Moyo wa Shulzhenko unayamba ku Ukraine. Kotero, onse a ku Ukraine akuyenera kuona kuti mayiyu ndi munthu waluso komanso anthu odzikuza. Tsiku la kubadwa kwa Klavdia ndi March 24, 1906. Mbiri ya Claudia inayamba mwachangu, koma kulenga banja. Zoona zake n'zakuti Bambo Shulzhenko, pokhala wolemba mabuku wamba, ankakonda kwambiri nyimbo, ankasewera muimba yoimba masewera ndi kuimba. Mwinamwake, izo zinachokera kwa iye yemwe Klavdia anapatsidwa talente ya nyimbo ndi chikondi kwa iye. Pamene Klava anali wamng'ono kwambiri, Bambo nthawi zambiri ankamutenga kupita nawo kumaloko oimba, kumene oimba ake ankaimba. Msungwanayo ankakonda kuyang'ana ndi kumvetsera zonse zomwe zinachitika pa siteji. Makamaka, iye ankamvetsera mawu a abambo ake. Tiyenera kuzindikira kuti Bambo Shulzhenko anali ndi baritone yokongola kwambiri.
Pamene Claudia anakulira pang'ono, anayamba kuphunzira mu gulu la amateur. Biography imati mtsikanayo ankakonda kusewera. Choncho, pamene sanali m'kalasi, adakonza zokondweretsa ndi abwenzi ndi abwenzi pabwalo. Mwamwayi, pakati pa bwalo lake panali siteji, kotero simungathe kudandaula za machitidwe omwe mungachite. Zinali zosangalatsa kuti anthu abwere ndikuwona zomwe talente wamng'ono adasonyezera. Ndipo mu repertoire ya gulu lake munali nkhani zambiri zamatsenga, zowonjezeredwa ndi nyimbo ndi kuvina. Pafupi ndi sitejiyo anaima chophimba ndi mugwa wachitsulo. Kumeneku, adafunsidwa kuti azipereka zopereka kuti ayambe kuchita masewerowa.
Klavdia anaimba nthawi zonse, mochuluka momwe akanatha kukumbukira. Komabe, ndikuyenera kuzindikira kuti msungwanayo sanafune kukhala woimba. Ambiri anakopeka ndi maudindo osiyanasiyana. Mwachidule, mtsikanayo molawirira anayamba kuyamba kusewera ndi filimu. Anayang'ana pa ochita masewero ndi ochita masewero omwe anachita ntchito zosiyanasiyana zozizwitsa ndikudzipangira okha kuti akufuna kukhala ofanana ndi iwo. N'chifukwa chake, mtsikana amene anali ndi chidwi chachikulu ankaphunzitsa mabuku ndi mabuku. Koma nyimbo zake sizinali zovuta. Iye sanazindikire liwu lake ngati taluso wapadera. Ndipo magulu a nyimbo nthawi zambiri amawasowa, kuwaganizira iwo osasangalatsa.
Atafika kusukulu, Claudia sankaganiza za kuphunzira. Anadzipangira yekha kuti adzagwira ntchito yomweyo ku Kharkov Theatre, yothamanga ndi Nikolai Sinelnikov. Msungwanayo sanapite kukachita masewera kamodzi, anawongolera zolembazo, ndipo pamapeto pake, anamaliza kunena kuti akufuna kugwira ntchito kumeneko. Kotero, pamene iye anali asanakwane sevente, Claudia anapita kukawerengera. Ndipo, panjira, ndikuyenera kuzindikira kuti, ngati kuti sanyalanyaza, sizinali za nyimbo, ndi nyimbo yomwe inamuthandiza kuchita. Claudia anaimba nyimbo yotchuka ku Ukraine "Rozpryagayte thonje akavalo". Ndipo iye anatsagana, mwa njira, ndi wina aliyense osati Dunaevsky mwiniwake. Iye anali atayang'anira kale gawo la nyimbo, ndipo Klava - basi msungwana wosadziwika. Ndiye, tsoka lidzathetsa kamodzi kokha anthu awiri okhwima mu njira yamaluso.
Kawirikawiri, Claudia anatha kupeza ntchito kumaseŵera ndipo anayamba kusewera maudindo ake oyambirira. Inde, pachiyambi palibe amene anamupatsa udindo waukulu, ndipo iye ankasewera, makamaka, mafilimu. Ngakhale, komabe, ndipo adali ndi anthu okondweretsa komanso osaiwalika. Ndipo kwa msungwana yemwe analibe maphunziro ndipo anali ndi mwayi wokha kutenga nawo mbali magulu a amateur, ndithudi kunali kupambana kwakukulu. Komanso, Claudia anapindula ndi moyo wake kunja kwa masewera. Pambuyo pa masewerawo, adagwira ntchito m'makampu komanso m'maseŵera osewera. Ndipo kumeneko, kachiwiri, nthawi zambiri kunali kuyimba, komanso kusewera maudindo. Koma, Claudia sanakhulupirire kuti anali woyenera kuimbayo, osati woimba. Izi zidapitirira mpaka nthawi yomwe mwana wake wamkazi adasankha kutenga makolo ake. Bambo ndi mayi anga anaganiza kuti Claudia adzaphunzitsidwa bwino ndi Pulofesa Nikita Chemizov wa Kharkov Conservatoire. Anali munthu amene akanatha kufotokozera Claudia kuti mawu ake ndi mphatso yeniyeni ya chirengedwe, yomwe ndi yopusa komanso yopanda pake kukana. Iyenera kukhazikitsidwa, ndipo, chifukwa cha izo, ikhoza kukhala yotchuka komanso yotchuka. Msungwanayo adamvetsera kwa pulofesa ndipo adayamba kukhala ndi luso. Mwinamwake, ngati sichoncho kwa iye, ndiye kuti sitingadziwe woimba wochenjera ngati Klavdia Shulzhenko.
Tikamalankhula za momwe ulemerero unakhalira kwa Shulzhenko, ndiye kuti ndikuyenera kuzindikira kuti izi sizinachitike tsiku limodzi. Koma, kwa kanthaŵi kochepa, Shulzhenko anakhala wotchuka kwambiri, ndipo nyimbo zake zinayimbidwa ndi anthu.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, Claudia anaima kale pamtunda wa Leningrad. Ndiyeno nkhondo inayamba. Shulzhenko akanatha kupita kumalo othawa, koma sanatero. Iye modzipereka anapita ku gulu lakumbuyo la jazz. Pamene Leningrad atazungulira asilikali a Soviet, pamene anthu analibe mphamvu kuti apitirize, nthawi zina nyimbo zoterezo zinakhala chiyembekezo chotsirizira. Claudia anamvetsa izi, choncho, anapereka kanema pambuyo pa konsati.
Nkhondo itatha, Claudia Shulzhenko anayamba kukhala fano lotchuka kwambiri. Nyimbo zake zonse zinkaimbidwa m'misewu, kunyumba ndi m'malesitilanti. Kuwonjezera apo, maloto ake a ntchito yogwira ntchito adakwaniritsidwa. Mkaziyo anayamba kuonekera m'mafilimu. Iye ankaimba ndi kusewera, ankachita maudindo osiyanasiyana ndi nyimbo. Claudia anali wokondwa.
Shulzhenko anakumana ndi chikondi chake pa makumi asanu. Ndipo ngakhale osankhidwa ake anali kokha makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi atatu, iwo ankakhala limodzi limodzi zaka makumi atatu zokondwa. Klavdia Shulzhenko anamwalira mu 1984 m'nyumba yake ku Moscow, kumene anakhala zaka zabwino kwambiri pamoyo wake.