| Julia Savicheva was born on 14 February 1987 in Kurgan, Russia.
Music is definitely in the 17-year-old’s blood. Both Julia’s parents are musicians. After graduating from music school, her mother worked as a music school teacher for 12 years. Her father is an excellent drummer; now he accompanies Julia.
“I’m happy Julia’s father is always by her side and that they can support and take care of each other,” says her mum. “Certainly I miss them very much when they are not with me. They know it and try to call me almost every day when they are on tour.”
Having such a creative and musical family has meant Julia grew up a very artistic child. She always liked singing, drawing, dancing and performed her first solo dance on stage when she was just four-years-old.
One of Julia’s favourite movies is "Leon" by Luc Besson, a fact which explains why she’s been nicknamed ‘Matilda’ since her school days.
When she was six, Julia and her family moved to Moscow. Spending all her spare time with the musicians and choreographers with whom her Mum worked, it was soon clear the stage would be Julia’s future.
In 2002 and 2003 she performed the lead roles in Christmas performances in Moscow’s main Russian church – The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
And then there was Russian TV talent show, “The Star Factory” which propelled Julia into the limelight.
Max Fadeev, producer and composer, on Julia: “She’s enormously hardworking, very disciplined. She is very kind, devoted, loves everything connected to art. I don’t see any limits in her talent.”
Julia has many fans and this autumn she’s planning to produce her first album.
In Istanbul, she will sing “Believe Me.” |
