The voice and songs of singer Utah are known to many. She began conquering the musical Olympus back in 1999, and since 2005 she has become known as a film composer. The series “Soldiers,” for which Utah worked on the music, turned her life around. The song “Once upon a time” brought her even greater fame. And the singer’s personal life was irrevocably changed by the producer of the series, Oleg Osipov.
In 2006, Oleg and Yuta got married. In 2007, their son Anatoly was born, and in 2010, twins Maria and Ekaterina. In 2011, Oleg passed away. Doctors stated the cause of death as cardiosclerosis. Before this, the producer already had heart problems and suffered a heart attack. Yuta was left alone with three children in her arms. The singer told Woman.ru how she was able to become strong and survive the tragedy.
About talented children
My children are a treasure trove of talent. They do something that I have never been able to do in my life. Both Katya and Masha are both amazing drawers. The truth is so different! These are two unique individuals with their own imagination. Tolik, at the age of 7, sits down at the instrument and composes music! I couldn’t do this at his age... My son also shows miracles in the field of mathematics, he counts brilliantly and, like his dad, he has a logical mind. Tolya is generally a copy of Oleg in character. He sometimes reveals things that he could not know and remember due to his age. In some key situations, he behaves exactly the same as his husband. I'm shocked, to be honest. Although I understand that genes are something that cannot be changed.
About children's choices and parents' mistakes
I believe that children choose their parents. There is such a strange system up there, it seems to me. We often get offended by our parents, saying “they didn’t give us enough,” or “they broke us.” Looking back, I understand that perhaps they made mistakes, they were wrong. But it was these mistakes that made me who I am today. And I am grateful to my parents for both their softness and their harshness - for everything. This was only good for me. And so, it seems to me, it was no coincidence that Tolya, Katya and Masha wanted to choose exactly a mother like me.
Music
Anna’s acquaintance with the musicians of the Sverdlovsk rock band “April March” influenced the further biography of the vocalist. The girl created her own group, for which she wrote songs and music, and made arrangements. The creative pseudonym Yuta translated from Japanese means song, melody. The group received the same name. Utah made her debut with the album entitled “Easy and Even Graceful” in 2001. The image of a punk-grunge singer, performing compositions to extreme music, stuck behind her. Utah has been called a pioneer of Russian punk-grunge. Critics and music lovers have noted the similarities between Utah's early work and.
But Utah’s second collection, “Hops and Malt,” released in 2002, turned out to be less hard and lighter and more melodic. The songs “Fall” and the title track, which gave the album its name, took places in the rotation of Russian radio stations. Utah was noticed and invited to the rock music festival “Invasion”, which is held with the information support of “Our Radio”. A video was shot for the composition “Hops and Malt” by director Alexander Solokha.
The following year, Utah presented the disc “Rye and Clover,” including songs based on poems by fellow countryman and at that time State Duma deputy Evgeniy Roizman. The most popular compositions of the new album were the songs “Name” and “Purple-Black”, which were included in radio rotation.
The fifth studio album (a collection of remixes was released the same year) appeared in April 2004. It is titled "Girl" and released by . The collection turned out to be more romantic and melodic than all previous ones. Utah’s song “Waited,” performed in a duet with Vladimir Shakhrin, was included in the rotation of “Our Radio,” and the single “Equally Neba” took 59th place on the Tophit music chart.
2005 turned out to be a breakthrough year for Utah: the singer was recognized as a film composer. The first soundtrack that made Utah famous was “Youth in Boots” for the TV series “Soldiers”. The first sign was followed by others: for the series, the composer wrote the soundtracks “Once upon a time” and “That same girl.” The songs were included in radio rotation. In the same year, the vocalist recorded the album “Teleradiosny”, in which she completely moved away from rock. The compositions included in the collection reminded many of Soviet pop songs performed by and.
In the spring of 2007, Utah presented her sixth album, entitled “After.” The name was dictated by the song of the same name, written for the film “After Life”. The composition was awarded a special prize at the fourth international film festival in Sevastopol. A video appeared for the song, edited from film footage. Two more songs from the album – “Name” and “Jealousy” – became the soundtracks to the films “Soldiers” and “Ensign”. Utah sang the composition “Name” together with.
In 2008, the premiere of the album “On the Edge” took place. Utah shared that the album became a turning point for her, pushing her to search for new forms. It combines cold rhythm and blues compositions with warm and romantic songs. The title track became the soundtrack of the comedy “If only it were,” and the song “About Him” was performed in the TV series “Provincial”.
In 2009, Utah announced that the band of the same name no longer existed. In 2012, after a long intermission, the vocalist announced the start of a solo career, taking the creative pseudonym Anna Herzen. But the new name did not catch on, and Anna returned to her usual one. Utah continued to write soundtracks for films, and soon songs appeared for the projects “Lavrova Method” and “Male Female Game”. The composer wrote the music for the Safronov brothers’ circus show program and the soundtrack “My Beloved” for the melodrama “While the Village Is Sleeping.” The song became a winner of the Golden Gramophone.
In 2014, the premiere of Utah’s 8th album “By the Way” took place, released on vinyl. Critic Denis Stupnikov noted that the songs included in the album contain a lot of hidden pain after the experience. But Utah “does not speculate on this pain, but speaks about it latently, allegorically.” In the same year, the songs “Once upon a time” and “Hops and Malt” were included in the list of 500 best compositions of “Our Radio”.
In 2015, Utah gave fans the collection “My Beloved. The best songs,” wrote music for the multi-part melodrama “Family Values” and participated in concerts in Donetsk and Lugansk, supporting the residents of the unrecognized republics. Fans follow the news in the singer’s creative biography on her official website, where there is a schedule of Utah’s concerts, as well as music and poetry.
About fate and higher powers
To be honest, I believe in fate and I believe that it is good to me. Every time a problem arose, I told myself: “Everything will be fine.” And the problem solved itself. I still have a clear feeling that I am being led and directed. And I even know who. This is Oleg. I believe that he is watching us from above and helping me. The most important thing is faith and optimism. No matter how terrible it may sound, at some point, quite soon after Oleg’s death, I said to myself: “Everything is fine with me, I have three beautiful children, they are with me. I'm happy".
Personal life
Singer Utah is a blond beauty with a chiseled figure. She never had problems associated with a lack of male attention. In high school and while studying at the university, Anya had dizzying novels. But they did not flow into a serious relationship.
In 2004, the talented singer met producer Oleg Osipov. Their romance developed rapidly. Three weeks after they met, the girl moved into his apartment. Anna was not embarrassed by the fact that her chosen one was 10 years older than her. In him the blonde saw a real man - her protection and support.
In December 2006, the singer and producer got married. The celebration was attended by relatives, friends and colleagues of the bride and groom. Everything went at the highest level. In October 2007, Yuta gave birth to her first child, son Tolya. The husband tried to spend more time with the baby. He himself bathed him, swaddled him and put him to bed.
In July 2010, there was an addition to the Osipov family. Twin daughters were born - Masha and Katya. Singer Utah and her husband dreamed of a big family. And it seems that God heard their prayers.
On September 4, 2011, our heroine became a widow. Her beloved husband died of cardiosclerosis. The singer promised herself that she would remain faithful to Oleg until the end of her days. Now she is raising three children alone.
About readiness for new relationships
Of course, I understand that a person will appear who will be close to me, who will become a dad to my children. But now I’m so busy with myself (and the children are also me, and the music is me) that I just don’t see someone nearby who would fall into my soul. He hasn't appeared on the horizon yet. There are a lot of acquaintances and friends, amazing and wonderful. But none of them are looking for a life partner.
On December 4, at the jazz club “Union of Composers”, singer Utah will present her new album “By the way” on a vinyl record. One of the compositions, “My Beloved,” became the soundtrack to the series “While the village is sleeping” on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. We bring to your attention a video for the song “My Beloved,” which Utah dedicated to her departed husband.
Childhood and youth
Anna Vladimirovna Semina was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in the summer of 1979 into a creative family. The mother of the future performer Utah is an opera singer, so classical music became a kind of background for Anna’s childhood and youth. Parents, noticing the musical abilities of their little daughter, sent her to learn to play the flute. The girl took the course and at the age of 11 began to learn a new instrument - the piano. At the same age, Anya began to sing, shocking her mother: her daughter gave preference not to the classics, but to chanson, revered in the working-class quarter of Sverdlovsk, where the family lived.
Utah in his youth
His passion for music was not the only one: Utah attended the swimming pool and rhythmic gymnastics classes. But the genes won: the daughter focused on musical creativity. The girl became so interested in the piano that she continued to master the instrument in the capital’s Gnesinka. Anna entered the school without having completed her musical education in piano. Her family did not believe that she would be able to succeed in this field, but Anya demonstrated amazing determination and hard work: the piano department of the school named after. She graduated from Gnessins with honors.
Anna Osipova (Semina) - the real name of the singer Utah
After graduating from music school, Utah again surprised her family: she lost interest in the piano and took up jazz vocals. The girl took her first steps in this musical direction in her third year at Gnesinka. Tatyana Markovich gave lessons to the young singer, and Yuta studied composition and arrangement from People's Artist of the RSFSR Yuri Saulsky.
