Photo: Marina Zakharova / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Zemfira fascinates me because she refuses to be just a pop star. Singer, composer, and poet, she treats lyrics as literature, and that seriousness is exactly why her music outlasts trends. Selling over three million records across Russia and the former Soviet republics is not an accident of marketing; it is the mark of songs that lodge in people's interior lives. I am drawn to artists who carry both rock's defiance and a poet's tenderness, and she seems to hold that tension. Even without sharing her language, I sense a universal ache in her melodies that crosses every border.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Zemfira
- Name (Japanese)
- ゼムフィラ
- Reading
- ぜむふぃら
- Born
- August 26, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Ufa, Russia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / composer / poet / singer-songwriter / rock singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Ufa College of Arts
Awards & achievements
- 2013 MTV Europe Music Award for Best MTV Russia Act
- Silver Play Button
- 1999 State Republican Youth Prize in Literature and Art named after Shaikhzada Babich
- 2003 Triumph
- 2003 Golden Gargoyle
- 2021 Russian National Music Award
- Steppenwolf Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://zemfira.world
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/zemfiraworld/
- Xhttps://x.com/zemfiralive
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9
Frequently asked questions
When was Zemfira born?
Born August 26, 1976 (age 49).
Where is Zemfira from?
Zemfira is from Ufa, Russia.
What does Zemfira do?
Zemfira works as singer, composer, poet, singer-songwriter, rock singer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.