Perhaps the most famous Alesya in the country in Belarus is not known only to the lazy. Soloist of the Syabry ensemble, solo artist, daughter of her famous father Anatoly Yarmolenko. We met Alesya a long time ago, and I was immediately struck by her modest charm, tact, sense of humor, and gentleness. Honestly, Alesya is always a pleasure to look at, it is always a pleasure to listen to her, and it is incredibly pleasant to communicate with her. After several years of silence, over brunch at the Renaissance Hotel, Alesya spoke about her men, life in Austria and her anniversary creative activity.

— Alesya, a straight forward question that worries us all very much. How old are you?

— Next year will be 25 years of my creative activity, which I officially began at 15, and unofficially even earlier. So consider it! Yeah, it's time for me to retire. I’m wondering what they’ll give me as a gift: a vacuum cleaner or a toaster? (Laughs.)

— A bronze horse from a second-hand store! 25 years of creative activity - wow. I think this should be noted.

— We thought, we wanted to celebrate with some kind of event, but it so happened that I fell out of creativity a little...

- By the way, yes, where did you go?

“This is how family circumstances developed: I had to leave with my husband. We lived in Vienna for three years.

— Your last interview on the Internet was dated, in my opinion, in 2010.

— Yes, I didn’t give interviews for a very long time, because I wasn’t there and there was no reason. She took care of her husband and child. The child, by the way, entered the Vienna Conservatory in the jazz piano department. During the exam, he didn’t even know that he was entering the conservatory; I simply told him that we would go and listen to an instrument near our house, that there was an opportunity to study with a teacher there. In general, after he played, they told us: “Congratulations! We won't even do a second round. We are taking your boy, the only 13th student.” I want to say that our schools, our teachers provide a good base, so it’s worth going somewhere to study after preparing with us.

— Usually creative parents do not want their children to connect their lives with creative professions.

“I didn’t want to either, but, as it turned out, he can’t do anything else (laughs). This is a necessary measure! If I had to rehearse songs for hours, then it costs him nothing, he does everything easily and organically. He used to be a rapper with us, but now he’s somehow started singing, it turns out that he has a voice. It’s real, I had to plow and plow, every time I had to prove that I could and could do something. I understand that I don’t have great vocal abilities, but nevertheless I feel like an artist. Maybe 8-10 years ago I was behind my father’s back, but when I started working solo with my team, I even suggested some points to my father.

— Do you remember 10 years ago, when we met, you said that you would like to try yourself in R’n’B?

- Well, yes, I tried something, but you yourself understand perfectly well - either it suits you or it doesn’t. Yes, when these are some kind of production numbers, it is possible. But when this is imposed on you, and it is not yours, it is so wrong. Everything should be sincere and organic.

- Listen, well, we lost you for three years. What about creativity? I heard that you work as your husband's muse.

— Yes, I work as a muse.

—What are your responsibilities? So you come to work and what do you do?

— Inspiring my man. This year Eurovision was in Vienna, guys from the Belteleradiocompany came to visit us, and during the interview I came up with a thought that explains everything: I don’t want to prove or tell anything to anyone, I don’t want to fight, fight, I want to have fun . I’m not too old now to blush, to burn, to try. I want to be in the shadow of my men, and this is, first of all, my father, my husband, my son. I want to be behind them, I want to help them, and I really enjoy it. I was lucky that I met a man who gave me absolutely everything I want: care, reliable support, understanding and love. And I realized that I never had this, but this is exactly what I always wanted. I don’t want to be an aging artist and become uninteresting to the public.

- So you now want to say beautifully that you have retired from creativity?

“I can’t say that I left.” I feel very good when we go on tour with Syabry, when I stand behind my dad’s back, go out and sing several solo songs. That is, this is what I basically started with, and I feel so comfortable. This is for my soul. For my dad, this is his life’s work. And I’m a girl, I don’t want to decide anything, I just want a new dress! (Laughs.) I just want to enjoy the process and help him. I don’t want him to waste his strength, his energy, his nerves when they tell him: “Well, here he is again with his daughter!” No, I don't want that.

- This is probably offensive?

- You know, I’m already immune to this. Although now, over time, you understand that you really had to pedal to avoid rolling down the mountain on your bike. It was a familiar state, like the norm of life. Why did I always perform without a last name, just “Alesya”?

- Why?

- So as not to be tied to the fact that I am my father’s daughter.

- Seriously?

- Yes... There were even people who had no idea and said: “Here, Anatoly Ivanovich is coming, look how pretty his girl is.” And the neighbor even stopped greeting my grandmother, saying: “Here, he took your young woman for himself... He threw Raechka, and he himself, I suppose, is jumping around with the young woman...” (Laughs.)

“Listen, as far as I know, this is the first time you’ve been married for a very long time.”

— In your first marriage, did you have any desire to quit the stage, to be left behind?

- No. Because, probably, Sergei himself was like that creative person, and we met and became friends with him precisely on this basis. He had absolutely nothing to do with music, but he liked it, he strived for it, he achieved everything himself. I probably had impulses, but he always pushed me to work. And he was not satisfied, he always wanted something more...

- What did he do?

— When we met, he switched to creativity, became a composer, we began to work, go on tour, and organized our own team. So we had such a creative union...

— So you had a partnership?

“I don’t think that’s true; we wouldn’t be able to survive on partnerships alone.” Now I was driving in the car, listening to the radio, a song by the Meladze brothers, and there were these words: “If it doesn’t work out, don’t wait. I spent half my life getting used to it, but I just had to leave.” So I once said: “Sergey, you and I live like brother and sister, like relatives, let’s separate. You will meet your destiny, I will… And we will be happy.” We simply burdened each other, I tried to find some of my cockroaches, he tried to find his own. Physically, yes, he left the premises where we lived, but I made the decision. In general, this is a difficult story: we’ve been together for 13 years, I’m a public person, with an impeccable reputation... So for me it was very, I won’t say painful, I was just offended and sorry for the years spent aimlessly.

- Why?

- Well, probably, like all women, I was scared: “What will happen next?” I myself am absolutely not a depressed person, but then I was afraid that I might be “caught up.” Therefore, immediately after our breakup, I decided to renovate the apartment. I started working a lot because I needed funds to make it all happen. And less than a year had passed since I met my husband. So what they say is true, to start something new, you need to close the doors to the old. I could never have thought that Sergei and I would separate and not communicate, but that’s how it turned out. No, when we see each other, we communicate normally, we even hug when we meet. But it’s a little strange that, after living together for so many years, you can become strangers. Thanks to my current husband, who surrounded me with such care, love and attention that it seems to me that nothing bad happened to me. They say that happiness loves silence, so I am silent.

“You say that, but I feel the happiness with which you are filled!” I want to take it and pinch off a small piece.

— I’m going on maternity leave in the near future—retirement maternity leave, as I call it! (Laughs.) At least I’m preparing for this intensively: I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t eat preservatives, I go in for sports.

— In general, life after 40 is just beginning?

“So that’s the secret: at almost forty you look thirty.”

- No, everything is much simpler - cosmetology, Botox, gels and everything else. I joke like that with my brother. He: “You look good!” Me: “I know I’m beautiful!” He: “Who told you that?” Me: “My plastic surgeon!” The fact that I have a redone nose, for example, is no secret, and I’m proud of it.

- Do you have a remade nose?

- Yes! I've dreamed about this my whole life because I have a very unique daddy nose. But I wasn't allowed. And then one day, right on stage while performing a song, the dancer gave him a good touch. And I even agreed with the surgeon, before we went to take the picture, so that he would tell my parents that I had a fracture, even if I didn’t have one, so that my nose could be fixed. They then asked me: “How did you punish that dancer?” And I answer: “I also gave him a bonus!” (Laughs.)

- Do you believe in anything mystical?

- Yes, I believe... And you know, I still believe in dreams, so it’s not for nothing that they say: “Be afraid of your desires.” I have always wanted such love, hard-won, desired. Despite the fact that I was married, I was still in constant anticipation, as if I had always been waiting for this and was ready for it. But when it came, as it turned out, I was not ready. At the moment when my future husband was introduced to me, I had a stale hairstyle and wore such high heels that I could not walk. I say with all my modesty: “My dad and son are sitting in the hall right now, they have my purse, could you give me a treat, otherwise I’m terribly thirsty?” He: “Or maybe champagne?” Me: “Yes, only in a plastic cup with a straw, and just a little bit, otherwise my dad swears when I drink alcohol.” We found a bench, sat down and started talking. One of the first questions was: “Why did you separate from your husband?” I started telling. Let me explain, I was in a playful mood, I also thought: “What should I do with him, baptize the children? I’ll have a good time while my friends are sitting in the hall”... So, I started with the fact that be afraid of your desires. I always wanted my children to have a big age difference, about 15 years. Apparently, it should work out that way. As a lover of Soviet films, I have always believed that life after 40 is just beginning. I always wished that for some reason I had mobile phone, a credit card, a nice car and a house with a swimming pool. This is, of course, funny and childish, but now I have it all. And by the way, it turned out later that he saw my interview in some magazine and wanted to meet me. And in Jurmala we met completely by chance - fate!

- How old is your husband?

- It will be 45. My husband has not lived in Belarus for more than 20 years, he is no longer the same. But having met me, he had to do business here, because I simply couldn’t leave for good. When I lived in Austria, it was a real torment for me, I always wanted to go home, everything was not right for me. Firstly, I worked all my life, and here I don’t have to do anything, I was only required to arrange my life and wait for my husband from business trips to take care of my son. Now, of course, everything is perceived completely differently, but then it was one of the most difficult periods for me, probably even more difficult than a divorce.

— What is the most important thing, in your opinion, in life? The most important?

— Mental comfort. This means that you are healthy, that everything is fine in your family, that those you love are always nearby, that you can afford something you want... You can make your dream come true. My husband and I love the mountains and the sea. We have a dream to go to trip around the world, and we will definitely go there, we are already developing the route, but now we are surfing the waters with our family, children and close friends on a small yacht, which my husband named after me. We are preparing a team of like-minded friends, a large yacht, and in five years we will be on our way. And I know that we will do it. This is all spiritual comfort, what you strive for and what you can reach.

Since Alesya was not in Belarus for some time, Narodnaya Volya first asked about her personal life people's artist Belarus Anatoly Yarmolenko.

-The fact that Alesya got married is for sure - said Alesya's father. - The husband is not American, but Belarusian. But I cannot give any information on this topic - if my daughter wants, she will tell the journalists everything herself. You see, we have been sharing for a long time personal life and creativity. And when it comes to some family details, we don’t promote ourselves - we simply don’t need it...

By the way, just recently Anatoly Ivanovich and Alesya prepared a “star breakfast” on the ONT TV channel. And the director of the Syabry ensemble said that his new son-in-law is an excellent cook, and often invites the whole family to taste his culinary delights. Anatoly Ivanovich did not tell any other details about his daughter’s husband on air.

FROM THE HOURS

Alesya YARMOLENKO:

“At first you talk about your happiness, and then these high-profile divorces begin...”

The singer herself keeps her personal life under seven locks, and she does not yet intend to tell the general public about her female happiness with her new husband.

-As for personal matters, everything is prohibited, - Alesya said immediately. - I won't tell you anything and don't ask. This topic For me it has long been prohibited. It just happens that the more you tell, the worse it gets. Don’t get me wrong: this is my personal life, I don’t want to dedicate anyone else to it.

And the fact that I got married a second time is no secret. Many people already know about this. But some details, what and how - sorry! At first you talk about your happiness, and then these high-profile divorces begin... Therefore, you don’t want to talk about anything. I can only say that I am in a state of absolute happiness, awe and care, which is what I wish for everyone...

Photo caption: November 13 last year on Alesya’s page social network A post appeared on Facebook: “Married.” And next to it is this photo

“I can only say that I am in a state of absolute happiness!”

"We were very different..."

The singer separated from her first husband Sergei Lipen in 2009.

“We walked and walked towards something, and at some point I realized that it was time to call it a day,” Alesya told me a couple of years ago in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. - I can’t say that there was such an obvious reason, understandable to everyone. We didn't fight. There was no betrayal on either side. There was no outside push. But there was no longer a happy life either. We breathed the same air, but looked in different directions. Some families live together for years for no apparent reason. “I don’t understand why” I didn’t want to live. Everything must develop. And when a certain point is reached and you realize that there is nowhere to develop together, you want to preserve what you have acquired. Then it’s better to separate and remain just friends. It is very difficult to decide on something. But once you have made a decision, it becomes easier. For me everything happened in one day. I came and said: “Sergey, let’s think about how to make sure that we remain just friends.” For a man to hear this is probably offensive. In any case, I saw that he was offended. But what was the point of further ruining each other’s lives? Our opinions on some issues began to diverge. We also had different opinions about raising a child. Probably because of the child I decided to take this step. Of course we had others mutual grievances, but these are purely personal issues, I would not like to discuss them.

Yes, the problem is probably that we are fundamentally very different. We had different upbringings. We come from different social backgrounds. Since childhood we had different image life. Sergei could resolve some issues from a position of strength, I was against this. I am a very positive person, an optimist in life. Sergei is a pessimist. He is quite a complex person. There is such a category of people - a lone wolf. When I met him, I immediately understood it. I was 20, he was 29. We taught each other a lot, at least he did me. He helped me grow up, for which I thank him very much...”

Evgeniy KRYZHANOVSKY:

“I got divorced four times and always left in my underpants!”

For some, divorce is a real tragedy. Artist Evgeny Kryzhanovsky married for the fifth time.

“Narodnaya Volya” asked which divorce was the most difficult for the comedian.

The matter never came to the division of property in all Kryzhanovsky families.

“There was always nothing to share,” the artist admits. - And even if it was, I always left everything to my wives. I had a period when I had to live in a car for a couple of months. But I believe that if a man leaves the family, he should leave everything to the woman. In my opinion, this is correct. Because she gave you a part of her life. And you will find someone else, but she may not.

Not all ex-wives of the famous artist have a personal life. Two of them got married and had children.

-All ex-wives and I are very supportive a good relationship, and especially with Tamara, my penultimate wife, with whom I have three children,- Evgeniy Anatolyevich shares the secret of family happiness. - We live nearby, we have a common dacha. Ex-wives They accepted my current wife into their circle - they even help her manage me, since they know my weaknesses very well... And most importantly, Tamara, my ex-wife, has become godmother my last daughter Ksyushka.

Kryzhanovsky is convinced that he developed such wonderful relationships with his ex-wives because he always acted "like a decent guy."

- I left the apartment, and always helped, and gave my salary,- Evgeniy Anatolyevich shares almost intimate details. - We never started talking about alimony, because I always brought everything to the family. And now, when my daughters have already become adults, I still support them: I pay for their studies, repairs, and trips. You know, it's not even about the money. I just didn’t leave them - they’re all mine! And even my mother-in-law, who, it would seem, should have cursed me for abandoning her daughter, said: “Zhenya, I still love you!”

Therefore, to all the men who read Narodnaya Volya, I want to say: do not humiliate yourself for pennies, do not humiliate yourself and your wife first of all by partitioning, if you leave your family, start all over with a blank slate. Otherwise they start going to court, taking away last names, dividing children - then this is a tragedy for everyone.

Just the other day we all got together at the dacha, ate barbecue, picked berries, laughed, I looked at it all and thought: God, this is the very harmony that one can only dream of!..

The leader of “Syabry” was haunted by loving fans

The leader of “Syabry” was haunted by loving fans

This year, the permanent leader of the Belarusian ensemble “Syabry” Anatoly YARMOLENKO will celebrate his 65th birthday. On the eve of the anniversary, he was awarded the interstate Stars of the Commonwealth award. Songs performed by Anatoly Ivanovich in different years- “Alesya”, “Glukharinaya Zarya”, “And I’ll lie down”, “Krinitsa”, “Zavalinka” and others - became gold hits Soviet stage. Now a daughter and son work at Syabra under the supervision of their father, and their 12-year-old grandson Tolik is trying himself as a rap artist. They all owe their successes, including to Raisa Ivanovna, the wife of Anatoly Yarmolenko, with whom the musician has been married for more than 40 years.

In Belarusian “Syabry” means “Friends”. Only the closest friends Yarmolenko they know his love story, which is closely connected with the ensemble he created. Anatoly Ivanovich had never told reporters about this before. But for our readers I made an exception.

I was born in a Ukrainian village. My mother is from there, and my father is Belarusian,” Yarmolenko began his story from afar. “But, like many boys and girls of my post-war generation, I didn’t know my father. Since childhood I loved to sing. The army helped me decide on my choice of profession.

He served in the Baku Air Defense District in the song and dance ensemble. in this ensemble he worked as a freelance performer, often coming to rehearsals Polad Bulbul ogly. I will always remember how, like a soldier, I stood behind Muslim and sang along with him, “People of the world, stand up for a minute.” It became a good school for me. When he was discharged, he came to Gomel, where he got a job as a soloist in the regional philharmonic society. Worked in the Souvenir team side by side with Alexander Gradsky And Alexander Buinov.

According to Yarmolenko, when the two Sashas’ contracts ended, they left for Moscow, and he and his friends decided to continue the good tradition and create VIA. But the management decided that there was already one ensemble “Pesnyary” in Belarus, and proposed to create Dixieland (a group performing jazz). And yet, over time, Anatoly and his friends at the music school managed to carry out their plans. This is how “Syabry” appeared. VIA, which was quickly gaining popularity, began touring a lot.

Unpleasant moment

I was a handsome guy, and also an artist, so the girls always clung to me,” continues Anatoly Ivanovich. - I quickly found love in every city. For example, our double bassist Misha began an affair with a pretty girl in the Kazakh city of Ust-Kamenogorsk. But I liked her so much that I decided to take her away. Which he did with success. Mishka was already 27 then, and I was six years younger. In general, the young lady soon became mine.

But Tolya, unlike his new girlfriend, did not attach due importance to this fleeting hobby. I found it in another city new love, and then another, and so on. “The long tour was coming to an end,” Yarmolenko recalls. - I'm calling my mom from good news that I will come home soon. And suddenly I find out that the same girlfriend from Ust-Kamenogorsk is waiting for me there. She arrived with suitcases and announced that we would soon get married. This was not part of my plans. He was going to bring Raya home, whom he met in Bobruisk, and told his mother to send the Kazakh girl home. Raisa, the future wife of the “syabr,” worked as a hairdresser. Chance meeting with her turned out to be fateful. “True, I didn’t immediately reveal all my cards to Raechka,” Anatoly Ivanovich smiles. - I lied that I work hard as a loader in a brigade, and invited me to lunch at a restaurant. And when I realized that I liked her as a person, and not as an artist, I began to date her. I clearly decided that I had met the one and only and it was time to stop with other girls. My mother, Nadezhda Anikeevna, the daughter of a priest, is very moral person. But she accepted my choice and during the week that Rayechka lived with us, she became friends with her.

However, another surprise soon awaited me. One day we were returning from the cinema with Raisa, and the neighbor sarcastically said: “Tolik, guests are waiting for you there.” It turned out that another girl came to see me - from Ashgabat. How they all found out my address - I have no idea. And then an unpleasant moment comes: we approach the house, and then a young lady throws herself on my neck. But my Raya clearly worked. She pushed aside her rival, took the arm of her future mother-in-law, who was watching everything, and with the words: “Let’s go, mom, and Anatoly, don’t lag behind,” she disappeared into the hut. I slipped the fan 25 rubles for the return trip, shrugged guiltily and ran to catch up with my happiness. Soon Raisa and I got married.

Rescue move

In 1978, the Syabry ensemble gained all-Union popularity. In one of the programs on Central TV, they performed the song “Alesya” for the first time, which immediately became a hit.

We toured a lot. My Rayechka was always there. She worked in the ensemble as a costume designer, lighting designer, and technician. One day we came to perform in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the mining town of Kansk. I was walking across the street, and the men sitting on a bench with beer suddenly began shouting: “Look, look, “Alesya” has gone.” I told this incident to my wife, and she smiled: “This, dear, popularity has come to you,” said Anatoly Ivanovich. In those years, Yarmolenko and his family lived in Gomel. And a few years after Chernobyl disaster doctors discovered oncology in his wife - a malignant tumor of the thyroid gland. “The doctors pronounced a verdict on my Raechka,” the singer sighs heavily. “They said that a miracle could save her, and they continued to treat her intensively. And then they advised me to change my place of residence.

I was looking for exchange options and had already agreed to move to Vilnius. Surprisingly, I was not particularly expected in Minsk. One Belarusian party leader, when I was testing the waters to settle in the capital, said: “let Yarmolenko go wherever he wants, we already have a lot of talent.” But a wonderful composer put an end to this issue. He got permission for me to buy a cooperative apartment in Minsk with my own money. So I came to the city where I live now. Raisa recovered and remains my main support to this day.

“...like a fairy tale, like a miracle, like a song!”

On March 12, 1981, the Syabry flew from Star City near Moscow to the Baikonur Cosmodrome to give a concert there. As soon as the plane gained altitude, Anatoly Yarmolenko They brought a six-month-old baby.

This is our daughter, we named her Alesya after your song,” the young parents said. The singer held the girl in his arms and gave her an autographed postcard: “To Alesya from Syabrov.” Grow up healthy and happy, like a fairy tale, like a miracle, like a song.” And in November 2010, when “Syabry” celebrated its 35th anniversary on the stage of the Kremlin Palace, the same girl, only grown up, took the stage - Alesya Tsekhosh from the city of Leninsk and brought out a card with a memorable note, which became a special talisman in her family. Alesya said that, according to Anatoly Ivanovich’s parting words, she lives happily with her husband, an officer. The main “syabr” was moved to tears.

Love with a flight attendant

I experienced my first strong feeling as a schoolboy. Fell in love with a girl Galya from a parallel class. But shortly before graduation, the guys quarreled to smithereens. They say that Tolik’s girlfriend was very jealous of other young ladies. The future singer did not tolerate possessiveness and suggested breaking up. And Galina, so as not to even accidentally meet her ex-boyfriend, dropped out of school.

We both had character! - recalls Anatoly Ivanovich. - And a few years after the breakup we met by chance. It turned out that Galya lives in Krasnodar and works as a flight attendant. We chatted and parted ways, this time forever. Do I want to see her now? Absolutely not! So as not to be disappointed.

Rebellious son-in-law

35 year old Alesya Yarmolenko, the daughter of Anatoly Ivanovich, in addition to performing with Syabry, makes a successful career in her native Belarus solo career. Recently it was accidentally discovered that at birth she was given the name Olga, and Alesya - a creative pseudonym. At the age of 20, the girl fell in love with Sergei Lipnya, a young man from a simple family, gave birth to a son from him, who was named in honor of Tolya’s star grandfather.

When the boy was nine months old, his parents got married, and for some reason a couple of months later they ended their official relationship, although they continued to live together. Lipen wrote songs for his wife and worked as her concert director. Their civil marriage lasted 13 years and broke up at the end of the summer of 2009. Soon after the breakup, Sergei gave an interview in which he complained that living in such a famous family It wasn't easy for him. They say he didn’t feel like a master in the house, his relationship with his mother-in-law didn’t work out, so he decided to leave. Now Lipnya has another girlfriend, and Alesya carefully hides her personal life. Minsk newspapers wrote that she was having an affair with a dancer from the corps de ballet, but the singer herself claims that this is not true.