Yuliya Nachalova(1981-2019)

Yuliya Nachalova is Russian singer, actress and TV presenter. From the age of two she began to study vocals under the guidance of her father. From the age of five she began to sing on the professional stage. Yuliya studied at the children's art school. In 1991-1992, she participated in the Morning Star TV competition and won it. Creative activity had to be combined with learning. At the "Morning Star" a meeting was held with the singer Irina Ponarovskaya, with whom Yuliya later went on tours. In 1995, the first album was released at the studio "Union" "Ah, school, school." In the same year, she took part in the international vocal competition of Russian-speaking performers "Big Apple-95" in New York, where she won the Grand-Prix. Despite the fact that among the competitors were Christina Aguilera and Dina Brown, Yuliya Nachalova managed to win this competition. In 1997, the single "The Hero of Not My Romance" was released, which became the singer's business card. In 2000 she graduated from the pop-jazz department of the Gnesins Music School (course V. Khachaturov). In 2001 she starred in the film Geroy eyo romana (2001), in 2004 - in the film "Bomb for the Bride" with Dmitriy Kharatyan. In 2003 she participated in the reality show The Last Hero (2001). In 2004 Nachalova entered the correspondence department of GITIS. In 2005 she starred in the musical comedy Tri mushketyora (2005). In 2010, she recorded a new English-language album "Wild Butterfly" in the USA. In 2019, the last filming of Nachalova on television was participation in the show Ty super! (2017) on the NTV television channel and the final of the show One to One! (2013), where the singer was a mentor.