They didn’t sing: why can’t the soloists get along with Sergei Shnurov? Ex-soloist of "Leningrad" Alisa Vox: biography. Information about the new vocalists of the Leningrad group Female vocals in the Alisa group

Fans of the Leningrad group are getting used to the new line-up - in the summer the bright and groovy Vasilisa Starshova left the team. And this is in the midst of a huge tour on the occasion of the 20th anniversary. First, the patient said, and then admitted on Instagram:

“Yes, I no longer sing in Leningrad. Everything is fine with me, I am happy, healthy, not tired, I have strength and energy in bulk. Thank you all for your kind words, excitement and support. Well, in the near future… wait.”

Vasilisa did not explain the reason for her departure. But now, with all his posts on Instagram, he is trying to prove to the fans that life after Leningrad does not stop.

Shnurov also kept silent for a long time, but when fans on social networks flooded with questions “Where is Vasya?”, He replied that the girl was tired.

Who will understand the motives of women? Tired, probably, - wrote Sergey.

Too bad, fans lamented.

To regret the past is the most unproductive occupation, - Shnurov put an end to the conversation.

Now Florida Chanturia is responsible for the female component in the group. Shnurov took her to Leningrad with Vasilisa.

In the group's latest video for the song "CHPKh", Florida played a major role. However, many Leningrad fans believe that she is far from Vasilisa's charisma:

"Without your energy, without your young enthusiasm and without your voice, the sound of the Leningrad group is rather poor." “Florida is boring. She has no fire! Clamped! And some too detached!

So why are the Leningrad soloists fleeing the group? Recall that the first girl in the team was the red-haired Julia Kogan. She joined the team in 2007 as a backing vocalist, but the project broke up a year later. In 2010, Leningrad was revived, and Kogan was taken to the team already in the place of the soloist. Julia performed until the fall of 2012, and then went on maternity leave. In 2013, Kogan finally left the team.

At first, Julia's departure was explained by the birth of her daughter. But later it turned out that Shnurov and Kogan stopped getting along with each other and the leader of Leningrad pointed the girl to the door.

A year later, Julia took up a solo career, released an album, and became a TV presenter. Now the popularity rating of Kogan is far from the time of working with Shnurov. She still tours, but she no longer collects stadiums, as before. And on the posters of Kogan there is always a postscript "ex-vocalist of the Leningrad group."

In November 2012, a new backing vocalist, Alisa Vox, appeared in the video for the Gulf of Finland, along with Kogan, who later took the place of Yulia.

Vox stayed at Leningrad for three years. During this time, she sang such hits as “37th”, “Prayer”, “Bag” and, of course, the legendary “Exhibit”, the video for which blew up the Internet. But suddenly, at the peak of her popularity, Alice leaves the team.

“I decided to leave the Leningrad group and launch my solo project! she announced on Instagram. “Working with Sergey Shnurov gave me a huge experience of stage life, I am eternally grateful to him for the opportunity to develop and improve.”

For a year and a half in single voyage, Alice released a solo album, shot several clips, none of which reached 500,000 views.

Alice Vox's departure from Leningrad Shnurov explained simply: she became a star.

“At my own whim, I make stars out of average singers,” he wrote on Instagram. - I come up with an image, material, I promote it. I decide how to serve them so that they are loved. Well, not really them, the image, of course ... The audience loves the image we made, and really do not want the end. But he is inevitable. Invented by me and made by the team, the Heroines of the myth quite quickly and naively begin to believe in their own Divine nature. And with the Goddesses, we do not know how. We are burning pots here ... "

Did not have much love for Alice and the wife of Sergei. Once, Vox posted a photo from the Sobaka.ru magazine award, where she was invited as a host. The girl thanked the publication for a good evening and received a scolding from Matilda Shnurova in the comments. The rocker's wife accused the singer of ingratitude.

“Alice, it’s amazing that there was no thanks either for the Ice, where 12 thousand spectators looked at you, or for the Moscow concerts with a full house. You have most of your subscribers here - fans of the Leningrad group.

By the way, many fans believe that Matilda plays an important role in the fate of the soloists of the group. Not so long ago, Sergey posted a joint photo of his wife and Florida on Instagram. And judging by it, the current soloist of Leningrad has no problems with the wife of the boss yet.

However, Florida does not seem to be relaxing.

When can we expect a new female representative as a soloist? - Sergey was asked on Instagram.

Always,” Shnurov answered. - There are about 5 billion women in the world. We must see everyone.

No one from the Leningrad group leaves on his own! - Said a friend of Shnurov, as well as a former member of Leningrad, Stas Baretsky, in an interview with World of News. - The soloists messed up, and they were removed from the team. But they pretended to leave on their own with their heads held high.

Alisa Voks is a Russian singer who has received national recognition as a soloist of the Leningrad group. Resident of the club D'12. The artist is known to the club public under the name MC Lady Alice.

Alisa Mikhailovna Kondratieva was born and raised in St. Petersburg. The girl's mother from an early age instilled in her daughter a desire to go on stage. At the age of 4, her mother enrolled Alice in the ballet studio at the Leningrad City Council and kept her daughter on a strict diet. But when it turned out that the child had no predisposition to academic choreography, Alice was transferred to the children's studio of the Music Hall. It was there that the girl's talent for vocals was discovered in choral classes.

As a preschooler, Kondratyeva played the main role in the play "Alice's New Year's Adventures, or the Magic Book of Desires" directed by Andrei Skvortsov, and also sang and danced a lot in other children's productions. Thus, by the time she had to go to school, Alice simply did not have time for lessons.

Due to poor school performance, the parents took their daughter from the Music Hall, but Alice insisted that she be allowed to continue her vocal studies with a teacher. In addition, Alice was a member of the Dance Sports Federation and even represented the district at city competitions.

After school, the girl goes to Moscow and enters GITIS at the pop department. There, Lyudmila Afanasyeva, who brought up far more than one celebrity, became Kondratieva's teacher. The vocalist made Alice believe in her own strength and work hard. However, due to the lack of finances, it was difficult for the aspiring singer to live in the capital, and part-time jobs in karaoke bars did not bring much income. Therefore, at the age of 20, Alice Vox left the theater institute, returned home and entered the local University of Culture and Arts, in the department of pop-jazz vocals. After graduation, the girl worked as a vocalist in the NEP cabaret restaurant, as well as a host at corporate parties and weddings.

Music

The first success came to Alice Vox when the artist began to collaborate with the Duhless club. The singer improvised on stage, singing lines from famous songs to the DJ's electronic beat. Soon this direction, called vocal hosting, became in demand, and Alice, under the name MC Lady Alice, began to be recognized and invited to perform in nightclubs. On the radio channel "Record", where the singer was once not accepted as a radio host, Alice began to record jingles.

In 2012, the girl heard about the casting for the well-known Leningrad group. The team needed a new session vocalist, as she went on maternity leave. At the audition, Alice showed herself quite confidently and even joked. As a result, the singer was accepted into the group. Moreover, if at first the girl was only a studio assistant, then since the fall of 2013 she has already entered the stage as a full member of the team. Thanks to her participation in the creative life of Leningrad, Alice became known to the public under the pseudonym "Vox".

It is interesting that on stage the soloist Alice Vox and the leader of the group allowed themselves to lead on the verge, and sometimes beyond the foul, and staged very frank scenes, but behind the scenes their relationship was restrained. The singer even called Shnurov by name and patronymic for a long time.

In the Leningrad group, Alisa Vox recorded many songs that became super hits. Among them are the sensational hits "Patriot", "Fire and Ice", "37th", "Bag", "Crying and Crying". The song “Exhibit” stood out especially, known for the line from the chorus “On the Louboutins” and which became a super-hit largely due to Alice’s vocals. The number of views of the video for this musical composition has reached 60 million.

In 2014, in protest against the ban on the use of obscene language in performances, the artist completely undressed on the stage of the concert of the Leningrad group in Moscow during the performance of the musical composition Loves Our People. At first, the girl turned out to be half naked, but at the end of the song, Alice went behind Sergei Shnurov and took off her panties, throwing her underwear into the hall. Photos and videos of the scandalous performance were freely available on the Internet and gained a large number of views and likes.

Nevertheless, after working together for almost 4 years, Vox and Shnurov came to a mutual decision. The singer decided to complete the scandalous stage of her own creative biography and set off on a free voyage. At the end of March 2016, Alice announced her departure from the Leningrad group and the beginning of a solo career. One of the last songs with the participation of Alisa Vox and Sergey Shnurov was the musical composition "Prayer".

Some sources of information indicated that the leader of the musical group Sergei Shnurov was the initiator of the gap, but the singer himself declined to comment. A scandal erupted on social networks: many fans of the group expressed their disagreement with the departure of Alice Vox and threatened to stop going to concerts.

Personal life

Alice Vox got married before she gained national fame. The singer's husband was a professional photographer Dmitry Burmistrov. The girl took her husband's surname and even on posters sometimes combined it with a pseudonym, signing "Alisa Voks-Burmistrova". The singer repeatedly emphasized that her husband is a wise person who does not get jealous because of spicy performances, as he is perfectly able to distinguish the show from real life.

However, at the end of 2015, Alice began to appear in public without a wedding ring and removed all photos of her husband from social networks. Soon the public became aware that Vox and Burmistrov.

Alice Vox now

In 2016, Alice Vox immediately set to creating solo musical compositions. The singer's first album contained cover versions of the songs of the group of the late Ukrainian musician, which Alisa covered. On television and on the Internet, the artist made her debut with a video called. At the end of December of the same year, in her own Instagram account, Alice announced the release date of the second solo video for the hit “Nights”. Both songs were included in Alice's studio album called "Sama". The debut disc also included the songs "Love", "Ships", "Silence".

Alice Vox positions herself as a vocalist working in the style of "electro-pop".

In the spring of 2017, Alisa released a video for the anti-oppositional musical composition "Baby", for which the singer, according to rumors, received 2 million rubles from representatives of the Kremlin administration. Fans of the artist reacted negatively to the appearance of this clip. Alice Vox's ratings began to plummet. In August, the vocalist removed the clip from her own channel on YouTube video hosting. In the same year, new clips of the singer "Inexplicable", "Eyes", "Queen of the Disco" appeared on the network.

Now the singer is preparing for the release of the next album "New Alice Vox", which can be pre-ordered by contacting the vocalist's page on the network

Alisa Mikhailovna Voks (née Kondratiev). She was born on June 30, 1987 in Leningrad. Russian singer, presenter, former soloist of the Leningrad group. Known as MC Lady Alice, a resident of the D'12 club.

“According to the stories of my parents, at a very young age I climbed onto stools and began to sing, dance or grimace - in general, I did what I am doing now,” Alice recalled.

Her mother wanted her daughter to become a choreographer. As Vox said, her parent in her youth tried to become a model with Vyacheslav Zaitsev, but she did not succeed.

However, Alice's mother used a creative approach in her upbringing: at the age of four, she sent her to the ballet studio at the Lensoviet Palace of Culture. Before that, the girl was kept on a diet for a year so that she was quite slim. Alice still remembers how she constantly wanted to eat.

“For one year I hung on the ballet barre like a monkey, and then my mother took me to the children’s studio of the Music Hall, where they discovered my voice in choral classes at the age of six,” the singer shared.

And already from the first grade of the school, she simply did not have time for lessons: "six days a week I attended classes at the Music Hall and played the main role in the play "Alice's New Year's Adventures, or the Magic Book of Desires" directed by Andrei Skvortsov".

She did her homework while sitting on the floor of the locker rooms or dance classes, and therefore she constantly received reprimands for bad handwriting.

But not only mother was engaged in Alice. As Vox noted, her father also gave her a lot: “My dad raised and raised me, taught me everything I know, told me everything I know and gave me a direction in development,” she once wrote in social networks.

However, let us return to the childhood of our heroine.

Although she was taken away from the children's children's studio (due to poor school performance), she continued to study in music circles, was a member of the Dance Sports Federation, studied vocals and even represented the district at city competitions.

By the eleventh grade, Alice said, she came to the conclusion that she needed to enter the Theater Academy. I entered the pop department without any problems: "at the entrance exams it was necessary to sing and dance, and in this I was strong." But when they began to show her a kettle, an iron, a bunny, sketches for justified silence, she realized that this was not her.

The girl went to Moscow and entered GITIS. There she met a vocal teacher who gave her a start in life - Lyudmila Alekseevna Afanaseva. Having raised more than one pop celebrity, she made Alice believe in herself.

It was difficult to study because of financial problems: “it was impossible to survive on four thousand from my parents,” Alice recalled. Therefore, she began to actively earn money in karaoke bars.

As Vox later said, "in the capital, in an amazing way, every second guest turned out to be a producer who was going to make me a star, you just had to go to him." But she refused such offers.

At the age of 20, she left GITIS and returned to her native St. Petersburg, where she entered the University of Culture and Arts, in the department of pop-jazz vocals. She was lucky again: she got to the excellent teacher Natalya Yuryevna Ponomareva. As Alice said, the teacher worked with her "primarily with a personality, and not with a voice."

In St. Petersburg, Alice was invited to work as a vocalist in a cabaret restaurant "NEP"- until now, in his magazine advertising blocks there is a photograph of Alice in a hat with a pink feather.

Four days a week she worked in a cabaret, during the day she led weddings or corporate parties. "At the same time, I was so torn not for the sake of money, they are just bonuses for me, like in a game, and I collect them with the excitement of an avid player", - the artist explained.

Somehow she had to improvise on the stage of the Duhless club. Under the DJ's electronic beat, she hummed famous verses that harmoniously fit the music. It turned out well. Alice found her own format: vocal hosting, which, according to her, "was not in Russia before."

She began to tour a lot and began to earn good money. And if earlier she did not manage to get a job as a host on Record radio, then they themselves invited her to record jingles for them, which she still does.

In 2012, Alice went to the casting in the group "Leningrad" as a session vocalist - the team needed a soloist to replace the pregnant Yulia Kogan. Alice recalled how she met: "When he appeared in the kitchen of the studio, introduced himself and asked if I was familiar with the repertoire, I replied:" Since the tenth grade, I know, "to which he muttered with a smirk:" What a nightmare "".

But after two auditions, he included her in the group and she quickly got up to speed. Her first performance took place in Germany.

Six months later, Yulia Kogan returned from the decree and they worked together. But then Kogan left the group and Vox became the only soloist.

Leningrad and Alisa Vox - "Fire and Ice"

With experience she gained her height "my personal pride is F-sharp of the second octave" she said.

“The first year in Leningrad, I called Seryozha exclusively Sergey Vladimirovich ... At first, I could not once again raise my eyes next to him, furtively looked at the back of his head in the tour bus, trying to believe that he was not disappearing, he was real! On this stage, we always did trash, debauchery and sodomy in full," Alice said.

Alisa Vox and Sergey Shnurov

In the Leningrad group, Alisa Voks performed, perhaps, the most powerful songs of Shnur, at least of recent times - “Patriot”, “Fire and Ice”, “37th”, “Crying and Crying” and, of course, - “ Exhibit" - which became a super hit.

Leningrad and Alisa Voks - "Exhibit"

Also in the Leningrad group, Alice was remembered for her outrageousness on the verge of a foul.

At the end of March 2016, it became known that Alice Vox left the group and would again build a solo career.

True, her explanations for leaving the team and Sergei Shnurov differ.

Alisa Vox about her departure from the Leningrad group: "Friends! I have decided to leave the Leningrad group, and I am launching my solo project! I am very glad that I can share this new stage in my life with you all. Working with Sergey Shnurov gave me a great experience of stage life, I am eternally grateful to him for the opportunity to develop and improve. Also, I thank all the musicians and people close to the band who have been by my side and supported me for the last 3.5 years. Wish me good luck on my new path, and very soon we will hear from you again!".

Sergey Shnurov about the departure of Alisa Vox from the Leningrad group: ""Leningrad" is what I came up with and think up. I live by this, no matter how pompous it may sound. The fact that it changes and remains that very unexpected "Leningrad", I consider one of my main successes. as I think, it's to play without fire in the eyes, fuck off. Formally. The fire on the stage should burn! And so it will be no matter what. "

Leningrad - "I'm crying"

On July 22, 2016, the first solo album "Sama" was released, which turned out to be a rehash of the songs of the late Ukrainian artist Kuzma Scriabin. Alice's debut solo album failed.

Alice Vox Height: 168 centimeters.

Alisa Vox's personal life:

Even before joining the Leningrad group, Alisa married a club photographer from Rostov, Dmitry Burmistrov. They met at one of the parties in St. Petersburg.

In her interviews, she said more than once that her husband is a wise man and does not make her scandals because his wife gets up on stage, they say, the show is a show. Just as she is not jealous of Shnurov.

"I'm lucky, my husband treats everything with understanding. We met a very long time ago, he went all the way to becoming with me. He understands the needs of the work process, so he turns a blind eye to many things, dressing room, knows perfectly well that Sergei Vladimirovich is happily married," the artist noted.

In the fall of 2015, information appeared that Alice broke up with her husband. The reason was called either her "star disease", or an affair with Sergei Shnurov.

She stopped wearing a wedding ring, and removed her husband's surname from social networks. Also, joint photos with his wife stopped appearing in Burmistrov's account.

Vasilisa Starshova (22), who replaced Alice Vox (30) last year, announced yesterday that she was leaving "" - she did not even perform at the anniversary concert on July 13th. Her partner Florida Chanturia (27) performed alone. On this occasion, we remember all the girls of the group.

Julia Kogan (2007-2012)

The same red-haired beast, Yulia (36) came to Leningrad in 2007 as a backing vocalist and performed with (44) and Co. for two years - until the group broke up due to creative differences. "Leningrad" did not give concerts and did not record songs. Then Julia joined the team of the St. Petersburg team St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review. And in 2011, Leningrad got together again, and Yulia again came to Cord.

Together they released the album "Henna", and after that Julia left forever - she had to leave the project due to pregnancy. In early 2013, the singer gave birth to a daughter, Lisa, from photographer Anton Bout.

Alice Vox (2012-2016)

Alice came to Leningrad to replace Kogan - the blonde auditioned without difficulty, her voice was hoo. The popularity of the singer was brought by the scandalous song "Exhibit" (the same one about Louboutins). But soon after the release of the track and video, Vox left the band. Alice said that she left voluntarily and on her own, but the sources claimed: Shnurov could no longer tolerate the behavior of the “starred” Vox and kicked her out of the group. And just a day after Alice left, he wrote on Instagram: “I didn’t promise anything to anyone. At my own whim, I make quite stars out of average singers. I come up with an image, material, I promote it. Invented by me and made by the team, the Heroines of the myth quite quickly and naively begin to believe in their own Divine nature. And with the Goddesses, we do not know how. We're burning pots here."

After Leningrad, Vox launched, which the audience did not like. After the release of Alisa's debut video for the song "Hold" Cord said "Properly kicked out", and recently Vox released a video for the song "Baby" (yes, yes, this is where "there are four mistakes on the poster in a nutshell" and "learn from mistakes it’s never too late, since the heart wants change, then start with yourself”). They say (and not without reason) that the song and video are an order from the Kremlin. And the price was even announced - 35 thousand dollars. There are more dislikes on the video than likes, and Vox's reputation cannot be restored.

Vasilisa Starshova (2016 - 2017)

Vasilisa replaced Alice - for the first time, fans of the group saw her at a concert on March 24, 2017. Then Cord said: “Everyone asks me - where is Alice? In my opinion, a stupid question, since it is clear that she is not here. But we will answer with a song. And the group sang a very obscene song with a general message: "go to hell." Starshova did not stay long in Leningrad, and yesterday she announced her retirement on Instagram. "Child, healthy! Things are like that. Yes, I no longer sing in Leningrad. Everything is fine with me, I am happy, healthy, not tired, I have strength and energy in bulk. So we are waiting for solo work from Vasilisa!

Florida Chanturia (2016 - present)

Florida got into the group along with Vasilisa. She graduated from the University of Culture and Arts with a degree in pop-jazz vocals and after that she went to work as a singer in karaoke bars. One day, her friend called the girl and said that he had given the number to the guys from Leningrad. They called and invited her to audition. Florida, by the way, is her real name!

Alisa Vox is a Russian singer who has received recognition from a multi-million audience as a soloist of the Leningrad group. No, this is not an exaggeration. What is the song "Exhibit" worth, the video for which has been viewed on the Internet by more than 60 million people! And all thanks to the unsurpassed vocals of Alice Vox. The biography of the girl can be called rich and interesting, but first things first.

Childhood and youth

Alisa Mikhailovna Voks (Kondratieva is her real name) was born in Leningrad. It happened on June 30, 1987. Giving an interview now and talking about her biography, Alice Vox says that in her childhood she was looking for a convenient moment to climb onto a chair and sing a song, recite a poem.

The girl's mother, who dreamed of her child's career on stage, enrolled the baby at the age of 4 in a ballet studio and put her on a strict diet. About a year later, it became clear to everyone that, unfortunately, the girl was not making much progress in this field. But Alice's mother did not give up and enrolled her in the Music Hall children's studio, where the teachers soon appreciated the young talent's vocals.

It's time to go to school. Alice, keen on performances, music, did not have enough time for lessons. Parents felt that studying was more important, so they insisted on their daughter leaving the Music Hall, allowing her to practice vocals in a school circle.

After graduating from school, Alice entered SPbGATI without any difficulties, and a year later she moved to the capital of Russia and transferred to GITIS. When the girl turned 20, she was forced to return to her hometown (due to financial problems) and continue her studies at the University of Culture and Arts.

Biography of Alice Vox: the beginning of a career

After graduating from high school, the girl worked as a host at weddings, many other celebrations, and was a vocalist at the NEP restaurant. But the first success came immediately after the start of Alice's cooperation with the Duhless club. She skillfully improvised on stage, singing popular tunes to the DJ's electronic beat. Very soon, the public appreciated this direction, and a girl named MC Lady Alice began to be invited to perform at prestigious nightclubs. But a sharp turn in the biography of Alisa Voks-Burmistrova (this is her last name after marriage, but about the singer’s personal life a little later) occurred in 2012, when she successfully passed the audition and was accepted into the Leningrad group.

finest hour

At first, the girl took part only in the studio recordings of Leningrad, replacing which she went on maternity leave, but promised to return. But already in 2013, Alice, who pleasantly surprised everyone with her serious vocal abilities, charisma and self-confidence, became a full member of the group and entered the stage. She herself sang all the female parts in the compositions of the group, and together with her staged such provocative, incendiary and frank shows on stage that some people literally had their hair on end.

It is interesting that the leader of the group and the soloist allowed themselves such behavior only on stage, but behind the scenes Alice called him by name and patronymic for a long time, even lowered her eyes when talking with Sergei Shnurov.

"Patriot", "Exhibit", "Fire and Ice", "Bag" - these and many other songs became real hits. Alice's vocals, so sonorous and multifaceted, could not but attract attention and interest.

Having walked such an interesting, fun and scandalous path together, Shnurov and Voks decided to end their cooperation in 2016. As the singer says, she just wanted to finish the scandalous stage of her biography and pursue a solo career. According to some sources, Shnurov himself initiated the gap, but the singer does not give any specific comments on this issue.

Personal life

Many fans of the singer are also interested in this page from the biography of Alisa Voks-Burmistrova. For how many years she appeared in public in revealing outfits, behaved on stage either playfully or defiantly, gave interviews on a variety of topics, but all these years she preferred not to talk about her personal life. It is only known that even before participating in Leningrad, she married a famous photographer and lover of club life, Alice always respected her husband, considered his opinion, spoke only positively about him. The girl has repeatedly said that this is a wise person who understands the need for her piquant behavior on stage, that he perfectly sees the difference between show and reality.

But already at the end of 2015, they began to notice her without a wedding ring, at the same time she deleted all joint photos with her husband from social networks. Dmitry and Alice finally broke off relations at the very beginning of 2016.

Conclusion

Today, the girl creates solo compositions, records albums. It cannot be said that the public appreciated her new songs very highly. Perhaps the fans are simply accustomed to perceive Alice as an indispensable member of the Leningrad group, to see her constantly next to the charismatic Shnurov. Most likely, fans need time to get used to the new image of Alice. We wish the girl success in this difficult period for her and we will look forward to new hits.