Athena Biography of Songs

The full name of Athena Yanisovna Delinidi. Born on October 3 in the city of Kentau Kazakhstan. The family exotic name was given to the future performer as a sign of respect for the Greek ancestors, whose blood flows in Athena. The girl grew up in a very musical family. The love of singing, dancing, and the cultural traditions of their people were instilled in her from an early age.

The artist’s mother and younger sister sing perfectly, a creative person was also a father, who had passed out of life untimely. Childhood-young years of Athens took place in Sukhumi, where the family moved from Kazakhstan. The southern port city, its indescribable flavor, a mixture of different nationalities - all this influenced the character of a girl who grew independent and selfless.

In addition, the father, who dreamed of his son, tried from childhood to instill in her fighting qualities, harden her body and soul. Subsequently, these features helped the girl to survive, not to break into complex life periods. And the difficulties of the Greek beauty was more than enough. Despite the good upbringing and highly revered family values, the girl did not want to put up with the role of a housewife prepared by her.

At the age of seventeen, Athena left Sukhumi against the will of her parents and moved to St. Petersburg then Leningrad, which she had been dreamed of from an early age. The city of dreams met the girl who was wrong. Attempts to enter theater universities ended in failure. There was a period of complete disorder when I had to do any work: to wash the floors, work as a waitress, engage in private learning, even unload the wagons.

Then - study at the Leningrad State Institute of Culture. Then Athena got married. The marriage was unsuccessful, but brought to her life and great joy - the birth of her daughter. Creativity to the beginning of a creative career contributed, oddly enough, a personal tragedy. Athena was seriously worried about divorce. Once in a restaurant, she felt an uncontrollable desire to sing and in this way to throw out the accumulated emotions.

Having risen on stage and paying the musicians, the woman performed a song from Alla Pugacheva’s repertoire. It was done so professionally and sincerely that she immediately received an offer to stay as a vocalist. Thus began the restaurant period of creativity, which stretched for fifteen years. The singer changed several places of work and gained tremendous experience.

I had to learn texts in different languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese ... For seven years, Athena worked in a restaurant, which belonged to actress Anna Samokhina. There, Vladislav Sinitsky, author and performer, as well as the producer of the Chakka group and singer Valery Shunt, noticed and proposed to her cooperation. Under the pseudonym Thais, the artist recorded several albums in the “Chanson” genre: in m - “marathik”, a year later - “we, honest girls”, in m - “Happy Birthday” and “Jackpot”.

These works have gained great popularity among genre lovers. But after Sinitsky’s proposal to fulfill more tough, often with abnormitative vocabulary of the song, their creative paths diverged with Athena. After some time, a man appeared who helped the artist start a solo career under his own name. So on the Russian stage appeared singer Athena. In the year, the album “Heaven in October” was released.

The clip of the same name was released along with him. This video was included in a television rotation. To date, four solo albums of Athena have been seen.

The singer is touring a lot both in the CIS countries and abroad. A beautiful deep voice, a carefully thought -out repertoire, burning Greek temperament - all this responds in the hearts of listeners of different age and social categories. Athens songs are leading places in the charts of various radio stations. Personal life is currently not married to the singer. Raises his daughter Anastasia.

Achievements and awards Prize “Chanson of the Year -” for the song “I Loss,”. The Prize "Woman of the Year-" was established by the administration of St. Petersburg in the nomination "Culture". Do you know that ... singer Athena is extremely negative about singing under the phonogram. Her performances are accompanied by a “living” team consisting of highly professional musicians, and cor deucadium.

The flowers that Athena give at concerts, the singer always takes home. Returning with the tour, he asks the stewardess to allocate for the bouquets a separate place on the plane. After performances in St. Petersburg, the artist takes half of the gifts donated to the grave of Anna Samokhina. The singer and actress was connected by a very warm relationship.

A photo in which women are captured together is always standing on Athena’s desktop. Athena is able to light any audience. So, in Kazan, on the anniversary of the director of a large bank, speaking before a purely male audience, the singer forced to dance to solid officials. The performer was supposed to record a song for the series "Gangster Petersburg". But director Vladimir Bortko made a choice in favor of Tatyana Bulanova, better known at that time.

Athena regrets that it was too late, only at thirty years old, she began to sing and never specially studied vocals.The artist is actively engaged in charity work, but does not like to advertise it. The singer’s table book is “Thais Athenskaya” by Ivan Efremov. Director of Athena by profession, gynecologist.