Dossier

Name: Zemfira Ramazanova

Born: 1977, Ufa.

Founded band: 1997. Zemfira includes the musicians Vadim Soloviev, Sergei Mirolyubov, Oleg Pungin and Yuri Tsaler.

Selected Awards: 2004: “Triumph” award for achievement in art and literature

2003: MUZ TV Best Album  for 14 Weeks of Silence; Nashe Radio “Live Performance of the Year; Best Music Video (for “Infinity”). 2001: FUZZ Awards: Best Group, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Concert Group. 2000: FUZZ Awards: Best Group, Best Album.

Discography: Zemfira (1998),  Snow (Sneg)  (1999), Goodbye (Do Svidaniya) (2000), Forgive Me, My Love (Prosti menya, moya lyubov) (2000), 14 Weeks of Silence (Chetyrnadtsat nedel tishiny) (2002), Traffic (Trafik)  (2002). Her latest album Vendetta, was released in March.

Website: zemfira.ru

Name: Julia Chicherina

Born: 1978, Yekaterinburg.

Band formed: June, 1997. Chicherina includes Azam Muxametov, Aleksandr Alexandrov, Rinat Akhmadiyev, and Sergei Sozinov.

Selected Awards: 2003: MUZ TV Song of the Year for “My Rock-N-Roll” (“Moy rok’n’rol”) , duet with the group Bi-2. 2001: FUZZ Award for Best Music Video (for “Tu-lu-la”)

Discography: Albums:  Dreams (Sny) (2000), Tu-Lu-La (2000), Current (Techeniye) (2001), Current (re-release) (2001), The Road (Doroga) (2001), Points (Tochki) (2002), Off/On (2004). Next album expected late summer or early fall.

Website: chicherina.net

Name: Vika Voronina

Born: 1984.

Band formed: 2001. Name: Propaganda

Selected Awards: 2004: Golden Gramophone award for the song “Yai’Ya” (“Yay-Ya”). Song of the Year 2004 for  “Quanto Costa.” Hundredpound Hit (for best radio hit) for “Quanto Costa.” Bomb of the Year (for best dance hits) for “Yai-ya” and “SuperKid” (SuperDetka).

Discography: Kids (Detki) (2001), Not Kids (Ne Detki) (2002), Who?! (Kto?) (2002), So Be It (Tak i byt’)  (2003), Someone’s Playing At Love (Kto-to igrayet v lyubov) (2003), Super Kid (SuperDetka)(2004)

Recent updates: Vika and Propaganda are currently touring within Russia and are finalizing dates and locales for spring and summer concerts in Germany and America.  The music video for their new hit song, “Marie Fell in Love with Juan” features an American Old West theme.

Website: probkistars.com