Women's stories 12/26/1999 (1999)

The heroine of the program is Valentina Ponomareva, a Soviet and Russian performer of romances and a jazz soloist.

Fragment hud.filma "Cruel romance."

Director E. Ryazanov, 1984. A couplet of a romance from a film performed by V. Ponomareva.

The heroine tells of her childhood, which almost all went on the road around the country.

Photos from V. Ponomarev's personal archive.

About work in the Khabarovsk Drama Theater.

First love and a sharp break.

A sharp turn in life. V.Ponomareva leaves the theater and moves to Tallinn.

There begins her career as a jazz soloist.

Photos from the personal archive of the heroine.

About work in the orchestra A. Kroll.

But, jazz falls under the ban, as a bourgeois art. V.Ponomareva comes to work in the Roma gypsy theater "Roman".

About son Oleg, who was born in Khabarovsk and is being brought up from Valentina's parents.

Photos from the personal archive of the heroine.

About the birth of the trio "Romain", the work in which brought her popularity and a better life. ! 0 years she worked in this trio.

In 1983, she met Konstantin Gogunsky, who became her husband.

Fragment of jazz composition.

Photo from the family archive.

About family life tells K. Gogunsky, the husband of the singer.

About the family trio with whom they have long played.

About the transfer of his son to England.