Facts: - instrument: vocals - years active: 1985-current - birth name: olga arefieva - genre: singer-songwriter , rock , folk , dance - birth date: 21 september 1967 - background: solo_singer - image: olga arefieva 2007.jpg - birth place: verkhnyaya salda , russia - occupation: singer , composer , poet Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of olga arefieva .
olga arefieva -lrb- born 21 september 1967 in verkhnyaya salda -rrb- is russian singer-songwriter , poet and musician .she has graduated from gnessin state musical college -lrb- her teacher was lev leshchenko -rrb- , founded band '' kovcheg '' -lrb- '' the ark '' -rrb- , composed more than 400 songs , issued 15 music albums , and won the literary prize of magazine '' znamya '' for her poems .her poetry was described by literary critics as a combination of realism and mysticism , possibly inspired by absurdism of daniil kharms or magic realism of gabriel marquez .she is a member of union of russian writers .since 2004 , she began to supplement her concerts with theater performance group '' kalimba '' .in 2008 she published a science fiction book '' death and adventures of efrosinya the beauty '' that won a literary award .