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Lidia Richardovna Klement (Russian: Ли́дия Ри́чардовна Кле́мент; 8 July 1937, in Leningrad – 16 June 1964, in Leningrad[1]) was a Soviet singer.[2]

Lidia Richardovna Klement
Ли́дия Ри́чардовна Кле́мент
Born	8 July 1937 Leningrad
Died	16 June 1964
Education	Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineering
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1958–1964
Notable work	Karelia Rain on the Neva Is All This for Me Alone?

She was involved with music and singing since childhood, studying piano at a music school for children and singing in a choir.[3] Later, when studying at the Leningrad Institute of Civil Engineering, Lidia Klement sang in a student jazz ensemble. After graduation, she for two years worked as a design engineer and sang with the Naum Tyomkin Variety Orchestra at the Ordzhonikidze Palace of Culture. Since 1958 for about a year she sang with the ensemble of the Leningrad Comedy Theater. She was noticed and composers started writing songs especially for her.[2]

Lidia Klement gained fame all over the Soviet Union with songs such as Karelia, Rain on the Neva, Is All This for Me Alone? She performed a lot on radio and television, including on the extremely popular musical variety show Goluboy Ogonyok. In 1964, just several months before her death, she released a record with 9 songs on it (on Melodiya record label). At 26 years of age, at the peak of her career,[2] she was diagnosed with melanoma and soon died. She leaves behind one daughter, one granddaughter and a great granddaughter who live in the United States. [4][5]

See also

• Karelia (song) in the Russian Wikipedia

References

External links

• Website dedicated to Lidia Klement (in Russian)
  • Music videos

На других языках

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- [en] Lidia Klement

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[ru] Клемент, Лидия Ричардовна

Ли́дия Ри́чардовна Кле́мент (8 июля 1937 (1937-07-08), Ленинград — 16 июня 1964, там же) — советская эстрадная певица (лирическое сопрано).

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