Erdenko Leoncia Biography

Full name Leoncia Nikolaevna Erdenko. Born on February 27 in Moscow. Family Father, Nikolai Ivanovich Erdenko, - singer, violinist.

Mother, Rosalia Sergeevna, is a singer, actress. Childhood-Youth Leoncia is a representative of the old musical dynasty of the gypsies of Ponomarev-Erdenko. Her grandfather, Mikhail Erdenko, was a famous violinist, professor of the conservatory who personally knew Leo Tolstoy. Lyubov Erdenko, a grandmother in her father, was a famous dancer and poetess. Grandma on the mother, Alexander Tushchenko, is famous for its performance of gypsy hug songs.

Together with her sister, she performed in the duet of the Sisters Lebedev. Father, Nikolai Erdenko, is a musician and singer, collector and keeper of gypsy folklore. Mother performed with him, took part in the record of his records. You can add singer Valentina Ponomarev to the list of talented relatives, who is aunt Leoncia. The girl who grew up in such a creative environment, of course, was destined for a career on stage.

From the age of seven, she studied at a music school for gifted children in the piano class, then vocals at a pop college, combining all this with dancing. And in conclusion - studying acting at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts. It should also be noted that the rehearsals of his father often took place at home, and Leoncia and Sister Radda remembered a lot and studied with his parents.

The work of the official artistic career of Leoncia began in the gypsy group "Jang", the founder and leader of which was her father. Nikolai Ivanovich introduced his daughter to the ensemble before the first international festival of gypsy music, which was held in Belgrade, on an emergency way - she replaced the artist who went on maternity leave. After a serious test for the knowledge of the music parties that her father arranged for her, Leoncia went to the festival, after which she remained in the constant composition of the team.

She was then sixteen years old. Together with Dzhang, the young singer traveled to almost the entire Soviet Union, as well as many foreign countries with tour. After the “Jang” ceased to exist, the Trio Erdenko group formed in the year, which included Leoncia herself, as well as her sister Radda and guitarist Alexei Bezlepkin, also former Dzhangovites. In the same year, in collaboration with composer Georgy Barykin, Alexander Barykin, the album “New Gypsy Music” with famous gypsy compositions in modern processing was published.

Following the first disk, the second appeared - "Gypsy songs." In parallel, Leoncia took part in the Loiko project-the Russian-Irlandic group, which was organized by her uncle, Sergey Erdenko. The team is now very popular, constantly touring in different countries. Together with them, the singer recorded three albums. In the year in the concert hall. Tchaikovsky Leoncia Erdenko presented the solo program of Russian romances “The First Meetings”.

At the same time, the performer began to actively work in the cinema. Songs in her performance were included in the films “Poor Nastya”, “Turkish Gambit”, television series “Cadets”, “The Sins of the Fathers”, “Carmelita” and others. The artist took part in Oleg Mityaev’s project “Mityaevsky Songs”, and also collaborated with the Dela Dap Austria group.

The popularity of the singer, not only in Russia, but also abroad is promoted by constant participation in many international projects, festivals, joint performances. The German radio station Multikulti called the artist the queen of Russian gypsy music. Today, Leoncia Erdenko is considered one of the best gypsy singers in Europe. In the repertoire of the artist, gypsy folklore - both in the classic version and in “avant -garde” processing - Russian romances, copyright songs.

Her creative range contains a large number of genres - Folk, Fuzhn, World Music, Jazz, Chanson, Rock, but first of all, Leoncia's work is a continuation of the centuries -old traditions of her family. All her songs are a reflection of the gypsy temperament, performed by sensuality and beauty. Personal life husband, Alexei Bezlepkin, is a virtuoso guitarist, composer.

The couple has two sons - Nikolai and George. The achievements and awards of the prize of the Generation Festival Prize “Stopudovy hit” Prize “Chanson of the Year” Award, do you know that ... in the creative baggage of the singer-performances with Rockgroups ZDOB-SI-ZDUB and “untouchable”. The eldest son of the artist, Nikolai, was drafted into the army in the year and became the first gypsy to be enrolled in the presidential regiment.