Oksana Grigorieva
| Oksana Grigorieva | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Oksana Petrovna Chernuha |
| Born |
23 February 1970 Saransk, Mordovian Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, RSFSR, USSR |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Pop, classical, traditional pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano, vocals |
| Labels | Icon Records |
| Associated acts | Josh Groban |
Oksana Petrovna Grigorieva (Russian: Оксана Григорьева; born 23 February 1970) is a Russian singer-songwriter and pianist. She was born in Saransk, Mordovia, USSR, and raised in Ukraine and Russia. She studied music in Moscow and completed conservatoire studies in Kazan, before moving to London. After studying music at the Royal Academy of Music, she moved to the United States, with periods spent living in New York City and Los Angeles, California. She taught music in the U.S., and patented a technique of teaching musical notation to children.
Grigorieva gained attention as a songwriter in 2006, after the song that she wrote, "Un día llegará", became popular on the Josh Groban album Awake. In 2009, Grigorieva's music album Beautiful Heartache was released; the actor and director Mel Gibson, with whom she was romantically involved and had a child, served as executive producer. The following year, the couple had a widely publicized falling-out that eventually involved highly public legal proceedings and acrimony.
Grigorieva was born Oksana Chernukha in Saransk, Mordovia in 1970. Her parents were both music professors. She grew up in Ukraine and Russia, and at the age of 15 moved to Moscow to attend university in order to learn piano. She said of the experience learning music as a child, "Diplomas were everything. It wasn't unusual for students to play ten hours a day. Our skin would start to crack. We'd literally have bleeding fingers." Grigorieva finished conservatoire studies in Kazan.
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