Victoria Markovna Likhacheva biography. Unknown facts about Kirkorov's mother

Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov (according to his passport - Philip Bedros Kirkorov) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, actor, composer and producer. In 2008, Philip Kirkorov was awarded the title " National artist Russian Federation" In 2017, Kirkorov noisily celebrated his 50th anniversary.

Family, childhood and education of Philip Kirkorov

Philip Kirkorov's father is Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov (Krikorian) - Bulgarian singer (born June 2, 1932). By origin - Armenian. According to Bedros himself, he changed his surname Krikorian to Kirkorov, as this was a prerequisite for admission to a Bulgarian school.

Philip Kirkorov's mother is Victoria Markovna Kirkorova (Likhacheva), concert host (April 6, 1937 - April 30, 1994).

Philip Kirkorov with his parents (Photo: twitter.com/fkirkorov)

Grandfather (paternal) - Philip Krikorian, an Armenian by nationality, worked as a shoemaker. Grandmother (paternal) - Sofia Krikorian, also Armenian.

Great-grandfather (maternal) - Manion Mikhail Alfonsovich, (1891-1918), acrobat, musical eccentric, clown, half-French and half-Russian by nationality, the surname Manion is of Irish origin. Grandmother (maternal) - Lidia Mikhailovna Manion, circus actress, xylophonist, dancer. She had gypsy roots.

Aunt (father's sister) - Marie Kirkorova (b. 1945), Opera singer. Works in the USA. Uncle (father's brother) - Harry Kirkorov (b. 1937), businessman.

Philip Kirkorov became accustomed to acting life. From the age of five, little Filya went on tour with his parents. The future singer often attended his father’s concerts and even went on stage with his dad to applause.

Philip Kirkorov in childhood (Photo: twitter.com/fkirkorov)

As is known from the biography on Kirkorov’s official website, when little Philip became seriously ill, his parents, who then lived in Bulgaria, went to the famous prophetess Vanga. She told them: “I see your son on high mountain, he’s standing and waving a metal stick.” Only after some time did Vanga’s secret become clear; this mountain musical Olympus, and the “metal stick” is an ordinary microphone...

Philip Kirkorov spent his childhood on Taganka. Philip studied well at school and graduated with a gold medal. At the same time, Philip studied piano and guitar at a music school. After school, Kirkorov tried to enter GITIS, but it did not work out. The future popular singer was told that he lacked vocal abilities. It was necessary to wait a couple of years until the voice became stronger.

Then in 1984, young Kirkorov entered the music school named after. Gnesins. He was taken into her class by Margarita Iosifovna Landa, a teacher who was called a “sorceress” at the school. Philip Kirkorov’s father, however, doubted his son’s vocal abilities and once said: “I bet my head is cut off that he will never become a singer!” After Philip’s first concert, Bedros Kirkorov approached Margarita Iosifovna with the words: “I will erect a golden monument for you!”

In 1988, Philip Kirkorov graduated from college with honors.

Musical career of Philip Kirkorov

While still at Gnesinka, in 1985, young Kirkorov was invited to his first television filming in the Wider Circle program with the song Alyosha in Bulgarian. Philip was noticed by the director of “Blue Light” S.I. Anapolskaya invited Kirkorov to star in her program. But the management of Blue Light refused the young artist with a strange argument: “He’s too handsome.” The indignant Anapolskaya, threatening to quit her job, nevertheless managed to get permission to film.

In 1987, the head of the Leningrad Music Hall I. Rakhlin invited Philip Kirkorov on a foreign tour to Berlin to participate in the world famous show of the Friedrichstadtpalast theater. To the young artist I had to learn all the texts in German, but the trip was successful.

In April 1988, Philip met Alla Pugacheva at Ilya Reznik’s opening day. In general, Ilya Reznik was one of the first professionals who helped him on the stage. In October 1988, Philip Kirkorov received an invitation from Pugacheva to take part in the “Christmas Meetings”. Philip Kirkorov has already graduated from the Gnessin College and managed to compete at a competition in Yalta, starred in the video “Carmen” and spent time in Soviet troops free concerts in Mongolia.

Songwriter Ilya Reznik and singer Philip Kirkorov, 2008 (Photo: Evguenii Matveev/Russian LookGlobal Look Press)

The meeting with the poet Leonid Derbenev also became significant for Philip Kirkorov - the poet wrote songs for the singer that became hits - “You, you, you”, “Heaven and Earth”, “Atlantis”, “Day and Night” and many others.

The popularity of Philip Kirkorov grew, and new achievements appeared in his biography. The listeners were captivated by both the singer’s voice and appearance. In 1989, Philip Kirkorov went on tour as Alla Pugacheva’s partner in Australia and Germany. Then Philip had his first solo tour in Perm, and in the same year Kirkorov reached the finals of the Song of the Year festival for the first time.

"Christmas Evenings" by Alla Pugacheva. Artist Philip Kirkorov during a performance at the Olimpiysky sports complex, 1989 (Photo: Vitaly Sozinov / TASS)

At the end of 1989, Philip Kirkorov left the Alla Pugacheva Theater and began active concert activity. He wanted to make sure that the public went not only to Alla Pugacheva, but also to his concerts.

In 1992, a video clip for the song “Atlantis” and two solo programs were released - “Heaven and Earth” and “Atlantis”; the latter was subsequently recognized best show of the year. During these same years, Philip Kirkorov’s first tours took place in the USA, Canada, Germany and Israel.

In 1993, Philip Bedrosovich received the Ovation award in the category “Best Singer of the Year” and the international competition"Golden Orpheus". At the same time, Kirkorov had a successful tour in Australia.

Then there was a solo program “I am not Raphael”, which became a new milestone in the biography of Kirkorov. The main part of the program were hits from the repertoire of E. Humperdinck, T. Jones, F. Sinatra, P. Anka and E. Presley.

In November 1994, Kirkorov and Pugacheva held a joint grand concert in Atlantic City, at America's largest casino, the Taj Mahal, and in May of the following year they made a joint concert tour of Israel.

Singers Alla Pugacheva and Philip Kirkorov (Photo: Igor Flis/Russian Look/Global Look Press)

In 1995, Kirkorov received 2 more Ovation awards - “For the best program" and "Best Singer", shot video clips for "Bird", "Look What a Summer" and "Sweetheart".

Unexpectedly, a week before the international Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Philip Kirkorov learned that he would represent Russia at this competition; took only 17th place on it with the song “Lullaby for a Volcano”. Thus, Eurovision did not become a landmark in Kirkorov’s biography.

The end of 1995 was marked by the release of the double CD “Tell the Sun: “Yes!”” on the Polygram label. The release of the album coincided with the premiere of the program “The Best, Favorite and Only for You” at the State Variety Theater, which was then successfully staged throughout the country.

In 1996, Philip Kirkorov was awarded the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo for record circulation among Russian performers (2 million sound carriers).

Russian singer Philip Kirkorov performing at the World Music Awards in Monaco (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Photos/PHOTAS)

Philip Kirkorov is an eight-time winner of the Ovation Award, a five-time winner of the World Music Awards as the most popular performer in Russia, a multiple winner of the Golden Gramophone, Stopudovy Hit, and Silver Galosh awards, and a laureate of the annual Song of the Year festival.

Philip Kirkorov after receiving the Ovation Award, 2008 (Photo: Anton Belitsky/Russian Look/Global Look Press)

In 2015, Philip Kirkorov took 2nd place in the ranking of “50 Main Russian Celebrities” by Forbes magazine. The rating, as the publication notes, includes “the richest and most influential stars Russian show business and sports." Philip Kirkorov scored more than 41 points, with an income of $10.4 million, second only to Maria Sharapova, while Kirkorov has significantly more requests, but fewer mentions in the media.

2017 became an anniversary year for the People's Artist. In April, Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov exchanged fifty dollars. Philip Kirkorov began preparing for the anniversary in advance with the help of the “I” tour, as well as the acquisition, as reported in the news, of a mansion in an elite village near Moscow, where he moved with his children, Alla-Victoria and Martin.

Photo: Russian Archives/Global Look Press

The artist’s country house is located in the Myakininskaya floodplain of the Moscow River on a peninsula surrounded on three sides by the waters of Zhivopisnaya Bay. The singer's mansion is located on an entire hectare of land. Here fresh air, not noisy, mirror-like surface of the reservoir, and at the same time the metropolis is only 2 kilometers away! There are about 30 mansions in the elite village, which locals call “the island”. Each one is built according to an individual project - one is cooler than the other.

According to realtors, Philip Kirkorov had to pay about $12 million for a house in the Myakininskaya floodplain of the Moscow River.

Photo: Russian Archives/Global Look Press

Personal life of Philip Kirkorov

On January 13, 1994, Philip Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva announced their engagement in Moscow. On March 15, Kirkorov’s marriage to Pugacheva was registered in St. Petersburg by the mayor of the city, Anatoly Sobchak. On May 15, Alla and Philip got married in Jerusalem. The divorce from Alla Pugacheva, which took place secretly in March 2005, was officially announced in November 2005 in the Lolita program “Without Complexes”.

Philip Kirkorov, Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin, 2006 (Photo: Maxim Burlak/Russian Look/Global Look Press)

Philip Kirkorov has two children. Daughter - Alla Victoria (b. November 26, 2011). Kirkorov said that his daughter’s name is in honor of his mother Victoria and in honor of Alla Pugacheva. Kirkorov's son is Martin (b. June 29, 2012). The singer announced his birth during a concert in Sofia.

For a long time there was no information about the mother of Philip Kirkorov’s children, with the exception of speculation in the tabloid news that wrote about different women, who were suitable for this role, trying to unravel the secret of Kirkorov’s children. Philip Kirkorov said that she gave birth to children surrogate mother However, Philip Bedrosovich later regretted his frankness. In an episode of the TV show “Secret to a Million,” Philip Kirkorov noted that “our country is not ready for such revelations. Today the topic of surrogacy is discussed quite often, and I have received so many criticisms.”

Singer Philip Kirkorov with his daughter Alla-Victoria and son Martin (Photo: TASS)

Photos of Kirkorov with children can often be found in the media. Regarding their mother, Philip Bedrosovich only says that she is in in perfect order and he is not afraid of her meeting the children.

Scandals surrounding Philip Kirkorov

Philip Kirkorov and Timati (Photo: twitter.com/timatiofficial)

Philip Kirkorov often finds himself in the news of leading media not only as a creative figure, but also due to various scandals. There were many such episodes in the biography of Philip Bedrosovich. He clashed with his colleagues, just as they did with him; I remember Kirkorov’s altercations with Yuri Shevchuk and Timati, the latter even recorded an anti-Kirkorov video “Come on, goodbye!” The show business stars reconciled only in 2016, as reported in the news, with the assistance of Grigory Leps. In 2017, Timati and Kirkorov even filmed a joint video for the song “ Last spring».

In 2004, a great response in the news was caused by Philip Kirkorov’s rude answer using obscenities to the question of Rostov journalist Irina Aroyan “What is the reason for such a large number of remakes in your repertoire? The court sentenced Kirkorov to pay a fine of 60 thousand rubles for insulting in a public place. Many Russian media announced a boycott of Kirkorov as a sign of protest.

Most loud scandal happened to Kirkorov in December 2010, when Philip attacked the assistant chief director of the Golden Gramophone ceremony, Marina Yablokova. She filed an application addressed to the head of the capital's police department, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, with a request to initiate a criminal case against F. Kirkorov, whom she accused of beating and insulting during the rehearsal of the ceremony on December 4 at the State Kremlin Palace. Philip Bedrosovich himself initially denied his guilt. Then he said that he was sick and needed treatment, for which he went to an Israeli hospital, from where on December 10, in the “Let Them Talk” program, he publicly apologized to Yablokova. “Yes, I raised my hand. I insulted him,” Kirkorov said in that memorable broadcast. On December 15, at Yablokova’s request, a criminal case was opened. And then information appeared that the parties nevertheless agreed to peace.

In November 2016, the leader of the Space group, Didier Marouani, filed claims against Kirkorov for plagiarizing the musical material of the song “ Cruel love", the singer considers it to be 41% borrowed from the song Symphonic Space Dream. After telephone conversations (which, as it later turned out, were conducted by pranksters Vovan and Lexus instead of Kirkorov), Maruani arrived in Moscow, where he and lawyer Igor Trunov were detained at the Sberbank branch on Pokrovka Street. It was noted that the detention of the musician and lawyer was connected with Kirkorov’s statement about alleged extortion from him large sum money due to copyright infringement. At night, Trunov and the leader of Space were released from the police with an apology. The police also noted that “a person is not officially detained until a detention report has been drawn up.” Commenting on the incident, Marouani stated that “Monsieur Kirkorov and his lawyer (Alexander) Dobrovinsky behaved like mafiosi, committed a hooligan act, and I want to note that we will resolve all issues in court.”

Ilip Kirkorov (center) during the signing of autographs (Photo: Artem Korotaev/TASS)

Philip Kirkorov is accused of being rude to his fans. In 2016, photos and videos appeared on the Internet, which show how the singer walks down the aisle during a concert, a fan catches up with him, Kirkorov, suddenly turning around, hits the woman with his hand, after which she falls to the floor. The spectators who were nearby help her, while the artist himself, continuing his performance, moves on.

Philip has been declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan. Although he personally has never been to Nagorno-Karabakh. This is explained by the fact that “his mother is Armenian by nationality.” When asked whether the reason for this really lies in his Armenian origin, Kirkorov replied that “this question is not for me, but for Polad Bulbuloglu (Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan - approx. “SP”). It was he who prevented my visit to Azerbaijan.”

Biography of celebrities - Philip Kirkorov

Famous singer Russian stage, music producer

Childhood

Philip was born on April 30, 1967 in the Bulgarian town of Varna. His father's parents were Armenians, his grandfather worked as a shoemaker. On my mother's side, my grandmother was a dancer and circus actress. There were gypsies in her family.

Father - Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov, Honored Singer of Bulgaria, named his son in honor of his grandfather. Initially, the father bore the surname Kirkoryan, but in order to enter a Bulgarian school, the family decided to change the surname.

Mom, Victoria Markovna Kirkorova, worked as an accompanist.

His parents met during one of his father’s concerts. The girl came to the concert of a young but talented performer. After the concert, the girl decided to ask for an autograph, and so their relationship began, which soon grew into marriage.

Since Philip's parents were creative people, almost their entire life was spent on tour. Accordingly, they took their son with them on trips. The rest of the time the family lived in Moscow. At the age of 5, Philip first appeared on stage. After his father performed the song, the boy went on stage, his father introduced him to the audience, to which there was a standing ovation. This was the first applause in the boy's life. This happened in Petrozavodsk.

The boy studied well at school and graduated from school 413, receiving a gold medal. After graduating from school, he decided to enter the Theater Institute, but failed the exams.

In 1984 he entered the Gnessin State Music College, where he was chosen to study in the musical comedy department. After 4 years, my studies were completed with honors.

Childhood photos of Philip Kirkorov

Path to glory

In November 1985, Philip Kirkorov performed in the “Wider Circle” program, the song was called “Alyosha” and was performed by a singer in Bulgarian.

This program was a definite start in my career young singer, there he was noticed by Svetlana Anapolskaya, at that time she was the director of “Blue Light”. She offered young man take part in the filming of a TV show. But the management opposed it, arguing that the young man was too handsome. Then Anapolskaya gave an ultimatum: either Kirkorov takes part in the filming, or she resigns from her duties as director.

In 1987, a fateful meeting took place with songwriter Ilya Reznik. A year later, it was at Reznik’s opening day that a meeting between Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva took place. Alla Borisovna already had a name and many fans. And then she invites a young aspiring artist to take part in the filming of the program “Christmas Meetings.” By this time, the young and talented singer had already graduated from the Gnessin School, he held a successful concert in Yalta and recorded a video for his song “Carmen”.

Having gone to prepare the program “Christmas Meetings,” Kirkorov met Leonid Derbenev, who later began writing songs for Philip. Almost all of them were destined to become hits.

In 1989, the young artist went on tour with Alla Pugacheva in Germany and Australia. And at the end of the year he took part in the filming the most popular program"Song of the year". The songs “Atlantis”, “You, you, you”, “Day and Night” became real hits. Almost the whole country knew and sang them. Popularity was gaining momentum. At the end of the same year, Kirkorov began to conduct active concert activities.

Since the 90s

In 1990, he received the Grand Prix for the song “Heaven and Earth”. Two years later, the video clip “Atlantis” was filmed, which was subsequently recognized as the best video of the year. In 1994, the solo program “I am not Rafael” was released.

In 1995, Kirkorov was awarded two more Ovation awards and shot several videos that the audience invariably liked.

In 1997, a tour began in all cities of Russia with the program “The Best, Favorite and Only for You!”

In 1999, a program was prepared called “Oh, Mom, I’ll give you some chic!” which included songs of oriental motifs.

In 2002, he staged the musical “Chicago,” which was named “Premiere of the Year” at the end of the year.

Philip Kirkorov in the musical "CHICAGO"

Personal life

A handsome and talented performer simply could not have an ordinary personal life. Of course, it is just as bright and rich. Philip met his first wife Alla Pugacheva back in 1988. For almost five years he sought the hand of the woman he loved and finally she agreed!

In 1994, Philip and Alla registered their marriage in St. Petersburg. The marriage registration was carried out by the city mayor Anatoly Sobchak himself. After two months, the newlyweds went to Jerusalem to get married there. The marriage lasted 11 years and in 2005 the couple separated. During this time, a lot of speculation and gossip appeared in newspapers and on television. Star couple has always been interesting to the audience.

6 years have passed since the divorce and the singer admitted that he simply could not meet such a woman again, and he would not agree to anything less. Then he thought about procreation. So in 2011, Kirkorov had a daughter, she was given the name Alla Victoria, in honor of her mother and first wife. To give birth to a girl, he used the services of a surrogate mother, as he admitted on Andrei Malakhov’s show “Let Them Talk.”

A year later, their son Martin was born in the same way.

Currently, Philip Kirkorov actively takes part in the filming of various television programs and shows. Its popularity is no less than in the 90s of the last century. And on April 30, 2017, the singer celebrated his 50th birthday in the Kremlin Palace.

He chose a house with his friend, singer Nikolai Baskov, for six months, trying to create a cozy and elegant family nest for the children. There were countless rumors surrounding the birth of the baby, and this is understandable - it’s not every day that a celebrity has children, especially considering the unusual way a girl was born.

Family

Alla-Victoria Filippovna Kirkorova was born on November 26, 2011 in the United States of America. Father Philip Kirkorov is a Bulgarian of Armenian origin. At the age of five, Philip first appeared on stage at his father’s concert, then followed unsuccessful attempt enter the theater institute (the young man did not pass the exams), study at the Gnessin State Music College.

Start musical career Philip Kirkorov fell in the 80s of the twentieth century. Not the least role in the development of the singer was played by the director of the New Year’s television show “Blue Light” S.I. Anapolskaya. The heyday of his career came in the 90s. In 1994, Philip married the Russian pop diva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva; in 2005, the marriage broke up. While still married to Alla Borisovna, Philip first spoke about his desire to become a father.

Birth story

In November 2011 in live on the set of the television show “What? Where? When?" Philip Bedrosovich announced the birth of his daughter, and four days later he confirmed this information on Andrei Malakhov’s show “Let Them Talk.” At the same time, the singer told the public that he gave his daughter’s first name in honor of Alla Borisovna, and the second in memory of his mother Victoria Markovna Kirkorova, who died of cancer in 1994. Philip always calls his daughter by her full name, according to him, so that the baby can quickly get used to her beautiful and unusual name.

In February 2012, the baby moved from Miami to the Moscow region, to Vacation home father. In April 2012, the sacrament of baptism took place according to Orthodox traditions, Natalya became godparents - close girlfriend artist and TV presenter, showman Andrei Malakhov. It is Natalya Efremova that Kirkorov’s daughter calls mother. At the end of June 2012, Alla Victoria had a brother, Martin Kirkorov ( full name boy - Martin-Christine).

The baby’s biography is silent about who became Alla Victoria’s genetic mother, but a number of assumptions are being discussed in the media. The external resemblance of Alla-Victoria to Natalya Efremova gives journalists grounds to assume that they are biologically related. A little later, bloggers noted the similarities between Martin-Christine and Alexander, son Russian singer Anastasia Stotskaya. By the way, in the early 2000s, information appeared in the press about the affair between Philip Kirkorov and Anastasia Stotskaya.

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Natalya Efremova, who is the actual mother of the children, at the time of her acquaintance with Philip, owned a branded clothing store in Moscow, and having become friends with the artist, she retired and is exclusively involved in the house.

In fact, Alla-Victoria and Martin-Christine are being raised by their grandmother Marie Kirkorova, who is the singer’s paternal aunt. According to Philip Bedrosovich, the girl’s own mother regularly communicates with the baby, although she lives in the USA. And the woman’s identity is kept secret, since there are already enough celebrities in their family, and Alla-Victoria’s mother does not strive for popularity.

Alla-Victoria Kirkorova now

The question of Alla-Victoria’s future with such a father does not arise in anyone’s mind. The girl is comprehensively developed and talented, like her father: she sings, dances, recites poetry. Alla Victoria first appeared on stage at the age of five, with a dance number from Alla Dukhova's ballet.

Kirkorov’s daughter also demonstrates her creative abilities on her Instagram page - in the video, the girl reads the poem “Christmas” by Sasha Cherny. The popularity of star children does not end there: in such at a young age Alla-Victoria and Martin are already appearing as models on the cover of a glossy magazine. In addition, children often accompany Philip on social events, photos from which Philip regularly publishes on his Instagram page.

In September 2017, in Sochi, as part of the “New Wave” competition, Alla-Victoria’s first vocal performance took place with her father’s song “My Bunny”. The appearance of Philip Bedrosovich's children on stage created a sensation on the stage.

In addition to his public life, Philip is actively involved in his family life - he enjoys playing with children, shopping and traveling. The Kirkorovs' housekeeper, Lyusya, says in an interview that the girl tries in every possible way to copy her father - manners, habits, behavior. And already at five years old, the girl is a big fashionista, inclined to choose extravagant outfits. Alla-Victoria is sociable and loves attention; her friends include her daughter Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak and the children of Stas Mikhailov.

IN free time father and children travel around the world, recently appeared on the Internet family photo from Paris, which Philippe and his children visited in July 2017. The guys happily pose in front of the Eiffel Tower. Photos on the Instagram page of Kirkorov's daughters tell fans about their leisure time star family: Alla-Victoria and Martin enjoy visiting grandfather Bedros in Bulgaria, traveling with him around the Crimea, and doing creative work (sculpting, drawing). Philip Bedrosovich copes excellently with the role of the father. By the way, in one of the interviews the singer says that he is thinking about a third child.

Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov (Bulgarian: Philip Bedrosov Kirkorov, according to his passport - Philip Bedros Kirkorov). Born on April 30, 1967 in Varna (Bulgaria). Soviet and Russian pop singer, actor, composer and producer. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2008).

Roles of Philip Kirkorov in the theater:

"Gull"
2000 - “Metro” - producer
2001 - “Dunno on the Moon” - Dracula
2002-2003 - “CHICAGO” - lawyer Billy Flynn
2003 - “Bear” - retired artillery lieutenant G. S. Smirnov
2009 - “Beauty and the Beast” - Prince “A Tale of Love”

Dubbing by Philip Kirkorov:

2002 - “Chicago” (musical film) - lawyer Billy Flynn
2003 - Brother Bear (cartoon) - Koda Bear

Voiced by Philip Kirkorov:

2000 - New Bremen (cartoon) - Troubadour
2010 - The Nutcracker and the Rat King (film) - The Rat King
2016 - The New Adventures of Aladdin (film) - Aladdin
2017 - Trio in Feathers (Richard the Stork) (animated) - Kiki the parrot