Early Years
Lena Katina was born in Moscow on October 4, 1984 to the famous musician, Sergey Katin - who collaborated with "Dyuna", Marina Khlebnikova and other representatives of Russian show-business. Starting at just 4 years old, on her father's initiative, Lena began to attend various sport and music clubs for the purpose of fostering plastic arts and artistic talents. When she was seven, Lena entered an ordinary school and within a year she entered music school for piano classes. When she was ten, she joined the famous children group "Avenue" as a soloist where she would sing for the next 3 years. When she was 13, Lena became a member of vocal and instrumental group "Neposedi" (Naughty Children) where she met Yulia Volkova with whom she became friends. At the casting, she sang a song in Spanish and the jury were astonished by the quality of her voice. Soon Lena left the group due to her age - children sing in "Neposedi" up to 14 years old. At the age of 15 she was successfully cast as a member of the pop duo "t.A.T.u.". Later on, Yulia Volkova (who was second only to Katina, according to the casting results), was selected due to there being "something missing". Yulia was only supposed to feature in the song "Ya Soshla S Uma", but Ivan eventually added her to the band.
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