Nepara Explained
Background: | group_or_band |
Nepara |
Years Active: | 2002–present |
Origin: | Moscow |
Genre: | Pop |
Nepara ("Not a pair", Russian: Непара) is a Russian pop music duo formed in 2002, composed of Aleksandr Shoua and Victoria Talyshinskaya . The duet was produced by Oleg Nekrasov.[1]
Story
In 2003, the first debut album "Another Family" [2] was released, the author of the music in some songs was Alexander Shoua. The album includes the song "Autumn" (music by Bobby Hebb - lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan), a Russian-language cover version of the notorious hit " Sunny ", first performed in the mid-1960s by its rightful author, Bobby Hebb, but known in Russia from the disco version of the group Boney M.
In 2012, Alexander Shoua decided to start a solo career, and the group disbanded.[3] However, already in 2013, the duo reunited.[4]
In 2013, the band members admitted that they had a romantic relationship for some time.[5]
In 2018, at the Comedy Club, Alexander Shoua announced that the Nepara group no longer existed and that he had taken up a solo career. However, in 2019 the band performed several concerts.[6] [7]
On 13 September 2019, at a press conference, the NSN officially announced the closure of the Nepara project. On the same day, the premiere of the video clip "Stop Me" and the release of Alexander Shoua's solo album took place.[8]
At the beginning of 2020, Alexander Shoua acquired the rights to the Nepara brand and the entire repertoire.[9] In December, on the set of "Disco. Golden Hits "of the Muz-TV channel, Show introduced new soloists - Daria Khramova and Marianna Harutyunyan.[10] [11]
In February 2022, the group's backing vocalist Marianna Arutyunyan left the group.[12]
In July 2022, Alexander Shoua and the Nepara band took part in the AguTeens Music Forum Gala Concert of the III Leonid Agutin Music Educational Forum.[13]
Notes and References
- News: Продюсер и солист "Непары" расскажут о распаде и будущем группы . . The producer and soloist of "Nepara" will talk about the breakup and the future of the group . ru . 9 September 2019 . 15 August 2020 . 17 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191117205859/https://www.intermedia.ru/news/339229 . live.
- Web site: Группа Непара . starhit.ru . 20 June 2016 . 5 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160805033224/http://www.starhit.ru/profile/gruppa-nepara/ . live.
- Web site: Дуэт "Непара" перестал быть парой . . 20 June 2016 . 10 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160810173044/http://www.adigea.aif.ru/culture/persons/324981 . live.
- Web site: "Непара": мы вернулись после одной песни . MIR24.TV . 25 August 2015 . 20 June 2016 . live . 9 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809204426/http://mir24.tv/news/show/13152828.
- Web site: "Непара" // Жизнь как песня . . 20 June 2016 . 12 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112210827/http://www.ntv.ru/peredacha/Jizn_kak_pesnya/m35060/o202956/comments . live.
- Web site: "Русское Радио" представляет: летний концерт дуэта "Непара" на сцене Shore House - Новости Русского Радио Москва 105.7. rusradio.ru. 15 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20210414165716/https://rusradio.ru/news/radio/russkoe-radio-predstavliaet-letnii-kontsert-dueta-nepara-na-stsene-shore-house. 14 April 2021. live.
- Web site: Непара — концерт 7 марта 2019 в Москве. rolld.ru. 15 August 2020.
- Web site: ru. Больше "Непара": Прерванное молчание и новый творческий путь. Национальная Служба Новостей - НСН. 15 August 2020. 28 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028150833/https://nsn.fm/press-center/bolshe-nepara-prervannoe-molchanie-i-novyi-tvorcheskii-put. live.
- Web site: ru. Солист "Непары" Александр Шоуа выкупил название группы и ее песни за рекордную сумму StarHit.ru. www.starhit.ru . 15 August 2020. live. 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200328010522/https://www.starhit.ru/eksklusiv/solist-neparyi-aleksandr-shoua-vyikupil-nazvanie-gruppyi-i-ee-pesni-za-rekordnuyu-summu-203869/.
- Web site: ru. Александр Шоуа поведал о новой "семье" "Непары". www.mk.ru . 9 March 2021 . 9 March 2021. live. 9 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210309201525/https://www.mk.ru/culture/2021/03/09/aleksandr-shoua-povedal-o-novoy-seme-nepary.html.
- Web site: Дискотека. Золотые хиты (МУЗ-ТВ): концерт, анонс, кто будет выступать. ru. TV Mag . 11 January 2021. live . 2 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302095706/https://tricolortvmag.ru/article/music/2020-12-11-diskoteka-zolotye-khity-pokazhet-40-artistov-1990-kh-i-2000-kh-v-odnom-kontserte-na-muz-t/.
- Web site: ru. "Я с трудом справился с эмоциями": Александра Шоуа бросила новая солистка группы "Непара" StarHit.ru. www.starhit.ru. 13 February 2022. 12 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220212165437/https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/ya-s-trudom-spravilsya-s-emotsiyami-aleksandra-shoua-brosila-novaya-solistka-gruppyi-nepara-266712/. live.
- Web site: ru. Леонид Агутин и Элина Чага, которым приписывали роман, встретились на музыкальном форуме StarHit.ru. www.starhit.ru. 24 July 2022.