Natalia O'shea

Khelavisa is a Russian singer, songwriter, founder and soloist of the Melnitsa group, candidate of philological sciences, specialist in Celtic and early Germanic writing and literature.

Natalia Nikolaeva - this is the name that the current singer Khelavisa had before her creative career - was born in September 1976 in a family of Moscow scientists. Natalia's father was an organic chemist at the University of Dundee, her mother worked at Moscow State University as a biochemist.

Dad instilled in Natalia a love of music. As a child, the girl listened to all the available classical music, and also got acquainted with the recordings of modern performers - The Beatles, ABBA, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Aquarium. Nikolaeva was preparing for a career as a pianist, but in high school she decided to enter Moscow State University. Initially, the girl wanted to follow the path tested by her parents - to the biology department, but at the last moment she chose philology.

The girl studied at Moscow State University from 1993 to 1999. In the course of her studies, Nikolaeva became interested in Tolkien studies, mysticism and occultism. Nikolaeva took part in actions and games of the reenactment movement. The girl became a noticeable figure in an informal get-together largely due to the knowledge and ability she gained at the university to create authentic costumes. Since childhood, Natalia's interests included embroidery and beading.

From here came her creative pseudonym "Helavisa". This is the name of the witch from The Death of Arthur. The external resemblance to the portrait of a character from the illustrations for the book was noticed by Natalia's friend. And Nikolaeva liked the very image of a sorceress, dreaming of being a villain, but doing good deeds.

After receiving her diploma, Natalya Nikolaeva remained in graduate school. Until 2004, the girl was an assistant at the Department of Irish and Celtic Philology, studied the Irish language and held seminars on it.

In 2003, Nikolaeva defended her Ph.D. thesis. At one time, she trained in Ireland and taught at Trinity College Dublin.

The creative biography of Helavisa began while studying at Moscow State University. The girl was carried away by historical reconstruction and for the first time showed herself in music as a role minstrel. Then Natalia bore the pseudonym "Heledis". The performer sang tracks of her own composition and performed musical compositions based on the poetry of Nikolai Gumilyov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Rudyard Kipling and Robert Burns.

In 1998, Natalia first appeared under a new stage name - Helavisa. This happened at a time when the singer began her collaboration with the Till Ulenspiegel group. The group performed songs of the bard direction with a bias in folk.

In the middle of October of the following year, on the basis of the disintegrated Thiel Ulenspiegel, a new group arose, called the Mill. In 2003, the first album, "The Road of Sleep", appeared, which included the songs "Highlander", "Lord Gregory", "To the North" and others performed by Helavisa. Two years later, followed by the release of the second disc - "Pass", among the tracks of which were popular "Korolevna", "Raven", "Spring".

From 2003 to 2008 Helavisa worked as a senior lecturer at the Department of Celtic and Germanic Philology at the University. Then, until 2014, the singer devoted herself entirely to music. But the artist did not abandon her scientific activity, doing it herself.

Natalia has mastered playing several instruments: piano, Celtic harp, acoustic guitar, castanets and percussion. But the artist's favorite instrument is the Celtic harp, which the girl met by chance. Playing an Irish folk instrument immediately mesmerized Natalia. Helavisa began taking acoustic lessons, then mastered the electric harp. Now the artist herself conducts master classes at ethnomusic festivals.

More and more songs performed by Helavisa could be attributed to folk and folk-rock. But Ireland and the original culture of the country, which Nikolaeva thoroughly studied, remained the singer's special love.

After persistent persuasion from her friends, Helavisa released several solo discs. But otherwise the work of the performer is closely related to the "Mill". There are other projects in the biography of the singer, which are called "Helavisa, Lazerson and Friends" and the duet "36.6".

Helavisa has repeatedly performed as a guest soloist with the Aria group and the folk-rock group After 11. With vocalist Arthur Berkut, the singer performed the hit "There Vysoko" at the jubilee concert of "Aria", organized for the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the creative activity of the collective. Together with the musicians "After 11", Helavisa recorded the musical composition "Near to be". The song premiered in 2011.

In 2012, the artist released a number of videos for the songs "Roads", "Daleko", "Wolfhound" from the previously published album "Wild Herbs" and the new disc "Angelophrenia".

Today Helavisa lives in Europe. But every month the singer visits Russia, where she gives recitals, and also takes part in the performances of the Melnitsa and Clann Lir groups.

Love for Ireland turned out to be decisive in the fate of the singer. Since 2004, Helavisa's personal life has been associated with a citizen of this country, James Cornelius O'Shea. In August 2004, the couple signed. 4 years later, the young had a daughter, Nina Katrina O'Shea. And after 3 years, a second baby appeared, who was named Una Tamar O'Shea. The singer's children grow up bilingual - the girls are equally good at English and Russian. The artist often posts photos of her daughters on her own page on Instagram. Nina and Una often visit Russia with their mother.

The singer's husband, James Cornelius O'Shea, is involved in art. The spouse was the cultural attaché of the Irish Embassy in the capital.

Natalya Andreevna O'Shey - such a name has been given to the performer since 2004 - lived with her husband in Geneva for some time. But then the family, which grew up to 4 people, began to travel to Ireland, Switzerland, Finland and Austria, where the head of the family received business trips.

From the latest musical preferences of Natalya Nikolaeva, the singer herself singles out the work of Boris Grebenshchikov, before whom the singer has always admired, as well as the young rapper - Oksimiron. Besides music and Celtic culture, Helavisa has many other hobbies. But the main ones are yoga, horse riding, mountain climbing and alpine skiing.

In October 2017, Helavisa presented the song "Silver of Mirrors", which was included in the musical numbers of the ice musical "Dracula. The Story of Eternal Love ”by composer Alexei Galinsky, author of music for the number of demonstration performances of the Russian team of skaters at the 2014 Olympics. In the fall, the singer's concerts took place in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The new program of the musicians "Mills", which was named "Alchimeira. Reunion ", consists of tracks from the last two albums of the group -" Alchemist "and" Chimera ".

On December 29, the premiere of the single "Believe" was performed by Helavisa and guitarist Sergei Vishnyakov. The hit became the first song of the new disc, which will be released in 2018. A video for the song "Believe" is also expected to be released soon. The work on it was carried out in the building of the Church of St. Anne, rebuilt in the Gothic style. The storyline of the video will contain elements of the detective story.

1996 - "Moonlight Day" (solo) 2003 - "The Road of Sleep" 2005 - "Pass" 2006 - "Call of Blood" 2009 - "Wild Grasses" 2009 - "Leopard in the City" (solo) 2012 - "Angelophrenia" 2013 - " New Shoes "(solo) 2015 -" Alchemy "2016 -" Chimera "

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