Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) (; 13 June 1937 – 30 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian pop singer, and a

People's Artist of the Russian Federation People's Artist of the Russian Federation ()is an honorary title given no earlier than five years after the honorary title "Honored Artist of Russia" or " Honored Art Worker of Russia" to an important artist who has created extraordinary works of ...

(2002).Почётное звание присвоено указом президента № 116 от 31 января 2002 года

Biography

Yoshpe was born in Moscow into a Jewish family. She studied philosophy at

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

and while a student sang with the university's symphony orchestra. In 1960, at a university event, she met Stakhan Rakhimov and the pair formed a pop duo. The pair performed both in the Soviet Union and overseas.

Selected songs

* 'Tri plus pyat' (, lit. 'Three plus five'), Russian-language cover of Marie Laforêt's ' Ivan, Boris et moi'

References

External links

Алла Йошпе и Стахан Рахимов
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