Natasha Shneider
- January 4, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Natasha Shneider Biography
| Name | Natasha Shneider |
| Birthday | May 22 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | Riga |
| Birth Country | Latvia |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Siblings | Vladimir Shneider |
| Spouse | Alain Johannes |
Natasha Shneider is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on May 22, 1956 in Riga, Latvia. She is best known for her work as the keyboardist in the 1990s hard rock band Eleven. In 2005, she performed with Queens of the Stone Age on their Lullabies to Paralyze tour.
Eleven was her first band with drummer She was joined in Eleven by drummer Jack Irons, who was also a founding member of the California rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. . Irons was also a founding member the California rock band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
In the early 1970s, Shneider was a member of ‘Sovremennik’, a state-run pop orchestra, that featured her on vocals and piano, as well as her first husband Serge Kapustin on guitar and percussion. Her brother Vladimir Shneider produced and played piano and keyboards for the ‘Singing Hearts’, which was one of Russia’s hottest groups in the mid-1970s, whose output and sound were heavily controlled by the Soviet authorities. Vladimir Shneider recalled: “We’d sing 37 songs about how good the Communist Party is, and at the end—if we were lucky — we were allowed to play a mellow song like Killing Me Softly or Ain’t No Sunshine. But never rock.”
In May 1976, Natasha Shneider, her husband Kapustin, and her brother Vladimir defected to the West, arriving in New York City without finances or connections. Her son was born just two months after arriving. They took day jobs and played evening gigs around the city. In 1978 they arrived in Hollywood where they met Guy Costa, the head of Motown’s Studio Operations, who introduced them to Berry Gordy, founder of Motown records. As a consequence of the meeting with Gordy they were signed to the label, reputedly the first Russian band to be on a major label. In June 1980 their newly named group, Black Russian, released an album of R&B styled pop that was well received by Billboard who highlighted the songs Mystified, Leave Me Now (which was later released as a single), Emptiness, New York City, and Love’s Enough. The album was not a commercial success and Black Russian did not continue. Natasha Shneider and Serge Kapustin then divorced.
She was born in Riga (Latvia) and married twice to Serge Kapustin, and Eleven frontman Alain Johannes.
Natasha Shneider Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Pianist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Natasha Shneider is one of the richest Pianist from Latvia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Natasha Shneider 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In the 1970s, she was part of a pop band called Sovremennik.
Neben her music career, she was also an actor, appearing in Spiker’s 2010 and Spiker films, as well as roles on the TV series Hill Street Blues, and Miami Vice.
Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman (Latvian: Natālija Mihailovna Šneidersmane), (Russian: Наталия Михайловна Шнайдерман ), known in the English-speaking world as Natasha Shneider (Russian: Наташа Шнайдер ; May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008) was a Latvian musician and actress. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, along with her partner, bandmate Alain Johannes. Shneider contributed to tracks for Chris Cornell and Queens of the Stone Age, and together with Johannes toured with Cornell on his Euphoria Morning tour in 1999 and with Queens in 2005 on their Lullabies to Paralyze tour. She died of cancer in 2008.
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Who is Natasha Shneider Dating?
According to our records, Natasha Shneider married to Alain Johannes. As of December 1, 2023, Natasha Shneider’s is not dating anyone.
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On August 16, 2008, Queens of the Stone Age performed a concert in celebration of Shneider’s life at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. They were joined on stage by Alain Johannes, Tenacious D’s Jack Black and Kyle Gass, Matt Cameron, Brody Dalle, Jesse Hughes, Chris Goss and PJ Harvey, playing a variety of QOTSA and non-QOTSA songs. Proceeds from the concert went to defray the costs associated with Natasha’s illness.
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Natasha Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Latvia. Natasha Shneider celebrates birthday on May 22 of every year.
In late 2009, a song she co-wrote with Johannes, “Time for Miracles”, was recorded by Adam Lambert and used in the movie 2012. In 2010 the track WYUT, co-written by Shneider, Johannes and Natalie Imbruglia, appeared on Imbruglia’s album Come to Life.