Natasha Shneider

Natasha Shneider is the kind of artist I find quietly heroic: a Latvian-born, Soviet-raised musician who rebuilt a creative life in America and refused to be just one thing. Keyboardist, singer, actress, composer, her partnership with Alain Johannes in the band Eleven feels like the heart of her story to me, a life lived inside sound rather than fame. I'm drawn to people whose talent spills past any single label, and her early death at fifty-two makes that breadth feel even more precious. She seems like someone who chased expression for its own sake, and I respect that deeply.

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Name (English)

Natasha Shneider

Name (Japanese)

ナターシャ・シュナイダー

Reading

なたーしゃ・しゅないだー

Born

May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008

Origin

Riga, Latvia

Occupation

actor / pianist / keyboardist / singer / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha%20Shneider
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432421

Tags

• actor
• pianist
• keyboardist

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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