[3] There, her teachers were Joseph Kobzon, who was acclaimed as the "official voice of the Soviet Union" and Lev Leshchenko, another renowned singer, who performed the closing theme at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

In 2003, she changed the style of her performing music and began to work with producer Maxim Fadeev.

During their partnership, the hit Moy Marmeladny (Мой Мармеладный) was released on February 28, 2003 [4] and became a top chart song in a few of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

[5] Moy Marmeladny (Мой мармеладный) resurfaced on the social media platform TikTok in November 2023.

Life is unpredictable and amazing with its surprises.”[6][7][8] A common mistake in the lyrics of her most popular song is that people will say "my marmalade and mi" while a better translation would be "my marmeladini.” From 2008 to 2023 Katya Lel was married to businessman Igor Kuznetsov.