Mara (singer)

Mara Vladimirovna Kana (Russian: Ма́ра Влади́мировна Кана́, birth name Marina Vladimirovna Nesterova (Russian: Мари́на Влади́мировна Не́стерова); born November 25, 1978, Moscow) is a Russian rock singer, musician, and songwriter.[1]

Mara
Мара
Mara in 2007
Mara in 2007
Background information
Birth nameMarina Vladimirovna Nesterova
Born (1978-11-25) 25 November 1978
OriginMoscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
GenresAlternative rock, pop rock, indie rock
Years active2003–present
LabelsNavigator Records
Websitemaramusic.ru

Biography

She was born on November 25, 1978, in Moscow.

Until 2000, she lived in Ivanteyevka, near Moscow, then moved to the capital. Graduated from music school, guitar class. She wrote her first song in 1989.

Studied at the Moscow University of Consumer Cooperatives.[2]

In 2003, on the air of Nashe Radio, for the first time, Mara's song Airplanes was heard, which subsequently was on the Chart Dozen hit parade for several months. After it came the track Dolphins. The song Cold Men, for which a video clip was shot, brought the greatest popularity to the singer. In the same year, she performed at the Invasion festival and released her first album, Frankness.

Scandals

In 2004, at the Nashestvie rock festival, the singer exposed her breasts while performing the song Sex in front of a 70,000-strong crowd of spectators.[3][4][5][6][7]

Since 2014 he has been performing a number of nationalist works in the sense of Blood and soil.[8][9]

In 2022, she supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10][11]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

  • 2008 — Unplugged
  • 2013 — Feel the Difference

References

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