Lena Katina

Lena Katina

Lena Katina (Template:Lang-ru) (born on 4 October, 1984 in Moscow) is one of the two members of the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. the other being Yulia Volkova. She is known for being the "good girl" of the duo.

Childhood

She is the eldest of three children, and the only child of Sergey Katin, a renowned Russian pop music author, and Inessa Katina. Her younger, half sister Katya has a different father and her brother Ivan has a different mother. She was raised religious and is a practicing Russian Orthodox Christian.

In 1994 she joined the famous Russian children's ensemble "Avenue". She was part of it for three years, and at age 13 was selected for "Neposedi", the most popular and prestigious children's chorus at the time.

Lena has also studied artistic gymnastics, ballroom dancing, figure skating, swimming and horseback-riding. She is also a skilled pianist.

She has stated in a 2006 Telehit interview that she used to listen to such artists as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Pink Floyd when she was young.

Career

Katina was the first to be chosen by Ivan Shapovalov for the t.A.T.u. project. She recorded a few demos, including "Yugoslavia", then Volkova was added to the project. Elena has mentioned she has much guilt in having to pretend to be a lesbian for the group, as she is Russian Orthodox. Another part of her being in the group was a requirement of her losing nearly 10 kilograms. Katina stated in a 2006 Interview on Telehit that her parents were unhappy when she decided to become a singer, and that her father had no influence on her decision.

Katina also has done various solo singing since t.A.T.u. was formed, both for the group and for herself. On September 23, 2005, a Finnish fan won a contest for dinner with t.A.T.u., he asked Lena "I heard you made some solo stuff." She then responded "Yeah, I'm doing solo stuff."

Katina speaks English well and she enjoys reading; especially romance novels. Lena also likes to play the piano during her free time. While Lena did at one point study Psychology at Moscow State University, it was reported that while doing promotion for t.A.T.u.'s new album Dangerous and Moving, she has been demitted from the academy, this however is untrue. Her mother had applied for academic leave for what would be the 3rd time, but was turned down. Katina then skipped a year of study, and in December 2006, she mentioned on the t.A.T.u. website that she was one thesis away from graduating. It was also rumored that she had changed majors to economics, but this has not been confirmed.

External links

• Lena Katina
• Елена Катина‎ discography at MusicBrainz
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