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Elena Borisovna Frolova ((ロシア語:Елена Борисовна Фролова), born 1 October 1969 in Riga) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer, and poet. She is author and performer of songs based on poems by many Russian poets of twentieth century,〔Spiritual triptych ''Blessed are the humble in spirit'' published by Frolova on YouTube: ( Introduction ), (Part 1 ), (Part 2 ), (Part 3 )〕 including Marina Tsvetaeva,〔(To Anna Akhmatova ), words by Marina Tsvetaeva, music by Frolova〕 Sophia Parnok,〔(You are neither good nor mean ), lyrics my Sophia Parnok, music by Frolova〕 Joseph Brodsky,〔(Sonetik ), words by Joseph Brodsky, music by Frolova〕 Anna Barkova, Andrei Belyi, Varlam Shalamov, Maria Petrovykh,〔(Do not complain, my confessions are crude ), lyrics by Maria Petrovykh, music by Frolova〕 Veniamin Blazhenny,〔(The wheel ), words by Veniamin Blazhenny, music by Frolova〕 Bulat Okudzhava,〔(Blue balloon ), song and music by Bulat Okudzhava, arrangement by Frolova〕 and many others,〔(Insomnia, Homer ), lyrics by Osip Mandelstam, music by Vitaly Kharisov〕〔(The vain lullaby ), words by Marina Gershenovich, music by Frolova〕〔("I don't want to forget you..." ), words by Leonid Gubanov〕〔(Love is not an angle ), words by Dmitry Strotsev, music by Frolova; (White mother ), words and music by Dmitry Strotsev〕〔''(There )'', text by Tatiana Aleshina, inspired by Sodade〕 as well as her own poetry.〔(Solar thread of Elena Frolova ) by Zakhar Prilepin, Novaya gazeta, 07-04-28〕 Frolova is one of few performers who uses Russian folk instrument gusli and ancient harp,〔(Skyphos Songs ), sound of reconstructed ancient (500 BCE) angular harp found by archeologists in Altai Mountains: music and songs by Elena Frolova on ''Ishtar'' and other "Skyphos poems" by Marina Tsvetaeva〕 along with classical six-string guitar for the accompaniment. During 25 years of work she created more than 630 songs〔(Texts of songs by Frolova (Russian) )〕 and published more than 40 music albums.〔(The language to express the ineffable. Yelena Frolova at the crossroads of spiritual poetry and art song ) by ''Collection'', Youth Orthodox missionary and educational magazine〕〔(Page of Elena Frolova at website of Theater of Music and Poetry by Elena Kamburova )〕〔(Singer Elena Frolova: "I took Gusli in my hands after meeting with people of Irkutsk ) by Irina Zheglova, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 7.02.2010]〕 ==Biography== Born in Riga, Frolova composed her first song at age of 15.〔(Elena Frolova: There are visible and invisible cultures in Russia ), by Vera Kopylova, Moskovskij Komsomolets, 15.05.2010.〕 That was song on poem "I wrote on the slate" by Marina Tsvetaeva.〔("I wrote on the slate" by Tsvetaeva )〕 She was a winner of many song and music festivals, including the Second All-Union Festival in Tallinn in 1988.〔(Along the free trace of spring water ), by Natalia Savelieva, ''Truth and Life'', a monthly journal, N3, 2002〕 Since 1988 Elena performed together with Vera Evushkina, in the author's duet "VerLen".〔(Little sister ), poem by Arseny Tarkovsky, music by Vera Evushkina; Concert with Vera Evushkina in 2011 (Part 1 ), (Part 2 )〕 She is a co-founder and active member of creative group "ASiA", together with Tatiana Aleshina, Alexander Derevyagin and Nicholai Yakimov.〔(Website of project ASIA+ )〕 She is a member of juries in Russian art song festivals, including Grushinsky festival. During last few years, Elena made a number of tours in trio "Trilogy" with performer of Russian romance Julia Ziganshina and singer-songwriter Elmira Galeeva,〔("Enigma" ), words by Anatoly D'Aktil, music by V.Sidorov, performance by "Trilogy", Frolova, Ziganshina and Galeeva〕〔("What is heart so..." ), poem by Mikhail Matusovsky, music by Tikhon Khrennikov, performance by "Trilogy", Frolova, Ziganshina and Galeeva〕〔(Gazel of Remembrance ), poem by Garcia Lorca, music by Vitaly Kharisov, performance by Elena Frolova and Julia Ziganshina〕 Since 1989, Elena Frolova worked in Moscow Theatre of Music and Poetry directed by Elena Kamburova. She is a member of Union of Russian Writers. Since 1991, she made many tours with her solo concerts in Russia, Germany, Italy, France, and Israel. Her songs on poems by Russian poets of the Silver Age and her own poetry brought her wide recognition. According to Marina Gershenovich : "The cycle of songs based on poems by Marina Tsvetaeva makes you to believe in the idea of reincarnation. The image of Marina is just as real as your own perception of reality. Coming through the music and voice of Elena, Tsvetaeva rebels, loves, tell prophecies, makes fun, and creates... One can bring back from the death someone he truly loves. Elena Frolova does it with her songs."〔(Artistic biography of Frolova )〕 A documentary about work by Frolova on poetry by Tsvetaeva was created by Irina Roerig〔(Patriots and poets: Frolova and Tsvetaeva )〕 In 1996, Elena has mastered a new instrument, gusli, to perform Russian folk and other songs. Since 2002, she participates in World Music festivals and concerts in Russia, many countries around the Europe, Israel, Argentina, and Mexico. She performed in Théâtre de la Ville, Bienvenue à la Maison des Cultures du Monde and Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris, Teatro de la República in Mexico, as well as in Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels and Antwerp. Since 2008 she has been a regular guest at the Festival of Arts in Naxos. Frolova took part in the congress "The historical experience of the Soviet Communist totalitarianism: the opposition to Gulag" in Milan in 2003 with the program on poems by Varlam Shalamov. In March 2004, she represented Russia at the First International Festival "Eurasia Diva" in Moscow.〔("Divas of Eurasia". A friendly festival of ethnic culture (Russian) ), P.Znameny, Literaturnaya Gazeta, №10, 2004〕 In 2007 she published a book of her poetry, "Song for Eurydice".〔Elena Frolova, ("Song for Eurydice" ) (Russian: ''Песня для Эвридики''), Вита Нова, ISBN 978-5-93898-142-3; 2007〕 Frolova also participates in creation of animated movies. She performed romance ''Don't wake her up at dawn...'' on words by Afanasy Fet in ''My Love'' by Aleksandr Petrov and composed music for animated version of ''The Legend of Lady Godiva'' 〔(''The Legend of Lady Godiva'' ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elena Frolova」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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