimova took part in the New Wave competition and reached the finals. In the finale, she performed the song “Angel Wings,” which amazed the audience and for a long time was one of the most frequently downloaded songs on the Internet. This competition made the girl recognizable. She immediately began recording the album. It was released in August 2009. The following people worked on this album with her: composer Pavel Kashin, the group “Ethnosphere”, author Olga Shamis. Elena performed songs on English language. Her perfect knowledge of the language and her education once again helped her.

In Moscow, at the Mir concert hall, composer Kashin presented his new project “Decadence”. Maksimova became the voice of this group. In the same year, she became one of the soloists of the Reflex group, where she worked for almost two years. When she started singing in the group, it was no longer very popular, but the singer gained invaluable touring experience. In the spring of 2011, she left the group to try her hand at solo performances.

Maksimova began to prepare her concert program, which by the summer had already been presented by her. New Musical direction, in which she now works, the singer calls intellectual pop. In the summer of the same year, Elena appeared in Playboy magazine, where her candid photographs were published.

2013 brought the singer the opportunity to reveal herself in a new way, becoming a participant in the show “The Voice 2”. She performed at the blind audition with the song “Run to You”. The performance was so worthy that all four jury members voted for Elena. Perfectly clear vocals created the impression of being an accomplished singer at the concert. Leonid Agutin became Maximova’s mentor on the project. The singer believes that the strongest team was selected from her mentor.

Elena reached the semi-finals of the show. She performed a cover version famous song"Back in USSR", which was performed at one time by The Beatles. Their songs were often performed by the singer with her group, and in her soul she feels like a “rocker”.

The mentor cast his vote not for Elena, but for Nargiz, another participant from Agutin’s group. Maksimova believes that he did the right thing, since Nargiz is the strongest among them. She herself also plans to root for her in the finals.

Speaking about her participation in the project, Maksimova said that it was a great success for her and personal victory that she reached the semi-finals. She came across worthy and strong opponents who would not be offended by losing. Although, as an ambitious and professional singer, Elena really wanted to get to the finals.

Elena Maksimova today

Now Maksimova says that looking back, remembering her performances and tours with different groups, it’s safe to say that she had been waiting for the show “The Voice” all her life. Thanks to a mentor like Agutin, who revealed her as a musician and director, she found herself at a certain level of success.

The project gave Elena a lot, she became famous and wants to use this in her future work and career. As long as people want to listen to her songs, she will sing. Maksimova is not going to rest after the project, believing that the level of success must be maintained. The only thing she will do is get some sleep and then start thinking about it. future plans.

Personal life

Elena got married immediately after graduating from the University. She and her husband went to Moscow. Their daughter Diana was born there. After some time, the girl returned to Sevastopol, but only with her daughter. She had to become the family's breadwinner. Since all the old connections were lost, we had to start from scratch.

Maksimova took mother and daughter to Moscow, where they live in a rented apartment. During the show, the daughter supported her mother. Elena says that she often goes on tour with her, she really likes it concert activity, and perhaps the daughter will become a director or manager.

The singer had to go through a lot in life, enduring blows. Her soul, as Maksimova says, is covered with an impenetrable shell, but on the project, most of the songs she performed were lyrical. Every time she went on stage, she had to show emotions, and for this she had to remove her shell and callousness.

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Biography of Elena Maximova

Elena Maximova's childhood

Lena was born in Sevastopol. She started singing from early childhood. Mom worked in a kindergarten, the same one where her daughter went. Elena sang and performed almost non-stop. In my mother’s kindergarten, she was practically the permanent Little Red Riding Hood and the Snow Maiden. Her signature number at that time was the elephant trainer's song. Covered with a gray painted blanket, the teacher portrayed an elephant, and the young artist sang.

At eleven, she was already performing in the “Multi-Max” ensemble, which traveled to many cities across the country, participated in various competitions, winning more than once. The ensemble worked on a professional basis. Elena’s mother even had to quit her job in order to take her daughter to competitions. The girl graduated from music school.

The beginning of the career of singer Elena Maksimova

Despite graduating from college with honors, the girl never worked in her specialty, but it cannot be said that knowledge of foreign languages was not useful to her in later life.

In 2008, Maksimova took part in the New Wave competition and reached the finals. In the finale, she performed the song “Angel Wings,” which amazed the audience and for a long time was one of the most frequently downloaded songs on the Internet. This competition made the girl recognizable. She immediately began recording the album. It was released in August 2009. The following people worked on this album with her: composer Pavel Kashin, the group “Ethnosphere”, author Olga Shamis. Elena performed the songs in English. Her perfect knowledge of the language and her education once again helped her.

In Moscow. In the Mir concert hall, composer Kashin presented his new project “Decadence”. Maksimova became the voice of this group. In the same year, she became one of the soloists of the Reflex group, where she worked for almost two years. When she started singing in the group, it was no longer very popular, but the singer gained invaluable touring experience. In the spring of 2011, she left the group to try her hand at solo performances.

Maksimova began preparing her concert program, which she had already presented by the summer. The singer calls the new musical direction in which she is now working intellectual pop. In the summer of the same year, Elena appeared in Playboy magazine, where her candid photographs were published.

Elena reached the semi-finals of the show. She performed a cover version of the famous song "Back in USSR", which was performed at one time by The Beatles. Their songs were often performed by the singer with her group, and in her soul she feels like a “rocker”.

Speaking about her participation in the project, Maksimova said that it was a great success and personal victory for her that she reached the semi-finals. She came across worthy and strong opponents who would not be offended by losing. Although, as an ambitious and professional singer, Elena really wanted to get to the finals.

Elena Maksimova today

Now Maksimova says that looking back, remembering her performances and tours with different groups, it is safe to say that she has been waiting for the “Voice” show all her life. Thanks to a mentor like Agutin, who revealed her as a musician and director, she found herself at a certain level of success.

Personal life

Maksimova took mother and daughter to Moscow, where they live in a rented apartment. During the show, the daughter supported her mother. Elena says that she often goes on tour with her, she really likes concert activities, and perhaps her daughter will become a director or manager.

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