Marina Sergeevna Lizorkina is a Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 singer and a former member of girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Serebro

Serebro

Serebro are a Russian trio, formed in Moscow, Russia in 2006. They are also famously known as the band who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song #1"...

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Early career

At the age of 16, she entered the Contemporary Art University in Moscow

Moscow

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. She plays the piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

, the guitar

Guitar

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 and the xylophone

Xylophone

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Marina used to sing in a choir, before she became the lead singer of the group "Formula". In 2004, they released a few singles for the series Obrechonnaya Stat Zvezdoy.

Serebro

Marina was the last one to join the group. She saw an internet announcement, where they were looking for a singer and took the chance. Her application was noticed, and later she joined the group. With Serebro, Lizorkina took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

 and placed the third. They also released four #1 hits in Russia and the album Opiumroz

Opiumroz

OpiumRoz is the debut studio album of Russian girlband Serebro. It was released 25 April 2009 by Moonlit Records in Russia, and 2 March 2010 by Symbolic Records. It was produced by Maxim Fadeev and some of Serebro themselves. The album originally had a projected release date of 17 October 2008 but...

in 2009.

On 18 June 2009 it was announced that Marina Lizorkina had left the band, due to both financial and personal reasons, and was replaced by Anastasia Karpova

Anastasia Karpova

Anastasia Karpova is a Russian singer, best known as a member of girl group Serebro. She became a Serebro member after Marina Lizorkina left the band in 2009.- Early life :Anastasia Karpova was born on 2 November 1984 in Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russia...

. It was rumoured Lizorkina left the band due to pregnancy

Pregnancy

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, but her former band mate Olga Seryabkina

Olga Seryabkina

Olga Yurievna Seryabkina is a Russian singer–songwriter. She is famous for being a member of girl group Serebro, which won the third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.-Early life and career :...

 denied those rumours.

Personal life

Marina loves driving herself, describing it as a passion. She's also very fond of animal

Animal

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s and loves to draw oil paintings. She once said: "I love painting in oil. The main characters are mostly humanoids from other worlds. But I must say that my drawings make very strange impression on people. Each and everyone finds something different in them - and that is great."

Marina is fluent in Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

, English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

. She is also fan of football and stated she was very happy because Russia

Russia national football team

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 played in the semifinals of UEFA Euro 2008.

External links

• Official Website of Serebro
  Serebro
  Serebro are a Russian trio, formed in Moscow, Russia in 2006. They are also famously known as the band who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song #1"...
  
  
• Official Website