Izabella Yurieva
Russian singer
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Izabella Yurieva (Russian: Изабелла Юрьева) is the stage name of Izabella Danilovna Livikova (Russian: Изабелла Даниловна Ливикова;[1] 7 September 1899[2] – 20 January 2000), a Russian singer nicknamed the "Queen of the Russian Romance"[3][4] who celebrated her centennial at a tribute concert given in her honor at the Central Concert Hall in Moscow in 1999.[5][6]
Born
7 September 1899
Izabella Danilovna Livikova
7 September 1899
Died20 January 2000 (aged 100)
Resting place
Donskoye Cemetery, MoscowYearsactive1922–2000
Izabella Yurieva | |
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Изабелла Юрьева | |
Yurieva in 1922 | |
| Born | Izabella Danilovna Livikova 7 September 1899 |
| Died | 20 January 2000 (aged 100) |
Resting place | Donskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
| Years active | 1922–2000 |
| Awards | People's Artist of Russia (1992) Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class (1999) |
She was one of the top performers of the romantic Russian Gypsy songs in the late 1920s and 1930s before the genre became almost taboo in Soviet Russia.[7]
Yurieva was largely forgotten until the 1990s when she resurfaced on television and was named a People's Artist of Russia.[3]
See also
- 7452 Izabelyuria, asteroid named after her
