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"Elena et les garçons" recently took part in the shooting of the TV show "Hundred to One". Whether the musicians managed to conquer the opponent will be known very soon in the next releases.

On September 10, the group "Elena et les garçons" took part in a festive concert commemorating the 875th anniversary of the capital. The concert took place at Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve.
You can view detailed information by clicking here

On August 7, “Elena et les garçons” team performed at the birthday celebration of the most famous museum and exhibition complex and park in Moscow.
The musicians prepared the premiere of a new program in Russian, dedicated to the musical past of the USSR for the audience.
Details may be found here

On the morning show of TV channel Russia, the group “Elena et les garçons” performed the song “Tico-Tico” and discussed the upcoming anniversary performances.

On June 18, the group “Elena et les garçons” took part in the fifth anniversary festival “Not only jazz on the pond”, which was held at the Skornyakovo-Arkhangelskoye Estate. The team has already taken part in the festival twice in the past years. For more information and tickets click here

The team “Elena et les garçons” is celebrating their anniversary this year! Concerts dedicated to the jubilee year were held on July 2 and 3 at the Omega Rooftop.

You can view details following the link

On December 5, the long-awaited premiere of the new Italian show "Evening in Sanremo" took place at the MIR Concert Hall. This time Elena et les garçons appeared on stage in a new expanded lineup. The audience was offered a full immersion into the Italian musical culture, the performance of a special guest, acquaintance with the works of Italian artists of different years and a feeling of a real bright festival. The concert was organized by the Roofevents company.

Elena Lipaeva and Alexander Kuchin played a small acoustic concert today and talked about the new premiere and future concerts with most cheerful hosts of Radio Govorit Moskva.

Elena et les garçons once again were invited as guests on the “Nostalgia” TV channel where they
played a live concert. This time they discussed Italian pop music and remembered their favorite performers.

Today, together with Elena Lipaeva, we had a pleasant morning on Radio Romantika!!
We announced the premiere of the program "Evening in Sanremo" and other concerts, talked and listened to the songs in different languages.

Read the new interview of Elena Lipaeva on the site of the newspaper Vechernaya Moskvaabout the premiere of the new show "Evening in Sanremo"

Linguists believe that knowledge of several foreign languages gives a person several pictures of the world. Singer Elena Lipaeva, soloist and creator of the famous multilingual project Elena et les garçons, in addition to Russian, speaks French, English, Italian, Spanish and German perfectly. Currently, she is working actively on learning Georgian language. People like Elena are called multilingual. There are very few of them — only 3% of the population.
IRA (Internet Research Agency) managed to talk to the multilingual singer and find out if it's easy to live and create when seven languages fit in your head and heart at once. Read full interview below.

«Italy is loved not only in Russia, but also all over the world», says Elena Lipaeva, soloist and creator of the multilingual musical project ELENA ET LES GARÇONS. Italians have created so much beauty, besides, it is a very hospitable country, with a beautiful language, a favorable climate, unique cuisine and an invaluable contribution to art. All over the world, people appreciate the opportunity to plunge into the atmosphere of an Italian holiday and feel this special mood.
Read a new article with the participation of Elena Lipaeva in the magazine Vokrug Sveta

Today the expanded Elena et les garçons’s lineup performed the Italian evergreen "Volare" on air of the TV Channel One and announced the premiere of the new program "Evening in Sanremo" in December.

Elena Lipaeva, the leader of the band, spoke about the distinctive characteristics of the project Elena et les garçons, band’s jazz programs and plans for the future!

"Our aim is not just to cover some songs, even in author's interpretation, we also try to familiarize Russian audience with foreign music culture...".

You can read the whole interview follow the link.

Alexander Boldachev's author program "World Harp International" has started at the VDNKH Cultural Center. The guests of the Exhibition can go on a musical journey through the cultures of different countries.
On August 22 Elena et les garçons will perform at the festival with the "Time-travel" concert program in 7 languages, which will be performed with the accompaniment of chamber orchestra.
More details are available click.

On June 24 at 2 p.m. the band "Elena et les garçons" will take part in the concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow🌟 The audience will hear a special program of wartime and Soviet retro songs in Russian.

Concert performances of musical groups will be held all day long from 1 p.m. on the stage of the Green Theatre at VDNH.
Learn more and check the schedule click.

On June 4, Elena et les garçons started a new day on air on the TV Channel One. This time we prepared for the audience a fancy mix of two songs Bésame mucho and Sway.

On May 30, on the WTC veranda, the opening of the summer season and the premiere of a new unique program of the band - "Jazz of 7 Languages" will take place.
On this summer stage the audience will enjoy the premiere of an elegant show, which will be an unusual combination of all 7 languages, different styles of music, perfect pronunciation and European charm of the artists.
Tickets are available here click.

A couple of years ago we came up with our first jazz program in French, which became very popular with audiences and concert venues.
Therefore, we decided to maintain the course and combine jazz music and my knowledge of languages, so we created another smooth and unique concert program and called it - "Jazz of Seven Languages".

You can read the full interview on the JazzMap website click.

On April 21, we had a wonderful broadcast on radio Kalyan FM together with Vladimir Kalyan and Olga Kalashnikova. We talked about the upcoming concerts, played a small acoustic concert and even performed our original songs.

On March 27, Elena et les garçons became a musical guest of the popular TNT Music Party, the TV show was filmed in the authentic Italian restaurant Balzi Rossi.

Traditional spring broadcast of Elena et les garçons band on Channel One 🌞 This time the "Parisian Tango" in German!

We invite you to spend the most romantic Valentine's Day on a cozy warm roof in the centre of Moscow.
On February 14 together with the Roofevents team we will give two romantic concerts of "French Jazz" program, which will bring you to the very heart of Paris - symbol of dreams and impeccable taste.
Tickets available here click.

This frosty morning on Red Square, Elena et les garçons congratulated everyone on the upcoming holidays and performed their multilingual version the Jingle Bells on TV Channel One.

On December 29, Elena et les garçons played a New Year's acoustic concert, congratulated everyone on the upcoming holidays in different languages and invited the listeners of the radio #GovoritMoskva to New Year's concerts.

The international author's collaboration of our bandleader Elena Lipaeva with musicians from different countries - «Après tout», was nominated for the international Djooky Music Awards. The song was nominated from France and you can support us by voting on the award’s website click.

Together with the All-Russian contest "Student Spring" Elena Lipaeva created a mini-course for singers on performing in foreign languages!
Elena talks about the main points, common mistakes and gives a plan for self study and independent work with foreign material.
The course consists of a series of video lectures 🙂

On October 22, Elena et les garçons took part in the VDNH celebrations dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. At the concert, the band presented a renewed program of Russian songs of the war period.

On October 13, Elena et les garçons greeted the new day and celebrated the birthday of Yves Montand with the song "Les feuilles mortes".

Elena Lipaeva told the portal JazzMap.ru about musical life in the period of the pandemic, about new possibilities and plans for the future!
Read the full interview here.

On October 8, Elena et les garçons once again played a small concert, told current news and invited the listeners to the premiere of a new acoustic concert program on the radio #GovoritMoskva

On October 1, a new music video featuring Elena Lipaeva was released internationally. The author's song "Après tout", recorded during the pandemic by musicians from France, Italy, Russia and Armenia calls for joining forces in a rapidly changing world.
The song was jointly created by Fabian Dachicourt (France), Umberto Vitillo (Italy) and Elena Lipaeva, who represented Russia. A whole team from different countries worked on the musical accompaniment and production of the video, and the song is already available on all music platforms.

This year, Elena Lipaeva has been included in the list of nominees for the award organized by Radio Jazz: "All the Colors of Jazz". From September 7 to 20, an open vote is held on the award's website. You can vote for Elena in the "Rising star" category.

The soloist of the project “Elena et les garçons” Elena Lipaeva and pianist Andrey Marukhin recorded a new piano version of the famous song La Bohème by Charles Aznavour.
The song was recorded specially as the anthem of the company “The Latin Quarter”, which helps students from all over the world realise their French dream.

On July 14, Elena Lipaeva celebrated French National Day together with the radio #GovoritMoskva, talked about French traditions, popular places, and sang several songs.

Elena et les garçons again pleased the viewers of Channel One with a live morning concert performing the song "The Lion and the Barber”.

In the summer of 2020, Elena Lipaeva became a member of the jury of the all-Russian contest Student Spring Online.
In addition to the qualifying rounds, the participants will also have creative meetings and master classes with the soloist of the project “Elena et les garçons”.

In the interview for the portal Iamcreator.ru, the lead singer of Elena et les garçons Elena Lipaeva talked about how to make a vacation more pleasant and what should be considered when preparing for a trip.
Follow the link to read the full interview.

In the early morning of December 31, we will congratulate everyone on the upcoming New Year, invite the audience to our concert in Krasnoyarsk and play several songs on the radio Krasnoyarsk FM

Elena et les garçons will be music guests of the New Year’s special airs on the PTR OTR TV channel. The New Year shows featuring the band will be broadcast on December 31 and January 13.

This year, as many as 8 New Year concerts await the fans of Elena et les garçons:

30.12 - Krasnoyarsk Regional Philharmonic Society «Time travel»
31.12 - Krasnoyarsk Regional Philharmonic Society «Stories from Paris»
31.12 - 1.01 - New Year on Tverskaya street (Moscow)
01.01 - «Journey to Christmas» on Tverskaya street (Moscow)
02.01 - Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Society «Time travel»
03.01 - Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Society «Time travel»
04.01 - Kurgan Regional Philharmonic Society «Time travel»
07.01 - French Christmas in Magnus Locus (Moscow)

We are looking forward to meeting you!

On December 21, Elena et les garçons congratulated the employees of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant on the Energy’s Day and the upcoming New Year holidays.

On December 19, Elena Lipaeva was a music guest of the event organized by the newspaper “Vechernyaya Moskva” and congratulated all the guests on the upcoming holidays.

On November 22, in the House of Music, Elena et les garçons premiered the program “Time-travel” accompanied by an orchestra. We thank all the participants for the successful performance in this incredible concert, and our audience – for their attention and the full hall!
Follow the link to see the full photo report.

On November 20, Elena Lipaeva and the band’s guitarist Alexander Kuchin pleased the audience with the morning acoustic air on Radio Russia.
Follow the link to listen to the air recording.

Specially for the concert in the Moscow International House of Music, we created and brought to life a photo project of the same name. It reflects the style of the seven decades we will travel through on November 22. The looks from 1930s to 1990s came out bright and very different.
Read more about the project.

The media day continues! On November 15, we perfomed a small acoustic concert on air of #GovoritMoskva.

On November 15 Elena et les garçons had a really good time with Sergei Stillavin on radio «Mayak» - played a small concert and talked about the new concert in Moscow International Performing Arts Center.

On November 14 Elena et les garçons started the day with live performance in «Good morning» show, got everyone it the mood and invited to the concert in Moscow International Performing Arts Center.

On November 13 at 18:00, we will meet the lead singer of the band, Elena Lipaeva, on air of the television and radio channel Strana FM.
Turn on your TV or watch on-line on strana.fm

Read the new interview with Elena Lipaeva in the newspaper “Vechernyaya Moskva”:

“…The most important and serious plan we have is our big concert accompanied by the orchestra in the Moscow International House of Music on November 22. On this day, we premiere our new program: “Time-travel”. Currently, the preparation for this concert occupies the entirety of our time and thoughts, we are preparing many interesting pieces, director’s ideas, we are writing original orchestrations for the songs. So, I think that it will be great, unusual and beautiful…”
Follow the link to read the full version.

On November 9 on Radio Mediametrics Elena Lipaeva talked about the new program «Time-travel» and the upcoming big concert in Moscow International Performing Arts Center.

Elena et les garçons presented new multilingual concert program on TV channel «Nostalgie» and talked about the rehearsal process.

«On November 22 we will go on a real musical voyage in time. During the show we will visit different countries, different decades of the XXth century and listen to the music of all these periods. We try to keep distinctive features of each style and period, but with a modern twist..»
New interview of Elena Lipaeva to Moskovskiy Komsomolets newspaper.

In October and November the All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature hosts our band’s leader Elena Lipaeva’s lecture series. During these meetings we will talk about the life of the greatest women of french stage, about the history of jazz and pop music in XXth century and ask Elena questions about her own career and plans.
Free registration on the library’s web site.

On September 26 - The European day of Languages - Elena et les garçons greeted everyone with a morning multilingual medley on TV channel One.

On September 8 Elena et les garçons will wish a happy birthday to Moscow by closing the celebrations with a concert on one of the main stages in the city center. You will find us on Tverskaya street, 11 at 9PM.

To further details and timetable check «Moscow seasons» site.

On September 4 we will built a bridge between Russia and the USA on RUSA Radio. During two hours on air we will be talking about our upcoming gigs and plans, and we will play a live concert.

Listen to us in Russia:

• Moscow at 6 PM on https://rusa.fm/

in the US at 11AM:

• New-York - 105.1 FM
• Philadelphia - 102.1 FM
• Miami - 103.5 FM

“I always wanted to be on stage, to make music, but I didn’t always believe that I’m good enough and that it could become my full-time job. But my love for music was so strong, that I didn’t have any chance to do something else..I also had a non-stage related hobby, which was learning languages, and I really loved dancing. These hobbies are now a part of my life on stage, and multilingual program became our distinctive feature.”

Read the full interview of Elena Lipaeva, the leader and front woman of Elena et les garçons band, on site imcreator.ru

On July 7 Elena et les garçons band became a part of the cultural programme at Innoprom Golf Challenge 2019 - an annual VIP golf tournament within the framework of International Industrial Trade Fair in Ekaterinburg.

Francothèque has been connecting all the French language and culture lovers for three years already. On July 6 in All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature there will be a big birthday party and concert to celebrate Francothèque’s birthday. Of course, Elena et les garçons will be the main musical guests.
To further details check the site

On June 27 at 1 p.m. we will go on a small trip to Luxembourg together with Elena Lipaeva on radio #GovoritMoskva.

Follow the link to listen to the full recording of the air.

«Fête de la Musique» also known as Music Day, is a big music celebration, that takes place on 21 June - summer solstice day in France, and now in more than 100 countries all over the world. This year Moscow joined the celebration with the concert supported by the Moscow government. It took place on the roof of the Worker and Kolkhoz woman monument, and the most known multilingual band Elena et les garçons was the main guest.

On May 22, Elena et les garçons band once again started the day with live performance on TV Channel One, this time on a special occasion.

On May 21 at 6 p.m. band’s leader Elena Lipaeva together with band’s guitar player Alexander Kuchin played a small acoustic live concert on TV and radio channel Strana FM, talked about the album «Stories...», the upcoming shows and the presentation of a new show in november.

On May 22, Elena et les garçons will perform their special jazz program «Evening of French jazz» on Igor Butman’s jazz club’s stage. In advance of this event Elena Lipaeva - band’s leader and frontwoman answered a few questions for JazzMap.ru site.
Whole interview available on the following link.

On April 30, on radio Mediametrics Elena Lipaeva talked about upcoming gigs, the presentation of the new show and also played a couple of her own songs.

On March 19, Elena et les garçons band will be performing at the Annual national award for the events industry "The Event of the year"

On February 28, Elena et les garçons presented the new collection of Boucheron jewelry house, and the soloist of the band became the face of the company for this evening.

February 22, 2019 is the date of our albums "Stories.." long-awaited official release on all online music platforms! Now you can listen to our songs recorded with a symphony orchestra by following a special link and downloading them anywhere anytime.

Elena et les garçons started this February 14th morning by greeting everyone on St. Valentine’s on TV Channel One!

On February 1 we told about our upcoming concerts and played a small acoustic concert on radio #GovoritMoskva 94.8 FM. Follow the link to listen to the full recording of the air.

On January 29, at 22:00 a live concert of Elena et les garçons band took place in the program "Born in USSR" on TV channel NOSTALGIE.

On January 7, Elena et les garçons will perform a concert at the New Year festival "JAZZ-January in Kolomenskoye". In anticipation of this event, the soloist of the band, Elena Lipaeva, told JazzPeople in a blitz interview about how the repertoire is formed, what is important for the artist and what musical surprises await the audience at the concert in 2019.
Follow the link for the full version.

Elena et les garçons wish everyone a Happy New Year 2019!
Let it be happy, full of magic and music :)

Meanwhile, we remind you that we are looking forward to meeting you at our New Year's concerts:
December 29 - Yaroslavl Philharmonic
January 5 - Smolensk Philharmonic
January 7 - Museum-Reserve "Kolomenskoye"

On December 25, Elena et les garçons will be on-air with a live New Year concert on Radio Culture!
You can listen to the full recording on the air.

Turn on Moscow Radio today at 11:10 - Elena Lipaeva will be charging you with great mood and music in the company of the wonderful presenters of the morning show “All Our Own”.
Follow the link for the recording of the air.

Today at 15:00, our soloist Elena Lipaeva was live on the radio Mediametrics.ru and told about the upcoming concerts, creative plans, and also pleased the listeners with couple of songs!

On December 7, we became guests of the beautiful HSE Alumni Awards, greeted and congratulated the outstanding graduates of the Higher School of Economics with the coming New Year.

Today we began the day with a song of well-known Patricia Kaas on the Red Square, on channel One.

"The Art of Life" exhibition of the French artist Claire Basler, which can be visited until November 30, opened at "Vremena Goda" gallery. And of course, we were the ones who opened it!

Frontwoman, director and creator of the band Elena et les garçons on the morning broadcast of the TV and radio channel Strana FM.

On February 12, at the Mayakovsky Moscow academic theatre, we presented our debut album "Stories.." accompanied by an orchestra. We sincerely thank our team for the preparation of the concert!
We also thank all our spectators for coming and being with us at this important moment. There were so many of you, we thank you for the energy that was in the hall and for your warm feedback. It's nice to know that our solo concert was a success!

"Elena Lipaeva, the soloist of the band Elena et les garçons, won over many hearts of French popular music lovers. On the eve of the Parisian musical evening at the Mayakovsky Theater, the artist told "MK" about why the Russian girl not only sings, but even thinks in French, as well as about the difficulties of conquering the Russian show business.»
Read the full article on the website of the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets (MK).

Tomorrow (05.02), when you dig up your car from the snow or stand at the bus stop and look out for the long-awaited bus, at 11:20 turn on the "Radio Moscow", you will hear Elena Lipaeva, who will share some great news!
You can listen to the live stream here.

19 февраля группа «Элена и ребята» в очередной раз пожелала всем доброго утра вместе с ведущими Первого канала и заодно напомнила всем про большой сольный концерт 12 февраля в театре Маяковского. Не забывайте, что мы очень ждем вас!

Сегодня пели для жителей Владивостока в утреннем эфире телеканала «МИР».

Билеты на концерт наконец-то поступили в продажу. Приобрести можно на нашем сайте, на сайте и в кассах театра.

Друзья, наш альбом уже на подходе, скоро его можно будет приобрести целиком. А пока что предлагаем послушать в качестве тизера одну из песен с альбома - Ne me quitte pas.

Today, we began the day with French songs on the TV channel Life News.

Today our morning broadcast on channel One was dedicated to Yves Montand.

The recording of the broadcast with the performance of Elena Lipaeva and Yaroslava Pavlova on the television project X-Factor (Georgia) is now on YouTube!
Yaroslava Pavlova and Elena Lipaeva, as it turned out, are frequent guests in Georgia. And now they decided to participate in the popular vocal project X-Factor in Georgia, choosing ABBA’s "Dancing Queen» for their performance. Once this song was one of the most popular in the world. Read on Rambler.

A small video report from our concert at the Samara state Philharmonic Society from "Dialog TV".

Dear friends, we congratulate everyone on the upcoming holidays and are pleased to announce that the year will begin with a small tour in the Philharmonic halls of Yekaterinburg and cities around.
January 2 - Sverdlovsk state Philharmonic Society (Yekaterinburg)
January 3 - Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Society (Yekaterinburg)
January 4 - Branch of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Society (Asbest)
January 5 - Branch of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Society (Kamensk-Uralsky)
Tickets for all concerts can be purchased online. Looking forward to meeting you!

Last Thursday our solo concert took place in the Diplomatic Hall of the State Kremlin Palace.
We sincerely thank our spectators for the warmth and attention and we are already preparing for the next concerts!
In the meantime, catch a small video report on how it was.

Today we met a winter frosty morning on the Red Square together with Channel One TV hosts and invited everyone to our concert in Kremlin Palace.

Dear friends, tomorrow from 10.00 to 11.00 you can hear us on the air of "Radio 1", however, only half of the band, but you will soon be able to hear and see the entire band in Kremlin Palace on December 11!
Live on the website.

Today, Elena et les garçons welcomed all the viewers on Channel One's air dedicated to the birthday of the great Coco Chanel.

On July 9, we will again become musical guests of the wonderful Festival of French culture, which will be held at the "FLACON" design factory.
Details of the event on the website.

Live performance of Elena et les garçons on Radio "Mayak".

On December 13, we will congratulate everyone on the upcoming holidays and set a magical mood at the "Heartful Bazaar" charity fair. Read more on the website.

The School "Balletomania" in conjunction with VISA has launched a special offer - a discount of up to 20% on ballet lessons for the holders of Visa Premium cards.
Our soloist Elena Lipaeva and young students of the school became the faces of the advertising campaign.

For those who get up early - today Elena et les garçons started the day singing to you on LIFE NEWS.

Elena et les garçons became a musical guest of the FIFA 2018 World Cup Preliminary Draw in St. Petersburg. Igor Butman, Khibla Gerzmava, «Terem-quartet», Polina Gagarina and children’s choir conducted by Valery Gergiev took part in the event.

On July 11, Elena et les garçons will participate in the international festival "The Day of France" at the FLACON design factory!
The territory of the design factory will turn into real France for the whole day and will be divided into regions where everyone can feel the flavor and culture of the country.

Free entrance.