Soloists of Grivanovushki International. Renewal of the Ivanushka International lineup is a real fact of harsh show business

And, of course, the group “Ivanushki”, without which it is now difficult to imagine music scene those years.

“Doll Masha”, “Bullfinches”, “Also part of the universe”, “Poplar fluff”, “Clouds” - the whole country sang along with the words of these songs, and the young pretty soloists broke more than one girl’s heart, conquering young beauties with simple lyrics about love.

Compound

The official founding date of the group is " Ivanushki International" is considered to be November 1994. It was then that three young people -, and - first appeared on the same stage together. This trio became the first composition of the team. Each of the singers already had some experience working on stage, but the musicians had yet to learn how to work as a single team.

Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov can perhaps be called the most bright participant team. And not only for his cheerful disposition and artistry, but also for his appearance. The performer quickly acquired the nickname “the redhead from Ivanushki.” Andrey is from Sochi, born on June 26, 1972. Before getting to the casting, Andrey managed to graduate music school and a pedagogical school, work as a fashion model and even stage several performances at the Sochi Drama Theater.

Second participant original composition group "Ivanushki" - Kirill Andreev. Kirill is a Muscovite, born on April 6, 1971. From the first days, Andreev got used to the image of a macho, the main seducer of women's hearts. Textured appearance was the reason why Igor Matvienko invited young man for the casting.

Until that moment, Kirill worked as a model and didn’t even think about musical career. However, as it turned out, Kirill Andreev’s vocal abilities suited the “Ivanushki” trio well.

From the open and cheerful Andrei and brutal Kirill, the third member of the group, Igor Sorin, was distinguished by greater external calm and thoughtfulness. Igor made such an impression for a reason - it was he who became the author of many of the group’s songs. Creativity could be traced in Igor since childhood (the singer was born on November 10, 1969 in Moscow). theatre studio, School of Music, work on stage - all this shaped Igor’s talent and allowed him to become the idol of thousands of music lovers.

Unfortunately, Igor did not stay with the band members for long: in 1998, the musician decided to start solo project. And in September of the same year, Sorin died. The singer fell from a 6th floor balcony. A few days later, Igor Sorin died in the hospital.

Igor's place in the Ivanushki International group was taken by. Oleg was distinguished by his unusual oriental appearance, artistry and excellent plasticity, which allowed the singer to perform incredible dance somersaults on stage. Oleg Yakovlev was born on November 18, 1970 in the Mongolian city of Choibalsan.

The singer quickly found mutual language with the rest of the “Ivanushki”, and also won the love of music lovers. In this, Oleg was helped not only by his charm, but also by his talent: the musician also had a music school, an athletics section, and even experience working on the theater stage.

Oleg Yakovlev, by a strange and tragic coincidence, joined the list of deceased group members. In 2013, the musician left the band to pursue solo career. And four years later, in 2017, fans were shocked by the news. As it became known later, Oleg died due to worsening pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver.

The place of Oleg Yakovlev in 2013 was taken by another Kirill by name. New member“Ivanushek” is a little younger than his colleagues: the artist was born on January 13, 1983 in Odessa. Kirill has considerable experience working on stage. Turichenko tried his hand both as a singer and as an actor. Perhaps that is why the young man quickly became part of the team and at concerts behaved as if he had been working with the Ivanushki International group from the very beginning.

Music

Igor Matvienko, gathering a team for new group, planned to create completely a new style execution. As a result, the producer and musicians really managed to combine several directions in the songs: shades of Russian folk music, the best traditions Soviet stage and, of course, Western dance rhythms.

The first album, released in 1996, gave the group popularity and love of millions of fans. And the compositions “Universe” (cover of the song), “Ring”, “Clouds” still remain popular and relevant.

IN next year the team gave fans two albums at once - “Of course he is (remix)” and “Your letters”. The first included remixes and updated versions already popular songs, the second consisted of new releases and cover versions of popular songs by other artists. And again, the popularity of the records exceeded even the wildest expectations of the soloists and producer.

The first clips also appeared, which at that time were played on, perhaps, all channels. In 1997, fans met a new member of the group - Oleg Yakovlev, who first appeared in the video for the song “Dolls”. The next hit, called “Poplar Down,” was recorded with the participation of Oleg.

1999 was marked for the band with the release of two more albums. The performers dedicated the first, “Fragments of Life,” to the deceased Igor Sorin, collecting his unreleased songs and poems into one disc. The collection ended with the composition “I will never forget you,” which became an appeal to Igor. The second disc, “I’ll Scream About This All Night,” presented listeners with new compositions by their favorite group.

The next album from the prolific band was released a year later, in 2000. The album was called “Wait for Me.” And two years later, fans became acquainted with the album “Oleg, Andrey, Kirill,” which again blew up the charts. This album includes the compositions “A Drop of Light”, “Beznadega.ru”, “Golden Clouds”.

Oleg, Andrey and Kirill were again surrounded by the love of fans and fame. Unfortunately, this record would later be called the last successful work of the Ivanushki International group. However, while the trio was at the peak of popularity, and photographs and posters of the soloists were kept, perhaps, in the collection of every music lover.

With the next record, released in 2005, “Ivanushki” summed up a kind of conclusion own creativity, collecting under one cover best songs past years, performed together with the groups “Factory”, “Roots” and other young groups. The album is called “10 years in the Universe”.

A year later, the group presented to the audience a new composition called “Oriole”. The verdict was disappointing: the song never became a hit. This was the beginning of a decline in the band’s popularity; the guys stopped recording compositions, but continued to tour constantly and participate in national teams. holiday concerts and popular TV shows.

The performers celebrated the group's fifteenth birthday on stage: a concert tour across the country and a gala concert in the capital allowed fans to meet their idols again and remember their favorite compositions. And three years later, “Ivanushki” introduced a new member of the group - Kirill Turichenko, who replaced Oleg Yakovlev, who went solo.

In 2015, the band, renewed for the second time, released the long-awaited record. A full 10 years have passed since the release of the previous album, so the collection of new songs was received with a bang by fans, but, unfortunately, “Ivanushki” was never able to achieve its former popularity.

Group "Ivanushki International" now

Now the band continues to give concerts. “Ivanushki” also appears on popular television projects. For example, in 2017 the group performed together with the member “ New factory stars" Nikita Kuznetsov, performing the hit of yesteryear "Poplar Down".

In addition, in one of the interviews, the artists admitted that they had already recorded a new composition and were planning to shoot a video for it at the beginning of 2018. And the musicians planned a world tour for April and May.

It is noteworthy that the members of the group, which is already 23 years old, do not regret at all that their former popularity is already gone. The singers admit that fame has been replaced by a respectful attitude from fans, many of whom are no longer young.

However, the world of show business is changeable: who knows, perhaps the band’s next album will return “Ivanushki” to the top of the charts.

Discography

• 1996 - “Of course he is”
• 1997 - “Of course he is (Remix)”
• 1997 - “Your Letters”
• 1999 - In memory of Igor Sorin “Fragments from Life”
• 1999 - “I’ll scream about this all night”
• 2001 - “Ivanushki” in Moscow”
• 2002 - “Oleg, Andrey, Kirill”
• 2005 - “10 years in the universe”
• 2015 - “The best of our lives”

Clips

• 1995 - “Universe”
• 1996 - “Clouds”
• 1997 - “Doll”
• 1998 - “Believe me, I’m very sorry too”
• 1998 - “Poplar fluff”
• 1999 - “Bullfinches”
• 2000 - “Revi”
• 2001 - “A Drop of Light”
• 2002 - “Golden Clouds”
• 2003 - “Bouquet of Lilacs”
• 2006 - “Oriole”
• 2007 - “I can’t live without you”
• 2013 - “Best Day”
• 2015 - “Dance while they dance”

The group was created in 1994 by producer Igor Matvienko. Initially the team did not have a name. Only six months later the final one appeared - “Ivanushki International”. Conceptually, Igor Matvienko wanted in his new project to combine the best traditions of Russian folk music, Soviet pop music and popular foreign ones dance styles(disco, trance, etc.). The first soloists of the group were Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov, Igor Sorin and Kirill Andreev.

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The brightest (in appearance) was precisely Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov. Red-haired, tall, flexible, he sang recitative thanks to his low voice. At one time, Andrei graduated from a music school, and by profession (teacher junior classes) only worked for a few months. He is a master of sports in table tennis.

However most of the group's fans went crazy about Kirill Andreev. And it’s not surprising, after the army he worked as a model for Slava Zaitsev and did kickboxing. It was thanks to the work of the model that the artist became popular singer. While working for Zaitsev, Andreev met the popular performer Natalya Vetlitskaya, who brought Kirill to producer Igor Matvienko. Few people know that, despite working in Ivanushki, since 2003 Andreev has been performing solo, performing a program of ten songs.

Meanwhile, in 1997, the trio became a quartet: the team was joined by Oleg Yakovlev. Let us note that he played in the theater, and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan categorically did not want to part with him. Next year Igor Sorin decides to leave the group and pursue a solo career. However, in September, the artist suddenly commits suicide: he throws himself from the sixth floor balcony. Nevertheless, the doctors manage to pump out Sorin and perform an operation on him, but Igor’s heart could not stand it.

The death of the singer was discussed in the press for a long time. There were many rumors, ranging from the fact that he had too much drugs, and ending with the version of manslaughter. It’s interesting that since childhood, Sorin saw himself in cinema. More than once he had to dub films where other boys played and sang. In particular, in 1983 in the film “The Adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin, ordinary and incredible,” It was Igor Sorin who voiced Yegor Druzhinin, performer of the role of Vasechkin.

With the appearance of Oleg Yakovlev in the team, the group began to look different, but this did not make it any less popular. The team released the song “Poplar Pooh”, which literally blew up the charts. Many were surprised by the text, saying what poplar fluff could be like in July, but the author of the song, Mikhail Andreev, explained that he saw this in Tomsk. In 1999, the group released the disc "Fragments from Life", dedicated to memory Igor Sorin.

In the second half of the 2000s, the popularity of Ivanushki International began to decline rapidly. Music critics we started talking about creative crisis Igor Matvienko, who stopped writing hits. Of the group's songs released in 2006-2007, not one was able to repeat the success of the previous ones. Most famous composition those years - "The Irony of Fate" to the music from the film "The Irony of Fate. Continuation." After 2007, the group did not release new songs for several years. In 2010, the group staged a concert dedicated to its 15th anniversary. In 2013, Oleg Yakovlev decided to leave the group to pursue a solo career. came in his place Kirill Turichenko. The artist gained wide popularity in his homeland, Ukraine, having played in musicals and theater. Now, thanks to “Ivanushki”, it has become popular in Russia.

In 1995, the famous producer Igor Matvienko presented to the public his next project - the group “Ivanushki International”. The format was a win-win - three cute, lively guys singing simple but sincere songs of love. The guys really worked together, so over the course of their many years of career there were only a few members in the group.

1. Kirill Andreev
2. Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov
3. Igor Sorin
4. Oleg Yakovlev
5. Kirill Turichenko

In the nineties, “Ivanushki” thundered throughout the country, filling stadiums. They always attracted attention with their sincerity and charm, and at the same time they were far from dirty gossip and unnecessary shocking.

Regular participants.

The first line-up of the group is Kirill Andreev, Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov, Igor Sorin. It is with this composition that the main hits of “Ivanushki” are associated:

• "Clouds";
• "Somewhere";
• "Doll";
• "Poplar fluff".

It was with these guys that the biography of the group began, but only Kirill and Andrey walked this path from the very beginning to the present day.

Kirill Andreev

Many fans of the group can’t even believe that Kirill Andreev will soon turn 50 years old, because to this day he maintains the image of a handsome young man who makes girls fall in love with him at first sight.

Kirill was born in 1971 and grew up in Moscow, where he graduated from the Radio Mechanical College, after which he went to serve in the artillery troops of the Russian Armed Forces. However, even then it was clear that Andreev was unlikely to connect his life with his education. Everything was decided by the guy’s appearance: tall height, athletic build and beautiful features faces. That is why it is not at all surprising that Kirill entered the Model School and immediately began receiving dozens of offers. The young man began to build a career as a model, went to castings, was actively involved in sports, and tried his hand at vocals. A few years later, he decided to improve his skills and went to study at a US modeling school, after which there were even more offers for cooperation.

In the 90s, he managed to work with many stars of that time - Svetlana Vladimirskaya, Lama Vaikule, Natalya Vetlitskaya. By the way, it was Natalya who introduced Kirill to Igor Matvienko, and this meeting became fateful: Andreev was invited to the first line-up of the new boys-band.

Over the years of work in the group, Kirill became one of the most recognizable people in Russian show business. In parallel with musical career he participated in dozens various projects on stage and television, worked as a TV presenter, and developed his solo project.

In 2000, Andreev married Lolita Alikulova, the couple is raising a son, who was also named Kirill.

Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov

For a couple of decades now, this guy has been called nothing more than “the red one from Ivanushki.” From the very beginning of the group's work, Andrei actually resembled the Sun - a shock of red hair, freckles, a dazzling smile and a sea of ​​​​charm. A jokester and a merry fellow, Grigoriev-Apollonov always charged with his energy and to this day evokes only positivity.

Andrey was born in Moscow in 1970. Since childhood, his life has been connected with creativity: music school in piano class, then studying at Russian Academy theatrical arts, work as a fashion model, presenter, actor in small enterprises. After winning one of the competitions, Grigoriev-Apollonov left for the USA for 2 years: the artist was invited to participate in the popular Broadway musical “Metro”. However, in 1994, the singer returned to Russia and received an offer to join the Ivanushki International project. Since then, Grigoriev-Appolonov has been a permanent member of the team, without whom it is impossible to imagine this group. Despite the busy schedule of concerts and work on albums for many years, Andrey actively works on television. For more than 15 years he has been known as a talented presenter. IN different years Grigoriev-Appolonov hosted such programs as “12 Evil Spectators” (MTV), “Polundra” (CTC), “Cosmopolitan. Video version" (TNT), " Good night, kids" (Russia-1). IN Lately Andrey often receives offers to act in films.

The artist is married and has two sons with his wife, Marya.

Those who no longer exist

Igor Sorin

Against the background of the sparkling Andrei Grigoriev-Applonov and the seductive Kirill Andreev, the third soloist of the first cast of “Ivanushki”, Igor Sorin, always looked a little sad. And this fully reflects the singer’s character - vulnerable, thoughtful, melancholic.

Igor Sorin ( real name- Rayberg) was born in Moscow and was immersed in creativity from childhood. Igor differs from the rest of the team members in the most academic musical education- the singer graduated from Gnesinka. It was he who wrote many of the group’s hits, and also created music in other directions. Together with Andrei Grigoriev-Appolnov, Igor participated in the New York musical “Metro,” where the artists became friends. Therefore, their joint participation in a Russian pop group was quite logical. However, Igor only lasted for three years: at the beginning of 1998, he announced his departure from the team. This happened at the peak of the popularity of Ivanushki, but for Sorin personal beliefs were always more important.

Igor was no different tall and outstanding external data, but his internal energy conquered at first sight. That's why tragic death 28-year-old Sorin was a real shock for thousands of the artist’s fans: several girls passed away after their idol. On September 1, 1998, Igor fell out of a studio window on the 6th floor. Three days later, after numerous operations, the singer died. Conversations and speculation about the causes of the tragedy still do not subside. Some talk about an accident, others about suicide (it was found suicide note Sorina). There are also more serious versions:

• mental disorder,
• drug addiction,
• murder,
• the influence of a destructive religious sect.

Be that as it may, the memory of Igor Sorin is alive to this day, and the composition of “Ivanushki International” with his participation is called golden.

Oleg Yakovlev

After Igor Sorin left Ivanushki in the winter of 1998, his peer Oleg Yakovlev was accepted into the team.

Oleg was born in Mongolia, but spent his childhood in the USSR. Future artist He graduated from music school, after which he entered GITIS. He was equally good at acting and singing. Just one small role - in the video for the song “Doll” - became a turning point for Oleg. After that, he was invited to “Ivanushki” as a soloist. Many constantly compared Yakovlev with Sorin, trying to find common features in appearance and manner of performance. Unfortunately, only one thing truly united the singers - early care from life.

In 2017, Oleg Yakovlev died as a result of a serious illness - cirrhosis of the liver, complicated by pneumonia. And again, fans of “Ivanushki” had to go through a huge tragedy, because Oleg was a very bright, charming and talented performer.

New line-up

Today, Ivanushki International, of course, is not as popular as it was in the late nineties. They can rightfully be called “veterans” of the scene, because as before, any performance of the group draws audiences. Fans of “Ivanushki” grew up listening to their songs and to this day enjoy listening to their favorite hits.

Kirill Andreev and Andrey Grigoriev-Appolonov remain the permanent soloists of the group, and last year they were joined by another performer - Kirill Turichenko.

Kirill was born in Odessa in 1979 and since childhood participated in all kinds of creative competitions. Turichenko is unusually prolific as a creative figure. He has roles in musicals, theatrical performances, participation in dozens musical projects. That's why Ukrainian talent became the best candidate in new line-up"Ivanushek International", with whom legendary group continues to delight its fans to this day.

VIDEO: Ivanushki International group is 20 years old

This year marks the 20th anniversary of creation popular group Ivanushki International.

The Ivanushki International group is 20 years old!

The team, founded in 1995 by producer Igor Matvienko, began with a tour of Moscow schools. And a year later, all of Russia and the CIS republics already knew about the group.

The composition of the group underwent changes, but its constant members were Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov And Kirill Andreev.

In Andrey Malakhov's program "Let them talk" dedicated to the anniversary group, Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov told how he began his career in show business on the catwalk - he worked as a model. He also showed his family.

In addition, Andrei’s first woman, whom they knew at school and who was 5 years older than him, attended the program.

Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov on the podium - early 90s

Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov with his family

Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov and Kirill Andreev remembered the untimely death former soloist Ivanushki International Igor Sorine.

On the talk show "Let Them Talk" Igor Matvienko I remembered how the idea came to create the Ivanushka International group and on what principle the participants were selected.

Ivanushki International with Igor Matvienko

Kirill Andreev told the story of how his wife ended up in the sect.

In Andrei Malakhov’s program, Ivanushki told where he went, who at one time replaced Igor Sorin.

The group members remembered how it all began and what songs ensured the success of Ivanushki.

They also spoke in detail about the new member of the team Kirill Turichenko- he is known to many from popular Ukrainian television projects.

There was a lot of talk on the show famous songs Ivanushki International group.

Brothers Ivanushka - “Let them talk” (11/19/2015)

"Ivanushki International"- Russian musical group, founded in 1995 by producer Igor Matvienko.

Before the group, Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov and Kirill Andreev worked as models: Andrey - at the Sochi Fashion Theater, and Kirill - at the Slava Zaitsev Fashion Theater.

Both starred in video clips: Kirill had roles in the video “My Boy” by Svetlana Vladimirskaya and “I’m Lost Without You” by Laima Vaikule, and Andrei appeared on the screen as an extra in the video of the group “Lube” for the song “Don’t Play the Fool” , America".

On the set of this video, in 1992, Andrei met the future producer and composer of Ivanushki International, Igor Matvienko, but Igor Igorevich took Andrei into the group much later - in 1995, after he saw him at the Sochi Fashion Theater and realized that Andrey is the leader of the theater team.

The group's first concert took place in Moscow, in a house on Trekhgorny Val. During that period, the group, on the initiative of Igor Matvienko, repeatedly performed in Moscow schools for free.

Initially, the group did not have its own name, and they performed under various pseudonyms (“Soyuz-Apollo”, etc.). Only six months later the final name “Ivanushki International” appeared. Conceptually, Igor Matvienko wanted in his new project to combine the best traditions of Russian folk music, Soviet pop music and popular foreign dance styles (disco, trance, etc.). This concept was reflected in the name of the group.

In 1996, Ivanushki released their first studio album"Of course he is."

The entire album, with the exception of the song “Sunflower,” was recorded in the Mosfilm tone studio. The band members sang in the toilet not far from the studio, where, according to Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov, there are “excellent acoustics.” It included three cover versions of songs by bands and performers of the late 80s (“Universe”, originally performed by Alexander Ivanov and the group “Rondo”, “Etazhi” and “Malina” performed by Oleg Katsura and the group “Class”). The album also includes songs with lyrics by group member Igor Sorin. Songs “Somewhere” and “Sunflower”. The song “Clouds,” the lyrics of which were written by Alexander Shaganov, originally had different music, and Yuri Shatunov was supposed to perform the song. The video clip for the song performed by Ivanushki International was filmed in 1996 on the unfinished St. Petersburg dam.

At the end of 1997, the group released their next album, “Of Course He Remix”. The creators of the remixes were the sound designer and co-producer of the group Igor Polonsky, keyboardist of the group " Moral Code» Konstantin Smirnov and Dj Maxim Milyutenko. In addition to remixes of existing songs, “Ivanushki” also released their future hit - the song “Doll” (4 soloists starred in the video for this song - Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov, Kirill Andreev, Igor Sorin and Oleg Yakovlev) and a cover version of the song group "Lyube" "Dusya aggregate".

The second numbered album, “Your Letters,” which was released on November 15, 1997, included 11 songs.

As in the first two albums, the third was not without cover versions of hits of past years (“Aleshkina Love”, “Little Sister”, “Girl-Girl”). In addition to music tracks, the album includes an audio letter from the band members.

In March 1998, changes occurred in the group's composition. Igor Sorin leaves her, deciding to pursue a solo career. His place is finally taken by Oleg Yakovlev. Oleg Yakovlev’s debut took place in the video “Doll”.

Sorin's fate was tragic - on September 1, 1998, according to police officers, Igor fell from the 6th floor balcony. On September 4 he passed away.

In 1998, Ivanushki released the song “Poplar Down.”

In the summer of 1998, the video for this song was widely broadcast on Russian channels, and the song took first place in the Russian Radio chart.

In 1999, the disc “Fragments from Life” was released, dedicated to the memory of Igor Sorin. This album contains unique recordings: Igor’s poems performed by him, his first songs recorded before he became “Ivanushka”. The disc also includes songs by Ivanushki based on poems by Igor Sorin and their new, never before published, song dedicated to Igor Sorin - “I will never forget you.”

In April 1999, the group “Ivanushki International” released its new, third numbered album “I will scream about this all night” - this is the name of the title song of the disc, performed by the brightest red-haired “Ivanushka” - Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov.

This is the first album in which Oleg Yakovlev took part as a full-fledged soloist. Work on the disc was carried out from August to November 1998 in the studio of the Igor Matvienko Production Center, mixing and mastering were carried out in the recording studio of the Mosfilm film concern.

The next album by “Ivanushek” was the disc “Wait for Me”, followed by “Oleg, Andrey, Kirill”, released in 2002. It included such hits of the group as “Golden Clouds”, “Beznadega.ru”, “A Drop of Light”.

The album “10 Years in the Universe”, released in 2005, consists of four new hits (“Bouquet of Lilacs”, “Ticket to the Movies”, “I Love”, “For the Horizon”, a remake of “I Asked the Ash Tree”, songs from past years, covers of “Ivanushki” songs recorded by other performers (“Factory”, “Korni”, “Kuba”, etc.) and a remix of the song “Poplar Pooh” from the Vengerov&Fedoroff project.

In 2007, when the winter Olympic Games 2014 was assigned to Sochi, “Ivanushki” took part in a gala concert at Theater Square Sochi, where there was a live broadcast of the voting of members of the International Olympic Committee. After the announcement of the voting results, the group, along with other Russian pop singers sang the anthem of the new Olympic capital.

In the second half of the 2000s, the popularity of Ivanushki International began to decline rapidly. Music critics started talking about the creative crisis of Igor Matvienko, who stopped writing hits. Of the “Ivanushki” songs released in 2006-2007, not one was able to repeat the success of previous hits. The most famous composition of these years is “The Irony of Fate” to the music from the film “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath.”

After 2007, the group stopped releasing new songs for several years.

In 2008, Kirill Andreev participated in the show “Circus with the Stars”. In March 2008, while preparing an illusion number for the show, he fell unsuccessfully during rehearsals, broke his arm and was forced to leave the show, but he had no intention of stopping performing in the group even while he was wearing a cast.

On November 13, 2010, Ivanushki International gathered together at CROCUS CITY HALL in honor of the group’s 15th anniversary.

On November 19, 2010, Channel One aired an episode of the show “PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC” dedicated to Igor Matvienko. The program featured 10 songs by the composer, including four songs from the “Ivanushki” repertoire. “Ivanushki” themselves sang “Poplar Down”.

The group's costume designer is Yulia Grigorieva-Apollonova, Andrei's older sister. There were many rumors about her among fans of “Ivanushki” (she was considered a make-up artist, an administrator, and the mistress of one of the participants).

In February 2013, Oleg Yakovlev announced his departure from the group, planning to go solo. He was replaced by Kirill Turichenko.

In the winter of 2014, Kirill Andreev became the torchbearer of the Olympic torch relay in Saratov, and Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov in Sochi.

Current lineup Ivanushki International groups:

Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov - vocals (since 1995)
Kirill Andreev - vocals (since 1995)
Kirill Turichenko - vocals (since 2013)

Former members Ivanushki International groups:

Igor Sorin - vocals (1995-1998) †
Oleg Yakovlev - vocals (1998-2013).

Ivanushki International is a Russian musical group founded in 1995 by producer Igor Matvienko.Composition of the group "IVANUSHKI International" since 2013: Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov (in the group since 1995), Kirill Andreev (in the group since 1995), Kirill Turichenko (in the group since 2013).
Initially, the group did not have its own name and they performed under various pseudonyms “Soyuz-Apollo” and others. Only six months later the final name “Ivanushki International” appeared.Conceptually, Igor Matvienko wanted in his new project to combine the best traditions of Russian folk music, Soviet pop music and popular foreign dance styles (disco, trance, etc.). This concept was reflected in the name of the group. In 1996, Ivanushki released their first studio album, “Of Course He.” It included three cover versions of songs by groups and performers of the late 80s “Universe”, in addition, the album also included other songs that later became iconic “Clouds”, “Ring”, “Somewhere”.In 1998, Ivanushki released one of best works, song “Poplar fluff”.In 2007, when Sochi was entrusted with hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, “Ivanushki” took part in a gala concert on Theater Square in Sochi, where a live broadcast of the voting by members of the International Olympic Committee was broadcast.On November 13, 2010, Ivanushki International gathered together at CROCUS CITY HALL in honor of the group’s 15th anniversary.On November 19, 2010, Channel One aired an episode of the show “PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC” dedicated to Igor Matvienko. The program featured 10 songs by the composer, including four songs from the “Ivanushki” repertoire, and the “Ivanushki” themselves sang “Poplar Down.”The group took part in the filming documentaries 2010: “Igor Matvienko. Maestro in jeans" and "Vladimir Shainsky: suddenly a wizard will fly in...".
November 27, 2015, in Crocus City Hall took place anniversary concert"Ivanushek International". The team celebrated its 20th anniversary creative activity on the stage. The singers presented the public with a video for their new song"Dance while they dance!" You can order Ivanushka’s group to perform for a holiday or invite you to participate in a concert on the official website of Vipartist. On the website it is possible to familiarize yourself with the biography, photos and videos of the group, and use the specified contact numbers to invite concert program to the event. To find out the conditions of an invitation to the holiday, call the numbers posted on the website of the concert agent of the Ivanushka group. Information about the fee and concert schedule will be given to you so that you can invite Ivanushka’s group to an event or order a performance for an anniversary or party. Please check and book available performance dates in advance!