Alla Yoshpe

{{Short description|Soviet singer (1937–2021)}}

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| name = Alla Yoshpe

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|6|13}}

| birth_place = Moscow, USSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|30|1937|6|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

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Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) ({{langx|ru|А́лла Я́ковлевна Ио́шпе (Йо́шпе)}}; 13 June 1937 – 30 January 2021)[https://www.intermedia.ru/news/354876 Умерла Алла Иошпе] {{in lang|ru}} was a Soviet and Russian pop singer, and a People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002).[http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=010664 Почётное звание присвоено указом президента № 116 от 31 января 2002 года] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531015915/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=010664 |date=May 31, 2009 }}{{Cite web|title=Скончалась народная артистка России Алла Йошпе|url=https://www.mk.ru/social/2021/01/30/skonchalas-narodnaya-artistka-rossii-alla-yoshpe.html|access-date=2021-01-31|website=mk.ru|date=30 January 2021 |language=ru}}

Biography

Yoshpe was born in Moscow into a Jewish family. She studied philosophy at Moscow State University and while a student sang with the university's symphony orchestra.{{Cite web|last=Gm|first=Ebene Magazine-|date=2021-01-30|title=Ebene Magazine - What is People's Artist of Russia Alla Yoshpe known for? ru|url=https://news.ebene-magazine.com/ebene-magazine-what-is-peoples-artist-of-russia-alla-yoshpe-known-for-ru/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Ebene Magazine|language=fr-FR}}

In 1960, at a university event, she met Stakhan Rakhimov and the pair formed a pop duo.{{Cite web|title=Алла Йошпе и Стахан Рахимов: Песня длиной в жизнь|url=http://www.sem40.ru/evroplanet/ourpeople/famous/16856/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102193545/http://www.sem40.ru/evroplanet/ourpeople/famous/16856/|archive-date=2011-01-02|access-date=2016-02-11}} The pair performed both in the Soviet Union and overseas.

Selected songs

  • 'Tri plus pyat' ({{langx|ru|Три плюс пять}}, lit. 'Three plus five'), Russian-language cover of Marie Laforêt's 'Ivan, Boris et moi'

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