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Biography of Grigory Leps

The voice of Grigory Leps cannot be confused with anyone else’s - the singer is used to working “to rupture the aorta,” constantly risking his vocal cords for live performances. Several times being on the verge of life and death, he was again reborn as a Phoenix from the ashes to delight fans with his unique talent.

In the photo: Grigory Leps

Having started his musical career as a restaurant singer, he became a living legend of the national stage, a true symbol of the era. Not a single feast is complete without his famous “Glass of Vodka on the Table”; the song is recognized as hit No. 1 in Russian-speaking karaoke playlists. And star duets with Stas Piekha, Irina Allegrova, Timati, Ani Lorak and other popular performers have already become classics of modern Russian pop music.

Children of Grigory Leps

In his first marriage, Gregory had a beautiful and talented daughter, Inga, and in his second marriage, Leps had three more children. The couple wanted a boy for a long time, but the first two children were girls and only in 2010 did Leps finally wait for the birth of his son. The first daughter has already tried to follow in her father’s footsteps and start a singing career, but so far her endeavors have been unsuccessful, although it is worth noting that the girl has good vocal abilities and if she wants, she will be able to sing with her father on the same stage. The children of Grigory Leps grow up under the influence of good upbringing.

Childhood and family

Our hero was born and raised in Sochi, in a simple working-class family. Of the relatives, only my uncle had anything to do with music - he played drums in local restaurants. Father, Viktor Antonovich Lepsveridze, cut up carcasses at a meat processing plant for more than forty years. Mom, Natella Semyonovna, a nurse by profession, worked at a bread factory and raised two children (the singer has a younger sister, Eteri).

Grigory Leps in childhood

Grisha grew up as a sociable and restless child and caused his parents a lot of trouble. He spent most of his time in the company of the yard boys, among whom he was the undisputed leader. I also had to take part in street fights, which often ended in violent brawls. At the same time, his childhood friends always noted his nobility and sense of justice - Grisha was never the first to get into trouble and preferred, whenever possible, to resolve conflicts peacefully.

Grigory Leps with his parents

At school, he alternated between grades of two and three, although he was a well-read and intelligent boy. He also could not boast of exemplary behavior; he often ran away from classes and came up with various pranks. From early childhood, Grisha Leps (as his friends nicknamed him) was seriously interested in football, and in high school he began playing drums in a school ensemble.

As a child, Leps was a real daredevil

His uncle instilled in him a love for drums, and the boy also had an innate sense of rhythm and an absolute ear for music. From a young age, he drummed wherever he could, including on his desk during lessons, which infuriated his teachers.

Grigory Leps in his youth

In 1976, Grigory graduated from eight classes with a sin in half and entered the music school in the department of percussion instruments. After graduation, the young man was drafted into the army and sent to distant Khabarovsk. There he continued to study music, performed in a military ensemble, where he played drums and sang patriotic songs.

Grigory Leps in the army

After demobilization, Leps found himself at a crossroads - playing music did not seem to him a serious matter for a man, and he could not do anything else except sing and beat the drums. After working at a military plant for some time, the young man returned to his hometown and soon found himself in the center of the Sochi music scene.

Grigory Leps gave his daughter a pop group

The 16-year-old daughter of Grigory Leps, Eva Leps, became a singer and, as part of the Cosmos Girls , released a video for the single “Music”.

“Cosmos Girls are Eva Leps, Sasha Giner and Eden Golan . Eva Leps is the daughter of the popular Russian musician and producer Grigory Leps. Sasha Giner was born into a famous family of entrepreneurs, the Giners, owners of the CSKA football club. At the end of 2020, the girls independently created a group, which was joined by project participant Eden Golan immediately after the end of the show “The Voice.Children-5 ,” according to a press release.

The musical group is produced by Leps himself, and it was he who helped Eva realize her dream and create her own pop group.

Eva Leps

“I have always been a creative person and loved to try new things. She took piano lessons and played in the children's theater. And today I get incredible pleasure from vocal training and want to develop further. I don't think my dad expected this from me. But I wasn’t really against it either,” the girl admitted in an interview with Tatler magazine.

Eva Leps celebrates her 16th birthday

Judging by the first song, the girls will perform catchy pop and r'n'b music for teenagers and young people. They have pleasant voices and an interesting, non-glossy appearance, so the new project will most likely be well received by the public. Although recently there were rumors that the work of Cosmos Girls would be somewhat provocative and aimed at very wealthy young people. By the way, the girls themselves are between 14 and 16 years old, and for this reason their first song in any case can be considered provocative. For example, it contains the words: “Let our bodies melt with love.” Isn't it too early to be 14?

Filming of the debut video took place in Kyiv. In the frame, the girls sing and dance in bright, extravagant images. “We love retro,” they said about the idea for the video.

Let us remind you that Grigory Leps has four children. The eldest daughter, Inga , also sings and in 2020 took part in the blind auditions of the fifth season of the show “The Voice,” but none of the mentors, including her father Grigory Leps, turned to the singer. According to Leps, he recognized his daughter’s voice, but even before the speech he warned her that he would not turn the red chair towards her.

Inga Leps

The beginning of a creative journey

First, Leps was invited to the Index-398 group, where he sang and played drums. Thanks to Uncle Gregory’s connections, the group often performed in restaurants and quickly became popular with the local public. After some time, the guys parted ways, and our hero began to appear on stage as a solo vocalist.

Grigory Leps in his youth

He developed his own style of performance, which appealed to the regulars of Sochi establishments. Most of them were local authorities and thieves in law, who generously paid the young man and often invited him to their table. Leps began to earn good money, sometimes his fee per night was equal to the monthly salary of an ordinary Soviet worker. Grigory Leps in the group “Index-398” Soon Grigory became a real Sochi celebrity, he performed in the best restaurants in the city, where very influential people gathered. Among them were many show business stars, such as Igor Krutoy, Mikhail Shufutinsky and Alexander Rosenbaum, who more than once suggested that the singer move to Moscow and pursue a serious solo career.

Young Leps was the star of Sochi restaurants

However, Leps was in no hurry to leave his hometown, where everyone knew and loved him. He easily spent his fabulous fees on booze, women and gambling, lived one day at a time and did not particularly think about the distant future.

How does the Leps couple live now?

Anna Shaplykova, Leps’s wife, and her husband decided to settle in a country house. They put their villa in Thailand up for sale. As for raising children, the spouses have identical views on this. Both parents do not want their offspring to connect their fate with show business. They are against this because they consider this sphere to be quite harsh, capable, despite all the external gloss and pathos, of simply breaking a person from the inside. The priority in the development of little Leps is diversified development so that they can choose a profession to their liking.

Anna Leps, whose biography is more connected with family life than with the stage, admits that the image of her husband is far from the stage presentation. He is not as tough at home as he might seem, he does not leave the house without reading a prayer and consults with his wife on all important issues. Prayer helped Gregory overcome the line between life and death, and since then he has been very hopeful about it. The artist loves his family, and his cordiality and hospitality are not even worth talking about.

Moving to Moscow

A huge shock for Grigory was the brutal murder of his cousin Natalie, a well-known lawyer in Sochi. A young girl was stabbed several times right on the threshold of her home, from which she died on the spot. Leps took this tragedy seriously, tried to drown out the pain of loss with alcohol and drugs, and in order not to completely fall to the bottom, he decided to radically change his life and move to Moscow.

Natalie, Leps' cousin, was killed

The capital did not greet the Sochi celebrity kindly - the money quickly ran out, and considerable funds were required to record the album and promote it. In addition, Grigory was not in the best physical and moral shape, drank a lot, sometimes behaved inappropriately and had absolutely no idea what to do next.

The singer was about to return home when he unexpectedly received help from a very influential and rich man who appreciated his talent. He provided the singer with the necessary amount without even requiring a receipt, thereby giving the Sochi nugget a chance to make it to the big stage.

Leps immediately began recording his first album, “God Bless You,” which was released in 1995. The first song in the collection was “Natalie,” which the singer dedicated to his deceased cousin. A video was shot for it, and soon this composition became a super hit and the calling card of the aspiring singer.

Grigory Leps - Natalie A busy work schedule, endless rehearsals and filming undermined Leps’s already fragile health, and the artist ended up in the hospital with an acute attack of pancreatitis. He needed an urgent operation, for which his mother sold her apartment in Sochi. And although the doctors did not give the singer much chance of recovery, he managed to pull through and return to a full life again. This incident led our hero to faith and made him think seriously about his earthly destiny.

Grigory Leps congratulated his daughter on her 17th birthday

Today Grigory Leps’ daughter Eva turns 17 years old. The girl herself did not share her own photographs on social networks, but limited herself to showing how she decorated the room for the holiday. But the star father hastened to congratulate his heiress on the holiday, posting a photo of Eva on his Instagram microblog. “17! Happy birthday, daughter!” – the musician wrote, noting his daughter’s account in the caption to the frame (the author’s spelling and punctuation are given without changes. – Ed .). Other pop stars also joined in the congratulations. So, Nikolai Baskov was one of the first to congratulate Eva on her 17th birthday.

Grigory Leps congratulated his daughter on her 17th birthday

Fans of Leps and his heiress, who last summer, like her half-sister Inga, decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and also conquer the musical Olympus, also congratulated the birthday girl. However, the star father also received congratulations. “Happy Birthday Eva! Happiness, health, all the most cherished things you want. May all your dreams come true as if by obeying a magic wand! Grigory Viktorovich, happy double holiday to you. Happy birth of your daughter and Happy February 23rd. Thank you for having us. We love you very much,” “The beauty has grown,” “Grigory Viktorovich, happy holiday! Happy Defender of the Fatherland!!! Good health, great opportunities on the path of life, tireless strength and worthy victories that deserve loud applause from loved ones, friends and colleagues! Forward and only forward!!! Special congratulations on your daughter’s birthday! Health to you and your family, so that your children always make you happy! Good luck to Eva and all the best!!!” – write the musician’s followers.

Eva Leps showed how she decorated the room for her birthday

Eva Leps showed how she decorated the room for her birthday

Let us recall that last year Grigory Leps not only created the COSMOS girls , but also began producing it. Together with Eva Lepsveridze, the team included the daughter of the owners of the CSKA football club Sasha Giner and a participant in the 5th season of “The Voice. Children" Eden Golan. The girls made their debut on the musical Olympus with a video for the single “Music”. And just a couple of weeks ago, their new video called “I’m Losing Weight” was released on YouTube. Leps himself noted that he was pleased with the group’s creativity.

“Overall I'm very pleased with them. They work, do both vocals and choreography. The guys from my center make music. And I don’t have any questions for them,” Grigory Viktorovich commented on the team’s creativity. He also noted that the Cosmos girls’ compositions are designed for a teenage audience, although the lyrics of their songs are not for children, and also expressed the hope that “the audience that will be attached to the work of the COSMOS girls group will grow with them.”

COSMOS girls group ( photo gallery: scroll right )

It is also worth noting that Eva Leps attracts the attention of not only teenagers, but also the secular public. So, last fall, the girl became one of the debutantes at the traditional Ball, which is annually organized by Tatler magazine. Eva did not experiment, but chose a truly ballroom dress in a delicate blue color, very similar to Cinderella’s dress from the famous Disney film with Lily James. Her outfit ended up becoming one of the most talked about.

The 16-year-old daughter of Grigory Leps appeared at the Debutante Ball of Tatler magazine in a dress like Cinderella

First steps on the big stage

Miraculously escaping from the embrace of death, Grigory stopped drinking, lost 35 kilograms and set to work with unprecedented zeal. He did not leave the studio for almost a year and in 1997 released a new album, “A Whole Life,” which was warmly received by the public and music critics.

Grigory Leps in 1996

With the song “My Thoughts” he first appeared on the stage of “Songs of the Year”, and at the beginning of 1998 he took part in the famous “Christmas Meetings” of Alla Pugacheva. In the same year, he performed Vysotsky’s song “Sail” in a large-scale concert dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of the legendary artist. In the late 90s, videos were also shot for the songs “Rat-Jealousy”, “First Birthday” and “My Thoughts”, which added to the singer’s popularity. Grigory Leps - Sail In 2000, Leps recorded the third album “Thank you, people...” and went on a tour around the country with it, during which he tore his ligaments and lost his voice. Gregory’s young wife Anna, a former show ballet dancer of Laima Vaikule, helped him survive the operation and return to duty.

In 2001, the singer gave several solo concerts in Moscow and was praised for the song “Tango of Broken Hearts.” The following year, the singer’s next album, “On the Strings of Rain,” was released, which included the famous “A Glass of Vodka on the Table,” which became the artist’s calling card and the leader of Russian-language karaoke.

Grigory Leps in the 2000s

In 2004, the collection “Sail” was released, composed of songs by Vladimir Vysotsky performed by Grigory Leps. In the same year, the artist gave several concerts in support of the album and was awarded the next “Chanson of the Year” award for the song “Dome”. Documentary film about Grigory Leps The singer celebrated a decade of creative activity with sold-out solo performances at the Rossiya Concert Hall and a large-scale tour “Favorites...10 Years,” which included the best songs collected in the album of the same name.

Beloved wife of Grigory Leps

G. Leps met his future wife Anna Shaplykova (05/13/1972) in 2000. She then danced in the Laima Vaikule ballet group. Anna met Gregory at her husband Vaikule’s birthday party in Riga. And two years after the wedding, a daughter, Eva, was born into the young family (February 23, 2002).

Grigory Leps and wife Anna Shaplykova

“With Anna, I found what I had been waiting for all my life - mutual understanding and peace,” says Grigory Leps about his wife. Anna was born in Ukraine: “Grisha and I grew up in approximately the same families, so all the truths we learned long ago were accepted by us from the very beginning.” Anna is sympathetic to her husband's tours.

The flourishing of creative activity

The second half of the 2000s was marked by Leps' smooth transition from chanson to popular music with rock elements.
This period is also interesting for creative collaborations with other pop performers. In the spring of 2006, the presentation of the singer’s next album, “Labyrinth,” took place, which differed from previous ones in its new sound and original creative discoveries. Vladimir Spivakov and his “Moscow Virtuosi” took part in the filming of the “Blizzard” video; many ideas were suggested to Grigory Viktorovich by Alla Pugacheva. With the new program, Leps went on a tour of the United States for the first time, where he received an enthusiastic reception.

Grigory Leps - Blizzard Diva also introduced the singer to Viktor Drobysh, who invited our hero to record duets with Irina Allegrova and Stas Piekha. The compositions “I Don’t Believe You” and “She’s Not Yours” immediately became hits and firmly established themselves on the first lines of the country’s leading charts. Spectacular video clips were shot for both songs, and the Leps-Allegrova duet was awarded the “Song of the Year 2007” festival award.

Grigory Leps and Stas Piekha

The year 2008 began with the star duets of Leps with Alexander Rosenbaum and Stas Piekha in the television show “Two Stars”. In the spring, the singer presented to the audience a new concert program “Words”, which premiered at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky.

With Alla Pugacheva

In the summer of the same year, Leps was awarded the Muz-TV Prize, performed at the closing of the New Wave festival and a creative evening with Igor Nikolaev, and also took part in a large-scale concert on Kharkov City Day, which gathered 250 thousand people on the central square.

In November, the artist was urgently hospitalized at the Botkin Hospital with internal bleeding due to a perforated ulcer. The singer spent several days in intensive care, doctors fought with all their might for his life, although the prognosis was the most disappointing. Next to Gregory, his mother and wife were tirelessly on duty, and with their prayers and the power of love they practically brought him back from the other world. A month later, the singer already received his next Golden Gramophone with Stas Piekha, and on December 1 he performed in St. Petersburg with a three-hour solo concert.

Grigory Leps in the hospital

In February of the following year, Leps presented a new concert program “Waterfall” at the Kremlin Palace, and a month later he was again hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute bronchitis. After receiving treatment, in May he went on a large-scale tour of Germany, in which he again appeared before the audience cheerful and full of strength.

Over the next fifteen years, the singer repeatedly won the Golden Gramophone and other prestigious music awards, and in 2014 he was named the best Russian-language performer. In 2011 he received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, in 2020 he became People's Artist of Karachay-Cherkessia.

Leps ft. Timati - London Recorded four studio collections and presented six concert programs. His above-described collaborations with Irina Allegrova and Stas Piekha, as well as star duets with Timati (“London”), Ani Lorak (“Mirrors”), Valery Meladze (“Turn Around”), Joseph Kobzon and Alexander Rosenbaum (“Evening Table”) included into the Golden Fund of the Russian stage and have already become classics of modern Russian songs. And the composition “A Glass of Vodka on the Table” was named the main karaoke hit throughout the post-Soviet space. Leps ft. Meladze - Turn around The artist celebrated his 55th anniversary with a concert tour “You're So Serious” and a large-scale benefit performance as part of the “Heat” festival, in which stars of Russian show business took part.

The daughter of Grigory Leps is in no hurry to get married

The heiress of a popular performer chose a profession far from show business. Not enough for the famous singer Grigory LEPSU to have his three children. Recently, the artist also became a “musical godfather” - that is, the producer of his fellow Georgian Niko NEMAN. The singer's PR director, Maya SERIKOVA, told the Express Gazeta correspondent about the latest events in Leps' life. “Grigory has just completed a tour of Siberia and is now in full swing preparing for the December concerts at Crocus City Hall,” says Maya. — At the same time, a new album is being prepared for release - it was sent to America for drum recording and mastering, all this is done in Los Angeles. — The production center has not been completed yet? “Unfortunately, the deadline for putting the building into operation is getting pushed back and pushed back. But the organizer of the concert is the production center Lepsa. By the way, he is also organizing Timati’s concert “Come on, goodbye!”, which will take place on November 29 in Crocus. Despite the fact that the Center has not yet been completed, in fact Leps has already become a producer.

- He now has his first ward, Niko Neman... - Yes, his song, which Potap wrote “Fly Away,” is now heard on the radio and is gaining popularity every day. A video will appear soon, which has already been filmed in Kyiv. - Where did Grisha find Niko? — Niko is a native of Sochi. A very nice guy, he is 28 years old. He studied music and vocals from the age of six and in parallel with sports, namely wrestling. And when Grisha saw him, he said: “Boy, everything is fine, but you will have to lose weight.” And in six months, Niko dried himself out in the gym and lost almost 20 kg. Niko is very worried, he tries, and we would really like him to succeed, because there are not many singing artists on our stage. — How did fate bring Grisha and Niko together? - Niko himself called Grisha with a request to listen to him, Grisha knew his parents, and his friends asked for Niko. They brought him to the studio and said: “Come on, sing!” And he, very embarrassed, began to sing. But, apparently, all Georgians have very decent vocal abilities, so Grisha was subdued and began to help him.

The son sings the songs of Verka Serduchka, not his father

— Is everything good in Gregory’s personal life? - Everything is fine. Children grow up: some go to school, some to kindergarten. Eva is in fifth grade, is trying hard, and will soon go to drama school. Nicole sings all the time and calls herself “People’s Artist of the World Nika Lepsveridze.” Vano is already speaking and, of course, also singing his favorite song by Verka Serduchka “Dolce Gabbano”.

- Wow! Not daddy's songs? — All the children in the family know Dad’s repertoire, but for some reason Vano was more impressed by Serduchka. — Isn’t your eldest daughter Inga going to get married? - Not yet. She's all about work. She came from America and organizes auctions and exhibitions here. In a word, children meet their parents' expectations. - I remember her dream was to work at the famous auction houses Sothby's and Christy's... - Yes, she is developing in this direction, but she is not going to live abroad permanently, since her patriotic father is raising her: where she was born, she must work there.

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Leps in “The Voice”

Leps is a frequent guest on television, and recently not only as a pop performer and participant in annual music awards. In 2020, he took the mentor’s chair in the talent show “The Voice” on the Russia channel, joining the company of rapper Basta, Polina Gagarina and Alexander Gradsky.

Leps was a mentor in “The Voice”

The debut turned out to be successful - Leps’s ward, Hieromonk Photius, won a landslide victory, beating Mikhail Ozerov from the team of project old-timer Alexander Gradsky in the final.

Leps and Hieromonk Photius

The next season, Grigory Viktorovich did not turn to his own daughter Inga Lepsveridze at the blind auditions, although he recognized her voice. Thus, he did not leave her a chance to compete for victory, surprising with his action not only the audience, but also the jury members. Leps’s daughter sings on “The Voice.” But he was more than loyal to Alexander Panayotov, who ultimately took second place, looked after him in every possible way during the competition and began producing him after the end of the project.

“Handsome boy like daddy!” 57-year-old Grigory Leps showed a rare photo of his ten-year-old son

57-year-old Grigory Lepsveridze, known to many under the pseudonym Leps, is not only a popular musician, but also a father of many children: he has four children from different marriages. Today his only son Ivan celebrates his birthday. The boy turned ten years old. In his microblog on Instagram, Grigory addressed a touching congratulation to his son and showed a rare photo of him.

“Son, happy little anniversary! I wish you a good mood, good health, happiness and success in your studies. Grow up as a brave, confident and reasonable man, kind and fair,” the artist addressed his son.

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A post shared by Grigory Leps (@gvleps) on May 6, 2020 at 3:04am PDT

“Let him grow up strong and happy!”, “A handsome father!”, “All the best,” “Children are our continuation. I wish them health and happiness”, “Peace and goodness to you, little Grigorievich. From fellow countrymen (almost) with love from Abkhazia,” “Your Vanya with his first 10-year-old,” “So much like his father,” followers responded.

Grigory Leps with his daughter Inga

Let us remember that Grigory Leps was married twice. He met his first wife, Svetlana Dubinskaya, while a student at the Sochi Music College. They studied in the same course. Soon after the marriage was registered, the couple had a daughter, Inga, who is now 34 years old. The girl followed in her father's footsteps and devoted herself to music.

It is noteworthy that in 2020, Inga came to the blind auditions of the “Voice” project, where Gregory sat in the chair of one of the mentors. The musician immediately recognized his daughter’s voice, but still did not press the red button. And after the performance he even criticized her vocal abilities.

Grigory Leps has been in a happy official relationship with ballerina Anna Shaplykova for many years. The couple are raising three children: 18-year-old Eva, 12-year-old Nicole and 10-year-old Ivan. On the occasion of Eva's coming of age in February of this year, Leps threw a luxurious party.

The girl, by the way, is actively involved in vocals. Grigory supported his daughter’s initiative and even created the COSMOS girl group, where she became a soloist. Women's Three released several tracks and two video clips. In addition, Eva is studying international journalism at MGIMO.

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Grigory Leps with his wife Anna

Photo: GlobalLookPress, @gvleps

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Producer and businessman

On September 29, 2011, the official opening of the production center of Grigory Leps took place, designed to help young talented artists find their way in domestic show business. Among his wards are Alina Grosu, Alexander Panayotov, Sharif, winners of the TV competition “Highest Standard” Daniil Buranov and Romadi.

Leps produces young artists

The center also organizes competitions for young talents, music festivals and concerts of popular performers. With the direct participation of the Human Rights Center, large-scale annual festivals “Christmas on Rosa Khutor”, “HEAT” and “New Wave” are held, as well as major cultural events in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In parallel with his creative and production activities, Grigory Viktorovich is successfully engaged in several business projects, which can be called his favorite hobby, which also brings good financial dividends. Leps owns the karaoke club “Leps Bar” in Moscow, a joint restaurant with Emin Agalarov “A Glass of Vodka” in the center of the capital, and a recently opened pie shop at Pyatnitskaya, 82.

Inside the Grigory Leps bar

The singer also founded his own jewelry house, GL Jewelry, which produces stylish jewelry and accessories for men and women, made primarily of silver. A bestseller is an original bandoleer-shaped bracelet with engraved words of the Lord's Prayer. A similar decoration can be seen on Leps’s own hand; the artist also gladly gives his personalized items to friends and colleagues on stage.

Leps owns a jewelry brand

Another passion of Grigory Viktorovich is sunglasses, of which there are already more than three hundred in his home collection. It is not surprising that he came up with the idea to design and produce glasses under his own brand, Leps Optics.

Leps is a big fan of sunglasses

The artist is also a serious connoisseur and collector of icons; some items from his collection are simply priceless. In 2018, Leps organized an exhibition in one of the halls of the State Historical Museum - according to experts, the total cost of the exhibits was about forty million dollars. All the singer’s icons are described in a special catalog and are kept in his home. To questions from journalists, Grigory Viktorovich answers with a laugh that they can steal them, but it’s unlikely to sell them, God will immediately punish them! The artist gives charity concerts, part of the funds from which are transferred to the Balashikha Children's Oncology Center. He does not ignore the personal requests of people who turn to him for help in difficult moments of life.

“An apple from an apple tree: the 16-year-old daughter of Grigory Leps became a singer

This Wednesday, the pre-party of the Zhara music festival took place at the Rose Bar in Crocus. The event itself will take place at the end of July, but they decided to hold the party preceding it now - before the stars finally fly off to resorts and tours.

There was, of course, the ideologist of the event, singer and businessman Emin. The owner of the Crocus Group of companies, Araz Agalarov, came to see the light. Grigory Leps, who is directly related to the organization of the festival, appeared with his wife Anna. Kristina Orbakaite, Nikolai Baskov, Yana Churikova, Alexander Revva, GlyukOza, Nyusha, MBand, graduates of the show “The Voice” Anastasia Spiridonova and Daria Antonyuk and other artists also found time for the party. Guests were warned in advance: the dress code was in a nautical style. But perhaps it was the Basque who took him most seriously: his blue jacket with bees and a giant anchor on the chest, plus ripped jeans, resembled a glamorous version of Jack Sparrow. Grigory Leps also tried, changing his usual look to a vest and a baseball cap.

There was, of course, the ideologist of the event, singer and businessman EminPhoto: provided by the organizers

The guests, who posed beautifully on the “red carpet” located right in the pool of water (Zhary’s know-how), were seated, fed and watered, and, of course, entertained with a concert.

Nikolay BaskovPhoto: provided by the organizers

Some of Leps's wards appeared on the stage, Marie Crimebreri, Spiridonova, Brandon Stone, Artik & Asti, Emin and Grigory Viktorovich himself. Having finished his performance, he called three girls onto the stage. The artist presented to the audience a new group, Cosmos Girls, consisting of 16-year-old Eva Leps, 14-year-old daughter of the owner of the CSKA football club Sasha Giner and a 14-year-old participant in the show “The Voice. Children-5" Eden Golan. — Are you singing just one song today? That is OK! I sang one song for 16 years, “Natalie,” Grigory joked. The group was received warmly, and not only to please the star father, who watched his daughter’s debut from the audience.

“An apple from an apple tree: the 16-year-old daughter of Grigory Leps became a singer. Eva was accompanied by the daughter of the owner of CSKA and a graduate of “The Voice.” Children"

It should be noted that Eva really sings well thanks to vocal lessons. She’s not very confident on stage yet, but, as they say, she’s so old. The girls, it turns out, have already performed on the big stage - in 2017 at the Christmas on Rosa Khutor festival. But then we took a break in order to better prepare. And this time they looked more confident. Let's see how this story ends - maybe nothing, or maybe, as in the case of Alla Pugacheva's daughter, Kristina Orbakaite, a successful career independent of the star parent.

Leps presented to the audience a new group, Cosmos Girls, consisting of 16-year-old Eva Leps, 14-year-old daughter of the owner of the CSKA football club Sasha Giner and a 14-year-old participant in the show “The Voice. Children-5" Eden GolanPhoto: Provided by the organizers

Political and social views

In 2012, Leps supported Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections - he starred in a campaign video, spoke at a rally on February 23 and at the inauguration on May 7. This was the first manifestation of the singer’s civic position, who had previously been neutral about the political situation in the country. Leps about Putin's autograph on the icon of Christ And in the fall of 2013, the artist himself needed the support of the authorities - the US Treasury Department accused Leps of connections with crime and the mafia and banned him from entering the country. Joseph Kobzon, who himself was on the “black list” of persons prohibited from entering the United States, immediately stood up for Leps. The singer was also supported by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, calling him Putin’s confidant and the favorite of the whole country. And the Russian Foreign Ministry in an official statement accused the American authorities of violating international law and the principles of the presumption of innocence. Leps himself reacted to the current situation with his characteristic humor - he called his next album “Gangster No. 1”.

Leps as a gangster

In 2020, the artist was included in another “black list” - he was banned from entering Ukraine, and four years later Latvia and Lithuania joined the sanctions.

Personal life of Grigory Leps

Leps's first wife was Svetlana Dubinskaya, his classmate at the music school. In 1984, the young couple had a daughter, Inga.

The first wife and eldest daughter of Grigory Leps in his youth

Although this marriage lasted only two years, after the divorce Gregory did not stop caring for his daughter and participating in her life. He paid for her studies abroad (the girl graduated from university in London and acting courses in Los Angeles) and is promoting her musical career.

Inga Lepsveridze

In 2000, the singer met the young dancer Anna Shaplykova, a show ballet dancer in Laima Vaikule, and immediately proposed marriage to her. At first, the girl did not take seriously the advances of the hot Georgian macho, but Leps still managed to win her affection.

Grigory Leps and Anna Shaplykova

They entered into an official marriage in 2002, after the birth of their daughter Eva, then the couple had two more children - daughter Nicole (2007) and son Ivan (2010). For the sake of her family, Anna left the stage and turned into a housewife and homemaker. She was by her husband’s side in the most difficult life situations, nursed him after operations, and now has taken over his jewelry business.

Eva, youngest daughter of Grigory Leps

Their eldest daughter Eva followed in her father’s footsteps and now performs as part of the female trio COSMOS girls. In addition to her, the group includes Alexandra Giner, the daughter of the owner of FC CSKA, and a participant in the fifth season of “The Voice. Children" Eden Golan. The promotion of the musical group is carried out by the Grigory Leps Production Center; the debut video for the song MAMA AMA RICH starred Philip Kirkorov, Dima Bilan, Emin, Olga Buzova and, of course, Eva’s dad himself. COSMOS girls – MAMA AMA RICH In 2020, the former lead singer of the Open Kids group Anya Muzafarova joined the girls, with her participation a new video for the song “Frequencies” was shot, which collected one and a half million views on YouTube in two months.

G. Leps and his personal life

G. Leps does not like to talk about his creative and personal life. However, numerous fans of the artist know about his first wife Svetlana and their common daughter Inga. Now he lives happily with his second wife Anna. Children of Grigory Leps and Anna: the eldest daughter Eva, daddy's daughter Nicole and the long-awaited heir Ivan.

Grigory Leps, wife Anna and children

G. Leps is sometimes called a brawler, but despite this, he is a wonderful father. The famous artist and producer tries to help the artist and singer in everything - his eldest daughter Inga, as well as sixteen-year-old Eva, a member of the Cosmos Girls group.

Leps with his daughter Eva

Grigory Leps now

At the end of 2020, Leps pleased fans with a new duet composition “Eagles or Crows,” performed with Maxim Fadeev. The song became a real hymn to strong male friendship, which more than once helped the artist at different stages of his difficult life path. Leps ft. Fadeev - Eagles or Crows Another beautiful ballad performed by Grigory Viktorovich became the soundtrack to the historical series “Godunov”, filmed in 2020 for the Rossiya channel. The singer also appeared in Philip Kirkorov’s sensational video “The Color of Mood is Blue,” playing a homeless man in it.

Grigory Leps in the video “The Color of Mood is Blue”
In 2020, Leps sang the song “Roses” in a duet with Emin Agalarov, gave a joint concert with Stas Mikhailov, where they sang each other’s songs, and underwent two operations on the vocal cords, which were performed by Parisian surgeons. in the fall he went on tour to the cities of Siberia.

Family of Grigory Leps

Gregory is a very good father and loving husband who takes care of his family and observes all the necessary canons of upbringing. The family of Grigory Leps is proud of the star head of the family and supports him in everything. Despite the fact that Gregory has a lot of work, concerts and new projects, he still finds time to be with his family. Photos of their joint walks often appear on the Internet, where you can see a happy wife, cheerful children and, of course, a proud father.