Diana Arbenina

Diana Sergeyevna Arbenina (née Kulachenko, Belarusian: Дыяна Сяргееўна Кулачэнка; Russian: Диа́на Серге́евна Арбе́нина, born July 8, 1974) is a Russian singer, musician, poet, and leader of the rock group Nochnye Snaipery.

Diana Arbenina
Concert in Toronto (May 2018)
Background information
Birth nameDiana Kulachenko
Born (1974-07-08) 8 July 1974
Valozhyn, Minsk Region, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Genresrock, indie-rock, alternative-rock
Occupation(s)Singer
Songwriter
Composer
Poet
Actor
Instrumentsvoice, guitar, accordion, piano
Years active1991–present
Associated actsNochnye Snaipery
Websitesnipers.net

Arbenina is one of a few Russian rock artists who write and perform both in Russian and in English. Arbenina is a recipient of the “Triumph” Literature Prize and is also an official Russian ambassador for Gibson and the World Wildlife Fund.[1]

Biography

Arbenina was born in 1974 in Valozhyn, Minsk Region, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.[2]

When Arbenina was 3 years old, her family moved to Barysaw then to the Russian Far East. She studied at the Magadan Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, then at the Philology Department of Saint Petersburg State University. She began writing songs in the early 1990s.[2]

In 1993, together with violinist Svetlana Surganova, she formed the group Nochnye Snaipery (Night Snipers).In 1993, she temporarily married Konstantin Arbenin, possibly to obtain Saint Petersburg residency. She soon divorced, but kept her last name.[2]

In 2002, Surganova left Nochnye Snaipery and Arbenina became the only vocalist in the group.

In 2005, she received the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.[3]

On February 4, 2010, she gave birth to twins with the help of in vitro fertilisation.[2][4]

In 2014, Arbenina's concerts in Russia were cancelled, reportedly ordered by the Moscow Kremlin, after Arbenina expressed sympathy with Ukraine following the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[5]

Film appearances
YearFilm
2008Radio Day (Russian)
2019Mistresses (Russian)
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References
  1. "DIANA ARBENINA AND NIGHT SNIPERS: 25 years on stage". billetto.se. October 5, 2018.
  2. "Диана Арбенина: "Родить двоих детей — все равно, что целую роту"". Segodnya (in Russian). May 18, 2011.
  3. "Недавно в чеченском городе Гудермесе наконец состоялся рок-фестиваль под лозунгом «За мир на Кавказе»] / Взгляд," (in Russian). 14 November 2005.
  4. DADASHEVA, SABINA (June 14, 2014). "Диана Арбенина о детях и вынужденных разлуках". Hellomagazine.com (in Russian).
  5. Muchnik, Andrei; Cichowlas, Ola (June 14, 2014). "Ukrainian Beats Steal a March on Moscow". The Moscow Times.
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