Elena Gribkova

Rada Rai is a Russian chanson singer. The singer from distant Magadan managed to conquer the metropolitan audience with her talent, and then all of Russia.

Her hits "Soul", "Zvezdochka", "Kalina", "Territory of Love" are regularly performed at the concerts of the "Chanson" award ceremony.

Рада Рай родилась 8 апреля 1979 года в Магадане, на берегу Охотского моря. Настоящее имя певицы – Елена Грибкова. Родители девочки работали на рыболовецком судне и часто выходили в море, где и познакомились. Отец Рады, цыган по национальности, позже устроился работать на рыбозавод, где дочка часто навещала его. В детском саду Лена участвовала в кружках самодеятельности, играла роль Снегурочки в новогодней постановке.

Paradise grew up as an artistic and dreamy girl; she dreamed of a singer's career since childhood. Perhaps his father's hobby had an effect: in his youth, he and his brothers created a musical group that performed at local discos. Little Rada sang at every opportunity: when she walked with her mother, at public transport stops, during games in the yard. Parents supported their daughter's hobby, and at the age of 6 she went to a music school for the vocal department.

When Rada was 14 years old, her mother decided to move to another city so that her daughter could develop talents. Together with her mother, Rada moved to Nizhny Novgorod, where she passed the entrance exams to the V.I. Balakireva, having entered the vocal department. After 2 years, the aspiring singer moved to Moscow and was enrolled in the Gnessin School. Rada's talents impressed the admissions office so much that the girl was immediately taken to the 2nd year.

However, Rai studied there for six months: for all who studied at the school for less than a year, they introduced paid education, which the young soloist could not afford. The girl entered a jazz college, but she soon left him, because she could not combine evening classes with earnings. At the initial stage of her creative biography, the artist performed songs in restaurants in Moscow. She met new people from the world of music and looked for ways to get on the big stage.

The debut of the singer Rada Rai took place at the age of 17, when she found her first serious job in the capital - the girl sang in restaurants. Since then, enough time has passed before she was able to debut as a full-fledged singer performing her own repertoire.

The girl worked as a backing vocalist for many famous Russian performers, including the chanson singer Vika Tsyganova, thanks to which she met the talented musician Oleg Urakov. He saw the talent and prospects of the girl and invited her to take the stage name Rada Rai.

On the advice of Urakov, Rada began to sing in the style of a folk song, and together they recorded the performer's first demo disc. With him, the couple went to radio "Chanson", where the director of the radio station advised them to contact the production center "Soyuz Production", with which the singer eventually signed a contract. At the same time, Oleg Urakov became a music producer for the singer and a musician in her group.

The recording of the disc began with the composition "Kalina", thanks to which the production center learned about the talented singer. The song required serious revision, and for the entire time of recording the artist became a special guest in the program of the popular singer Andrei Bandera.

The styles of performance of both artists were similar, since it was the music of Andrei Bandera that inspired the producer of Rada to create the musical project Rada Rai. Together they toured the cities of Russia for a year, enjoying extraordinary success among the audience. The girl performed 3 songs from the upcoming album, and later performed a duet song with Bandera.

In 2008, the debut album of the singer "You are my soul ..." began to play for the first time on radio "Chanson". The disc was released in a large circulation, unusual for a chanson. Nevertheless, the project proved to be successful, many of the songs stayed at the top of the charts for several weeks, and the song "Kalina" instantly became a hit.

It turned out that the Russian show business had long lacked a performer like Rada Rai. Although the vocalist herself does not consider herself a chansonnier. In the choice of musical material, she is guided by her own taste and often turns to the genres of folk and urban songs, as well as to lyrical ballads.

The following year, the singer returned to collaboration with her stage colleague Andrei Bandera, publishing the album "A Musical Love Story". The disc featured 18 compositions on the theme of love, performed by both Rada and Andrey. The final song was "Fly you, my soul", performed by a duet.

For the first time, the joint project was presented at a concert held at the State Kremlin Palace. The album and the concert program were an overwhelming success among the audience and were warmly received by music critics. In the same year, the singer received an award from Radio Chanson, becoming the "Discovery of the Year".

In 2010, Rada returned to solo work and released her second album, "I Am Happy". More than half of the songs from this album were written by ordinary people who got the opportunity to send their own compositions to the site "People's Producer". Thanks to this project, the singer managed to quickly collect material for a new album. The song of the same name from the album "I Am Happy" became a hit and for a long time held the top lines of the Russian charts. Rada continued to tour the cities of Russia, collecting full concert halls and becoming a guest at corporate evenings.

In 2011, the joint album "Songs sung by the heart" of Rada and the young singer and composer Artur Rudenko was released. The artist met him thanks to the Soyuz Production center, where Rudenko sent his demo tape to the creative competition. As in the case of Rada, the young performer was offered to first go on tour with the already famous singer in order to acquaint the audience with his work.

In 2012, Rada Rai released another album, "Letting Go to the Sky ...", which included the singer's new songs and one old one - "The Fire Will Burn Out" - in a new arrangement. Almost all the compositions were written by the members of the People's Producer website, which made it possible to reveal many talented composers and writers.

On February 18, 2015, Rada Rai's fourth album, Territories of Love, was released. For the most part, the disc consists of romances that are so beloved by the singer's fans. This also includes several old compositions that organically complement the title theme of the entire project. Immediately after the release of the disc, the singer went on a big tour of the cities of Russia with a new concert program.

The singer is not used to devoting reporters to her personal life. And the companion of Rada also turned out to be a laconic person. Rada met her husband Oleg Urakov thanks to mutual friends, musicians. At that time, Oleg was a drummer in one of the groups, although he is also a talented composer and plays many instruments.

A friendship developed between the singer and the musician, which eventually spilled over into a romance and strong relationship. Joint photos of the spouses often end up on the Rada's personal page on Instagram, where the artist devotes many posts to an overview of her professional activities.

Together they created the project "Rada Rai", where the singer became the face and performer of songs, and Oleg created melodies and played instruments. The chosen one supports his soul mate, the couple spends a lot of time together. And although Rada admits that they have different characters with her husband, they found a common language and complement each other. An idyll reigns in the artist's family, but the spouses still have no children.

The celebrity regularly becomes a performer at the "Chanson of the Year" award ceremony. In 2017, she presented the musical composition "Bitter Medicine", the next year - "Do not judge me, darling." In 2018, the vocalist prepared two new albums for the release - "Music will say everything for us" and "Little Gypsy Girl". The singer released a video for the popular hit "You and I are Two Shores".

A new hit was also the duet of Rada Rai and Timur Temirov “Soul in Love”, for which the singers presented a video. The song was performed at the concert "Eehh, Razgulyay!" In May, together with Eduard Izmestyev, the Rada released the song "Inadvertently". According to the artist, the musical composition was born at concerts, where each time the performers added something new to the musical material and arrangement. Only after a series of performances did they record the track in the studio. The artists will continue their joint performances in 2019.

Now Rada is actively touring, she visited Magadan, performed at the Golden Kolyma festival. In December 2018, she presented to fans the musical composition "Sweeps with Snow". She became a guest performer at the anniversary concert of her colleague Vladimir Zhdamirov.

2008 - "You are my soul ..." 2010 - "I rejoice" 2012 - "Let go to the sky ..." 2015 - "Territory of love" 2018 - "The music will say everything for us" 2018 - "Little Gypsy girl"

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