{"id":56929,"date":"2016-05-13T12:07:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T11:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=56929"},"modified":"2018-05-22T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T10:21:46","slug":"meet-russian-popstar-katerina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2016\/05\/meet-russian-popstar-katerina\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Russian Popstar, Katerina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having exploded into the music industry, Russian popstar Katerina<\/strong> has managed to top the charts with her first single, \u2018Blackboard,\u2019 reaching the top 10 in many European countries, even before her debut record release.<\/p>\n

\"KATERINA<\/p>\n

With her next single and first album in the works, we reached out to this talented powerhouse to find out more about her and her plans moving forward in her career.<\/p>\n

By Brandon Schiafone<\/p>\n

What initially got you interested in pursuing a career in music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Music has always been a part of my life; even from my childhood, I was a spectator at many classical concerts where my sister was performing. Day by day I fell in love with music, listening to all kinds of music, like simple TV concerts, piano concerts or my mother singing.<\/p>\n

Music was around me almost all the time. At first my voice was heard by one of my teachers, who encouraged my parents that their daughter had a good voice and should be singing.<\/p>\n

I started to sing in the school choir, and, after a short time, I began to perform as a solo singer in school events. When I turned eight years old, I asked my parents to take me to a music school to study, and they obliged and I studied there for seven years.<\/p>\n

At nine years old, I made my own all-female musical group together with three girlfriends from my neighborhood, singing Spice Girls songs for the neighbors. Even if it was a childish game at that age, I took the leadership role very seriously–organizing everything for my band, including choreography, design of the costumes, and inviting the neighbors to our concerts.<\/p>\n

After I finished at the music school, I realized that the thing I desire most is to become a famous singer. So, at the age of fifteen, I decided to go to study classical singing at a music college in parallel with high school Mathematics.<\/p>\n

I also started to take private vocal lessons for pop, jazz, soul, and folk styles, realizing that if I want to become a famous singer I need to diversify my musical culture and stylistic repertoire.<\/p>\n