Igor Armenovich Sarukhanov. Born on April 6, 1956 in Samarkand (Uzbekistan). Soviet and Russian musician, singer, composer, poet. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997).

Armenian by nationality.

Father - Armen Vaganovich Sarukhanyan (1930-1991), scientist, candidate of technical sciences, taught at a technical university.

Mother - Rosa Ashotovna Sarukhanova (1932-1991), teacher of Russian language and literature.

The younger brother is Vagan Armenovich Sarukhanov (born 1960).

Maternal ancestors come from Goris, and paternal ancestors come from Stepanakert. My paternal great-grandfather was a wealthy man, he was engaged in grain, timber, stone processing, had several plants and factories under his control. In 1921-22, during the famine in the Volga region, he sent there compositions of grain from his factories. During the mass repressions, in order to avoid arrest and execution, he destroyed all documents and renounced his own property.

When Igor was four years old, the family from Samarkand moved to Moscow, where his father defended his dissertation.

In Dolgoprudny he graduated from music school No. 1 in the class of classical guitar.

While still a teenager, he began performing at dances and discos, earning money, because of which he had problems at school. He recalled: “I have been engaged in music since childhood, and from the sixth grade I already created an ensemble. We performed not only at school holidays, but also at evenings of rest in our native Dolgoprudny near Moscow. However, once the director wanted ... to expel us from school. that we received money for our performances. It turns out that we were conducting commercial activities, which in Soviet times was absolutely impossible to do! My dad came to help us out. He went to the director and explained to him: yes, we took the money. But the money was needed for the purchase new instruments, strings for old guitars, because the strings wear out quickly."

He served in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Moscow Military District, where he met Stas Namin. Thanks to the latter, after demobilization in 1979, he got into the Blue Bird ensemble. Then he worked in the VIA "Flowers", with which he performed until 1981.

In 1981, Igor Sarukhanov founded his group "A circle". The line-up was formed from the former musicians of Stas Namin's group "Flowers" - in addition to Igor Sarukhanov (guitar, vocals), Alexander Slizunov (keyboards), Vladimir Vasiliev (bass, vocals) and Mikhail Fainzilberg (drums) were included. Their very first song - "Kara-Kum" - became the hallmark of the group.

The young team was taken under guardianship by the poet Anatoly Monastyrev, after which the group begins an active successful touring life. However, in August 1982, the USSR Ministry of Culture issued an order to disband a number of supergroups, in the same order the musicians of the Circle were forbidden by name to work together. The group was saved from immediate reprisals only by the intercession of the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sovetskaya Kultura, the poetess Tatyana Kvardakova, the wife of Igor Yuryevich Andropov, the son of the then General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov. She personally met with the Deputy Minister of Culture, the popular actor Georgy Ivanov, and convinced him to cancel the order. However, the entire second half of 1982 and part of 1983, the group sat without concerts.

The Krug group broke up in 1984 due to personal relationships within the team.

In 1984, at the festival in Sopot, he was awarded the first prize as the author of the song "Behind a sharp turn."

Since 1985, Sarukhanov began a solo career. He declared himself at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, where he won the first prize in the competition for the best song about Moscow - "Moscow Space".

In 1986, the first giant disc of the singer "If we are on the way" was released. From that moment on, he began to actively tour, received the title of laureate of the Bratislava Lira festival.

Many of his songs became hits - “Green Eyes”, “My Dear Old Men”, “Behind a Sharp Turn”, “Boat”, etc.

Igor Sarukhanov - Green eyes

In 1990, the first professional video clip was shot for Igor Sarukhanov's song "Barber" (directed by Mikhail Khleborodov).

As a poet and composer, he worked with Tynis Myagi, Sergey Chelobanov, Anne Veski, Alexander Marshal, Batyrkhan Shukenov, Alexei Chumakov, Nikolai Trubach, the Combination, A’Studio, Gorod 312 groups and others.

In 2018, he became a participant in the 3rd season of the Three Chords show on Channel One, his rivals were Irina Apeksimova, Eva Polna, Alena Sviridova, Mariam Merabova, Anastasia Makeeva, Alexander Shoua, Dmitry Pevtsov, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Yaroslav Sumishevsky.

The growth of Igor Sarukhanov: 170 centimeters.

Personal life of Igor Sarukhanov:

He was married six times.

The first wife is Olga Tatarenko, an artist in the rubber genre (a genre of circus acrobatics, a demonstration of the extraordinary flexibility of the body).

The second wife is Nina, an archaeologist.

The third wife is Angela, the soloist of the gypsy trio.

The fourth wife is Elena Lenskaya, writer and fashion designer.

Fifth wife - Ekaterina Golubeva-Poldi, actress and ballerina. She starred in his videos, he wrote several songs on her poems. They got married after two years of living together.

There were no children in the first marriages.

The sixth wife is Tatyana Anatolyevna Sarukhanov (nee Kostycheva; born in 1975), member of the Union of Artists of Russia, designer, creator of the Igor Sarukhanov brand. She worked as an administrator for the singer for a long time. In 2008, Tatyana gave birth to a daughter, Lyuba, whom Sarukhanov adopted. He said: “When her fiancé left her, from whom she was expecting a child, I decided to support the woman in difficult times, to become a foster dad. So I said: “Tanya, let me adopt Lyuba.” The main thing is that the child has a father and mother " .

Later, they began a serious relationship and in June 2014 they got married.

Igor Sarukhanov with his wife Tatyana and daughter Lyuba

Filmography of Igor Sarukhanov:

1980 - Fantasy on the theme of love - singer, musician of the Focus ensemble
1980 - Melodies and rhythms of youth (short)
1997 - The latest adventures of Pinocchio - Pierrot
2011 - March 8
2011 - Igor Talkov. Lost in Battle (documentary)
2011 - Anne Veski. Hot Estonian woman (documentary) 2012 - Travelers 3 - episode

Discography of Igor Sarukhanov:

1987 - If we are on the way
1989 - Green eyes
1991 - I want to be alone
1994 - Best Songs 2 (compilation)
1994 - Why did you come back?
1995 - Disco music
1997 - Violin - fox
1999 - This is not love
2001 - Boat, swim
2002 - Grand Collection (compilation)
2003 - Favorite songs.ru (compilation)
2004 - New collection (compilation)
2004 - New album
2004 - Mood for Love (compilation)
2007 - Biography of feelings
2010 - Scarlet sails
2012 - Black, white stripes

Bibliography of Igor Sarukhanov:

2007 - Biography of feelings

Songs of Igor Sarukhanov:

Dear old people
Green eyes
You said believe
Gorgeous
Until morning
New Year
Aircraft
Southern History
Serenade
I cried and that's enough
Bay of Joy
March 8
You and me...
Bitter Resentment
My love
I want to be alone now
come back
Two sisters
This is not love
Invented love
You are so Beautiful
I wish you
Sukhumi
Butterfly
Boat swim
The cranes were flying, the sky was singing, the clouds were rushing somewhere...
Why, why did you return from that cold darkness to my love, to my dreams ...
Happy ticket
Wheel creak (Fox violin)
Do not tell me
Scarlet Sails
Looked in the mailbox
You came to Moscow
Why did you come back
christmas night
Behind a sharp turn
Thread
Black and white stripes
Guy with a guitar

Singer Igor Sarukhanov shared his joy from his daughter, recently born in her sixth marriage, who became his first child.

[:rsame:]

The popular performer of the songs “Violin-Fox”, “Boat”, “I Wish You” Igor Sarukhanov became a father for the first time at the age of 58! He played in Soviet ensembles: "Blue Bird", "Colors", "Circle". He wrote songs for Alla Pugacheva, Anna Veski, the Combination group and other Soviet performers.

The long-awaited child was presented to the artist by his wife, and part-time administrator Tatyana. They got married in June 2014. Before meeting with his current wife, the musician was married five times: with plastic choreographer Olga Tatarenko, archaeologist Nina Sarukhanova, soloist of the gypsy trio Angela, fashion designer Elena Lenskaya and ballerina Ekaterina Golubeva-Poldi. And only with the sixth wife finally found the happiness of fatherhood.

On January 24, in one of the capital's maternity hospitals, Igor Armenovich had a wonderful daughter. He fulfilled his promise from the song “My Dear Old People”: “My young old people ... And I will take your names”, he named it in honor of his mother - Rosa. Recall that Igor Sarukhanov already has a child - a daughter, Lyuba, who was born in 2008. He is not the biological father, but he is raising the girl as a true parent. In February, the musician was seized by unprecedented inspiration: a new album will soon be ready, which the singer will dedicate to the newborn.

Igor Sarukhanov / Yuri Samolygo

- All year I worked on this record, looking at my pregnant wife. And, of course, I dedicated it to the baby. The disc has the working title "Go Crazy", because you can really go crazy from such a buzz.

Igor already had the experience of fatherhood, so he is, as they say, a father "in the know."

“Before giving birth, my wife and I made a list of necessary things that I chose with great trepidation and love. He came to the maternity hospital with unprecedented enthusiasm and brought everything he needed.

When Igor was told that there would be a daughter, he began to cry.

Igor Sarukhanov with his family / personal archive of Igor Sarukhanov

- A powerful energy stream of light fell on me, which turned into tears of joy. I immediately drank a glass of cognac. By the way, it didn't work. I went to the hospital in a taxi and even left some items of clothing in the car. On the twelfth day, Rose began to change: beautiful features began to appear. In general, I have a wonderful princess growing up.

[:rsame:]

The artist categorically refused to attend the birth.

They offered me, but I didn't want to. This is a sacrament. During childbirth, only a woman and a doctor should be present. It is not necessary for the husband to see.

Sarukhanov does an excellent job not only with the role of a father, but also a mentor, a friend who understands how to find an approach to a child and raise an intelligent and full-fledged personality.

“All the lyalechki in envelopes, of course, grow ... I want the lyalechka to choose the right path.”

Igor Sarukhanov / personal archive of Igor Sarukhanov

- You need to talk a lot with children, read to them and give them knowledge in a dosed manner. In the process of growing up, it is necessary that children communicate with smart people, then the child will learn to succinctly formulate thoughts and avoid tongue-tied speech. If the child said something incorrectly, then you need to ask him to repeat it correctly. Of course, there is no need to swear in front of a child.

My eldest daughter Lyuba (born in 2008) is now engaged in rhythmic gymnastics, music - she sings from notes, learns languages. We try to make her grow up to be a well-rounded girl. By the age of six, Lyuba already knows how to speak, read and write well. I don't want girls to follow in my footsteps. But I will approve if they themselves sincerely want to study at the conservatory or in the specialty "Variety-Jazz Vocal". We have excellent teachers who can raise worthy musicians. In general, time will tell. In any case, I will always help Lyuba and Rosa, I will always support them.

“Without you, the cold will come and all the flowers will die ... The noisy city will empty, and dreams will fall asleep in the soul”

Igor's sixth marriage gave him full-fledged family happiness. He considers previous relationships to be wonderful experiences and interesting meetings.

- After all, each meeting does not happen by chance: we learn something new, we learn. We should thank those people who were in our life. I am grateful to them. Tanya is my person, I feel comfortable and light with her. I wish everyone to find a loved one.

The age difference between the spouses did not stop them from embarking on the path of happiness.

Igor Sarukhanov: Happiness is not in age, but in the state of mind and willingness to accept happiness, love / personal archive of Igor Sarukhanov

- Me and Tanya did not even think about the difference in years. Happiness is not in age, but in the state of mind and readiness to accept happiness, love.

After the birth of their daughter, Igor and Tatyana are helped by their grandmother (wife's mother).

- When Tanya's mother leaves, - says Sarukhanov, - I have little idea what I will do. It is very difficult to find a suitable nanny these days. At the moment we are helping relatives. Of course, we are not going to leave the child with the nanny. We will look not so much for a nanny, but for a person on the "pickup", a teacher. Tanya takes care of the children.

Igor is immersed in pleasant chores and waits until the girl grows up a little to sing lullabies to her.

Our editors congratulate Igor Sarukhanov on a wonderful event in his life and wish that children's laughter always sounded in his house!

Birthday 06 April 1956

Russian pop-rock singer, composer of Armenian origin

A family

The surname Sarukhanov (Sarukhanyan) comes from the name Sarukhan, which means the owner of the mountains. Paternal ancestors from Stepanakert. Maternal ancestors from the city of Goris. My paternal great-grandfather was a rich man, he was engaged in grain, timber, stone processing. He had plants and factories. In 1921, he sent a composition of grain to the starving Volga region. During the repressions, in order to avoid arrest and execution, he destroyed all documents and renounced his property.

• Father Armen Vaganovich Sarukhanyan, was a scientist, candidate of technical sciences, a teacher at a Technical University, died at the age of 60
• uncle Vladimir Vaganovich Sarukhanyan
• mother - Roza Ashotovna - taught Russian language and literature, died at 58
• brother Vahan

• Fourth wife Elena Lenskaya
• Fifth wife Tatyana Sarukhanova (Kostycheva) - concert director of Sarukhanova, director of the Fashion House, designer and artist,
  • Daughter Lyubov Sarukhanov (born 2008)

Biography

Born in Samarkand, but lived there for a short time. When he was 4 years old, the family, in connection with the defense of his father's dissertation, moved to Moscow. The future singer graduated from a music school in classical guitar in Moscow.
He played in the ensembles "Blue Bird" (1979-1981), "Flowers" (1982-1985), "Circle" (1983-1985). As a guitarist, singer and composer, he worked with Tynis Myagi, Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov, Ekaterina Semyonova, Anne Veski, Evgeny Kemerovsky, the Combination group and other artists.

Igor Sarukhanov's solo debut took place in 1985 as part of the cultural program of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (he received the first prize for the song "Moscow Space"). The following year, the first giant disc of the singer "If we are on the way" was released. Since 1986, he has been actively touring, receiving the title of laureate of the Bratislava Lira festival. In 1984, at the festival in Sopot, he was awarded the first prize as the author of the song "Behind a sharp turn." In 1990, the first domestic professional video clip was shot for Igor Sarukhanov's song "Barber" (directed by Mikhail Khleborodov). Among the most famous songs of Igor Sarukhanov are “My dear old people”, “The creak of the wheel”, “Green eyes” and others.

Book

• 2007 - "Biography of Feelings" - Igor Sarukhanov Publishing House ISBN 978-5-9901183-1-7

Discography

Vinyl records

• 1986 - If we are on the way
• 1989 - Green eyes
• 1991 - I want to be alone

• 1993 - Best Songs
• 1994 - Best Songs 2
• 1994 - Why did you come back?
• 1995 - Disco Music
• 1997 - Violin-Fox
• 1999 - This is not love
• 2001 - Boat, swim
• 2002 - Grand Collection
• 2003 - Favorite songs.ru
• 2004 - New collection
• 2004 - New album
• 2004 - Mood for Love
• 2007 - Biography of feelings
• 2010 - Scarlet sails

Born on April 6, 1956 in Samarkand.
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997).
Russian pop-rock singer, composer. The future singer graduated from a music school in the class of classical guitar in Samarkand. He played in the ensembles "BLUE BIRD", "FLOWERS", "CIRCLE". As a guitarist, singer and composer, he worked with T. Myagi, A. Pugacheva, F. Kirkorov, E. Semenova, A. Veski, E. Kemerovsky, the COMBINATION group and other artists. Igor Sarukhanov's solo debut took place in 1985 as part of the cultural program of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (he received the first prize for the song Moscow Space). The following year, the singer's first giant disc "If we are on the way" was released. Since 1986 he has been actively touring, receiving the title of laureate of the Bratislava Lira festival. In 1984 in Sopot he was awarded the first prize as the author of the song Behind a sharp turn. In 1990, the first domestic professional video clip was filmed for Igor Sarukhanov's song Barber (directed by Mikhail Khleborodov). Among the most famous songs of Igor Sarukhanov are My Dear Old Men, Violin-Fox, Green Eyes and others. Sarukhanov's composing and performing style is focused on traditional melodic pop music with elements of rock and blues. The artist records new songs, gives concerts in different cities of Russia and abroad, takes part in various TV shows. Tatyana Barchenkova Discography: If we are on the way (Firma Melodiya, LP, 1987) Green eyes (Firma Melodiya, LP, 1990) I want to be alone (Sintez Records, LP, 1991) Best songs. Part 1 (Anima Vox, 1993) Best songs. Part 2 (Anima Vox, 1994) Why did you come back? (Studio Soyuz, CD, 1994) The Best (Anima Vox, CD, 1994) The Best-2 (Anima Vox, CD, 1994) Circle of Friends (MASTER SOUND, 1994) Disco Music (Media Star, 1995) Disco Music (Pelican Records, 1996) Violin-fox (Gala Records, 2 CD, 1997) No, I didn’t stop loving ... (Firma Melodiya, 1997) This is not love (1999) Boat swim (2001) Grand Collection - I (2002) Grand Collection - II (2003) New album (2003) Favorite songs.RU (2003)

Igor Sarukhanov became a father at the age of 58

Igor Sarukhanov and Tatyana Sarukhanova on the program "Let them talk"

Igor Sarukhanov was never deprived of attention from women, he was officially married six times, but he had no children. The personal life of Igor Sarukhanov has always been stormy and confusing. Around 2008, the composer adopted the daughter of his administrator, Tatyana Kostycheva, who was left by the father of the child during pregnancy. Tatyana was not the composer's wife, although she was often called such in the press, her daughter Lyuba bears the surname Sarukhanov and, in order to avoid misunderstandings and discrepancies, Tatyana also took the surname Sarukhanov. They lived separately, but Tatyana could always rely on Igor in difficult times, he helped her in many ways. However, after some time, the girl’s biological father tried to claim the right to raise a child, which was discussed on Andrey Malakhov’s program “Let them talk.” Apparently, somehow the problem was solved. In the summer of 2014, Igor and Tatyana got married, this is the sixth marriage for Sarukhanov.