Sabina Mustaeva: I live the life of an ordinary child, but I dream of a Grammy. Girlish secrets of Sabina Mustaeva Ruslan Mustaev father of Sabina Mustaeva

Sabina’s dad is Tatar, and her mom has Russian and Armenian roots.

Sabina participated in many vocal competitions and often won them.

Winner (3rd place) "Children's New Wave 2013":

Sabina sang with Leonid Agutin at the "Children's Song of the Year 2013":

Sabina Mustaeva - winner of the Grand Prix of the “Gifted Children” competition (Tashkent):

Sabina took first place at the International Competition “Star Crimea” (Livadia, 2012).

Sabina is a laureate of the Republican Variety and Academic Performance Competition. And also the winner of the Grand Prix of the “Mardlar Kuriklaidi Vatanni” competition among students of music schools in Tashkent.

Sabina used to play tennis, but music takes up a huge amount of time, so I had to put tennis on hold for now.

Sabina Mustaeva dreams of singing a duet with Ani Lorak, Sabina is delighted with the energy of this singer, and she also really likes her timbre and appearance. Of course, Sabina would like to sing with Western stars, for example, with Beyoncé. Sabina considers her a super professional!

Soon Sabina will need to go to university, because in Uzbekistan people study at school for 9 years. Sabina Mustaeva dreams of studying at Berklee College of Music. It is located in Boston and is considered almost the best place in the world where you can learn music playing at the highest level. The most famous jazz players graduated from it, and Sabina simply loves jazz! After all, her grandfather is a jazz saxophonist

Sabina Mustaeva always speaks very warmly about Maxim Fadeev. Working with Maxim Alexandrovich is a pleasure for Sabina. He is a kind person, attentive to details, even helping to choose costumes for his performances. You can also contact Fadeev with song suggestions. He may well listen to his participants, listen to the songs they want to sing, and then give his opinion whether it is suitable or not. For example, Whitney Houston "Run To You" was suggested by Sabina. She sang it, and she and Maxim Fadeev decided to leave it.

Sabina Mustaeva, the winner of the second season of “The Voice. Children,” despite the fame that has come to her, now, like an ordinary child, continues to go to school every day, practice vocals and learn English. Next year, Sabina will graduate from a secondary school in Tashkent and will enter the lyceum. However, numerous fans will hear it more than once, both in their native Uzbekistan and in Russia.

Sabina, I remember you as a girl of 8-9 years old, who sang a Marilyn Monroe song in the Tashkent House of Photography, where you performed with your grandfather and his “Caravan” team. After all, it was at the jazz club that your creative path began?

I was really 8 years old when I first performed in public with my grandfather Bulat Kagarmanovich Mustaev, who plays the saxophone, in a jazz club at the Tashkent House of Photography. By the way, such concerts are still held there every third Sunday.

After a number of such performances, all conversations in our family simply disappeared about who I should become. I was sent to a music school. Before that, I was doing ballroom dancing, but was forced to quit due to the heavy physical exertion.

In general, we have an interesting story with my musical education. It was my grandfather who instilled in me a love of music, and my parents, oddly enough, were far from it.

As a child, when I was two years old, my grandfather gave private vocal lessons. And his students came to our home. One day a student came to his next lesson, but not alone, but with her boyfriend, who while waiting for her dozed off on the sofa. I was hanging around nearby and suddenly began to very clearly repeat the chants that she sang, and her boyfriend suddenly woke up with the exclamation “Who is singing this?” We then joked for a long time in the family that my voice could even raise a sleeping man.

However, jokes are jokes, and my grandfather remembered that I was able to hit clean notes. After this incident, he began to think about sending me to study music. Quite a lot of time passed, I went to school, practiced professional ballroom dancing, until one day I sang a song at a family party. Everyone really liked it. That’s how music won, which I still do to this day.

Yes, before “The Voice” I had several competitions. I took part in the first one in 2010. It was called "Gifted Children" and took place in Tashkent. This competition consists of several stages and lasts for 6 months. As a result, having passed them all with the highest scores, I won the Grand Prix in 2011. To be honest, I didn’t expect this victory from myself at all. After it, I began to wonder what else I was capable of.

I also had two attempts to participate in the “Children's New Wave”. The first one was unsuccessful, because the chosen song was not in the competition format, and I was simply eliminated at the qualifying audition. In 2013, I took part in it again and passed all stages, taking third place. By the way, I only found out that I would be participating just before flying to the audition in Moscow. Mom applied herself.

At the qualifying round, I sang a song from Christina Aguillera’s repertoire, although I wanted to sing Whitney Houston, but there were problems with the backing track.

The final of the competition took place in the famous Artek. The schedule was simply rigid: breakfast - rehearsal, lunch - rehearsal, dinner - dance rehearsal. No sea or beaches. In general, the same schedule! But I lived happily in this regime, although I was incredibly tired at the time. On the first day of the competition, I performed poorly because I was confused and nervous; this was the first time for me, performing in front of such a huge audience and filming for television.

It wasn’t just my knees that were shaking, my whole body was trembling. On the second day I was already more prepared mentally, my mother gave me strength by thoroughly washing my brain. In general, I performed well. And in the end, according to the ratings, she took 3rd place. I cried after the results were announced because I didn’t expect such a result, I thought that after the first day I had completely failed.

You know, yes. And what I like most is that every time I unexpectedly learn about the need to pack my bags. It was the same with “The Voice”.
After the “New Wave” they began to invite me to perform, including in Tashkent. And at the next small concert at the Ilkhom Theater, when my family and I were sitting in a cafe near the theater and drinking tea, dad took out an envelope in which there was a piece of paper with badges of Channel 1 and the Voice of Children project, I immediately had a suspicion: that I'm going to the competition again. After all, I had seen advertising about the casting for participation in it on TV more than once before. The envelope actually contained an invitation to audition. My application sent by my mother was accepted!

- And you ended up in Moscow again?

Yes... But this time everything was different. The casting took place in Ostankino, in total about 6 thousand applications were submitted. About 800 people were invited to the selection. The children were taken to one room, the parents to another. We sang, we were prepared, we were divided into dozens. When it was my turn to go on stage, I did not immediately realize that all the editors and organizers of the “Voice” project were sitting in the hall. Then she sang “wasn’t there” and left.
Me and several other people from my stream were asked to stay for a second audition.

Yuri Viktorovich Aksyuta came to see it. By then the nerve had already risen strongly. But I pulled myself together and performed. After these two performances we flew to Tashkent. We were told that the results will be posted on the project website by the end of the month. The most interesting thing is that when we landed in Tashkent and were waiting for our luggage, my mother went online and saw a list of those who had passed the casting, which included my name. At the same moment a call came from Moscow! Mom was informed that we had to return urgently, since rehearsals with the orchestra began in two days.

The next day, like a decent child, I went to school. Then we flew back to Moscow, where rehearsals immediately began. First they provided a list of songs to choose from. I chose something, but I didn’t learn it very well. I began to persuade everyone to give me the opportunity to perform the song “A song For You” by Ray Charles. It turned out that there was no arrangement for it.

For me it seemed like the end of the world, I was very upset, because back in Tashkent I told my parents that I would sing exactly this song at the blind audition. But, alas, this did not happen. Now I already think that it’s good that everything turned out this way. After all, then many would not have heard “The Path” performed by me. The choice of this song was spontaneous. At first I wanted to perform another one, but they told me that I had to sing in Russian. And we took "The Path".

In a week we were supposed to come to the studio for filming. On the first day I didn’t perform, but my mother and I went to cheer for the other guys. We arrive, and there the stage is being dismantled! At the same time, the children are all happy, but the parents are not so happy. These emotions are different. We can't understand anything. We ask: “What happened?” They answer us: “The filming has been postponed until next month.” Thus, I won a whole month in order to properly prepare for the blind audition. And I sang, sang, sang...

- Quite a lot of time has passed since you took part in the competition, what do you remember?

I remember how very nervous I was before the blind audition, and how Sergei Sergeevich clenched his hand into a fist and waved affirmatively at me. I answered him with the same gesture. I think it even went on air. My mother always told me: “Don’t look at the jury, sing for the audience.” And I relaxed a little and began to smile when Maxim Fadeev turned third.

During the entire period of participation there were many rehearsals. Now I remember everything that happened as some kind of wonderful holiday. There was a very friendly atmosphere at the project, I met new people, professionals, I have many friends from there.

- How was your relationship with Maxim Fadeev? Do you work together now?

Uncle Max, as he allowed us to call himself on the project, is the best mentor for me. He was really great to work with. But now we are not working for a number of reasons, in particular, we were not satisfied with the terms of the proposed contract, and my admission is not far off. You need to finish school well and get a good education.

Photo from the personal archive of Sabina Mustaeva

Have you already spent the winnings of 500 thousand rubles? Did you intend to spend some of the money on charity?

-...We received the winnings quite recently, and have not spent them yet. As for charity, I said that I would donate part of the funds, and when the opportunity arises, I will definitely do this. But I think that there is no need to advertise such a fact.

- With such a schedule, is it possible to gnaw on the granite of science at full strength?

Yes, sure. Now, with the exception of a couple of upcoming performances and the New Year holidays, I have the schedule of a normal child. School, music lessons, English. I study mostly with straight A's.

- What kind of performances?

On November 21, my mother and I will be in Tolyatti. There I and other guys from the project are performing at the Gala concert of the children's vocal competition "Be a Star". And on November 22 we will be in Kazan.

- Participation in these competitions could not but affect your character. You must have matured a lot?

I have really changed over this year, especially after participating in the “Voice of Children” project. Now I am calmness itself. I noticed that I became more reasonable and began to reflect on the events taking place. And now I can easily talk about adult things with adults. I’m interested in hearing their opinion and expressing something myself. For example, I used to avoid serious conversations with musicians, I was afraid. Now, on the contrary, I try to extract more useful information when communicating with them.

By myself, of course, I remain an ordinary teenager. I can go crazy with my sister or do some kind of prank.

- By the way, your sister is an athlete, she seems to be into swimming. Don't you sing together at home?

Sometimes it happens. But my grandfather and I improvise more.

Everyone in our family is talented. I'm proud of Amina. Last year, she and I received medals at the same time in Poland, while we were vacationing there at a summer camp. I took first place in the song competition about Warsaw, and Amina became first in the swimming competition. There is also the youngest Yasmina, she is very capable of learning languages.

- Tell me a little about your family. Who is the strictest in the family, who is the kindest?

- We have a big family and I love everyone very much... The kindest one is my grandfather, but he is demanding. Dad is strict but fair, as befits, the grandmothers spoil us, and mother, of course, takes care of all organizational issues.

Your mother accompanies you almost everywhere. But if you go to Berkeley College of Music, which you dream about and have said more than once in your interviews, will you take your mother with you to America?

“We haven’t thought about it that closely yet, we’ll see how it turns out.”

Trials of fame often give rise to star fever. But this didn’t affect you at all. You are open and kind. Does anyone instruct in this regard, or is there an inner core that prevents you from becoming a star?

I think it all comes from upbringing. In general, everyone at home is kind and sympathetic. There is nothing special about me that others don't have. I will never allow myself to talk down to anyone.

I think that a real artist will not allow himself to become a star, because he will simply cease to be a role model if he turns up his nose. Any respected public person will always find a common language with the public, find time for a couple of kind words, and give an autograph. You need to communicate and be an open person, then people will be drawn to you.

- Sabina, what do you dream about?

— I want to become a famous and recognized singer. However, I still have to make a difficult choice in which direction to develop: singing jazz, rock or soul. I haven’t fully decided yet, although I’m more inclined towards jazz. I have loved him since childhood.

But my main dream is to get a good musical education and get a Grammy. I will strive very hard for this!

The New Year ended before the New Year. Now everyone is waiting for the children's “Voice”. Traditionally, this project becomes the most popular among TV viewers at the end of the year. The public wants spontaneous performances and is ready to tear their souls out, looking at the genuine emotions of the kids. But how much does this help young vocalists? The TV program magazine recalls.

Alisa Kozhikina (13 years old, Uspenka village, Kursk region)

Photo: Channel One

The charming blonde came to the children's “Voice” at the age of nine and ended up on Maxim Fadeev’s team. For her victory, she was given half a million rubles and a contract with Universal Music. In November of the same year, Alisa went to Junior Eurovision 2014, where she took fifth place with the song Dreamer. Kozhikina released three singles, recorded the soundtrack for the animated series, and played a major role in the show of the illusionists the Safronov brothers.

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After “The Voice,” the singer continued to collaborate with Maxim Fadeev, but then terminated the contract. The producer said that this was the decision of the girl’s parents, who put their studies first. Now St. Petersburg composer Mikhail Chertishchev, author of the music for the cartoon series “”, writes songs for Alice. Since 2016, Kozhikina began giving solo concerts. At the end of last year, 13-year-old Alisa released her debut album “I am not a toy”, the video for the title song of which has already received 14.5 million views. It contains the following words: “I walk into a new day without blending in with the crowd. I want everyone, everyone to take me into account."

Sabina Mustaeva (16 years old, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Photo: Channel One

Sabina got into the show at the age of 14, literally on the edge of the age threshold. And also to the team of Maxim Fadeev. No one could have thought that she would win, because her mentor sent her home in the semi-finals.

“We were already going to bed when the phone rang and my mother started screaming throughout the apartment,” Sabina recalls. - “Daughter, they’re calling us again! One more stage." I started shaking, I didn’t understand how this was possible. I started asking: how, what, why? And my mother says: “I don’t know, they told me to come.”

The organizers of the show added intrigue and held an additional round in which the audience and. She won!

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After the victory, Sabina returned to Tashkent, where she is now finishing her studies at school. In 2015, with Universal Music, she released her debut single “Let’s Give the Globe to Children,” the girl donated proceeds from the sale of which to the Life Line charity foundation to help seriously ill children. Now 16-year-old Sabina gives solo concerts, sings jazz or classical music, continues to participate in music competitions, and broadcasts on the Periscope social network. The girl does not need money, because she is the daughter of the first vice-president of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation of Uzbekistan, Ruslan Mustaev. Who, in turn, is the right hand of the head of the sports organization Lola Karimova, the daughter of the President of Uzbekistan. By the way, a year ago Sabina’s little sister was born.

Danil Pluzhnikov (13 years old, Sochi)

Photo: Ruslan ROSCHUPKIN

On January 26, this guy turns 14 years old, he came to the children's “Voice” at 13. And immediately conquered everyone. The point is not at all that his height is 110 centimeters (this is due to a serious illness - spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia of the upper and lower extremities). Just Danya right away, with meaningful arguments and dedication. It’s hard for him to stand on stage; he walks on crutches and leans on a stand when he stands. Fingers with almost no bones barely move along the keys of the synthesizer. But he does everything to perform and live. Danya chose Dima Bilan, although this was not so important: his victory was a foregone conclusion and took place as a matter of course.

Danya continues to study, sing, perform, write music, record video blogs and receive treatment. He also participates in charity concerts, volunteers at the Save Life Foundation, raises money for the disabled and visits clinics where cancer patients are treated. But the one that Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov gave him is still being completed.

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What will surprise “The Voice. Children-4"?

The composition of mentors is kept secret. More precisely, it has not yet been approved. However, the general director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, recently said that one of the coaches of the previous convocation will appear in the red chair. Another slip of the tongue was made by Polina Gagarina: it turns out that her son from her first marriage is 9 years old. Considering that the singer herself is in an interesting position and will miss the children’s “Voice”, it’s time to send the child to the stage.

: Competition is growth

— The competition space has enormous developmental potential, because the child is surrounded by adults. He is not alone. Even if he is worried and waiting, he is constantly in contact and under the supervision of adults. Of course, if there are concerns about the child’s mental health, then it is better to conduct an examination. But in general, participation in the competition is growth. Like on a slide: the baby climbs up, comes to the edge, experiences vestibular tension, and then relieves it, going down the slide. The adult does not do it for him, but insures him. There is no development without stress.

Television project “Voice. Children,” where participants demonstrate their vocal skills to the judges, is needed not only for entertainment purposes and to raise the ratings of Channel One to unprecedented heights. This show gives an opportunity to show off young talents from ordinary families, who, thanks to their perseverance and hard work, become new stars in the firmament of show business.

And Sabina Mustaeva, whose songs amazed music lovers, is no exception. While participating in the show, Sabina had both joys and failures, but this did not prevent the talented performer, whose song “Let's give the globe to the children” (previously performed) won the hearts of listeners, from becoming the winner of the project.

Childhood

The future star was born on June 16, 2000 in sunny Tashkent, which is rich in historical sights and cultural institutions. Sabina grew up in an average family with her sisters Amina and Yasmina; her mother Victoria and father Ruslan, who is the first vice-president of the Gymnastics Federation of Uzbekistan, are far from creativity. According to the recollections of the mother of the show participant, she and her husband can only sing karaoke.

But Sabina’s grandfather, Bulat Mustaev, is close to high art, he is a professional saxophonist who delights listeners with jazz. It was he who instilled in his little granddaughter a love of music, which only grew over time. One day, her grandfather allowed Sabina to perform on the same stage with him, so the girl heard the applause of the audience at an early age.

Sabina's creative biography began at the age of 11. The talented girl participated in various music competitions and took first place. In 2011, the young singer was awarded the Grand Prix at the “Gifted Children” song competition, held in Tashkent. In 2012, Sabina demonstrated her skills at the Star Crimea festival. A year later, Mustaeva earned third place by participating in the “Children’s New Wave” competition.

Show “Voice. Children"

"Voice. Children" is an adaptation of the Dutch show The Voice Kids, in which young participants compete in singing songs, and the jury does not make concessions to the little contestants and tries to evaluate their vocal skills as objectively as possible. The first thing the show participants face is the so-called blind audition, when the judges sit with their backs to the stage, unable to see the performer.

If the jury liked the vocal abilities of a boy or girl, they press a special button and turn to face the participants. This means that the mentor is ready to take the young participant into his team for further competitions. Next comes the fights, the elimination song and the final.

Sabina’s mother admitted in an interview that the girl became a participant in the show “The Voice. Children" only on the second try. However, the beauty was not upset, because the parents taught their daughter that in life there are both ups and downs, so all the obstacles encountered along the way must be accepted with dignity. When she got ready for the show, Sabina took with her the bracelets made by her grandmother as a talisman.

Sabina Mustaeva was included in the second season of the television project, which started on February 13, 2015, and the music producer acted as mentors, thanks to whom many stars, for example, other performers, appeared on the Russian stage.

Sabina performed the composition “The Path,” which surprised the jury members - every single one of them turned to the young talent. But Mustaeva gave preference to Maxim Fadeev. After the end of the qualifying round, the fights began, but, unfortunately, the girl was so worried that she made many mistakes, and the judges could not turn a blind eye to it. Therefore, Maxim Fadeev had to say goodbye to the talented participant, who, after the failure, left for her native Tashkent.

However, shortly before the finale, the producers of the show “The Voice. Children" decided to make an exception to the rules and held another qualifying round, different from the standard: now the fate of the contestants was decided not by mentors, but by television viewers. Thanks to the additional stage, Sabina Mustaeva, Saida Mukhamedzyanova and Elena Malevskaya competed for the right to show their talent in the finals. Since the girl acquired an army of millions of fans, she easily advanced to the next stage of the competition.

The final competition took place on April 17, 2015. Sabina performed the song of the American rock band Aerosmith – “Crazy”, captivating music lovers with a range of two and a half octaves. 45% of TV viewers voted for the girl who became the winner. When journalists asked Mustaeva what she would spend the money winnings on, she answered without hesitation - for charity.

The singer’s mother admitted that after winning “The Voice. Children" Sabina gained popularity: every day she received dozens of comments on her official page in "Instagram", and enthusiastic fans often ask the young star for his coveted autograph.

Personal life

In life, Sabina Mustaeva is the same cheerful person as they are used to seeing her on TV screens. In her free time from school, the girl is not averse to immersing herself in classical literature. The singer’s favorite writer is the author of adventure novels. It is known that, despite a busy schedule and classes at a music school, Sabina is an excellent student. The TV project participant is used to pleasing her parents with “A’s” in her diary.

Among other things, the young singer can play musical instruments, dance and loves animals; she loves watching programs about our little brothers. Victoria Mustaeva admitted that Sabina could watch such programs for hours on end. On weekends, Mustaeva roller-skates and spends her time with friends on the street or in the cinema.

Sabina Mustaeva now

In 2016, Sabina performed at a concert where she performed the song “You are the Wind.”

“Thank you, Raymond Voldemarovich, for inviting me to such an important concert. Thanks to every organizer, musician, and spectator for the emotions they gave. It was at this concert that I finally understood what music is,” Sabina shared on her Instagram page.

In 2017, Mustaeva is studying at school and intends to fulfill her long-time dream - to enter the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Also, the gifted girl is not averse to singing with and.