The story starts with your idea

Voices that bring
your stories
to life

Human voiceover for brands, universities, museums and authors. Native Russian at our core, nine languages in all, from script to finished sound.

Meet our voices

A voice for every idea

Your stories
find their voice

From a major premiere
to a textbook dialogue or a museum gallery.

02 / RUSSIAN LANGUAGE & UNIVERSITIES

Make learning
a pleasure

Beautifully produced audio for learning Russian: textbooks, dialogues, stories and campus audio guides for international students.

Russian coursesUniversitiesAudio guides
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03 / MUSEUMS & TOURISM

Make places
speak

Audio guides for museums, cities and routes in Russian and eight other languages, plus audio description for blind and partially sighted visitors.

Audio guides9 languagesAudio description
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04 / AUTHORS & PRODUCERS

Make stories
ring true

Vivid characters, rich atmosphere. Audiobook and literary narration, audio dramas, podcasts, animation and documentaries.

AudiobooksPodcastsAnimation
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Languages

Native Russian,
plus eight more languages

Native Russian voiceover is at the heart of what we do. For audio guides, learning materials and international projects, we also translate and record in:

  • Russian
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Chinese
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • French
  • German
  • Bulgarian
Studio microphone and headphones in warm light

From idea to finished sound

We make stories
people
want to hear

Scripts, poetry, music, voices, direction, video and
sound design, all made in-house and woven into one living story.

Audio guides · podcasts · audio journeys

Travel Digest

A sample audio journey, produced in Russian. We take listeners through a city, museum or route and immerse them in the place from the first second: natural intonation, precise emphasis, music and spatial sound.

Sample · 12 min · in Russian

How we work

How a project comes to life

Five steps,
from idea to premiere

Every project is built from scratch around your audience, your goals and your story.

  1. 01

    Brief

    We get to know your audience, goals, language, tone and deadline, then agree on the format.

  2. 02

    Script

    We write or adapt the text, translating where needed, so the meaning and rhythm feel natural to the listener.

  3. 03

    Casting

    We match voices by timbre, age and character, for male, female, child and fantasy roles. Around 30 voices across genres.

  4. 04

    Recording & direction

    Live recording with a director, so every intonation lands exactly where it should.

  5. 05

    Music & sound design

    We compose original music and add effects and ambience: everything that turns a story into a world.

Every story has its own sound

See and hear
our stories

All samples in Russian.
Voice, pause, music, and a whole world between the lines.

Clients

Trusted by

Cultural centres, associations, camps and resorts
in Russia and abroad.

  • Adults and Children AssociationAssociation of children’s camps · Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region
  • Raduga Holiday ResortSamara Region, Russia
  • Tikhie Zori Recreation CentreSamara Region, Russia
  • Robin Hood Children’s CampKaluga Region, Russia
  • Pioneer Children’s CampLeningrad Region, Russia
  • Mir Children’s CampChildren’s health camp, Rostov Region, Russia
  • New Generation Children’s CampYear-round educational and health camp · Perm Region, Russia
  • Island of Childhood CampRegional educational and health camp · Tyumen Region, Russia

Creative collective

The team:
voices and talent

Professionals united by inspiration
and a love of their craft.

Each has a distinct voice, character and creative path.
Together, we make beautiful work and share it with the world.

Nataliia Shakhova

Nataliia Shakhova

Voice-over artist, producer and counselling psychologist. Specialises in audiobook narration, audio dramas, fairy tales, meditations, audio guides, podcasts and commercials, and produces projects end to end, from idea and script to music and sound design.

Author of: the book “How to Become Happy”, the album “Creation of the World” and the projects “Men’s Secrets” and “7 Minutes for Yourself”. Contributor to: “Multivoice” and “Success: How an Idea Becomes Reality”.

Mike Smile

Mike Smile

Voice-over artist, announcer and master of the spoken word. His is a voice you want to hear to the very end, backed by a degree in directing and years of stage, acting and variety work. He also teaches the craft to students.

Own projects: “First Person” (YouTube) and the podcast “Hear? Listen!” (Telegram, YouTube).

Elena Romanova

Elena Romanova

Writer, voice and director of audio projects. Handles the full cycle, from script to voiceover and sound design. Creates podcasts, fairy tales and meditations for adults and children, and works in commercials, audio guides and literary narration. Her work brings the live human voice together with AI production.

Own projects: “Aromatic Tales for Adults” and “Little Dragon Liao: Short Tales with Big Meanings”.

Olga Shtern

Olga Shtern

Voice-over artist. Works across podcasts, audio dramas, commercials, audio guides and e-learning, voices animation and documentaries, and handles editing and sound design.

Maxim Dolgushin

Maxim Dolgushin

Photographer, videographer, editor and sound designer. Shoots, edits and builds the sound that turns an idea into a vivid story, with a focus on atmosphere and emotion that stay with the audience.

Creator of the travel podcast: “Maple Journeys”.

Larisa Karkitbaeva

Larisa Karkitbaeva

Voice-over artist, AI artist and sound designer. Brings stories to life with her voice, then builds cinematic visual worlds around them with AI. Book trailers, video stories, commercials, podcasts and complete multimedia projects.

Elena Petrenko

Elena Petrenko

Voice-over artist and sound designer. Works in commercials, audio guides and literary narration, and creates AI music and sound design. Brings great care to every text, from intonation to the finest shades of meaning.

Creator and host of the podcast: “India Happened to Me”.

Natalia Kerimova

Natalia Kerimova

Voice-over artist and sound designer with a wide emotional range, working on audio dramas, multi-voice fairy tales, poetry, prose and meditations. Covers everything from precise character work to atmospheric sound design and final mastering.

Creator and host of: “Secrets of the Doll Shelf”.

Marina Uzkaya

Marina Uzkaya

Voice-over artist. Voices multi-character fairy tales, audio dramas, meditations and audio guides, specialises in literary narration, works on documentaries and animation, and handles editing and sound design.

Vitaliy Olefirenko

Vitaliy Olefirenko

Voice-over artist and musician: violinist, guitarist, pianist, dombra player, vocalist, arranger and composer. His voice brings characters of every kind to life, and his meticulous sound work creates exactly the right atmosphere.

Anna Rybchenko

Anna Rybchenko

Voice-over artist and sound designer. Voices fairy tales and animation, creating character voices and sound design for children’s projects.

Creator and host of the children’s podcast: “What’s in the Book?”.

Anastasia Kirienkova

Anastasia Kirienkova

Voice-over artist, sound designer and AI artist. Works in audiobook narration, commercials, animation and dubbing, bringing characters to life and handling the most demanding intonation. Also creates AI video, graphics and elegant presentations.

Stage name: AsiYa.

Yulia Shcherbakova

Yulia Shcherbakova

Voice-over artist. Works in audiobook narration, animation, fairy tales and commercials, bringing a rich range of timbres, subtle character work and full sound design.

Svetlana Shushunova

Svetlana Shushunova

Voice-over artist with a wide vocal range and a gift for transformation, from children’s fairy tales to demanding classic literature.

Valentina Yurieva

Valentina Yurieva

Writer, poet, local historian and voice-over artist. A master of literary and multi-voice narration, from animated and game characters to fairy tales and layered prose, always faithful to the author’s text.

Saryana Ponomareva

Saryana Ponomareva

Counselling psychologist and voice-over artist. Works in literary narration, audio dramas, commercials and audio guides, and handles her own editing and sound design.

Creator and host of the podcast: “In Their Shoes: The Psychology of Choice”.

Zhivoy Zvuk creative collective

Get in touch

Write or call.
We’d love to hear your idea.

EMAILinfo@zhivoyzvuk.com

General enquiries and partnerships

zakaz@zhivoyzvuk.com

Orders and quotes

PHONE & MESSAGING+7 927 721-71-09

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Zhivoy Zvuk

Get
in touch

Write or call. We’d love to hear your idea.

Emailinfo@zhivoyzvuk.comPhone+7 927 721-71-09

Also on Telegram and WhatsApp ↗

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