Natella Boltyanskaya

Natella Boltyanskaya
Нателла Болтянская
Boltyanskaya in 2011
Boltyanskaya in 2011
Background information
Birth nameNatella Savelievna Kiperman
Born (1965-05-20) 20 May 1965 (age 59)
Moscow, Soviet Union
GenresSinger-songwriter, author song,
Occupation(s)radio and tv host, singer, composer and poet
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1993–present
Websitewww.natel.ru

Natella Savelievna Boltyanskaya (Russian: Нате́лла Саве́льевна Болтя́нская (Киперма́н); born 20 May 1965) is a Russian journalist, singer-songwriter, poet and ex-radio host on Echo of Moscow.[1]

She is author and performer of songs mostly on her own poetry. She published four music albums, Warning (2001), Restoration (2003), Sleepers (2005), and Shepherd's Song (2009).[2] She is author of many political songs, such as those dedicated to Nikita Khrushchev, Solomon Mikhoels, Anna Politkovskaya and song Gaechka ("Nut") regarded as criticism of Vladimir Putin[3]

From 1993 to 2022, Boltyanskaya daily hosted several programs at Echo of Moscow, including program Bard about Russian author song, history program In the name of Stalin, and political/news programs People are against and Special opinion. Since 1993, she works as director of the Creative Association of Russian bards.[4][5][6][7][8]

She also hosted programs on NTV (Russia), Echo TV Russia, Russian TNT, TV Tsentr and other TV channels. She produced the documentary Parallels, Events, People about the 2011–13 Russian protests and Soviet dissident movement.[9]

References

  1. ^ Hofverberg, Elin (21 February 2020). "An Interview with Natella Boltyanskaya, Scholar in Residence | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Her discography, Downloadable files
  3. ^ Songs by Moscow Cassandra by Valeria Novodvorskaya, Novaya Gazeta, № 91, 21 August 2009.
  4. ^ Back to kitchen by Ludmila Lukin, Novaya Gazeta, № 30, 25 April 2005
  5. ^ Life in two voices Archived 14 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, by Anatoly Golovkov, Novaya Gazeta, № 32, 2001
  6. ^ "Long live, the roasted rooster" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine by Valeria Novodvorskaya, magazine "New Era", № 30, 25 July 2004
  7. ^ "Pearl in each shell or twenty drops in a glass of nostalgia" Archived 5 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, by Sofia and Vladimir Merkulovichi, published in newspaper "Diaspora", September 2007., Sacramento, CA.
  8. ^ "While repairing the guillotine" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine by Sofia and Vladimir Merkulovichi Published: Newspaper "Diaspora" № 18, 25 September 2005, Sacramento, CA,
  9. ^ "Параллели, события, люди" [Parallels, events, people] (in Russian). Voice of America.