Barbara official. Barbara (singer): personal life. - Do you use folk remedies?

27.10.2021

Today, Varvara could easily sing the main female part in any of the many musicals taking place on the stages of Moscow theaters. She graduated from Gnesinka, where her teacher was Matvey Osherovsky, director of the sensational production of The Threepenny Opera in Odessa. The eccentric genius repeatedly kicked the artist out, called her "a mile from Kolomna" and even threw boots at her.

However, Varvara did not go to the operetta through no fault of his - she just wanted a "free flight", without directors and producers. Later, working in the theater of variety performances by Lev Leshchenko, she graduated from GITIS in absentia with a degree in musical theater artist. After leaving the theater, Varvara began her solo career.

The songs of the debut album, despite all their informality, were a success with the audience: the title "Barbara", "Butterfly", "On the Edge" and "Fly into the Light" really bathed in the air. But the fact that in Nicole Claro's book "Madonna" one of the chapters was called "On the Edge" went unnoticed - such subtle moments always pass by the attention of listeners.

In the summer of 2002, Varvara received an unexpected offer. The founder of the famous Swedish studio Cosmo (it was this company that “made” the last records of A-ha and Britney Spears) Norn Bjorn invited her to record several compositions with the Swedish Symphony Orchestra. Cooperation with the Swedes resulted in the song "It's Behind", designed in the style of fashionable r?n?b. But Varvara decided to continue recording the rest of the songs for the future album in Russia. She believes that today Russian sound producers are able to work at the European level.

Barbara travels in music as she travels in life. In the United Arab Emirates, where she often comes with her family, she has already been offered to record an album of songs in Arabic. But besides the east, Barbara is also attracted by northern Europe, with its harsh sagas and Celtic tales, with the cold music of Enya and the salty smell of the ocean. Perhaps that is why in the song "Two Sides of the Moon" from her second album, which should be released in February 2003, Norman notes are felt so much. “I am in love with Europe of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. When I come to France and wander through the castles of the 16th century, I feel the Norman spirit preserved in these walls. I get the feeling that I lived there: I stroke the walls, and I want to shoot clips there.

Experiments with music videos are, perhaps, Varvara's main passion. “I always wanted to sing songs and shoot videos in which I could finally prove myself as a character actress,” says Varvara.

March 2003 will again become the month of Varvara - the company "Ars-Records" released her second album, called "Closer". Most of the compositions for it were recorded at the Brothers Grimm studio - it was in this company that they managed to find arrangements and sound adequate to the ideas of the singer.

Ivushki (duet with A. Vorobyov)
Cossacks in Berlin
Beautiful life
Who seeks will find
She flew and sang
Fly into the light
Blizzard
Do-no
Bridges to Paradise
Music of Christmas
On the verge
On the edge
Nowhere to run
One
Autumn
Let me go river
The river will spill
Heart don't cry
Sun
glass love
melted snow
Aliens
It's behind
I'm alive
I know

Biography (story) of the singer Varvara

Russian singer Varvara(real name Elena Vladimirovna Tutanova, after marriage - Susova) was born on July 30, 1973 in the city of Balashikha in a family of engineers.

About childhood, which was densely saturated with events that served the development of the future star, Varvara reluctantly recalls. It's hard to believe, but once this luxurious blonde with the appearance of a fashion model was embarrassed by her appearance and kept among her peers as a "gray mouse". A girl from Balashikha, from an ordinary family of engineers, simply did not like to study, and, of course, they forced her. And today, sometimes Varvara, sighing, says: "I didn't have a childhood." However, something evokes nostalgic memories in her - for example, a music school in the accordion class, although she graduated from it "from a triple to a deuce, from a deuce to a stake." Or the accordion given to four-year-old Varvara by her grandfather: although it has been worn out for a long time, and many valves do not work on it, the singer cherishes this gift.

With pleasure, Varvara was engaged only in dancing and sports, so at school she was responsible for organizing all evenings and matinees, being the head. cultural sector. Surprisingly, she showed almost no interest in solo singing and even almost entered the Institute of Light Industry. Fortunately, one fateful event stopped her. Once in the House of Culture, where Varvara was dancing, she passed by the door, because of which crazy guitar sounds like AC / DC were usually heard. But, having heard a virtuoso variation of Paganini instead of hard rock, Varvara listened and really stuck to the door. The further development of events was comical: the door opened, and the girl literally tumbled into the room. But the perspicacious guys did not laugh: they instinctively felt that something serious was behind this impulse, and gave Varvara an instant audition.

The next day, she did not go to the institute for courses, but went to a rehearsal with the ensemble. A few days later, the group unanimously decided that Varvara had an individual, strong voice - and something had to be done about it. A month before the entrance exams to universities, together with a choir teacher in the same recreation center, Varvara prepared a mini-program ... And she entered the Gnessin School with a competition of 12 people per place - according to the results of the first round. Varvara owed such success to her teacher - director Matvey Osherovsky, who at first glance saw in her an outstanding creative personality. This man, who once became famous for the scandalous production of the Threepenny Opera in Odessa, owes her the nickname "Kolomenskaya Mile" - that's how the professor called Varvara when he was especially dissatisfied with her. Despite the fact that relations with the teacher were difficult - he repeatedly kicked the artist out and even threw shoes at her - Varvara invariably returned and stubbornly continued to learn from the eccentric genius. In the last year of Gnesinka, quarrels with teachers became constant: they tried to convince the girl that an operetta was “crying” for her, and Varvara explained that she only agreed to free flight. And after graduating from college, throwing aside all prejudices, she went to sing "in a tavern." The very first performance turned into a disaster: “Some uneven sobs poured out of the microphone. I thought: in figs I was finishing something at all ... But after a few months I learned to get rid of the acquired syndrome of“ dome ”singing, characteristic of all classical singers: voice became more flexible, and I went into a rage."

Some time later, Varvara unexpectedly found herself in the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances, headed by the master of the national stage, Lev Leshchenko. At the same time, the singer graduated from GITIS with a degree in pop artist. For several years she has been tirelessly touring with the theater as a soloist - and performs the classics of the Soviet stage. It got to the point that during a tour of US cities, Barbara often woke up in the middle of the night and walked around the room like a sleepwalker, repeating songs from the program. But it was then that she had the opportunity to perform her own songs as part of the big theater concerts. Soon Varvara in the theater became crowded, and she set off into free flight.

In 2001, the company "NOX Music" released the artist's debut album, which was called: "Barbara". Work on this record continued throughout 2000. Most of the songs were written by unknown young authors, and only the name of Kim Breitburg - the main songwriter of Boris Moiseev - said something to the listeners. Young musicians-multi-instrumentalists, united in one group, named after Varvara, took part in the recording of the disc. It was then for the first time that the DJs of the leading radio stations thought: what style should this music be attributed to? There are echoes of all musical cultures - from Russian to Arabic; the sounds of live instruments are combined here with electronic samples, tragic compositions invariably coexist with one hundred percent dance pop hits, and at the same time, it’s scary to think, poetry comes to the fore! The songs of the debut album, despite all their informality, were a success with the listeners: the title "Barbara", "Butterfly", "On the Edge" and "Fly into the Light" really bathed in the air. But the fact that in Nicole Claro's book "Madonna" one of the chapters was called "On the Edge" went unnoticed - such subtle moments always pass the listeners' attention.

Barbara's first album turned out to be as ambiguous as the singer's on-screen image. Exquisitely beautiful and insanely sexy, charming shy and lonely wanderer - all this series of images was simultaneously issued by Varvara in three video clips shot for the first album. The first video for the song "Fly into the Light", directed by Varvara's longtime friend Fyodor Bondarchuk and cameraman by Vlad Opelyants, turned out to be a harsh experiment in its genre. He was filmed at the factory, and Varvara, at a temperature of minus 5 degrees, had to portray "mischief" in a light T-shirt. The next one - "Butterfly" (dir. D. Makhamutdinov) - was filmed in Egypt, in radically opposite conditions. "I wanted to make a clip in the form of a mini-movie. The plot is this: while relaxing in Egypt, I find a bracelet with a butterfly that once belonged to Cleopatra. And the soul of the queen moves into my body. I live her life: love with Caesar, war with the Romans, death from a snake bite. Especially for filming, we went to Egypt to the ancient city of Luxor. The temperature went off scale over 70 degrees of heat, stones began to melt ... I literally almost laid my hand on myself - it was so hot. But, plunging into the atmosphere of the famous "garden of columns", the alley of sphinxes, the temple erected thousands of years ago by the mysterious Queen Hatshepsut, you involuntarily begin to understand the very essence of Ancient Egypt. The third clip "On the Edge" did without extreme situations, but was entirely built on the conceptual idea of director Sergei Kalvarsky. According to the idea of the video, the visual metaphors of a snake and a dagger hide the relationship between a man and a woman who has already been burned in life, but finally met the embodiment of her ideal. The filming of "Butterfly" was preceded by another unexpected event in Varvara's life - in 2000 she won the Grand Prix at the "Kinodiva" competition, writes./../... The competition held as part of the Kinotavr festival was not so much a beauty contest, how much an acting competition.

Young film and theater actresses, as well as pop singers, acted out sketches, danced minuets and, according to a well-known scenario, played Queen Catherine in Tsaritsyno Park. “I was not interested in participating in this show. At that moment I was a product of the producer’s folly. The only funny moment was how Vyacheslav Dobrynin and I portrayed Little Red Riding Hood and the Gray Wolf. Moreover, Dobrynin completely refused to use the proposed text and improvised with might and main: “Not rub salt on my wounds" and so on. In fact, it is much more pleasant for me to remember another competition - "Show Queen", where I took a well-deserved second place. Throughout 2000 and 2001, Varvara did not stop her concert activity - except for a short break that fell during the birth and upbringing of the singer's daughter, also named Varvara. For some time, the singer lived in her beloved United Arab Emirates - and also gave concerts there with a program of ten songs in Arabic. The Scandinavian appearance of the singer, coupled with her deep, oriental flexible voice, made such an impression on the Arabs that Varvara was offered to record an "Arabic album". Someday his time will come...

The first album was a kind of strength test for Barbara. Musical critics, confused that there were no analogues to Varvara's music on the Russian stage, tried to put her on a par with the exalted Linda and the magnificent Valeria. "I will always be against drawing any analogies between my work and what pop artists do in Russia. They exist in their own field, artificially created twenty years ago, and are afraid of any infusions from outside. Pop music in Russia may be another twenty years will not change if we do not catch the wave that is sweeping around the world today.The pop music of a single country is not interesting if it does not contain elements of all other music, if it does not become world-pop-music.My best analogy I can guide the music myself: Mylène Farmer, who in France can't be classified either as a traditional rock, or as a "pop", or even more so as a chanson.

But if, after this phrase of mine, they begin to compare me with Mylene Farmer, this will be the biggest stupidity of the comparison. "Thinking about recording a second album, Varvara looked into the" mirror "of the first one again. And appreciated all its shortcomings: it is too slippery in terms of style, uneven in emotions, too "flirts" with the audience. Shaking a strand of blond hair, Varvara decided that it was time to do what had always been closer to her. Once again she listened to her favorite records: Enya, Madonna, Garbage, Shani Twain, Sheryl Crow ... And went to work for almost two years. Most of the compositions were written at the Brothers Grimm studio - it was this company that managed to find arrangements and sound adequate to the ideas of the singer. The first material recorded by Arthur A "Kim and Dmitry Moss turned out to be so fresh that the question of defining style sounded new. It was at that moment that Varvara received an offer from the founder of the famous Swedish studio Cosmo, Norn Bjorn, to record several compositions with the Swedish Symphony Orchestra. It was impossible to miss this unique opportunity - to hear yourself in the "Euro-processing" of the sound producers who worked on the latest records of A-ha and Britney Spears. Cooperation with the Swedes resulted in the song "This is behind", designed in the style of fashionable r "n" b, but Varvara decided to continue recording other songs for the future album in Russia. "We had the opportunity to compare. I used it.

The ideas of the studio "Brothers Grimm" turned out to be closer to me, and the sound that they achieved was fully consistent with the European level. "In the summer of 2002, Varvara's song" I'm Alive "suddenly sounded on Our Radio" on the air of the program "Do You Need It?". This produced the effect of an exploding bomb - until that moment, the so-called "pop artists" did not appear on Our Radio. Legend has it that the choice of the song was personally carried out by Mikhail Kozyrev. However, contrary to all expectations, listeners of the country's main "rock and roll" radio station did not succumb to provocation and refrained from scourging Varvara, who was presented by the presenter precisely as a pop singer.30% of the audience who took part in the Internet voting bombarded the Nashe Radio forum with indignant messages on the subject of the presenter's incorrect actions and demanded satisfaction.This experiment was another confirmation of that that Varvara's work lies "on the verge" between pop and rock music... The compositions "I'm Alive", "Heart, Don't Cry" and "You Can-Impossible" came out in the summer on a separate single, which instantly scattered across radio stations. Soon, Varvara's industrial-aesthetic clip "Heart, Don't Cry" appeared on the air of the leading music TV channels. It became the first video work in which Varvara tried to realize her idea of timeless clips, where everything is based on acting. A little later, a video for the song "Od-na" appeared, filmed in an abandoned workshop of the ZIL plant among black oil puddles and construction debris. On November 30, Varvara took the stage of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses: she performed in the final of "Song of the Year" with the composition "One-on". Behind the scenes, aggressive journalists tried to press the singer with questions - however, Lev Leshchenko, who represented Varvara, did not let the process go out of the normal course. In December 2002, the singer recorded the last song, which gave the final name to the album - "Closer". "This album is a rethinking of everything that happened to me before, a reflection on the past. After it, I will go forward, and you should be ready for this."

In December 2004, the singer received an honorary diploma from the TV festival "Song of the Year" for the song "Letala Yes Sang", for which a month later she shot a video in Morocco.

In 2005, Varvara passed the National Selection of the International Eurovision Song Contest 2005, in the same year she won first place in the Internet voting conducted by the International Club OGAE and received the right to represent Russia at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Eurovision in Denmark.

Since 2006, the singer has been actively touring the cities of Russia and European countries, introducing foreigners to the ethnic creativity of Russian musical culture.

In 2009, the singer participates in the Festival of Russian Culture in London with her new program "Dreams", which contains her best works, in musical arrangements of which there are the sounds of the Yakut tambourine, the beats of the North Caucasian drums and the melodic sounds of old Russian horns. The singer's musical group tries to use as many folk instruments as possible, thereby emphasizing the scale of Russian culture.
In recent years, many tours, festivals and a wide variety of events could not do without the active participation of Varvara. She has repeatedly participated in various music festivals, both in Russia and abroad.

In 2010, Varvara was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.

In 2012, a new single and a video clip of the singer called "Pipe" are released. The authors of words and music are V. Malezhik and A. Akhmatova.

The singer is also the artistic director and general director of her own production center called "Art Center" Varvara "".

Personal life

Having experienced the failure of an early marriage, she met on the way the man of her dreams - businessman Mikhail Susov, who became her support in her work. A reliable rear enables her to create original works that differ from other performers. The couple are raising four children. After all, she is Barbara, she is not like everyone else!

The appearance of Varvara on the Russian stage marks a new era in the development of the Russian popular music industry. The songs she sings exist outside the traditional "rock" or "pop" formats, because her music is a subtle fusion of almost all the world's musical traditions. Alternative and symphonic music, ethnics of northern Europe and the East, electronics and new age, seasoned with an up-to-date sound - these elements, according to Varvara, should form modern popular music. In this quest to find the perfect form of pop music that would sound organically in any language in any country in the world, Varvara is really the closest thing to Madonna changing styles like gloves. And in this sense, Varvara is a foreigner among colleagues in the pop scene. One of Madonna's critics recently described the style of her latest album "Music" as "romantic techno rock dance". It is well known that Madonna is a recognized experimenter in the field of contemporary music. Varvara's musical experiments can lead to the fact that we will finally have high-quality popular music, with which we are not ashamed to enter the world music markets. Varvara does not like to play with definitions, but for those who like to put "excise stamps" and "factory marks" on the sound and voice, a definition was found: Varvara makes an intellectual alternative euro-pop. With some caution, it can be added that in Russia it was the first to enter this promising road.

Barbara's real name is Elena Tutanova, by her husband - Susova. Born in Balashikha. I have been friends with music since childhood. When she was barely four years old, grandfather put little Alena (as the future singer was called by her relatives) at the accordion and began to play. Noticing his granddaughter's interest in music, discovering her ear and voice, he took her to a music school. True, at first the girl did not like it there, but in order not to upset her parents, she continued to study. And then she didn’t even think that in the future she would connect her life with music, because she dreamed of a career as a fashion designer: she had the abilities and data for this. But the lessons at the music school were not in vain. Soon the girl forgot about sewing and became seriously interested in music. After graduating from school, she successfully entered the Gnessin School, after which, having received a red diploma, she continued her studies at GITIS with a degree in musical theater artist.

And then her creative career began. At first, Elena sang in restaurants, then, having signed a contract, she worked in the United Arab Emirates. Later, the singer thought about the creative pseudonym and. following the advice of Fyodor Bondarchuk, she chose the name of her grandmother - Varvara. Further in her biography were the theater of variety performances under the direction of Lev Leshchenko, then she became his backing vocalist. But she dreamed of making her own career, dreaming of an intellectual Euro-pop genre, in which ethnic music and pop melodies are organically intertwined.

In 2001, she recorded her first disc, Barbara, whose compositions were a success. In 2002, she works with the famous Swedish studio Cosmo. It was then that the hit "It's Behind" was born. Glory and victories at various competitions and festivals came to the singer. In the early 2000s, she became the laureate of the Song of the Year competition three times. In 2010, she was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia", and a year later - an award "for the creative embodiment of the ideas of friendship between the peoples of Belarus and Russia"

During her solo career, Varvara has recorded six albums and continues to work. She constantly tours in Russia and abroad, starring in videos. And with all this, she skillfully combines her personal life, taking care of her beloved husband and children.

Beloved man of the singer Varvara

About the first marriage of the singer Varvara (nee Alena Tutanova) it is only known that he was short-lived. Elena then managed to give birth to a son. And, to ensure it, worked hard.

The singer found her family happiness by marrying a second time.

Mikhail Susov, an entrepreneur, first vice president of MTS, became her chosen one. Varvara met him during a cruise on the Volga in 1999. A year later they got married. And a year later, they became happy parents of a little daughter, who was given the name Varvara. In total, there are four children in the Susov family: Varvara's eldest son Yaroslav, two children from Mikhail's first marriage - Vasily and Sergey, and their common daughter Varya, who has already managed to take her first steps as a singer.

The husband supports his beloved wife in everything, helps her in her creative career. After her marriage, the singer became more popular, and her videos appeared on central channels (previously, she could only be seen and heard on MTV and MuzTV). Mikhail is a business man, he loves order in everything. And Varvara does everything to make the family nest they have made comfortable for all family members. It is worth noting that she skillfully combines work and housekeeping. Currently, Mikhail and Elena Susov spend most of their time at their dacha, located 500 km from Moscow. Here they raise chickens and cows, make their own cheese (Mikhail brought the leaven for it from Switzerland), pick berries, make preparations for the winter, and bake bread.

For the sake of family happiness, Varvara, in love with her profession, can change her plans, reschedule business, postpone concerts.

You can follow the success of the singer, the happy moments of her life by posting her photos on her personal page on Instagram, where you can also see pictures of her children.

Children of the singer Barbara

Varvara notes that family and children are her main happiness. For two with her husband, the spouses have four.

All children get along well with each other. Now the sons of Mikhail and Varvara are already adults, one has chosen the profession of a political scientist, two have decided to become economists.

In January 2013, Varvara's 22-year-old son Yaroslav started his family. His chosen one was a girl named Sophia, with whom Yaroslav had known since his school years. At the same time, a romance was born among young people, which ended in a wedding. The newlyweds celebrated the festive celebration in a restaurant where their relatives and friends, grandmothers, brothers Sergey and Vasily, sister Varvara, family friend Yuri Grymov, who came with his wife and daughter, and numerous relatives gathered.

Varvara, the youngest daughter of Elena and Mikhail, tries to try on the role of a singer.

Varvara Vizbor - Russian singer, granddaughter of the sixties bard Yuri Vizbor. Favorite genres are jazz and lounge, but she also likes to remake her grandfather's songs, adding personality and new sound to them. Together with rapper L'One, she recorded the song "Echo of Love" from the soundtrack to the second season of the series "Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone".

Childhood and youth

A native Muscovite, Varvara Sergeevna Vizbor, was born on February 18, 1986 in a creative, intelligent family. Varvara's grandfather is the famous bard poet Yuri Vizbor, and her grandmother is the talented poetess and writer Ariadna Yakusheva.

Unfortunately, the girl was born a year after the death of her grandfather, but she met his work in early childhood. Parents bought a compilation disc, which contained his song "Night Road", which from the first chords sunk into Varya's soul. How surprised she was when her mother said that this was grandfather's song!

I was very surprised, because in our family there was no cult of grandfather - for us he was an ordinary person, dad and grandfather, a family member.

From childhood, the girl was surrounded by a creative atmosphere, which could not but affect her worldview and future fate. Representatives of the metropolitan bohemia often gathered in the house, sang, played music, read poetry and staged impromptu performances. Her parents instilled in her a kind attitude towards people and the ability to communicate freely with a wide variety of people, and Varya inherited a sense of humor and an optimistic attitude towards life from her grandmother.

The girl's parents, Tatyana Vizbor and Sergey Lobikov, also people of creative professions, immediately discerned their daughter's artistic and musical abilities and took her to a theater studio. Having become a first grader, Varvara enrolled in the Red Carnation school choir, in which she sang until graduation.

She studied in the middle and preferred to spend her free time not with textbooks, but at choir rehearsals or in a children's theater. With their brother Yuri, they often arranged home concerts: Yura played, and Varya performed songs from the repertoire of her beloved Alla Pugacheva. Also, the girl was engaged in drawing and macrame.

Varvara and Yuri Vizbor - You are my breath.

After leaving school, Varya tried to enter VGIK, but did not pass the competition. Failure did not cool the ardor of an ambitious girl, and on the advice of Alexei Batalov, a year later she applied to the Shchukin school. This time, her efforts were rewarded: Varvara became a student at a prestigious theater university, which she successfully graduated in 2007.

Career

At first she wanted to take up teaching, she entered the magistracy, but soon she got bored with the stage and the audience and got a job at the School of Modern Play theater.

The atmosphere at the School of Modern Drama was depressing to me. I had to somehow declare myself, become punchy, dodgy ... But they say that I am in character in my grandfather, but he was neither punchy nor dodgy.

After serving in it for two years, Vizbor moved to the Moscow Theater of Miniatures (Teatrium on Serpukhovka), where she was finally able to fully realize herself as an actress. But still there was an internal feeling of dissatisfaction, which disappeared when she took the microphone and began to sing. Varvara intuitively felt that being a singer was her true calling, and since 2013 she decided to devote herself entirely to her singing career.

Even in her student years, she began performing in clubs, where she met talented jazz musicians Sergey Khutas and Evgeny Borets. Soon the guys organized their own group “Vizbor V.S. Khutas”, which lasted five years. The group's repertoire consisted of original arrangements, whimsically combining elements of jazz, blues, traditional Russian motifs and sacred music.

Evening Urgant. Varvara Vizbor - And the winter will be big.

In 2015, their debut album "Strawberry" was released. Varvara recorded the subsequent collections "Magic Fruit", "Mitten" and "Polyphony" under her own name. They included both original works created by contemporary authors, as well as songs by her legendary grandparents in a new arrangement.

Varvara Vizbor - Lucy

In the summer of 2016, Vizbor performed at the large jazz festival Usadba Jazz.

Varvarva Vizbor and the show "Voice"

One of the songs of Yuri Vizbor - "Winter" - she chose to perform at "blind auditions" in the fourth season of the show "Voice" (2015). Oddly enough, despite the soulful performance and impeccable vocals, none of the four mentors turned to her. Polina Gagarina admitted that she wanted to turn around, but the song "somehow quickly ended." “Very nice, but there is only one song, and what will happen next? What else you can show us is not clear, ”said Alexander Gradsky. Basta and Grigory Leps also remained indifferent to Varvara's performance.

The girl was, to put it mildly, upset. But unexpectedly, she received support from the audience of the "Voice" from different parts of the country. The situation that developed at the blind auditions caused bewilderment and discontent, because the audience was completely delighted with Varvara's number. The singer was very upset by the failure, however, the love and support of the fans of her talent, the number of which increased sharply after participating in the Voice, gave the artist the strength to believe in herself again.

Personal life of Varvara Vizbor

Barbara carefully guards her personal space and hides information about her private life. It is known that she is happily married to her beloved man, whom she sees as the father of her future children.

L'One feat. Varvara Vizbor - Yakutyanochka

The singer also took part in the All Colors of Jazz ceremony, which took place on October 31, 2017 in Moscow.

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barbarian(real name Elena Vladimirovna Susova, in girlhood - Tutanov); was born July 30 ( 19730730 ) year in Balashikha) - Russian singer. Honored Artist of Russia (2010). She graduated from the Balashikha School No. 3, the Gnessin School and GITIS. She performed as part of the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances. The first solo album, which was called "Barbara" - the performer released in 2001 (NOX Music label). The performer also released the albums Closer (2003) and Dreams (2005).

creative way

Varvara graduated from Gnesinka, where her teacher was Matvey Osherovsky, director of the sensational production of The Threepenny Opera in Odessa. The eccentric genius repeatedly kicked the artist out, called her "a mile from Kolomna" and even threw boots at her. However, Varvara did not go to the operetta through no fault of his - she just wanted a “free flight”, without directors and producers. Later, working in the theater of variety performances Lev Leshchenko, she graduated from GITIS in absentia with a degree in musical theater artist. After leaving the theater, Varvara began her solo career.

From July 1991 to the present, Varvara has been working as a soloist-vocalist of the Federal State Institution of Culture "State Theater of Variety Performances" Musical Agency ". At the same time, she performs the functions of artistic director and general director of her own production Art Center" Varvara ". Varvara performs songs and musical compositions that are very often heard on the radio, and her musical numbers can be seen in television programs of the central channels of Russia.

It was then for the first time that the DJs of the leading radio stations thought: what style should this music be attributed to? There are echoes of all musical cultures - from Russian to Arabic; the sounds of live instruments are combined here with electronic samples, tragic compositions invariably coexist with dance songs, and at the same time, poetry comes to the fore! The songs of the debut album, despite all their format, were not successful with the audience, but the title "Barbara", "Butterfly", "On the Edge" and "Fly into the Light" were rotated on the radio. But the fact that in Nicole Claro's book "Madonna" one of the chapters was called "On the Edge" went unnoticed.

In the summer of 2002, Varvara received an unexpected offer. The founder of the famous Swedish studio Cosmo (it was this company that “made” the last records of A-ha and Britney Spears) Norn Bjorn invited her to record several compositions with the Swedish Symphony Orchestra. Cooperation with the Swedes resulted in the song "It's Behind", designed in the style of fashionable r'n'b. But Varvara decided to continue recording the rest of the songs for the future album in Russia. She believes that today Russian sound producers are able to work at the European level.

The end of 2002 was marked for Varvara by her performance in the final of “Song of the Year 2002” with the song “Od-na”, which in the summer and autumn of 2002 sounded on the air of almost all the country's leading radio stations.

Barbara travels in music as she travels in life. In the United Arab Emirates, where she often comes with her family, she has already been offered to record an album of songs in Arabic. But besides the east, Barbara is also attracted by northern Europe, with its harsh sagas and Celtic tales, with the cold music of Enya and the salty smell of the ocean. Perhaps that is why in the song "Two Sides of the Moon" from her second album, which was released in 2003, Norman notes are so felt. “I am in love with Europe of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. When I come to France and wander through the castles of the 16th century, I feel the Norman spirit preserved in these walls. I get the feeling that I lived there: I stroke the walls, and I want to shoot clips there.

Experiments with music videos are, perhaps, Varvara's main passion. “I always wanted to sing songs and shoot videos in which I could finally prove myself as a character actress,” says Varvara.

March 2003 became Varvara's month - the Ars-Records company released her second album, called "Closer". Most of the compositions for it were recorded at the Brothers Grimm studio - it was in this company that they managed to find arrangements and sound adequate to the ideas of the singer.

In recent years, four solo music albums of the singer have been released with songs that are known and loved by viewers from different countries. Over the past 10 years, many tours, music festivals, and a wide variety of charitable and patronage events could not do without the active creative participation of Varvara. The singer repeatedly took part in the organization of holiday concerts, she was a participant in many Russian festivals and represented the musical art of Russia abroad.

In December 2004, she received an honorary diploma from the Song of the Year 2005 television festival for the song Letala Yes Sang, for which a video was filmed in Morocco a month later.

In 2005, Varvara became a finalist in the National Selection of the International Eurovision Song Contest 2005. In the same year, the singer, having won first place in the Internet voting of the International Club OGAE, received the right to represent Russia at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision festival in Denmark.

Since 2006, Varvara has been actively touring Europe and introducing Europeans to the ethnic creativity of Russian musical culture. We are well aware that throughout the years of her creative activity, she has been actively and purposefully improving her skills, searching for new creative forms, making sure that the musical material of her works always follows the spirit of modernity, is interesting and accessible to the most diverse segments of the public, and is in demand. in the music market.

In 2009, Varvara takes part in the Festival of Russian Culture in London and introduces the British to her new Dreams program. This program contains the best songs, in musical arrangements of which you can hear the sound of the Yakut tambourine and the beats of the North Caucasian drums and the beautiful sounds of old Russian horns. The team led by Varvara purposefully uses the sound of many folk instruments in their songs, thereby emphasizing the scale of the musical culture of Russia.

On March 12, People's Artist of Russia Nadezhda Babkina will celebrate her 60th birthday with a big concert. Ethno-pop singer Varvara, who has been friends with Nadezhda Georgievna for more than a year, will not be able to attend the concert because of the tour, however, she will present her gift to the artist. But later.

Last week in one of the Moscow studios Varvara finished recording a joint composition with the Moscow Piper Orchestra. The recorded song is a cover version of a truly popular hit in our country (its name is kept secret until the premiere). Known for her musical experiments, Varvara decided to combine traditional Russian text and folk melodics with the sound of a real bagpipe. Many are sure that the bagpipe is a purely Scottish instrument, - says Varvara. - In fact, she came to Europe from the East. According to one of the existing versions, the instrument came to Scotland thanks to our neighbors, the Vikings and the Vikings, who are very close to Russia. Therefore, such a combination of musical styles seems to me historically justified. I want to present and dedicate the premiere of this song and a specially prepared number to Nadezhda Babkina during her next project, which will take place immediately after the singer's anniversary. I am grateful to her for the moral support she gives to my creative experiments in combining traditional and modern styles. I really hope that she will like the new creation as well as my song “Letala, Yes Pela” liked at one time.

Varvara met the Piper Orchestra of Moscow and the Region while on tour in England. The artist immediately caught fire with the idea of cooperation, and the recorded composition is only its first fruit. Not a cover is on the way, but the original song of Varvara in the Scottish style, for which the singer is now looking for a suitable text.

Discography

2001 - Album "Barbara" - "KNOX MUSIC"
- « BARBARA
- « BUTTERFLY» - Music: A. Shkuratov, Lyrics: A. Shkuratov, Arrangements: A. Ivanov, A. Shkuratov, Video clip director: D. Makhamatdinov, Video clip operator: V. Novozhilov
- « FLY INTO THE LIGHT» - Music: K. Breitburg, M. Breitburg, Lyrics: E. Melnik, Arrangements: K. Breitburg, Video clip director: F. Bondarchuk, Video clip operator: V. Opelyants, Video clip stylist: Alisher
- « ON THE VERGE» - Music: K. Boris, Lyrics: E. Melnik, Arrangements: A. Ivanov, Video clip director: S. Kalvarsky, Video clip operator: V. Opelyants, Video clip stylist: Aslan
- « TWO HEARTS» - Music: A. Lunev, Lyrics: I. Kokanovsky, Arrangements: V. Mukhin, A. Lunev
- « ICE AND WATER» - Music: A. Protchenko, Lyrics: A. Protchenko, Arrangements: A. Protchenko
- « GLASS LOVE» - Music: A. Lunev, Lyrics: E. Melnik, Arrangements: V. Mukhin, A. Lunev
- « RUN» - Music: V. Shemtyuk, Lyrics: E. Melnik, V. Shemtyuk, Arrangements: A. Ivanov
- « REX, PEX, FEX» - Music: K. Breitburg, Lyrics: K. Breitburg, Arrangements: A. Ivanov
- « HAWAII» - Music: G. Bogdanov, Lyrics: G. Bogdanov, Arrangements: A. Ivanov
- « ANGEL OF BAD NEWS» - Music: K. Breitburg, Lyrics: E. Melnik, Arrangements: A. Protchenko
- « DON'T INTERFER» - Music: A. Shkuratov, Lyrics: A. Shkuratov, Arrangements: A. Ivanov, A. Shkuratov
- « FLY INTO THE LIGHT» - (Grimm RMX/