Alla Yoshpe

Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) (Russian: А́лла Я́ковлевна Ио́шпе (Йо́шпе); 13 June 1937 – 30 January 2021)[1] was a Soviet and Russian pop singer, and a People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002).[2][3]

Alla Yoshpe

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Born(1937-06-13)13 June 1937
Moscow, SSR
Died30 January 2021(2021-01-30) (aged 83)

Biography

Yoshpe was born in Moscow into a Jewish family. She studied philosophy at Moscow State University and while a student sang with the university's symphony orchestra.[4]

In 1960, at a university event, she met Stakhan Rakhimov and the pair formed a pop duo.[5] The pair performed both in the Soviet Union and overseas.[4]

Selected songs
  • "Tri plus pyat'" (Russian: Три плюс пять, lit. "Three plus five"), Russian-language cover of Marie Laforêt's "Ivan, Boris et moi"

References
  1. Умерла Алла Иошпе (in Russian)
  2. Почётное звание присвоено указом президента № 116 от 31 января 2002 года Archived May 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Скончалась народная артистка России Алла Йошпе". www.mk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. Gm, Ebene Magazine- (2021-01-30). "Ebene Magazine - What is People's Artist of Russia Alla Yoshpe known for? ru". EBENE MAGAZINE (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  5. "Алла Йошпе и Стахан Рахимов: Песня длиной в жизнь, Э.Сухова, 06-04-2006". Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
Singing Alla Yoshpe and Stahan Rakhimov
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