In 2008, STS broadcast the first seriesyouth series "Ranetki", the producer of which is the famous in the series "Kadetstvo" Vyacheslav Murugov. A new product of Russian production is a reflection of the history of the formation and development of the popular musical girlish collective "Ranetki". One of the main roles in this series is performed by Lera Kozlova. Both in the film and in life she is the soloist and drummer of the collective. However, at the moment the girl is engaged in a solo career. Her cooperation with the group ended, to put it mildly, not quite successfully. How did the talented singer become a part of the popular band? What was the reason for her departure from the group? This article will tell you about this, and much more.
Childhood and Dance
On January 22nd, 1988 in MoscowLera Kozlova was born. The biography of a little girl takes its roots in a family where none of the members has anything to do with art. However, since childhood, the baby showed remarkable creativity. She never attended a music school. But this in no way prevented Valeria from demonstrating her outstanding skills in singing and dancing at all home events. Parents decide to give their daughter in a circle. At the behest of the case, Lera Kozlova is selected and becomes part of the once popular ensemble "Buratino". Thanks to the team and the head of this creative association, the girl has learned to dance perfectly and even play the drums.
Many people predicted Lera's career in ballet.However, the girl chose the music direction. A huge influence on this decision was made by Sergey Milnichenko. It was he who persuaded the girl to become a soloist of the popular band "Ranetki".
Formation of the herlz band
Natalia Shchelkova and Yevgenia Ogurtsova (alsomembers of the group) from childhood are close friends. The first confident and talented plays the guitar, the second - on the keyboard. Father Zhenya and Sergey Milnichenko have been friends for a very long time. Looking at the rehearsing girls, the producer comes up with the idea to create a cocky girlish team. He advertises in newspapers and the Internet. Thanks to the "World Wide Web," the band finds a bass player - Len Tretyakov. Lera Kozlova comes to the team to the place of former soloist Alina Petrova. She went abroad and could not continue to cooperate with the group.
The Way to Ranetki
Sergey Milnichenko saw Leroux on one of theperformances of the ensemble "Buratino", where the teenagers performed the "March of Drummers". The producer invited the girl to try her skills in the musical direction. At the casting, Lera Kozlova first sat down at the drum set. Repeating a few simple rhythms for Milnychenko and singing a couple of excerpts, the girl was confirmed to the place of the soloist of the group. This is how Valery's career began as one of the "woundets". This was in 2005.
The rise of popularity
Girls-participants quickly became friends with each other.The first successes overtook the herls band in 2006. It was then that Lera Kozlova, Anya Rudneva, Yevgeny Ogurtsov and Len Tretyakov performed at several major Russian festivals: Megahouse, Emaus, and others. The next year the successful performance was repeated. At the same time, the Ranetki group already cooperates with such renowned collectives as Korni, Gorod-312 and GDR.
At the same time Lera Kozlova takes part in therecording an album of a popular punk band at that time called "Cockroaches." She also excellently performs some parts on backing vocals from the famous group of Kristovskys brothers "UmaTurman".
The series "Ranetki"
In 2007, the STS television channel invites the herls band"Ranetki" on the recording of soundtracks to the series "Kadetstvo". Producer Vyacheslav Murugov liked funny and interesting girls so much that he decides to make a film about them. After a while, the girls get the first pages of the text. A series called "Ranetki" brings great talent to young talented musicians. The television product became very popular: many teenagers were really keen on watching the film, where the events of creating and becoming a popular band are vividly and interestingly described. This series gave Valeria the "Discovery of the Year" award at the presentation of the prestigious Ukrainian Prize "Telesvezda".
Leaving the group
As part of the musical team Lera Kozlovaperformed many songs. Among them the most popular are "We are Wounders", "About You", "Winter-Winter", "It's All About It", "She's Alone," "He Will Return," and others. Before the concert in Luzhniki, the girl accidentally finds out that she is going to "ask" to leave the group. The reason for this was her "cooled" romantic relationship with the producer Sergey Milnichenko. Although many believed that the final of a long life together with the lead singer of the group and the head will be a wedding. Lena Kozlova, however, the personal life of Sergey Milnichenko no longer touched. In 2008, the brightest "rannetka" left the group.
Solo career
Exactly one year later the unfortunate husband of Lera Kozlovamarried Natalia Shchelkova, who since 2005 has played solo guitar in a musical ensemble. In the same year in Samara the first solo concert of the former soloist of the band "Ranetki" was held. So began a new round of life Valeria. She starred in the video "He is near" the Ukrainian band Quest Pistols. Soon the producer of this man's team offered Lera to sign a contract. The girl gladly agreed. And after a while she begins to act under the pseudonym LeRa LeRa.
With the new producer, the singer received"second wind". Already in 2010, two screens of the singer appear on the TV screens: "Unpleasant" and "Wolf". The result of the staggering success of Lera's creativity was the growing love of the public and awards at prestigious festivals. From the channel RU.TV the girl received a prize in the nomination "The singer of the year". And exactly one year later Lera was given a similar gift at the Bravo festival. At the same time came the first solo album of a bright blonde called "Give me a sign".
Shooting and sounding movies
In addition to music, the girl has proved herself and howtalented actress. Her role in the series "Ranetki" did not go unnoticed. Then Leroux was invited to participate in the project "Summer, swimming trunks, rock'n'roll", where she played one of the main roles. Do not forget about the successful work with the fantastic Luke Besson. The impressive Frenchman, listening to the voices of the actresses who tried to duplicate Princess Seleni from the cartoon "Arthur", immediately fell in love with the voice of the ex-"wounded." He enthusiastically responds about the fragile and sensual girl, hoping to continue to cooperate with her already in full-length and un-animated films.
The intimate side of the medal
The personal life of show business stars is always interestingsurrounding. Lera Kozlova was not an exception. Did she give birth to a child? Is an ex-wife pregnant? Who is the chosen one of the talented singer? All these and many other questions torment both journalists and fans of the creativity of the girl.
After the painful departure from the group, a hugethe girl was supported by Nikita Goriuk (musician of the Ukrainian group Quest Pistols). It was he who helped to cope with stress and to believe in himself. After a while the girl realized that she had fallen in love with her friend. Having surrounded Nikita with care and attention, she gradually achieved reciprocity. Rumors that the girl is allegedly pregnant and the child Lera Kozlova will be wearing the name Goriuk, are not confirmed. Whether the union of the two hearts will be lasting and lasting will be shown by time. While the couple is planning nothing.