The last days of Katya's life. Katya Ogonyok

Katya Ogonyok (real name Kristina Evgenievna Penkhasova). She was born on May 17, 1977 in the village. Dzhubga (Krasnodar Territory) - died on October 24, 2007 in Moscow. Russian singer, chanson performer.

Kristina Pozharskaya (Penkhasova) was born in the village of Dzhubga, Tuapse district Krasnodar Territory. Then the family moved to live in Kislovodsk.

Mother - Tamara Ivanovna, dancer - danced in Virsky's studio. Father - Evgeny Semyonovich, musician, worked with the ensemble "Gems".

Graduated from 9 classes high school as well as music and choreographic school in Kislovodsk. I studied badly at school. "The teachers must have crossed themselves, giving me a document on the end of their torment," she said.

“At school, I talked mainly with boys and I can list variations on the theme of school dirty tricks endlessly. For example, in winter you break several raw eggs, literally in a couple of hours it is impossible to be at school. Thus, a two-day vacation is provided for everyone. Once I went into the teachers' room and burned the class magazine. They even got away with it, they must not have wanted to lose their school "artist". I took a very active part in school amateur performances, sang, danced," she recalled.

Her father was friends with the famous songwriter Alexander Shaganov, who came to visit him, and one day Christina's dad persuaded a friend to write a song for his daughter. Then an album was recorded, where the singer sang songs in an unsmoked children's voice. Nobody needed the album, but Kristina's work experience came in handy when she moved to Moscow.

At the age of 16 she moved to Moscow.

“It was Moscow that taught me to smoke and drink wine, made me an adult,” the artist noted.

She worked with Shaganov for several years, released an album. Then she sang pop music, but already at that time she began to look closely at the Russian chanson.

She performed in the group "10 A". For some time she worked in the group of Mikhail Tanich "Lesopoval". However, relations with the team, despite the support of Tanich himself, did not work out.

In 1995, Soyuz Production began to prepare a project in the genre of Russian chanson. A competition among performers was announced and Christina won the competition and began performing in the project. Since then, she has performed with songs in this genre (initially under the pseudonym Masha Sha, then - Katya Ogonyok). She toured extensively and released several albums.

Katya Ogonyok - Escort

First, discs with "hard" humor were released under the pseudonym Masha Sha: "Misha + Masha = Sha !!!" and "Masha-sha - Rubber Vanyusha", in collaboration with, who in these albums took the pseudonym "Misha Sha".

Songs from the albums "White Taiga I" and "White Taiga II", created in collaboration with Vyacheslav Klimenkov, already belong to that genre, to that direction of Russian chanson, which will become the main one in the work of Katya Ogonyok for years to come. Many of them are prison, convict songs, but there are also songs about simple, human things - about love and separation, fidelity and sadness, the loneliness of a person before life. Two songs from these two albums were sung by V. Klimenkov: “Kosterok” and “Soul Got Sick”. The songs "The Thief", "Black, Black Sea" Vyacheslav Klimenkov and Katya Ogonyok perform together, the rest - Katya Ogonyok.

The music from the song "Khakinsk" still sounds (as background music) in every episode of the radio program for prisoners "Kalina Krasnaya", which airs weekly on Radio Russia.

In the series "Legends of the Russian Chanson" in 1999, Katya Ogonyok's disc (volume 5) was also released. There were no new songs in it, only those already released in the albums "White Taiga I" and "White Taiga II", except perhaps in slightly different arrangements. But the next album "Call from the Zone" consisted entirely of musical premieres. Then an album of remixes came out again, then again new items in the album “Through the Years” (2000) with the song “Zhigan”, the hero of which, as Katya Ogonyok said in an interview, became her favorite hero of her songs.

In 2000, producer Vladimir Chernyakov began working with Katya. Under his leadership, 8 albums were recorded.

Katya Ogonyok - Zhigan

In a number early interviews the singer claimed that she was allegedly serving a sentence in prison. In fact, a special “legend” was invented for Katya Ogonyok, designed to increase her popularity among listeners of “blatnyak” - in an interview she said that in her youth she was convicted under the second part of Article 211 (hijacking an aircraft, water transport or railway rolling stock) , and allegedly served more than two years. She said that she was granted an amnesty "for good singing" - she sang in places of detention in local amateur performances.

“There I recorded some songs on a cassette recorder, mostly pop hits, and handed them over to my parents. My dad took this tape to Moscow, showed it to the producers from Soyuz Production. They became interested in me and came to the zone with a professional port studio, where we, having received permission, recorded the album "White Taiga" for two weeks. I sang the songs of Slava Klimenkov, a Moscow author, written especially for me. There were four months left before the release, "said the singer. But this, we repeat, is only a legend for development. stage image.

Subsequently, the singer stopped mentioning the "prison experience", and the producer V. Chernyakov finally refuted this legend after the singer's death.

Everyone who knew Katya Ogonyok noted her modesty. Vladimir Okunev said: “Katya did not earn much. She lived in Moscow in a rented apartment, supported her parents. Katya was a simple Russian woman (although she also had Jewish roots) and no one noticed any stardom behind her.

When asked about her musical preferences, Katya answered: “I like to listen to Al Jerol, Steve Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald ... I sang their compositions in my youth. And at the same time I adore Lidia Ruslanova. In general, I love on the stage strong people, bright personalities. The weak usually dissolve in this life. And that means you have to be strong.”

Katya Ogonyok - I'm jealous of you.

She was fond of martial arts, in particular, women's boxing.

Katya Ogonyok died in Moscow on the morning of October 24, 2007 from pulmonary edema and acute heart failure, probably caused by cirrhosis of the liver (according to other reports, she suffered from epilepsy and was admitted to the hospital after an attack).

“She was in the hospital for some time, and they already thought that everything was on the mend, but, as you can see, they were mistaken. As far as I know, she had some sores for a long time, from which, unfortunately, she could not get out This year we celebrated her thirtieth birthday, and, of course, no one could have imagined how everything would turn out, ”Artur Vasin, director of Radio Chanson, said at the time.

She was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery in Moscow.

In October 2010, a monument was erected on the grave of the singer, to raise funds for the installation of which Katya Ogonyok's father organized a concert in Krasnogorsk near Moscow.

In June 2013 in concert hall"Mir" producer and official representative of the family, Elena Beider organized a concert in memory of Katya Ogonyok, the funds from which went to support the family of Katya Ogonyok.

On May 17, 2016, a concert was held in memory of Katya Ogonyok in honor of her birthday, organized by Elena Beider and actress, singer Lyudmila Sharonova. At this concert, the premiere of the second song of the daughter of Katya Ogonyok - Lera Ogonyok called "Wish" took place.

The growth of Katya Ogonyok: 157 centimeters.

Personal life of Katya Ogonyok:

She was married, in 2001 she gave birth to a daughter, Valeria.

“If we talk about first love, then I didn’t even have it as such. At least I don’t remember that, like other girls, I roared into the pillow. All sorts of suffering had already come to me by the age of twenty, when I had first divorce from my husband, maybe, by the way, this was my first love, I was waiting for my husband from the army, although what kind of love at 19, the girl was still, it was just a habit. White dress, wedding - I wanted to try. In general, I tried for 2 years, although we were officially married for 3 years. Then another person appeared, and my husband and I divorced, "said the artist.

She was in a civil marriage with former boxer Levan Koyava.

Daughter Lera, with the support of Elena Beider and the Soyuz Production company, recorded a song in the chanson style, which she dedicated to the memory of her mother. The official representative of Katya Ogonyok's family is now Elena Beyder, she is also the director and producer of Lera Ogonyok.

Lera Ogonyok - Wind-breeze

The parents of Katya Ogonyok - Tamara Ivanovna and Evgeny Semenovich Penkhasov - are sure that their daughter was practically killed.

The discussion in the studio during the recording of the TV program was stormy, the dialogues reached direct insults. By the end of the transfer, passions escalated to such an extent that Katya's mother Tamara Ivanovna had to call a doctor. It turned out that not only the death of the Twinkle raises many questions.

The singer's fees mysteriously evaporated somewhere. In addition, often Katya Ogonyok worked for much less money than she was supposed to. “She was constantly deceived,” confirmed the guest of the program, Willy Tokarev. But could it be otherwise if the financial affairs of the singer were in charge of a person who had nothing to do with show business and was completely unaware of concert activities? This led to the fact that there was nothing to bury the chanson star. Collected, as they say, with the world on a thread. “Levon didn’t want to work, but he squeezed all the juice out of Katya,” Ogonyok’s mother exclaimed in her hearts.

Seeing the conditions in which the queen of chanson lived, many of those present were speechless. In the common people, such an apartment is called a homeless person. Being a sought-after singer, Katya Ogonyok could not only buy a house for herself, but even renovate rented apartment. How is this possible? In all of the above, as in the death of Ogonyok, the singer's parents blame her common-law husband Levon, from whom Katya gave birth to a daughter, Valeria. According to Tamara Ivanovna, Levon himself abused alcohol and did not restrain his wife. Levon constantly went on tour with Ogonyok and was not able to control Katya's endless banquets, where the singer was invited with enviable regularity.

Katya Ogonyok - Victim of chanson. Let them talk

Even more shocking was another confession from the parents. Already when Katya was in intensive care, Levon asked the doctor treating her to put the singer on her feet as soon as possible. In a couple of days, Katya had to go to concerts, for which Levon had already received an advance payment. Cynical, but true. On the eve of these concerts, Katya died.

The singer's parents said that Ogonyok was treated by a doctor with whom the singer's common-law husband had been friends for many years. At first, there was a suspicion of cirrhosis of the liver, and then Katya was admitted to the cardiology department. When Tamara Ivanovna saw her dead daughter, she was surprised by the terrible swelling of Katya's face.

“More like asphyxia than cardiac arrest,” Katya's mother said with tears in her eyes. And father Yevgeny Semenovich frenziedly repeated: “This bastard killed her. I will definitely figure everything out. They have deprived us of a daughter." All the guests of Malakhov agreed that Katya was killed by the concert race and unhealthy image life. Trying to somehow justify himself, Levon told his colleagues Ogonyok: “Yes, each of you once offered her a glass.”

Throughout her creative career, Katya Ogonyok went with the flow. For the most part, no one really cared about her. At first she tried to become a pop singer and performed under the pseudonym Kristina Pozharskaya, leaving her real name. At different stages, composers Alexander Shaganov, Alexander Morozov and others tried to help her. But pop did not work out. But in the chanson, Katya Ogonyok sparkled - so much so that she managed to move from the pedestal.

True, for some reason, Ogonyok did not perform at worthy venues, but mostly shone in front of the prisoners. Katya was invited three times to the Kremlin Palace of Congresses for combined chanson concerts, but each time at the last moment her name was deleted. Are two queens crowded in one concert or is it just a coincidence? Nevertheless, for some reason, singer Lyubov Uspenskaya did not come to the shooting of Malakhov's program, although she was invited.

A little later, rumors reached Katya that Lyuba harbored a grudge against her. Katya Ogonyok, of course, was a truth-seeker and was not shy about saying whatever she thought. But she never said a single bad word about Uspenskaya. The queen of chanson died a poor and really lonely person in her soul, whose only joy was the stage and her daughter.

Discography of Katya Ogonyok:

1998 - "Misha + Masha = Sha !!!"
1998 - "Masha-sha - Rubber Vanyusha"
1998 - "White Taiga I"
1999 - "White Taiga II"
1999 - “Legends of the Russian Chanson. Volume 5"
2000 - "Call from the zone"
2000 - "Remixes"
2000 - "After a year"
2001 - "Road Home"
2001 - "The Road of My Life"
2001 - Road Romance
2002 - "Commandment"
2003 - "Refugees"
2003 - " Debut album»
2004 - "Kiss"
2004 - "Tattoo"
2005 - "Katya"
2006 - "Bitter Honey"
2006 - "Happy birthday, Koresh!"
2006 - "A for the Tramp"
2007 - "Eternal Sadness"
2007 - "Applause and Flowers"
2008 - "In my heart"

Why did Katya Ogonyok fade away?
Yesterday the ranks of the chanson thinned out. In the morning, the star of this genre, Katya Ogonyok, died in the intensive care unit of one of the capital's clinics. She was known even by those who had never listened to and did not like chanson in their lives. On October 26, she was supposed to perform at the evening in memory of Mikhail Krug in Nizhny Novgorod ...

Kate was only thirty years old. After a divorce from her husband, she raised her daughter Valeria alone. Some time ago, the singer was taken to one of the capital's clinics.

According to rumors, Katya had serious kidney problems. It was said that in Lately famous singer abused alcohol, which is a very common occurrence among chanson.

“It’s not good to discuss these problems when a person is gone, but I think that Katya died precisely because of this,” said another representative of the chanson, who, for obvious reasons, asked not to name her. – In our country, you know, both men and women drink, it's like a lifestyle. Tours, constant feasts, the genre itself ...

Well, you understand. And if, in addition to this, a person also has personal problems, then you can’t get away from a glass. I know that Katya loved cognac. After the divorce, she somehow weakened, or something, the spark in her disappeared. Yes, she drank. And the female body can not stand much. That's how I ended up in the hospital. I am very sorry that we lost this man. She was very kind and open. There just wasn’t a decent male shoulder nearby, and she burned down.”

The death of Twinkle is regretted even by those who knew her very superficially. During the ill-fated feasts, which, perhaps, really brought Katya to the grave ahead of time, she was the soul of the company - cheerful, perky, witty. In general, it is fully consistent with its stage name - Ogonyok.

In this love of life, they were very similar to their mother, a former dancer at Virsky's studio. Their resemblance was also striking. And the hospitality characteristic of the people of the Krasnodar region was overflowing.

I remember when Katya performed under the name Christina with a pop repertoire, she tried to watch her weight and constantly pulled herself up at the table. "I'm eating like a cow!" - Christina laughed, and could not do anything with her healthy appetite.

I happened to meet Christina back in 1997. We met in Vitebsk, at the festival. The poet Sasha Shaganov and his friend composer Igor Pyankov simply took me by the arms and said: “Come on, you will meet our singer! Christina is a cool girl!

And she really turned out to be gluey, although at times she struck with her spontaneity. Then I even began to like this spontaneity, she was the highlight of Christina, who in any place and in front of any people could say whatever she thinks and do as she wants. She was absolutely not shy about who and what would say about it.

We became friends. new year's eve The upcoming year of 1998 was celebrated violently, announcing with joyful cries the cozy area of ​​​​the Schelkovskaya metro station, where Christina's apartment was. "Let's sing?" the hostess suggested. And all the guests sang, then they continued this business on the street, drinking cognac, which Christina really loved.

And one evening, Christina called and, without any preamble, blurted out: “Lenchik, come! I have a fur coat formed here, my mother and I think that it will suit you! I was dumbfounded, but that was all Christina.

In general, this fur coat, although it has already lost its presentation, is still kept in my wardrobe - as the most extravagant and pleasant friendly gift. He will always remind you of how unpredictable and groovy Christina Pozharskaya, aka Katya Ogonyok, was.

Even having gained incredible popularity, she still remained a person. broad soul always ready to help. It is a pity that in recent times it was possible to communicate less and less.

Christina changed her phone number, but left a new one through my parents. Asked to call back. It is sad that because of the daily hustle and bustle, I never got around to making a call ... I express my sincere condolences to all Kristina's family and friends.

Myths about Katya Ogonyok appeared during her lifetime, fans discussed the fictional biography of the Russian chanson star, various rumors also circulated about the causes of the singer's death, many tried to discern traces of alcohol abuse in her photo. Last fall, it was 10 years since Katya's death, many myths have been debunked, but interest in her personal life has not faded.

Kristina Penkhasova (Bogdanova), known as Katya Ogonyok, was born on May 17, 1977 in the family of a musician from the ensemble "Gems" and a dancer. In her native village of Dzhubga (Krasnodar Territory), Christina lived for 6 years, and her school years took place in Kislovodsk, where, in parallel with general education, the girl graduated from a music and choreographic school.

She inherited the talents of her mother and father, but from childhood she loved singing more than dancing.

At the age of 16, the girl went to conquer the capital. Her family supported her, her parents sold their housing in Kislovodsk and moved to Moscow.

The aspiring singer performed and recorded songs first as Kristina Pozharskaya, then as Masha Sha. And Katya Ogonyok was born in 1998.

It is the word “born” that is most appropriate here, since it is not just a pseudonym, but an image, an independent person with a biography that differs from the biography of Kristina Penkhasova.

The life of Christina herself was not easy, the glory of the queen of Russian chanson did not bring her much wealth. WITH young years on the shoulders of the girl was the main breadwinner in the family. Parents took care of their granddaughter Lera, because the girl's father did not take a particularly active part in her upbringing. But in spite of quite difficult life in prison, Christina, contrary to rumors, never sat.

The legend that Katya Ogonyok is a former prisoner was invented by her producer. It was such a biography that suited the performer of thieves' songs.

According to this legend, Katya was imprisoned as the culprit of an accident in which several people died, spent two and a half years in prison and was released under an amnesty. In the prison amateur club, she recorded several songs on a tape recorder, and her father took this recording to the Soyuz Production company. The hoarse voice of the young prisoner impressed the producers, and they visited her in prison, where Katya's debut album "White Taiga" was recorded. And after her release, she continued her career as a singer in the chanson genre.

Although after the death of the singer, the legend of her prison past was refuted by the producer, many still do not share real person, Kristina Pozharskaya and a fictional character, Katya Ogonyok. Yes, the singer herself got used to her stage image, the pseudonym Ogonyok reflected her nature in the best possible way.

Katya was a very bright person and at the same time had a hot temperament. It was in the image of Katya Ogonyok that she reached the heights creative career and became a popular favorite.

Musical career

In 1995, Christina won the competition from Soyuz Production. The first notable project within the framework of work for this company was the album "Misha + Masha = SHA!", Recorded together with Mikhail Sheleg in 1998.

A little later, the second album appeared, the songs of which were also distinguished by rude sexual humor. Under the defiant pseudonym Masha Sha, the girl performed for 3 years, then the promotion of another project began and a new pseudonym was needed.

Prison songs, thieves' lyrics have always been popular in Russia, but it was traditionally a male genre. Started with Katya Ogonyok new era Russian chanson, her songs about the fate of female prisoners, about anxieties and sorrows, simple joys sounded heartfelt.

Rumors about the prison experience, which the singer herself did not refute, contributed to the growth of her popularity.

The first 2 albums of Katya Ogonyok were recorded together with Vyacheslav Klimenkov, producer and co-performer. Since 2000, she has worked under the direction of producer Vladimir Chernyakov. Over the years of his musical career the performer wrote:

• 2 albums as Masha Sha;
• 21 albums as Katya Ogonyok. The first, "White Taiga", appeared in 1998, and the last, "In My Heart", was released after the death of the performer, in 2008.

But fans who preferred to listen to her live. Katya's concert schedule was very tight, she never canceled performances, she was a very responsible person. Perhaps, precisely because the singer devoted a lot of energy to work, her personal life was not particularly successful.

Personal life

Almost nothing is known about Katya's (Kristina's) first husband, except for the surname (Bogdanov). They were friends from school and got married when the guy returned from the army, and Christina herself was only 19.

The marriage lasted 3 years, and then Katya Ogonyok met Levan Koyav, the next important event in her biography was the birth of her daughter Valeria.

The birth of a child did not force Levan to legalize relations with civil wife. And after her death, when a memorial obelisk was erected at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery in Balashikha, where Katya was buried, he did not even appear at the ceremony.

According to Elena Beider, a close friend of the late Katya's family, she has always been a support for loved ones, and she herself could not find a reliable male shoulder, but which she could rely on. Katya loved her daughter very much, tried to devote every free minute to her. But concerts and tours took too much time, the singer did not stop performing almost until the very birth, and a few weeks after the birth of Lera she returned to the stage.

Valeria, who lost her mother at the age of 6, at the age of 11 recorded the song "Veterok", dedicated to her memory. Recently a girl started solo career under the pseudonym Lera Ogonyok. In the photo, Lera is very similar to her mother in her youth. latest news about an aspiring singer supported by Elena Beider and Lyudmila Sharonova: in September 2017, her song "Romashka" was released.

Interestingly, Katya herself jokingly called her little daughter Lera Fitilek. And here are some more interesting facts from the life of the singer:

• the first professional recording of songs was carried out by 14-year-old Christina with the assistance of her father. Chanson, performed by a teenage girl, was heard by Alexander Kalyanov, it was he who recommended Christina's parents to take up their daughter's vocal career;
• the debut of 16-year-old Christina on the stage was a performance in a duet with Zhenya Belousov;
• one of Katya Ogonyok's albums was included in the series "Legends of Russian Chanson";
• the popular performer never received windfall, but always provided financial support to those in need. In particular, she helped children from orphanages and prisoners;
• from drinks Katya always preferred light dry wine, and rumors attributed to her alcohol and drug abuse, many called cirrhosis the cause of the singer's death.

Death of Katya Ogonyok

On October 24, 2007, Katya Ogonyok's fans were shocked: this day was the last in short biography singers. Everyone was interested in the causes of death of the 30-year-old queen of chanson, under her photo and video, numerous comments from grieving listeners appeared on the network.

She died of cardiac arrest. Before that, she spent 6 days in intensive care, where she ended up after an attack of epilepsy, which she suffered from since childhood.

Relatives explain early death Katya with a busy work schedule and the fact that she took everything to heart and kept it to herself, never cried or complained.

On the grave of Katya Ogonyok there is a monument with a photo in full height appeared only 3 years after the funeral. A lot of fans gathered at the opening ceremony.

Kristina Penkhasova-Pozharskaya lived only 30 years. The life of her stage image, Katya Ogonyok, turned out to be even shorter, a person with a fictional biography who managed to become a legend in 9 years, fans are still discussing the circumstances of her life and the causes of death, remember the singer, looking at her photo and listening to songs.

Biography of Katya Ogonyok, the cause of her death is of interest to fans of the performer. She is known for singing chanson. A lot happened in her biography and personal life. different events. The songs of the performer are relevant even now, and Katya is spoken of as a kind and bright person. Despite the fact that chanson is a genre that is performed mainly by men, Katya was able to win the love of many connoisseurs.

Katya Ogonyok: biography

The real name of the performer is Kristina Penkhasova. Born in an urban-type settlement in Krasnodar Territory. Her parents had creative professions- Father was a musician, mother danced professionally. At the age of 6, Christina and her parents had to move to another city - Kislovodsk.

There, the girl went to study at a music school, and also studied choreography. Christina's parents wanted the girl to follow in their footsteps and become an artist. WITH early childhood Katya was taught to listen good compositions- her father chose songs only from artists known around the world.

WITH early age Katya knew jazz well, as well as classical compositions. When she was a teenager, she often took part in performances, performed compositions in local musical groups revealing your talent. However, her academic performance was not good, as was her behavior.

The professional biography of Katya Ogonyok has many events, the cause of her death is of interest to chansonnier fans. The most likely cause, according to the press, are diseases of the liver and heart.

Music

When Christina was 16 years old, she went to live in the capital. Her father was able to agree with A. Shaganov about recording a song for Christina. Then she was able to fulfill her debut song With famous singer E. Belousov. The girl was first shown on TV. After a successful performance, the composer Morozov drew attention to Christina. He invited her to cooperate, as a result, after a while, their debut album was released, which quickly gained popularity.

For some time, the girl performed compositions in the style of pop music, but later she chose chanson as her main genre, which was closer to her due to her rebellious disposition. Since the mid-nineties, she began to collaborate with M. Sheleg. Her pseudonym is Masha Sha. The performers have released two albums.

The famous performer became when she began to collaborate with V. Klimenkov. He invited her to the White Taiga project. In the late 90s, the singer got a new pseudonym, under which she is known now - Katya Ogonyok. She had a criminal past.

The collection of songs "White Taiga" in two parts became relevant and liked by the public. Katya has become truly famous. Her performances aroused delight among people, concerts gained full halls. The audience loved Katya for her songs, which were close to almost everyone, for her hoarse voice. After some time, Katya managed to release several albums, go on numerous tours.

Personal life

In her youth, Katya was fond of martial arts, she liked women's boxing. She got married at 19. Her husband was a childhood friend she expected from the army. The young couple lived together for two years, after which they broke up. After some time, the couple officially filed for divorce. After this event, there were no official marriages in Christina's personal life.

At the beginning of the 2000s, Katya gave birth to a daughter from a former boxer, with whom she lived together. The girl was named Valeria. Subsequently, she followed in the footsteps of her mother and became a performer.

She was raised by her mother and father of the singer. Last years of her personal life, the singer heavily abused alcohol along with her civil husband. Perhaps the craving for alcohol caused the death of the singer.

The criminal past of the singer

In the biography of the performer, you can find information about her criminal past. In some interviews, she spoke about the prison. On this topic she did not speak very willingly, but said that she had been convicted under Art. 211. According to her, there is nothing wrong with that.

One story happened to her that was connected with the vehicle.

Katya was imprisoned for 2 years, after which she was released. It happened because she didn't behave well, but because of her creativity. Subsequently, it turned out that the story with the place of deprivation of liberty turned out to be a fiction that every chansonnier needs.

Cause of death

According to media reports, the cause of death was lung disease. There is another version explaining why the famous singer died - epilepsy. The producer of the performer said that Katya was hospitalized for several days, after which she felt better. After some time, she passed away. The news of death was unexpected for fans of the chansonnier.

One of the most probable causes death was cirrhosis of the liver, which resulted in pulmonary edema and subsequent death. The woman's funeral was held at a cemetery in Moscow. Date of death - 24.10.2007.

Discography

The first discs with the singer's recordings were released under the pseudonym Masha Sha. The songs were of the erotic genre. After the pseudonym was changed, and the songs belonged to the genre of classical chanson. Under the name Katya Ogonyok, the first two albums "White Taiga" were released. Most of the compositions are songs about prison, loneliness, sadness.

In the 90s, compositions were relevant and in demand. Since 2000, the singer new producer. Under his leadership, eight collections were published, which include Christina's songs.

Where was Katya Ogonyok born?

Kristina Penkhasova was born in the Krasnodar Territory, in the resort town of Dzhubga, located on the Black Sea coast. Parents were creative people. Mom Tamara Ivanovna is a former professional dancer. In her youth, she was a member of the National Honored academic ensemble dance of Ukraine named after Pavel Virsky. Father Evgeny Semenovich Penkhasov was a musician, collaborated with several well-known groups, including the famous ensemble "Gems".

When Kristina was 6 years old, the family moved to Kislovodsk. Here the girl studied not only in a comprehensive school, but also studied in a choreographic and music schools. A friend of her father, a famous songwriter, wrote a song for the young girl and even helped make a demo at a local recording studio. Of course, this test of Penkhasova did not bring any popularity, but it made it possible to gain experience with sound.

At the age of 16, the girl leaves for Moscow, as the producer and poet Alexander Shaganov created the 10-A pop group and invited Kristina Penkhasova as a vocalist. In this semi-amateur group, she performed under the pseudonym Christina Pozharskaya. Also collaborated with famous group"Lesopoval" as a soloist and backing vocalist.

Music

In 1995, the Soyuz Production studio held a casting for a new musical project in the style of Russian chanson. Christina becomes a contestant and wins. As part of the project, under the pseudonym Masha Sha, she releases the albums "Misha + Masha = Sha !!!" and "Masha-sha - Rubber Vanyusha." Both recordings were released in 1998 and were distinguished by rather low-quality texts on erotic topics, the author of which was Mikhail Sheleg. After the release of the albums, Christina dramatically changes not only her repertoire, but also her pseudonym to Katya Ogonyok.

Since 1997, she has been collaborating with composer and producer Vyacheslav Klimenkov and, under his leadership, released the album "White Taiga" in 1998. A year later, the follow-up album "White Taiga-2" was released. The songs of these albums are written in the style of Russian chanson, which is typical for Katya Ogonyok, from which she will no longer depart.

Many of the lyrics of these compositions raise the theme of prison life, but there are also many songs about love, separation, human loneliness. Albums have become very popular with fans of the chanson genre.

The uniqueness of Katya Ogonek lay in her ardent presentation of the material, characteristic of a young woman. After all, most of the performers of the genre are mature men. Against their background, the girl's voice stood out very much.

In 2000, albums of new songs "Call from the Zone" and "Through the Year" were released, as well as several collections from popular famous compositions singers. Since 2001, her records began to be released annually, one at a time. "Road Romance", "Commandment", "Debut Album" with covered early songs, "Kiss", "Katya". The last disc during the life of the singer was the album "Happy Birthday, sidekick!" 2006.

Katya Ogonek was a very popular performer of Russian chanson not only in Russia and countries former Union. She was invited on tour to many countries where former compatriots lived - to Israel, Germany, the USA. But in America, she was never destined to speak due to bureaucratic delays. In 2007, Katya Ogonyok worked on new songs, but to see her new album did not make it. The CD "In My Heart" was released already in 2008 and became a posthumous monument to the singer.

Personal life

Katya Ogonyok entered into the only official marriage when she was still 19 years old. It was a childhood friend she was waiting for from the army. The couple lived together for 2 years, then separated and a year later they divorced officially. In the future, the singer had only civil marriages and industrial novels.

Last husband Kristina Penkhasova was former boxer Levon Koyava. In 2001, Katya Ogonek gave birth to a daughter, Valeria, from him, who would later follow in her mother's footsteps and dedicate one of her songs to her. Lera lived and was brought up by the singer's parents.

It is known that Katya Ogonyok in her youth, in addition to dancing and music, was fond of various martial arts, especially women's boxing.

Death

Katya Ogonyok died on the morning of October 24, 2007 from acute heart failure and pulmonary edema. The cause of death, according to doctors, was cirrhosis of the liver, although the singer was admitted to the hospital after an attack of epilepsy, which she suffered from early childhood.

The funeral took place in Moscow, at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery. To erect a monument on the grave famous singer, which many fans called the "queen of Russian chanson", Kristina Penkhasova's father had to organize in 2010 a charity concert in the city of Krasnogorsk.

Discography

• 1998 - White Taiga I
• 1999 - White Taiga II
• 2000 - Call from the zone
• 2000 - Through the years
• 2001 - Road Romance
• 2002 - Commandment
• 2003 - Debut album
• 2004 - Kiss
• 2005 - Katya
• 2006 - Happy birthday, Koresh!
• 2008 - In my heart