Biography
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Born
14 February 1936
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Born In
Xorazm, Uzbekistan
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Died
26 August 1982 (aged 46)
Anna German (February 14, 1936 - August 26, 1982) was a soviet singer born in Urgench, Uzbek SSR, USSR. Her parents had dutch and german roots. Anna lived in Tashkent (now Uzbekistan), Osinniki (now Russia), Orlovka (now Kyrgyzstan) where Anna went to school and, finally, in Dzhambul (now Kazakhstan). The artist Anatoly Stishko studied at the same school with Anna in Dzhambul. Anna's mother married in 1942 to an officer of the Polish Army, and so in 1946 the family left and settled in Nova Ruda, Poland. In 1949, the family moved to Wroclaw, Poland, where she would make his debut in 1960 on the stage of the Wroclaw student theater "Pun", where the girl was invited by the head of this theater Jerzy Litvinets.
Anna graduated at the Geological Institute of Wroclaw University. While still at university, she began her music career at the Kalambur theatre. Anna's first success came when she won the 1964 II Festival of Polish Songs in Opole with her song Tańczące Eurydyki.
The same year she toured the Soviet Union for the first time, her repertoire included songs by Gershwin , Fradkin , Babadzhanyan. After successful touring performances, the Melodiya Firm offered the singer to make a record with songs in Polish and Italian. Anna also took part in the recording of the beach music album " From Palanga to Gurzuf ".
A year later she came first in the international song contest in Sopot. She was invited to perform in Italy in the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 1967. In Italy, she survived a serious car crash, but fully came back to the stage only in 1972, after a long rehabilitation period.
Anna returned to the stage for the first time in 1970. The first public performance took place at the Warsaw Palace of Science and Culture in a concert dedicated to the liberation of Warsaw by the Red Army and the Polish Army; when Anna entered the stage, the entire audience applauded her standing for 20 minutes.
One of the first songs Herman recorded after returning to the stage was "Hope ", written in 1971 by Soviet composer Alexandra Pakhmutova and Soviet poet Nikolai Dobronravov.
Anna performed in the Marché international de l'édition musicale in Cannes, as well as on the stages of USSR, Belgium, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia. In the last years of her life she composed some religious songs. She passed away in 1982 from cancer and was buried in Warsaw.
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