Natella Vagifivna Krapivina (; ; née Aliyeva; ; born 7 April 1982) is a Ukrainian producer and director who is best known for working extensively with Ukrainian singer LOBODA. Krapivina additionally produces the Ukrainian travel show Oryol i Reshka and works with the television channels Inter in Ukraine and Pyatnica! in Russia.
Krapivina was born in Ashgabat to an AzeriâÂÂArmenian family. Her father is Azerbaijani real estate developer Vagif Aliyev. Krapivina lived in Ashgabat until the age of eleven, later moving to Ukraine. In 2003, she graduated with a degree in international law from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
While at the institute, Krapivina created her own production studio, which she called "TeenSpirit". She later launched the travel show "Oryol i Reshka". Together with partners Helen Synelnykova and Yevgen Synelnykov, they created a novelty on the Russian-speaking segment of Ukrainian television. TeenSpirit studio is also engaged in the production of videos and TV programs, among which the most popular are "Vokrug M" with Lesia Nikituk and "Kitchen with Dmitry Shepelev".
In 2010, Krapivina met Ukrainian singer-songwriter Svetlana Loboda, and has since become her record producer.
Krapivina on working with Loboda:
In partnership with Loboda and her sound producer Mikhail Koshevoy, Krapivina founded the music label BogArt, which released the first single by rapper Gadar, titled "ÃÂõ ÿûðÃÂÃÂ".
The collaboration between LOBODA and Gadar is seen as the beginning of a popularization of urban culture in Ukraine.