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The rich singer spared money for the operation of his own nephew

On July 16th, the country's most famous “barefoot boy” celebrates his anniversary. Over the 45 years of his life, Leonid AGUTIN wrote dozens of hits and won the love of thousands of fans, but at the same time he always remained a closed person. We tried to write a “portrait” of the hero of the day, but there were a lot of gaps in his biography that we tried to fill.

The Agutin-Varum family has always been a mystery to journalists. Many still believe that Leonid and Angelica are not husband and wife at all, but only a profitable creative union. The artists themselves, naturally, do not confirm this information and always appear in public in the image of an ideal married couple. There are many rumors among their relatives: Angelica’s father, the once popular composer Yuri Varum, has been living in Miami for nine years and does not appear in Russia. There, overseas, Agutin and Varum’s daughter, 14-year-old Lisa, also lives in his care. At one time, all the newspapers trumpeted that the girl was taken abroad due to a serious illness. Leonid also has another daughter - the blond beauty Polina. She was born 16 years ago as a result of the singer’s fleeting affair with ballerina Maria Vorobyova. The artist hid the girl for a long time, but now she is increasingly seen in the company of her father. And it also turned out that Leonid has two younger sisters - Ksyusha and Masha. But first things first.

Oh, where are you, brother?

On the Internet, we absolutely accidentally discovered a letter from Maria Agutina to the management and members of a large American charitable foundation. In it, the girl literally begged for help:
- My son has a terrible disease - congenital heart disease. On the fourth day of life, Matvey underwent the first of three required operations. Now we need a second stage. Our doctors recommend waiting until the child grows up. But the vice is unpredictable, and deterioration can begin at any moment. My son has shortness of breath and gets tired quickly. I learned that in the USA they successfully operate on children with this disease. Matvey is already ready to be admitted to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There was hope that my son would develop normally. But the bill issued by the clinic is huge. I am raising two children alone. Please, help!

The amount for the treatment of tiny Matvey Agutin for ordinary people really prohibitive - $156 thousand. But Maria was helped by volunteers from all over the world and, fortunately, the required amount of money was collected on time. The baby underwent surgery in December. Now the boy is in Moscow and is preparing for another test - a repeat surgical intervention.
We called his mother to make sure that the unfortunate child was really Leonid Agutin’s nephew. Ksenia answered the phone:
“Masha and Matvey are at the dacha now,” the girl responded affably. “It makes it easier for him to bear the heat.” There Fresh air- expanse. We have him very tiny - he was recently eleven months old, and he has suffered so much... When Masha was pregnant, an examination showed that the child’s left side of the heart, which is responsible for the large and most important circle of blood circulation, had not formed. Doctors said there was no chance. They persuaded me to have an abortion. But my sister did not agree. She gave birth and is now fighting with all her might for her son’s life.
- Who helps her with this?
- Me and our mother. We all live together in the same apartment. Masha has a daughter from her first marriage, I have a son. Unfortunately, Matvey's father left them as soon as he learned that the child was sick. Masha graduated from the journalism department of Moscow State University, but she can’t work – she needs to take care of the child. She receives kopecks from the state: six thousand - an allowance for the first group of disability of her son, and two - as a single mother. It's good that you found it good people, who helped raise money for the operation in America. We have to fly there again in six months, the doctors again bill for an exorbitant amount - 300 thousand dollars. So the only hope is a charitable foundation.

- Wait, what about your brother?
- Lenya? – Ksenia asked me again. – You see, he and I are not that close. We have the same father, but different mothers. Of course, we are still family, but it so happened that his father now lives with him, Lenya and his wife support him and help him. You know, dad somehow distanced us. I don't know why. Maybe he’s afraid that we’ll bother Lena with our problems and ask for money...
- Did Leonid and Angelica really not respond to your grief? Matvey is their nephew!
- Oh, you just don’t know Masha. She's so proud of us! Believes: if people want, they help just like that, without unnecessary words. But one day she called her brother and asked for help. This was during my last trip to America. Matvey was already lying on the operating table, when suddenly his heart began to fail. An additional operation was required to insert a special catheter that widens the aortic wall. But the money collected by the fund was not enough for this. Masha dialed Lena, and he transferred 300 thousand rubles to her account. This is only a tenth of the funds that were needed, but thanks for that! We know that my brother has enough problems of his own. It’s also not easy for him to get this money, so we don’t hold any grudges against anyone. What is important for us now is to raise funds for the final operation and for our baby to endure it well.

If I don't love you, I won't marry you

- Lisa hasn’t been to Russia for so many years!
- I’m surprised how Angelica persuaded her this time?! She's almost American. Everything there is familiar to her. They barely even communicated with Polina in Russian - they only chatted in English. But we are against this, so in the family circle it’s important to only talk to girls for native language we talk. Although Polya is a polyglot! He knows five languages ​​and dreams of mastering the sixth - Japanese. Very capable!
- WITH future profession have the girls decided?
- Polina, I think, will become a linguist or a manager. She's already looking at college for herself. And Lisa is still all about music. She also draws very well. I really like her works - they have character. I look and am amazed!
- Are the girls similar to each other?
- They have many common interests: books, music, films... Polina’s development is ahead of her age. Those who have communicated with her at least once think that she is already well over twenty. Lisa is a little childish. But together they are an explosive mixture! Polya has a lot of friends, and probably already has a young man. And Lisa is still such a child inside! It seems to me that all this love doesn’t even occur to her. But at the same time, Elizabeth is a very brave girl. Leni once had a concert in Miami. He invited Lisa to perform with the group. She replied: “Easy!” She was given time, she came out and worked without any hesitation! I then asked Leni how it all went. The son replied that he was standing behind the scenes and was terribly nervous for her, but she didn’t care!

- Is Lisa going to return to Russia?
- Hard to tell. She has now transitional age. We don't put pressure on her. We have such a family: everyone chooses what they like. In any case, this decision will be hers alone, assures Agutin Sr. - But so far I don’t see her desire to come here and live at home. She has everything there: studies, friends, hobbies...
- Has Polina also become unaccustomed to her homeland?
- Her mother’s grandparents live here, so Polya comes to Russia much more often. Previously, she spent every summer at her grandfather’s small dacha. Lenya visited her there. She visited us less often, because those grandparents are closer to her - in fact, they raised her. Polina even studied in Moscow for a couple of years so that don't forget the language. And then she went to Italy - she and her mother lived there, and now they have moved to Nice.

Mother's surname

For some reason, Angelica’s father, Yuri Varum, did not arrive from overseas with Lisa. He has been the girl's official guardian for many years and usually accompanied her on long trips. Worried that something had happened (at one time there were rumors that Yuri Ignatievich had lost his leg due to progressive diabetes), we called Miami.

Leonid Agutin does not see his daughters as often as he would like: the eldest, 18-year-old Polina, lives in France, the youngest, 17-year-old Lisa, lives in the USA. In honor of their father's birthday, both girls decided to come to Russia and at the same time introduce their parents to their boyfriends.

My children arrived in advance to visit their dad with their boyfriends. The chicks, so to speak, have flown into the nest,” Agutin wrote on Instagram.

As it turned out, Leonid was familiar with his daughters’ chosen ones - Mark and Juan - before and approved both candidacies. According to Agutin, he is ready to marry off his eldest daughter even now, but only she, following European traditions, while there is no hurry. As for the youngest, Lisa, she should wait until she turns 18 to think about such things.

Lisa Agutina with her lover Mark

About meeting Lisa's daughter's boyfriend in an interview with HELLO! Her mother, Angelika Varum, also said:

About two years ago I was in America for Lisa’s performance as part of a large group rock concert. There were many youth teams, and the concert ended with the group Legally Taken, which looked mega-professional compared to the rest. One of the musicians played the drums and sang all the solo parts at the same time. It's incredibly difficult. I then told Lisa that I really liked this guy. Imagine my surprise when, after a year and a half, she introduced him to me as her young man. Mark is from Miami and is a very talented musician. She and Lisa are on the same wavelength, and they have a lot to learn from each other.

Angelika Varum – popular Russian singer and the actress, a native of the Ukrainian city of Lvov, was born on May 26, 1969. The work of Angelika Varum is very original and filled with special charm. The real name of the artist is Maria Yuryevna Varum.

Childhood, family and early years

The future singer was born into a family of creative intelligentsia. Her father Yuri Varum was a very famous composer, and her mother Galina Shapovalova worked as a theater director. My parents were very busy people and toured a lot, so most The girl spent time with her grandmother.

In childhood

Little Maria attended school in Lvov, and her musical education Father was in charge. The future artist studied music at home, since Yuri Ignatievich was skeptical about state musical institutions. In his opinion, the official curriculum was too limited and hindered the development of the potential of talented children.

A love for art and aesthetics was instilled in Masha since childhood. In Yuri Varum's house there were many records with different music– from classics to rock. The girl loved to listen to it with her parents, and her father was very happy about her “unchildish” understanding of melodies.

At the age of 5, the girl began to master the piano, and at adolescence I taught myself to play the guitar. As a high school student, Varum already went on tour with the school troupe. She not only performed roles in plays, but also sang Ukrainian traditional songs to her own guitar accompaniment.

WITH early childhood our heroine is aware that the scene is her recognition. After graduating from school, she decided to go to Moscow and submit documents to Theatre Institute them. Boris Shchukin. However, this attempt was unsuccessful - the girl did not enroll.

After this, Varum returns home and works as a backing vocalist at his father's studio. For several more years she “sang along” with other pop singers.

Creative path

In 1989, Yuri Varum wrote two songs for his daughter. These were the singer's first solo compositions. The song "Midnight Cowboy" becomes a real hit. With his debut hit, Varum appears in the then popular program “ morning Star" This is how her solo career begins.

The girl Masha takes the pseudonym Angelica. She chose this name for a reason. Varum recalls how her grandmother affectionately called her “angel.” The already grown-up granddaughter decided to choose a name similar to this word.

In 1991, the singer recorded her first studio album called “Good Bye, my boy” and shoots a video for the song “Whistle Man”. Some of the compositions on this album quickly became hits.

The title song of Varum's debut album talks about sad story lovers who had to separate due to a fall Soviet Union. The composition is becoming very popular among young listeners.

Two years later, the singer releases another album, “La-la-fa.” A video was shot for the song “The Artist Who Paints the Rain,” and the composition “City” won the hearts of millions of listeners and became business card young artist. In 1993, with the song “La-la-fa”, Varum participated for the first time in the “Song of the Year” festival.

In 1995, the singer pleased fans with another album, “Favorites.” This disc seemed to sum up her creative work in five years. In the same year, the bright and stylish disc “Autumn Jazz” was released, thanks to which Varum received the “Ovation” award.

The next two albums “Two minutes from love” and “ Winter cherry"provided the artist with people's love and a strong place on musical Olympus. During this period, the perfume “Angelika Varum” appeared on the market - her official scent.

1996 - in St. Petersburg at the Oktyabrsky Palace, Angelika Varum gives a big solo concert"Angelica's Dreams" After this, the artist briefly leaves solo work to realize herself in the theater. Director Leonid Trushkin invites her to play in the play “Emigrant Pose.”

Theater critics praised it this performance, and Varum shared the stage with such famous artists like Lyudmila Gurchenko, Olga Volkova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. For this role Angelica was awarded theater award"Gull".

In 1997, the artist gave another solo concert, “Four Steps into the Clouds.” In the same year she begins to collaborate with Leonid Agutin. Creative Union smoothly develops into a romantic relationship.

1999 - as a result of 10 years solo career The singer releases her album “The Best”. In addition, Angelica’s long-time dream is coming true - to play in a movie. In 1999, she played one of the main roles in the film “The Sky in Diamonds.”

A year later, Angelica is released joint album « Love affair at work" Happy new concert program"Half a Heart" star couple goes on a big tour of Russia.

The creative duo Varum and Agutin have been awarded the Golden Gramophone prize many times.

The couple also collaborated with another family duo - Natalia Podolskaya and Vladimir Presnyakov. The artists performed the song “Be a Part of Yours.”

In 2005, when Agutin collaborated with American guitarist Al Di Maola, his wife helped him work on the English-language project “Cosmopolitan Life”.

The years 2010 and 2011 were marked by joint tours of Angelica and Leonid. Creative duet He performed not only in Russian cities, but also in many European countries, as well as in the USA. Cuban flutist Orlando Valle was invited to their concerts in Moscow.

During her busy and fruitful career, the singer has already released more than 10 albums. She also continues to act in films and work on new discs. In 2011, Angelica received the title of Honored Artist of Russia. Her collection of awards includes three Ovation awards.

Fans in many countries around the world are looking forward to new songs from the talented vocalist. interesting images and songs. And she never stops adding new twists to her musical work.

Personal life

The duet of Leonid Agutin and Angelica Varum is so harmonious that many fans feel as if they have always been together. However, both spouses have a family background. The singer's first husband was her classmate Maxim Nikitin. Angelica's husband worked as a lighting technician at her concerts. The couple's marriage lasted eight years.

The singer met Leonid Agutin in 1997. At that time, he had already become a father - he had a child with ballerina Maria Vorobyova. Angelica and Leonid began to live in a civil marriage and two years later their daughter Elizabeth was born. A year later, the star couple entered into an official marriage and spent their honeymoon in Venice.

Some two weeks later, on July 16, 2016, the “barefoot boy” Russian stage will celebrate his 48th birthday. Over the years, dozens of popularly loved hits have come from the pen of singer and composer Leonid Agutin. Their author won the love and adoration of hundreds of thousands of fans different ages. And with all this, he still manages to remain a fairly private person. But admirers of his work were always interested in his loved ones - his wife and daughter Agutin. What and how is happening in the star family? Let's try to figure it out.

Who are you people?

For a long time, the Agutin-Varum family duo remained something of a mystery even for the most talented and meticulous workers of pen and paper, keyboard and mouse. A certain (not small) number of people continue to believe that they are not husband and wife at all. They say they organized a creative tandem. And rumors about them family life couldn’t come at a better time - they perfectly support interest in the work of Leonid Agutin and Angelika Varum. There are a lot of rumors and gossip floating around their relatives. Senior Varum - Yuri - once very famous composer. He lived in Miami for many years and had no intention of returning to Russia.

Such different girls

Agutin’s daughters also became a source of various, not always truthful, information. Lisa, the common heir of Agutin and Varum, lived with her grandfather overseas. There was a period when information appeared in print media that she was seriously ill, so her parents took her abroad. Leonid’s other daughter, blonde Polina, is a little older than Lisa. Her birth was due to Agutin’s rather short-lived relationship with the ballerina Maria Vorobyeva. Famous father I stopped hiding this daughter just a few years ago. But now she often appears “in the world” with her father.

Joyful impressions of grandfather

The eldest Agutin, Nikolai Petrovich, is the grandfather of two charming granddaughters of his son Leonid. He never talks to curious journalists about any problematic topics - either about relationships between family members, or about some problems that may happen. With much greater passion and interest, he shares joyful events with the pen’s workers. For example, how Agutin’s daughters, Lisa and Polina, came to visit him. Four years ago they spent some time together, such a friendly and happy team. And everyone had fun together.

And Varum Lisa at that time had not been in Moscow for almost ten years. The eldest Polina was with them for only a few days that time, and then flew to France, home. But even this short time was remembered for a long time: a grandfather and his granddaughters attended a Depeche Mode concert. Everyone was delighted. Nikolai Petrovich admires musical abilities both girls. Despite their young age, Polina has a large number of of her recordings, and Lisa created in Miami own group. She composes, sings and plays on her own. Grandpa is proud of them.

What are girls drawn to?

The step-sisters first met about four years ago, in Paris. Of course, easy communication did not develop immediately. But then they could not be torn away from each other. The daughter of Agutin and Varum, whose photo periodically appears on the pages of glossy publications, is practically American. In that distant country, everything is familiar and familiar to her. She even chats with her sister in English. True, the Russian grandfather diligently suppressed this among his family, defending the idea that here they should speak only their native language.

Agutin's daughter Polina is a polyglot. She already knows five languages ​​and has not given up her dream of learning a sixth one - Japanese. Mastering new knowledge does not cause her any discomfort: the girl is very capable and diligent. Polina dreams of becoming a manager or linguist. I was even looking at college. The daughter of Agutin and Varum, Lisa, is still devoting herself entirely to music. But this is not her only hobby. She also draws beautifully, which makes Nikolai Petrovich Agutin immensely proud.

Already adults, or still children?

We have many common interests - music, films, books. Despite this, Agutin’s daughters are completely different. Polina is much ahead of her “passport” age. If any of her friends and acquaintances do not know how old she really is, I am sure that she is much more than twenty.

At the same time, Agutin and Varum’s daughter Lisa is a little childish. The photo of this girl does not often appear in periodicals, but one day she rightfully appeared there. Her dad had a concert in Miami a few years ago. Leonid invited his daughter to perform with him on the same stage. She agreed. She worked the allotted time without any teenage pressure or embarrassment. Lisa wasn’t worried at all, but star father, standing behind the scenes during her performance, on the contrary, he was terribly worried.

It is not yet known whether the daughter of Agutin and Varum (whose photo appeared in the press after certain events) will be a singer or a musician, but for now she receives great pleasure from both activities.

Mom's last name

Strange as it may seem, none of the girls bears the name of the star dad. The youngest is worried. She has no plans to return to Russia yet, and her relatives do not put any pressure on her. In this family there is a strict rule: everyone can choose the one life path what he likes. The daughter of Agutin and Varum, Lisa, whose photo was an infrequent guest on glossy pages, does not dare to move to Moscow. After all, in America she has all her hobbies, many friends and studies.

The eldest girl, Polina comes to Russia much more often. After all, she still has grandparents here on her mother’s side. They, in fact, raised her. It was in their house that the girl’s dad used to visit her. At first, Polina studied in Moscow, and later changed Russia to Italy, leaving with her mother for Nice. Her parent married an Italian. Now they have a common son growing up.

Agutin never promised to marry the ballerina Maria Vorobyova, which he admitted to her parents when his passion became pregnant. They didn't insist. The main thing is that the daughter will give them a grandson or granddaughter. The theater was on vacation at that time, and the main troupe was on tour. So nothing stood in the way of Polina’s birth. The girl’s last name is Vorobyova, just like her mother’s. No one interferes with her communication with her father, whom Polina loves very much.

Easier Varum than Agutina

For many years, the official guardian of Lisa, the daughter of Leonid Agutin, whose photo is not yet a frequent guest on the pages of glossy publications, was her American grandfather Yuri Varum. As a rule, it was he who accompanied his beloved granddaughter on all long trips. Several years ago he underwent surgery: due to progressive diabetes, his leg was amputated. But Lyubov, his wife, assured curious journalists that thanks to good local (in Miami) doctors, this did not affect his well-being. On the contrary, grandparents were worried about another fact: one day they read in the newspaper that Lisa had autism, and another printed edition that she joined some sect. They were outraged by this. After all, the girl is absolutely healthy, active, and the fact that she changes her hair color too often and wears bright makeup was attributed to her youth.

When Lisa was born, Angelica and Leonid often went on tour, so during this time they brought their daughter to her grandparents. The young parents categorically refused to invite a nanny and governess. While they were working, Lyubov and Yuri Varum raised little Lisa. Later, when the granddaughter grew up, and they took her abroad with them, they decided, in order to avoid all sorts of legal confusion and incidents, to leave her surname Varum. It was easier for them. The parents were thinking about giving it to the girl, but they were told that according to the law it was forbidden. They abandoned this idea. And what difference does it make whether the child bears the mother’s or father’s last name? The main thing is that he is healthy, right?

Musician and mentor of the show “The Voice” on Channel One Leonid Agutin is kind to his family members. The celebrity has two daughters: 21-year-old Polina from a previous relationship with ballerina Maria Vorobyova and 18-year-old Lisa from Angelica Varum. Every time Leonid talks very touchingly about his children and notes that time flies inexorably fast. His youngest daughter Lisa followed in her parents' footsteps and also took up music. She also created the group Without Gravity and performed at school holidays in the USA, where she lives and studies. And recently it became known that the daughter of Agutin and Varum performed for the first time at her solo concert.

And a few days after the news about creative success Lisa Leonid shared news about his eldest daughter Polina with his fans. The singer published in Instagram photo with a girl, in a comment to which he admitted that he sees her very rarely and misses his children very much. “I hope I’ll see the youngest in two days, but I don’t even know when the eldest will be. I miss them"— the star father wrote (the author’s spelling and punctuation have been preserved. — Ed.).

Netizens reacted with delight to Agutin’s generous gift. Many noted that the girl grew up to be a copy of her father, but some did not agree with this opinion, saying that she was completely different from her father. Eldest daughter Leonida already long years lives and studies in France. According to the artist, Polina did not choose creative profession and walked along own path. She has a beloved Frenchman of Arab origin, Juan Biteg.