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Lubov ShepilovaSinger
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Biography of Lyubov Shepilova
Lyubov Shepilova, a popular chanson singer, was born in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region. Her main characteristic as a singer is that she writes her own songs. Songs like "I'm Looking for You," "At the Last Line," "Everything Was Just Like That," "I Didn't Expect, I Didn't Guess," and many others have become popular on Chanson radio and television. Each song tells not just a story, but a whole life - sometimes dramatic, sometimes comedic.
Lyubov grew up in a military town where her parents worked as civilian employees. She often visited her mother, Valentina Grigorievna, in the officer's canteen where she worked as a confectioner. She would observe how beautifully her mother decorated cakes with roses or dahlias, mushrooms or teddy bears made of cream. However, when she was five years old, her father, Alexey Shepilov, tragically died. She would often visit his monument, leaving letters for him, believing that he would read them. Several years later, Lyubov gained a stepfather, two brothers - Yura and Valera, and a sister, Lena. Besides attending music school and various clubs, she also had to do household chores like laundry, ironing, and cleaning the floors. She fondly remembers this time:
"In childhood, of course, we all played war, guerrillas, went to shooting ranges, and extracted bullets from logs after military exercises (the shooting range was only about 5 kilometers away through the woods, nothing...). I had a real military medical bag, a small white robe, and a bunch of bandages, plasters, used syringes, and everything else that a real military nurse should have. My brother Vladimir taught me to read when I was 5 years old. In kindergarten, I already knew many poems and songs. I could sing songs and recite poems for hours. Then we started putting on performances. My friends and I would take our parents' clothes out of the closets, dress up in them, and create plays or perform famous fairy tales. We would invite our parents, and they had to watch and listen to our amateur performances. In school, we had creative evenings. I remember I played the role of a bandit mother in the Snow Queen fairy tale, as well as the kind Baba Yaga and grandfathers in other fairy tales. I would sing with an intentionally hoarse voice: 'Oh, you, my sleighs, my sleighs.' Although I always wanted to be a princess or Snow Maiden."
In the seventh grade, Lyubov and her friends decided to form their own all-girl vocal-instrumental ensemble in response to the boys who pretended to be like the Beatles but did not study music in music school. They named their ensemble Gia-Neya, a word that meant a tall alien with blue hair from some science fiction. Lyubov identified herself with this character because everything about her matched - height, outlook on life... The only thing she couldn't achieve was blue hair as her dark hair stubbornly refused to turn blue. It was during this time that Lyubov started writing her first songs. Simple and naive, they stirred up a storm of emotions among her friends who sang and copied them into notebooks. For example, they sounded like this:
"The rain taps on my window, I'm sad alone.
I have one friend - the yellow moon...
You pass by, you look at me,
Why aren't you with me, why are you silent?"
After graduating from school, Lyubov Shepilova entered medical college. Despite her parents' and music school teachers' insistence on her attending a music college, she chose medicine. However, her involvement in a student VIA (vocal-instrumental ensemble) saved her from despised math classes under the pretense of preparing for artistic amateur performances. In one competition, the young student was recognized as the best nurse, and her photo is still kept in the college's Book of Honor. With a free diploma, she had the opportunity to choose her path. Contrary to everyone's expectations and despite being accepted into medical institute, Lyubov decided to work in the small village of Tantsyreya. The reason for this was her love for art. At an artistic amateur performance, she met a group of talented young people from that village and hoped to join their collective. She worked there for four years, got married to a military pilot, and moved with him to the garrison in Kamenskoye-na-Obi, Altai Krai. There, she worked in the medical unit, raised her son, wrote songs, and sang them to her friends.
Lyubov often visited Moscow to see her friend, Lyudmila Pavlikhina, who supported her like an older sister. During her visits, Lyubov would visit museums, exhibitions, and stand in line for French perfumes, shampoos, and imported clothes. In the late 90s, she moved to Moscow permanently. At first, she lived with another close friend, Tatyana Katasonova, before eventually earning enough money to buy her own apartment.
One day in 2005, Lyubov heard about the "Hello, People!" competition on Chanson Radio. She went to the bard club Gnizdo Glukharya, made it to the finals, and sang the song "Moscow Girl" at the RCCZ Russia. The song received positive feedback and was played on the radio. As a result, she decided to record several songs in a professional studio. Based on the voting in the hit parade, Lyubov Shepilova participated in the Echo Razgulyai! festivals at the Olympic Complex from 2005 to 2013. She also performed at the Chanson of the Year ceremonies. She has released albums such as "Roses," "I'm Looking for You," "Today, I'll Party," "Dancing in the Park Today," and "Let Me Go, Love."
Lyubov's musical tastes include chanson artists like Golitsyn, Novikov, Trofim, Zheka, Slutsky, Razmakhova, Zhur, Rada Ray, Stas Mikhaylov, Mikhail and Irina Krug, and Mitiaev. She is also passionate about diving (a scuba diving master), spearfishing (she travels to Astrakhan every year for fishing in August and duck hunting in November), and enjoys skiing in the mountains.
