She is often spoken of as the most beautiful, feminine, stylish and elegant performer on the Russian stage. However, from a few interviews it becomes clear that behind the gentleness lies a strong character and a rare sense of purpose. In this article we will look at the secret of success of Angelika Varum, whose biography is full of creative events
Who is Angelika Varum
Angelika Varum is a popular Russian pop singer and songwriter. She holds the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. The singer is a member of the International Union of Pop Artists. During her career, she has released 14 studio albums and now continues to compose and perform new songs.
Childhood and youth
Angelika Varum (real name Maria) was born on May 26, 1969 in the city of Lvov. The girl's family was very creative and intelligent. The singer’s father is the famous Soviet composer Yuri Ignatievich Varum (1949-2014), and her mother is theater director Galina Mikhailovna Shapovalova (born 1950). Due to the continuous tours of her parents, the girl spent most of her childhood with her grandmother. Angelica has a younger brother, Mikhail (born 1989), from his father’s second family, who became a composer.
The singer's family has a rather interesting story. She inherited the surname Varum (translated from German as “why”) from her Pole’s great-grandfather Yudka Robak.
He took it for himself after World War II. His son Itskho (the singer’s grandfather escaped execution) changed his name to Ignat and moved to Lvov.
The girl was taught music by her father, who was categorically against music schools. He believed that the framework of educational programs limited the creative potential of children. Music lessons should be supported by enthusiasm, and teachers very often kill this enthusiasm in the bud.
From the age of 5, the girl learned to play the piano, and as a teenager she mastered the guitar. In high school, she was a member of the school theater group and even went on tour. She not only played roles in various performances, but also sang Ukrainian folk songs, accompanying herself on the guitar.
After school, Angelica tried to enter the Shchukin Theater Institute (at that time a school), but did not pass the competition. As a result, she got a job as a backing vocalist in her father's studio. For some time she performed as backing vocals for pop stars.
Height and weight
At the moment, the singer's height and weight are 164 cm and 44 kg. At the age of 49, Angelika Varum is in very good physical shape.
On the popular social network Instagram, the star shares with her subscribers the secrets of staying in great shape.
Over the past 20 years, the singer has been following a separate diet, i.e. does not mix proteins with carbohydrates. I excluded from my diet fried and smoked foods, meat and fish broths, marinades, canned food, sauces, sugar, and any drinks other than regular still water.
During the day he drinks from 2.5 to 4 liters of water. On days with heavy stress and during illness, exclude protein foods from the diet. This gives her the opportunity to cope with stress more easily and recover faster.
As for sports, a woman practices exclusively at will, without exhausting training.
He loves swimming (swims breaststroke and crawl for 2-3 km), fast walking (walks 15-20 km). And of course, he does simple exercises for the main muscle groups of the arms, abs, back, buttocks and legs.
This lifestyle helped get rid of diseases such as chronic fatigue, colds and allergies.
Plastic
Presumably, to maintain her impressive appearance in good shape even at 49 years old, the singer resorted to plastic surgery: eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, and a facelift using mesothreads.
The star's chest deserves special attention. Experts say that the breasts have clearly been adjusted. There is information that the singer went to a Swiss clinic to undergo the operation.
As a result of the proposed blepharoplasty, the eye shape was corrected. They became more almond-shaped. Angelica herself does not comment on this topic.
When it comes to rhinoplasty, experts have no clear opinion. If you look at the photos of Angelika Varum in her youth and compare them with today’s photographs, you cannot notice any dramatic changes. Fans only note a thinner bridge of the nose and a neat tip.
In general, the woman’s face looks very fresh and young. Perhaps this is the merit of the mesothreads. Perhaps this is the result of her proper lifestyle and nutrition. If there was plastic surgery, then it helped smooth out all the facial and age wrinkles that usually appear by the age of 49. The oval of the face is clear and toned.
Plastic surgeons, when comparing photos of the singer, note that she may have used spot correction of the nasolabial folds.
Musical creativity
In 1989, the aspiring singer recorded two solo songs written by her father: “Midnight Cowboy” and “Hello and Goodbye.” They soon became real hits. In the television program “Morning Star” Varum performs the song “Midnight Cowboy”.
It was then that she took the pseudonym Angelica, slightly changing the affectionate home address of her grandmother, who called her “angel.” As the singer herself says, for her it was a necessary measure. When she started working, there was already only one Masha on stage - Masha Rasputina. But I didn’t want to become number two.
A year later, Varum has already released her first album entitled “Good Bye, my boy.” The songs “The Boy Next Door” and “Good Bye, My Boy” became hits.
In 1992, Angelica began working at the Alla Pugacheva Song Theater and at the same time released new songs. Soon the second album “La-la-fa” was released. The composition “La-la-fa” became a nominee for the “Song of the Year” award and still remains one of the most popular.
Soon the singer releases her first video for the song “The Artist Who Paints the Rain.”
Angelica gained considerable popularity from her performance of the song “Town,” which was heard in the intro of the humorous program of the same name with Ilya Oleinikov and Yuri Stoyanov from 1993 to 2012.
Over the next few years, the singer worked fruitfully on three albums and a number of videos. She received music awards, including the title of “Best Singer”.
The 1995 album “Autumn Jazz” receives the Ovation award for best album, the song of the same name becomes best video clip, and Angelica herself is named singer of the year.
In 1996, the album “Winter Cherry” was released. He was remembered by listeners for the hits “Winter Cherry”, “It’s All for You”, “Another Woman”. The premiere of the concert program “Angelica's Dreams” took place in St. Petersburg at the Oktyabrsky concert hall.
The fifth album, “Two Minutes from Love” (1996), included twelve compositions.
Among them are the songs on which some of Varum’s most famous videos were filmed: the video “No answer, no hello”, one of the nominees for the Golden Apple prize at the Generation-1996 festival, and “Not Today” - one of the first Russia, combining live heroes and cartoons.
In 1996, French perfumer Jacques Cavalier created the perfume “Angelique Varum” - the official scent of the star. They were produced by the Kalina concern until 2008. The main notes of the aroma are lily of the valley and green rose bud.
In 1997, the singer fulfilled her childhood dream and took part in the enterprise production of “Emigrant Pose” by Leonid Trushkin. Angelica played on stage with Lyudmila Gurchenko, Evgeny Simonov and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. The performance received critical acclaim, and Varum won the “Chaika” theater award.
In the same year, the premiere of the solo concert program “Four Steps into the Clouds” took place in Moscow.
In 1997, the performer began a creative collaboration with Leonid Agutin. Later the creative union grew into a family one.
In 1999, the seventh solo album “Only She” was released, as well as the album “The Best”. It contains hits from 10 years of creative activity. In the same year, the singer made her film debut. She played one of the main roles in the film “The Sky in Diamonds” directed by Vasily Pichul.
Angelica and Leonid are recording the songs “Queen”, “Everything is in your hands”, “If you ever forgive me” and others. All of them are included in the new disc “Office Romance”, released in 2000. A new joint program “Half of a Heart” was also released, with which the artists toured throughout Russia. The songs of the singer and duet are directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk.
The spring of 2001 was marked by joint concerts by Varum, Agutin, and Al Di Meola.
In August 2001, the Varum-Agutin family union created a record. Angelica was an artist, a musician, and a producer.
In 2002, a new disc “Stop, Curiosity” and new show programs “Roman Holiday” (duet with her husband) and “Stop, Curiosity” were released.
In 2003, the star played one of the roles in the series “Kamenskaya 3: When the Gods Laugh.” A little later she released the song “Fire”.
In 2004, the performer recorded the song and music video “The Best” together with the popular VIA “Slivki”. This year the star couple devoted themselves entirely to touring. In cities of the USA, Germany, Israel, Belarus, Ukraine and Russian cities, their duet program was a resounding success.
On New Year's Eve 2005, a new film, “The Twelve Chairs,” a musical based on the famous work by Ilf and Petrov, was released across the country. In the film, Angelica Varum played Ellochka the cannibal. In the same year, the star couple released a new solo program, “You and Me,” which was successfully received in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Israel, Germany, Poland, as well as in the USA at the beginning of 2006.
Angelica helped Leonid with the recording of his English-language project. The joint disc of Agutin and Al Di Meola “Cosmopolitan Life” went on sale in Europe in the spring of 2005 and immediately took the top lines of the charts. The Album includes ten compositions, including the duet song “If I'll Get a Chance” by Leonid and Angelica. Varum's voice can be heard in other songs on the album.
In 2007, Angelica and Leonid recorded a new duet, “Two Roads, Two Paths.” The song received several music awards, including the Golden Gramophone. And at the end of the year, the singer released her ninth album “Music”. It included two discs.
In the summer of 2008, the Varum and Agutin family with the family of Vladimir Presnyakov and Natalya Podolskaya presented to the public their new composition “Being a Part of Yours.”
In the fall of 2008, Angelica and Leonid gave several concerts at the State Kremlin Palace.
On November 24, 2009, Varum’s studio disc “If He Leaves” was released. The album includes 10 compositions. In this album, Varum for the first time acted as the author of lyrics for some of the songs. Video clips were shot for the songs “If He Leaves” and “Let’s Forget Everything.” The director of the latest work was the singer herself.
In 2010-2011, large concert tours were held in Russian cities, European countries and the USA. In Moscow, in the Kremlin Palace, the couple gave big concerts with jazzman, Cuban flautist Orlando Valle “Marac”. Together with Presnyakov and Podolskaya, quartet concerts were held in Minsk, Yekaterinburg, the largest cities in Germany (Frankfurt, Hamburg, etc.) and in Moscow.
In 2011, Angelica received the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation” for her services in the field of art.
In 2011, the singer began preparing new versions of her old hits. Among them are “Autumn Jazz”, “Good bye, my love”, “Artist”, “And the girl is waiting for a boy”. The performer also presented the songs “Winter Cherry” and “Fire” as the beginning of a new dance project, which she worked on throughout 2012.
At the beginning of 2012, a new song “Draw Love” was released. At the end of the year, a video for the song “Where are you” appeared. In 2012, Varum, in a duet with conductor Sergei Zhilin, took part in the fourth season of the musical project “Two Stars” on Channel One. Their couple took third place.
In 2013, Varum and Agutin actively toured. At the same time, the singer recorded new songs and prepared for the club program, with the new song “Crazy”. This song was included in the singer’s thirteenth album. It was released at the beginning of summer and was very warmly received by both the public and critics.
Angelika Varum told the story of one loneliness
In honor of the anniversary, she released a video for the song “Touch.” This is the story of a middle-aged lady who suddenly realized that she was lonely and decided to commit a desperate act. On her page on the social network, the artist talked about the work: “Touch” is a small story of one loneliness. We all, enthusiastic romantics, read Omar Khayyam in our youth: “... you’d better starve than eat anything, and it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.” But how unbearably difficult it is sometimes to bear this burden of proud loneliness... Dedicated to everyone who is in eternal search. To everyone who found it, with the message: “save it and don’t spill it.”
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“Driving a convertible, I turn on Letov, and even though it’s not summer yet, it’s purple,” sings one of the Leningrad vocalists. Members of the scandalous group shot another shocking trash video, a funny five-minute short film for the song “Cabriolet”. The plot became a worthy continuation of “Exhibit” and “Ecstasy”. At the center of the story is again a young, pretty young lady. This time the heroine was played by journalist Alla Mikheeva. She wakes up at her friends’ house to the call of her “kitten”, not yet having completely sobered up, goes out into the street with disheveled hair, wearing different shoes and starts the car. The road ahead, judging by the navigator, is long. Already at the start, the unfortunate motorist knocks over a garbage can, crashes into a technical service car and drives crookedly onto the main road. Along the way, she blows off the mirror, top and back of the car, which, in fact, turns into a convertible. She almost hits an exhibitionist, drives along a bridge that breaks off, after which the car, spectacularly flying through the air, as in the best traditions of Hollywood films, lands on the bridge on the other side. All this time, the girl manages to apply makeup and change into a shiny dress. As it turns out in the finale, she was in a hurry to her own wedding on the beach, where her groom, played (predictably) by Sergei Shnurov himself, was waiting for her along with the guests and registrars.
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The group Franz Ferdinand, which borrowed the name of the Austrian Archduke, whose murder in Sarajevo in 1914 provoked the outbreak of the First World War, presented the public with their new song “Black Tuesday”. The premiere took place at the North festival in Porto. Since the release of the last album “Always Ascending” in February 2020, this is the first fresh work of the artists. Enthusiastic viewers immediately posted a video of it on YouTube. The result is a bright, dynamic and expressive composition in the best traditions of the charming British. This indie rock band originated back in 2002 in Glasgow and is considered one of the most popular post-punk revival bands from the UK. They are winners of the prestigious Brit Awards, NME Awards and have been nominated for Grammys several times. For some time, the team seemed to disappear from the sight of fans. 5 years passed between the release of the last and previous album. In fact, the artists were simply experimenting with new forms, and last year they loudly declared themselves again and are now not slowing down, traveling around the world with concerts and performing as headliners at major international festivals. ...
Personal life
The famous singer’s first husband is her former classmate, photographer Maxim Nikitin. Subsequently he worked as a lighting technician at her concerts. They were married for 8 years.
In 1997, Varum met Leonid Agutin. They become partners on stage. Soon the creative union develops into a full-fledged relationship, and they begin an affair. And now they have been together for more than 20 years.
The lovers' wedding took place in the summer of 2000 in Venice.
In 1999, the star couple had a daughter, Lisa. Since childhood, she lived in the USA with her grandfather, his wife and Angelica’s half-brother Mikhail. Elizabeth’s life is connected with music - the girl sings, plays the guitar and performs in the rock band “Without Gravity”.
The singer has a very warm relationship with her daughter; they support each other, despite the distance.
Varum maintains an account on Instagram, where the singer has 1 million subscribers. There she posts studio photos, family shots and photos from friendly meetings. The special guest of Angelica’s Instagram is the singer’s gray cat.
Followers on Instagram note a very warm relationship with her husband. Angelica dedicates poems to him and publishes cute photographs. And he hopes that they will meet old age together.
Stars without makeup. Who is cooler - Varum or Topuria?
The major international competition “New Wave” in Jurmala has died down. And we are slowly sorting out our photographs. And we rejoice - how many of our recognized beauties are not afraid to appear in public without makeup! Moreover, we believe that the majority are ready to go this way. But the requirements of show business are strict: cosmetics, hair styling, bright outfits. Otherwise “they won’t understand.” We decided to show the stars as they are - to show that they are actually the same as us - only more talented in some ways.
Angelika Varum
The singer came to the rehearsal of her husband's creative evening wearing black glasses and a simple tracksuit - so as not to overload her skin before the important event. As we can see, Angelica is still the same thin girl, and she looks great without makeup!
Katie Topuria
The soloist of A Studio was simply unrecognizable until she went up on stage to rehearse her number - she was so different from her stage image. Moreover, Katie did not behave like a star - the artist was constantly dancing, so it seemed that she was just a fan who accidentally came to the rehearsal.
Larisa Dolina
The main jazz voice of our stage neglects heavy makeup in everyday life. And we think it’s right - without a ton of makeup, Larisa Dolina looks softer and fresher.
Anna Semenovich
At the very beginning of the New Wave, the weather was cool to such an extent that the presenters of the show rehearsed, wrapped in what God sent to whom. Semenovich was hiding under a blanket - even before Jurmala, the girl had a bad cold and had no right to risk her health.
Ani Lorak
The Ukrainian star does not hide the fact that she is a diva on stage. And that in general it is important for a girl to always look good - “I even went to school at the age of 11 with a manicure.” So it's surprising to see Ani without makeup. But at the same time, one cannot say that she looks “simple” or bad - during the rehearsal of her duet with Grigory Leps, Ani was without an ounce of makeup, but thanks to good care of her face, Lorak looked her best.
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What is he doing now?
In 2020, the performer released the album “The Woman Walked,” where she acted as the author of all the lyrics to the music of Igor Krutoy.
In May 2020, Varum released a tender video for the song “Moms,” and six months later, a video for the song “Girls Can Do It.”
In the same year, the singer released a video for the song “Late Love,” which Varum also recorded together with Igor Krutoy.
In total, the performer’s videography includes about thirty music videos and about 5 thousand concerts.
The singer's discography is represented by the following albums:
- 1991 - Good bye, my boy;
- 1993 - La-la-fa;
- 1995 - Selected (collection);
- 1995 - Autumn Jazz;
- 1996 - Two minutes from love;
- 1996 - Winter cherry;
- 1999 - Only she...;
- 1999 - The Best (collection);
- 2000 - Office romance;
- 2002 - Stop, curiosity;
- 2007 - Music;
- 2009 - If he leaves;
- 2013 - Crazy;
- 2016 - A woman was walking.
After the release of the program on Yuri Dud’s Youtube channel in September 2017, Internet users began to actively discuss the similarity of the voices of Angelica and Leonid. We conducted an experiment with the compositions “The Artist Who Paints the Rain” and “Everything is in Your Hands”, using a computer we lowered the timbre of the voice, and heard the voice of Leonid Agutin. Agutin himself commented on this as a simple coincidence, which they also noticed a long time ago. But while recording these compositions in the studio, there were no such technical capabilities at that time.
The singer continues to actively tour and delight residents of Russian and foreign cities with her hits.
In 2020, after a fire in the shopping center of the same name, Varum excluded the composition “Winter Cherry” from her repertoire. As the singer stated, she does not plan to return it to the repertoire and hopes that the song will eventually cease to evoke associations with the tragedy in Kemerovo.
