Biography
Aida Vedischeva, the real name of which Ida Weiss, - the Soviet and American singer, known to the Russian public as a performer of songs from old movies and cartoons. The artist managed to preserve the large army of fans on both sides of the ocean.Childhood and youth
Ida was born in Kazan on the eve of the Great Patriotic War. Parents moved to this city from Kiev. The fact is that the father of the girl Solomon Josephovich, a Jew by nationality, was a professor of medicine and invited him to lecture on dentistry at a local university. Subsequently, the works of Solomon Weiss used as textbooks on the dental case in the medical universities of the country. Mom, Elena Mitrofanova Emelyanova, a specialty surgeon had a direct attitude towards medicine.
Ida grew an artistic, extraordinary girl. At an early age he was fond of dancing, sat down on the twine. From four years, communicated to the English language, engaged in the governess arriving from Shanghai. Later, ends with school, chose English, which was not officially studied at school, and at the same time passed the exam on perfectly.
When the daughter turned 10 years old, Chet Weceov moved to Irkutsk. Ida, despite the professions of the parents, grew surrounded by songs and creativity, as the relatives of the mother who lived with Weissas in the same apartment, played musical instruments perfectly and constantly sat down their home concerts. Since childhood, loved music and future pop star. Ida graduated from the music school, began to play the scene in the local Tyuze and in the Irkutsk Music Theater.
At the insistence of his father and mother, the girl was forced to get a higher education at the Institute of Foreign Languages. And although Aida Vedischeva studied there from under the stick, but the mastered English and German languages later came in late. Nevertheless, feeling in the soul of the artist, Ida went to Moscow and submitted documents to the Higher Theater School named after M. S. Shchepkin. The attorient with ease has passed the multi-level exams, but the last interview received a refusal. The official reason was the studies in the first institute.
Then Vedischeva began the singing career. In the youth, Aida became a member of the Kharkov and Orlovsk philharmonic, it was part of Oleg Lundstrem's orchestras and Leonid Rasov, performed with the ensembles of Mellon, Blue Guitars and the "Singing Novels" team.
Career in the USSR
The fame of the singer gradually gained momentum, and in 1966 they spoke about the artist throughout the Soviet Union. Leonid Guidai "Caucasian Captive" comedy came to the screens, in which Natalia Varley's heroine Varley's voice Aida Vedisheva performed a light romantic song "Song of Bears". For the sake of writing this song, the director caused Vedischev from the Far East, where the vocalist was on tour. The record with this record only in the first days was sold in the amount of 7 million copies.But the Soviet authorities considered the musical composition of vulgar. "Light" made a young singer, not well-deserved cultural figures (composer Alexander Zatsepina, Poet Leonid Derbenev). After the comedy is released on the screens, it was found that the name of the Vedisheva is not indicated in the credits. It became the first blow to Aida.
A year later, the salty composition of "Geese, Gusi" was a hite, which brought the place of the diploma at the International Music Festival in Polish Sopot, which was often compared with the Eurovision contest that appeared earlier. This event was a real test for a young participant. In the midst of the Vocal Competition in Poland, the news was separated that Soviet tanks were included in Prague.
From Moscow immediately began to receive calls forbidding the Vedishevaya to speak, from concern that the audience, sympathizing with Cezham, can sway tutorial. However, these orders did not stop the performer: Aida sang on the bis not alone "Gusey", but at once a few dance hits, causing delight among the public. Such a "inconsistency" soon affected the further career of the vocalist: she fell into a black list of ungabondal artists.
The "dislike" authorities intensified with the advent of Leonid Guidai's comedy screens "Diamond Hand". There was a sensual composition of the "Passion Volcano" ("help me") with frivolous text. This tango performed by Vedisheva sounded in the scene of the seduction of the chief character of the paintings, the seeds of Gorbunkov. The film and the song went to the people, and the singer received another warning from the Ministry of Culture. On behalf of Catherine, the Furtsery Artist received a telegram with the words "stop it disgrace."
The anthem of the 70s of the 70s was the composition of the "Comrade" composition, for the execution of which Vedisheva received a premium from the WLKSM. The author of this hit Oleg Ivanov was then an ordinary medical student and brought notes to the famous singer to familiarize. The artist was not afraid to fulfill a hat at the All-Union Young Composers Competition, which was broadcast on the radio, and get for it first place. Later, the song replenished the repertoire of Lion Leshchenko.
Also added the popularity of the song "Funny Parenk", "Lullaby Maudens" from the children's cartoon about the bear "Umka", "First Spring", "I will wait for you" from the movie "White Piano" (where, as in the Caucasian Captive , the voice of the vocalist "got" actress Stalin Azamatova). But if the listeners exceeded the talent of the singer to heaven, the authorities constantly cleaned the artist of obstacles.
Vedischev did not miss television, limited with concerts. Moreover, when the "Forest Deer" wanner became the winner in the popular program "Song of the Year", this composition instead of Ayda was invited to perform a large children's choir of central television and all-union radio. In the mid-1970s, the name and photo of the artist disappeared at all with the poster, and the video films and magnetic records were framed and destroyed. If Vedisheva did not compose its own archive-discography, then the famous songs would be lost.
Emigration
Charter from constant humiliation and inability to work normally, Aida decides to leave the homeland. On the threshold, the forty-eyed singer was not afraid to start a new stage in a creative biography. In 1980, she emigrated to the USA, where a vocalist was useful to free ownership of English.
The actress was taken again at the desk and studied at theatrical college. Two years later, she made his debut with a solo program in Carnegie Hall. Joe Franklin became producer of Aida, who had previously worked with Lisa Minnelli and Barbra Streisand. Interestingly, after moving, the artist changed the color of the hair - from the burning brunette Vedishev repainted into the blonde and remains it until now.
Later, because of the health problems, Aida left New York and moved to California, where he founded his own theater. The actress took a pseudonym Amazing Aida (amazing Aida) and managed to conquer the new country. In a new place, the artist often gave concerts in the Fries-Club fashionable club in Beverly Hills, where Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, were previously shone.
Aida Semenovna became the first pop singer from Russia, unconditionally conquered America. The vocalist specialized in Broadway musicals, herself wrote music. The artist was also executed by Russian and Gypsy romances, Jewish folk songs. In the repertoire of Vedisheva, there were lunches and in English, and in Russian, these are the songs of the late period of the "Chernobyl" ballad, "the old garden", "I will return, Moscow!", "Life is music", "Christmas". In addition, Peru Ayda owns the musical "masterpiece and singing freedom", dedicated to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.
Songs performed by Vedisheva in the Soviet Union went on large plates and minions. The only retro-style disk was released in 2002 and called it "somewhere on white light." The album includes 18 tracks that have already been loving public. Later, clips began to appear, in which frames from films and concert chronicles of the 60-70s were used.
In 2017, in Yekaterinburg in the theater of the musical comedy, the play "Thaw. Fate melodies ", dedicated to the work of three stars of Soviet pop - Nina Brodskaya, Aida Vedischeva and Larisa Mondrus. The year later it became known that Aida presented two concert dresses, in which he performed in the 1970s, the Foundation of Alexander Vasilyeva, a fashion historian. One of them sewed through the sketch of Boris Messer by the tailor of the Bolshoi Theater. In 2019, the screens came out the documentary "Legends of Music. Aida Vedischeva. "
Personal life
Personal life in the biography of the artist recalled the "volcano of passions", about which she sang. The first time Ida Weiss married in 20 years. The spouse of the singer was the artist of the circus, Acrobat Vyacheslav Vedishchev. The husband gave Aid a new surname, and the actress itself added one letter to the name to try to avoid anti-Semitic sentiment reigning then in the leadership of the Sovgosconcert. In the first marriage, Aida was born the only child is the son of Vladimir. But with Vyacheslav, the actress did not have a life, as the young people were different people.The second spouse Boris The door worked as a pianist and led the "Mellon" ensemble, in which the singer performed. Despite the fact that Aida was older for 9 years, the spouses were fine and parted on the other side of the ocean. Moreover, the artist still cannot explain even for itself why. Later the door committed suicide.
When Vedisova was 45 years old, the singer married again. The Millionaire of Jay Markoff, Pole, by origin, became a new chosen one. The first years of Aida enjoyed rest, but then wanted to return to the singing career. The spouse was against, the union shrugged on the seams, and they diverged. True, the broken-separated process was heavily and lasted three years.
In the early 1990s, the doctors found a stomach cancer from the famous singer. It was a launched stage, and the Vedisheva did not recommend to make an operation. But Aida, which was supported by only one friend, Israeli businessman Naim Lamp, insisted on his own. The singer made an operation, passed a course of chemotherapy, and as a result, the disease was defeated. After the experienced tragic events of Vedisheva married who was all this time next to her, - for the Naoma of the Pear. Spouses are still happy together.
Aida Vedecheva now
Now the vocalist still lives in America. In 2021, Daria Antonyuk was reincarnated in the popular show "Overview" in the face of the legendary performer, sleeping the Forest Deer composition. For the anniversary of the artist, the creativity of which did not cease to enjoy popular in Russia and the CIS countries, the documentary film "Aida Vedischeva. Playing a star. "
Discography
- 1967 - "Song of Bears"
- 1967 - "Aida Vedecheva"
- 1968 - "Man invented a song"
- 1968 - "Be with me former"
- 1969 - "Sings Aida Vedischeva"
- 1969 - "Songs from k / f" White Piano "
- 1970 - "Do not be born beautiful"
- 1974 - "Your Wine"
- 2002 - "Somewhere in the White Light"