Childhood of Konstantin Raikin
Konstantin Arkadyevich Raikin was born in Leningrad.
Father, artistic director and actor of the Leningrad Theater of Variety Miniatures Arkady Isaakovich Raikin and mother, Ruth Markovna Ioffe, constantly toured. Quite often visiting the capital, the Raikin family had a permanent room at the Moscow Hotel, where Kostya was “handed over” to his grandmother. The rest of the time he was raised by an illiterate Tatar nanny. Konstantin Raikin “In the world of animals” (Imitation of movements) Despite numerous absences from school due to his parents’ tours, Konstantin studied well at a school with a physics and mathematics focus for talented children, which was supervised by Leningrad University. Raikin spent his free time in the gymnastics section. Playing sports was not without injuries and fractures. Once Raikin, while practicing with parallel bars, even broke his nose. Seriously studying biology and especially zoology, Konstantin was preparing to enter the Faculty of Biology and did not at all dream of a career as an actor. But in the end everything turned out completely differently.
Childhood
Raikin Konstantin was born in early July 1950 in the Northern capital. His father is the artistic director and actor of the Theater of Variety Miniatures (Leningrad) Arkady Raikin, and his mother is Ruth Markovna Ioffe. Parents were constantly on tour. They often visited the capital, so the family had a permanent room at the Moscow Hotel, where little Kostya was “handed over” to his grandmother.
The endless absences from classes associated with his parents’ tours did not affect Konstantin’s academic performance. He studied well in mathematics school. In his free time, Konstantin Raikin, whose photo you see in our article, was passionate about gymnastics. These activities were not always without injury. One day, Kostya even broke his nose while performing exercises on the uneven bars.
During his school years, the young man seriously studied biology and zoology. He dreamed of a biology department, and he was not at all interested in an acting career. But time put everything in its place.
Studies
While passing the entrance exams to Leningrad State University, Konstantin, unexpectedly for himself, decided to “tempt fate.”
Having rushed to Moscow, he literally starved out the admissions committee of the Shchukin Theater School. The future actor, at breakneck speed, either read poetry, danced, or imagined animals. The stunned teachers transferred him straight to the third round of a creative interview. Having easily passed general education subjects, Raikin was accepted into the course of the wonderful actor and talented mentor Yuri Katin-Yartsev. All this happened without the knowledge of the parents while they were on tour in Czechoslovakia. Having learned from his son upon arrival about his admission to Shchuka, his father admitted that he had always been confident in Konstantin’s choice.
Konstantin Raikin in his youth
Konstantin had a difficult time at school - everyone considered him “the son of Raikin,” perceiving his successes only through the prism of his great father. However, Raikin Jr. quickly managed to refute this opinion. The teachers highly valued his talent and discipline - being late for a rehearsal was completely unthinkable for Konstantin. The student’s efficiency also amazed the teachers - it seemed that several Raikins were studying on the course - he managed everywhere: he made the costumes, did the makeup, helped in creating the scenery and, of course, paid special attention to working with the roles. Even then, he proved himself not only as an actor, but also as an excellent leader and organizer. Knowing the theater from the inside since childhood, Raikin knew how to do everything and literally lived the theater around the clock.
Konstantin Raikin at the Sovremennik Theater
After graduating from the Shchukin School in 1971, Konstantin received an invitation from Galina Volchek to the Sovremennik Theater. Raikin Jr. faced a difficult task - to emerge from the shadow of his famous father, find his own path, gain independence and recognition. Over the years of work at Sovremennik, Konstantin played a huge number of large and small roles. Viewers remember him from the performances “Balalaikin and Co,” “Valentin and Valentina,” “Twelfth Night” and many others. Konstantin Raikin. Reception of applicants Ten years of Sovremennik were not in vain - Raikin received recognition, formed his own acting role and was less and less associated with his father. They started talking about him as an original actor, his acting style became recognizable and fell in love with the audience.
Konstantin Raikin - biography, photos, films, personal life of the actor
Name: Konstantin Raykin
Date of birth:
July 8, 1950
Age: 67 years old
Place of birth: St. Petersburg
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Occupation: theater and film actor, director of the Satyricon Theater
Marital status: married to Elena Butenko
Konstantin Raikin - biography
Konstantin Raikin is a famous actor in Russia and the son of the famous Arkady Raikin himself has achieved a lot in life, without abusing the acquaintances of his eminent father.
Childhood, family of the actor
Konstantin was born in one of the most beautiful and significant cities for the country - Leningrad. He inherited the Satyricon Theater from his father and successfully continues the work of Arkady Isaakievich. But first things first. Kostya's father and mother were both artists. But Ruth Raikina, for the sake of her family and husband, paid little attention to her career. The main thing in her life was family.
In addition to the son, the family raised the eldest daughter Katya. The parents were not only colleagues in the theater workshop, they loved each other very much. Children grew up in this atmosphere of mutual understanding, friendship and love.
Kostya and Katya rarely saw their famous father; normal communication was hampered by the frequent tours of Raikin, the eldest. The boy showed good results in the exact sciences. No one thought that Konstantin would become an artist, since he studied at a school with a physics and mathematics focus. And despite this, Kostya graduated from the Shchukin School under Yu. Katin-Yartsev, and after receiving his diploma he was immediately invited to work at Sovremennik.
Konstantin Raikin - theatrical biography
Galina Volchek was pleased with her employee; the actor served under her for 10 years. During this period, Raikin played 38 roles, fifteen of them were the main ones. Later he moved to the theater of miniatures, which was directed by his father, and when the entire theater staff moved to Moscow and began to have a different name, Konstantin continued to work there. He helped his father during the difficult times of the theater restructuring; they were both looking for new techniques and theatrical styles. Both Raikins played in many performances, and a little later the younger one developed and released the program “Come on, artist!”
She was extremely popular with the audience, but the new leadership position in the theater after the death of Arkady Isaakievich began to take up a lot of time. The merits of Konstantin Arkadyevich were recognized with many awards.
The actor received the title of Honored, and is currently the head of their common family theater. The two thousandths changed the nature of Constantine's work. He took a course at the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theater. And in 2012, the Konstantin Raikin Theater School opened. The school has already recruited future actors, management, lighting and sound engineers. The actor received the position of professor and the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Movies
What place does cinema occupy in Raikin’s life and creative biography? Viewers remember that he participated as a film artist in several films. The actor was remembered by everyone for his stunts and incredible plasticity. Raikin first appeared on the court at the age of nineteen. He got the role of a lively high school student, and children's films continued to appear. They had to play a clown, Carlson and others. There were both serious films and comedic ones. He is Truffaldino, with his facial expressions of a quirky rogue and comedian. He is the Tatar Kayun in the film “One among Strangers...”.
Konstantin is used to doing the most difficult stunts without resorting to the help of a stuntman or double. True, the actor was not allowed to sing in a funny and musical comedy. His songs were performed by Mikhail Boyarsky, but even without paying attention to this, the award found its winner. Fans fell in love with the frivolous and resourceful servant of two masters. But he performed all the dances personally, showing all his skills; here he didn’t need an understudy. Raikin could act with anyone: E. Ginzburg and Roman Viktyuk. The master of transformation is sharp with his words, sometimes he is harsh and unrestrained, but talent is forgiven a lot.
He likes to go against the crowd, walking on the edge of a knife in his statements. The actor is subject to laughter, he masterfully controls the souls of the audience. In 2006, Raikin Jr. developed an interesting hobby: he began creating documentaries about famous people. Korney Chukovsky, Oleg Tabakov, Vasily Chapaev came into his field of vision. His interests were very diverse. He even created a film about himself, telling a fascinating and interesting story about the creative process that is born in his head when he first gets a role.
Konstantin Raikin - biography of personal life
Konstantin Raikin is quick-tempered and ardent. These two qualities made him an amorous young man. He fell in love with his student, then with her friend. Elena Kuritsyna reached the point of marriage in her relationship with Konstantin. Raikin was 27 years old, and his young wife was just nineteen. Their marriage lasted three years, the divorce was painful. They hid their relationship and their status from everyone. The ex-wife quickly remarried, gave birth to a child, and now her family lives in the USA.
My first love appeared, as if out of nowhere, the daughter of the famous artist Tair Salakhov. Even her marriage did not stop the ardent lover, but this marriage was not destined to last. TV presenter Tatyana Vedeneeva turned the head of the young rake. In this case, the matter did not come to marriage. For the third time, Raikin marries the actress again, and finally finds his happiness. Elena Butenko gave birth to a daughter, Polina, she is now also an actress.
Author bio: Natsh
"Satyricon"
In 1981, Raikin Jr. was transferred to the Leningrad Theater of Variety Miniatures, which was directed by his father.
The following year, an important event occurs in the creative life of Konstantin - the theater moves to the capital and receives the title of the State Theater of Miniatures, and in 1987 - the Moscow Satyricon Theater. At this stage of his creative career, wonderful performances were performed in partnership with his father, including “His Majesty Theater” (1981) and “Peace to Thy House” (1984). In 1985, Konstantin Raikin’s original program “Come on, artist!” debuted. In the same year, Konstantin became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR. In December 1987, Arkady Raikin dies. At the beginning of 1988, Konstantin became the artistic director of Satyricon. Frequent conversations with my father about the future of the theater, about stage expressiveness, about the entertainment value of productions bore fruit - the theater is taking on a new face. The appearance in the same year of “The Maids” by J. Janet (directed by R. Viktyuk) sharply changed the usual course of the theater, which for a long time was the theater of one remarkable artist - Arkady Raikin. “The Maids” brought “Satyricon” a stunning success. During his leadership, Konstantin Raikin managed to create essentially a new theater, based on the best features of its predecessor and becoming one of the first-class repertory ensemble theaters, which invariably enjoys success with domestic audiences and on foreign tours.
Konstantin Raikin was born into the family of a famous father
Theater
Immediately after graduating from university, Raikin was personally invited to her own Sovremennik theater by Galina Volchek.
Konstantin served there for 10 years, but when the Theater of Miniatures, in which the artist’s father was the director, was transferred to Moscow, the actor moved there and helped Arkady Raikin transform this institution into the legendary Satyricon Theater. Together with his father, the young man played in the plays “His Majesty Theatre” and “Peace to Your House”, and in 1985 he created the original program “Come on, artist!” Since 1988, Konstantin has headed Satyricon as artistic director.
Konstantin Raikin in the theater
Having gained experience, Konstantin Raikin decided to share his knowledge with the younger generation. Since 2001, the artist began teaching an acting course at the Moscow Art Theater School and in 2012 he founded his own educational institution, the Higher School of Performing Arts. Theater school of Konstantin Raikin." Moreover, they train both actors and theater managers, as well as designers of stage performances - designers, sound engineers, lighting technicians.
Management of "Satyricon"
Konstantin Raikin effectively combines acting and directing work in Satyricon.
In 1995, his role as Gregor Samsa in the play “Metamorphosis” based on the work of F. Kafka (together with the Meyerhold Creative Center, directed by V. Fokin) was awarded the national theater award of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation “Golden Mask”. The premiere of the one-man show “Double Bass” by P. Suskind (directed by E. Nevezhina) brought Raikin his second “Golden Mask” in 2000. Raikin received the third in 2008 for his role in the drama “King Lear”. Konstantin Raikin works no less fruitfully at Satyricon as a director. His productions “Mowgli” (1990), “Such Free Butterflies” (1993), “Romeo and Juliet” (1995), “Chyogin Skirmishes” (1997), “Quartet” (1999) make a great impression on the viewer with the depth of reading the play, entertainment and originality of stage execution.
Theater life
Raikin gave ten years to the theater, which was founded by Oleg Tabakov along with other young actors. Over the years, his style has become recognizable, Konstantin fell in love with the audience. His dream came true - through his own efforts he found the path to fame, gained independence and vocation.
In Sovremennik the artist played a considerable number of roles. He was seen in the performances “Balalaikin and Co” based on Saltykov-Shchedrin, “And I’ll Go! And I’ll go!” according to Dostoevsky, "Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare. He played Hamlet in “Studies on Hamlet”, Bouton in “The Cabal of the Saints”, and the Dwarf in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.
In 1981, he began playing in the miniature theater, where his father was the director. At that time the theater was located in Leningrad, but the following year it moved to Moscow, and in 1987 it received the name “Satyricon”. At the same time, Konstantin's father died.
The main goal of Raikin Jr. was the construction of a family theater and the creation of a repertoire. In 1995, he played Gregor Samsa in the film Metamorphosis. For this role, the Union of Theater Workers awarded him the Golden Mask Award. He received the following awards for his roles in the plays “Double Bass” and “King Lear”.
Konstantin Raikin performs in the theater
Raikin himself played on stage, and was also a director and artistic director. He staged such performances as “Mowgli”, “Quartet”, “Romeo and Juliet”. These productions made a huge impression on the audience and amazed them with their originality.
Konstantin Raikin in cinema
Konstantin made his film debut while still a student at the Shchukin School in 1969 with a tiny role in the film “Tomorrow, the Third of April...”, based on Zverev’s stories. The first significant work - Pelle in the television play "The Kid and Carlson, Who Lives on the Roof" - appeared on the screen in 1971. Then there was the small role of a cook in the film “Commander of the Happy “Pike”, the role of the Tatar Kayum in the adventure film by Nikita Mikhalkov “One among strangers, a stranger among one’s own.”
Konstantin Raikin made his film debut in 1969
The main role in Vladimir Vorobyov’s comedy musical “Truffaldino from Bergamo” (1976) had a stunning audience success. The wonderful actress Natalya Gundareva perfectly set off Raikin’s talent with her virtuoso performance. The versatility of his stage talent and mastery of impersonation allowed Konstantin Raikin to brilliantly cope with two images at once - the Scientist and his Shadow in the film adaptation of Evgeniy Schwartz’s play “Shadow, or maybe everything will turn out all right” (1990).
In 2002, Raikin created a very organic portrait of the legendary detective Hercule Poirot on the screen in the miniseries “Poirot’s Misfortune.”
Personal life of Konstantin Raikin
Konstantin Arkadyevich considers Satyricon a family, his home, where he can develop himself and raise young artists, whose creative success Raikin considers part of his life. But it would be a mistake to say that apart from the theater, Konstantin Raikin is not interested in anything. On free evenings, he comes to the dacha and walks with two dogs. He loves the music of Schubert and Verdi, and enjoys rereading Dostoevsky and Pushkin. Maybe occasionally indulge in vodka and dumplings. He considers himself a Russian person - in his deepest essence, culture, language, mentality. He was baptized in the Orthodox faith.
The personal life of Konstantin Raikin was not a success right away
The actor tried to start a family three times. His first marriage to Elena Kuritsina, a student at Oleg Tabakov’s theater studio, lasted three years and ended in a painful divorce. In 1979, while still legally married, Konstantin accidentally met his old youthful crush, Alagez Salakhova. Her grandmother and father Kostya were neighbors. Forgotten feelings were revived with renewed vigor. Konstantin was not even embarrassed by the fact that each of them had their own family. But this marriage was not destined to last long. And only with actress Elena Butenko Raikin managed to create a happy family. He met his fate within the walls of the Satyricon Theater. In 1988, a daughter, Polina, was born into the Raikin family, who continued the glorious acting dynasty. After graduating from the Shchukin Theater School, Polina Konstantinovna plays in the theater. K. S. Stanislavsky, actively collaborates with Satyricon.
Personal life
The first time Konstantin Raikin married Elena Kuritsina, a student at his friend Oleg Tabakov’s studio. The young people were together for only three years, after which the union collapsed, with a loud scandal and difficult divorce proceedings. Obviously, this was facilitated by Konstantin’s meeting with his longtime acquaintance Alagez Salakhova, the daughter of the famous artist. It turns out that Konstantin was in love with her as a teenager. But this family was not happy either.
Konstantin Raikin with his wife and daughter
Raikin found family comfort only after marrying actress Elena Butenko. In 1988, the couple had a daughter, Polina, who chose the same path as her parents and became an actress. Today he plays at the K. S. Stanislavsky Theater and regularly participates in filming.
Teaching activities
In addition to acting in the theater, Konstantin Raikin has been sharing his rich stage experience with students at the Moscow Art Theater School since 2001. The artistic director of Satyricon raised a worthy young generation of theater artists. The first actor-graduates of Professor Raikin made a name for themselves in 2005 with the graduation performance “Country of Love” based on the play “The Snow Maiden” by A.N. Ostrovsky. Konstantin Raikin - wedding director at the registry office On his 60th birthday, July 8, 2010, Raikin was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree - for his great contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of creative activity, and in November 2011 he received the award Georgy Tovstonogov "For outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art."
