Luka Safronov-Zatravkin in Africa. Instagram @lukasafronovofficial
Not all children of celebrities waste their lives at the expense of their parents' money. It happens that creative abilities are literally passed on from father to son. This happened to Luka Safronov-Zatravkin, the son of the famous Russian artist Nikas Safronov and piano teacher Inna Zatravkina.
However, he became famous not because of his connections in show business. His popularity was brought to him by a comical incident in an airplane toilet. And also his completely sincere body positivity. And this is provided that the pianist himself does not identify himself with this movement.
5-tv.ru found out why social network users love Luka Safronov-Zatravkin so much and why he doesn’t understand the body positivity movement.
Parents and first steps in music
Luka Safronov-Zatravkin was born on October 31, 1990 in Moscow. His parents were not married. Mother Inna Zatravkina is an associate professor at Moscow Pedagogical University, as well as a piano teacher. Father is one of the most commercially successful Russian artists Nikas Safronov.
Nikas Safronov in 2019. www.globallookpress.com / Komsomolskaya Pravda
According to Luka, he lives under the double surname Safronov-Zatravkin. That's exactly what it says in his passport. The musician admitted that at some point the star father himself asked why he did not use his last name. So Luka became Safronov-Zatravkin. The pianist adds that both surnames are equally dear to him, because he will experience warm feelings for both his mother and his father.
In addition to Luca, the artist has sons Dmitry, Alexander, Stefano and Landin. Of these, only Stefano was born into a legal marriage. It is known that the artist maintains warm relationships with all children.
His mother instilled a love for music in the boy. She also became his first piano teacher. At the age of five, he spent up to six hours a day playing the instrument. Hard work brought victory at the prestigious international competition Classica Nova. Later, Mstislav Rostropovich himself blesses the young musician.
Height, weight, age. How old is Nikas Safronov
Currently, an increasing number of people are enjoying paintings from the artist’s brush. Recently, a documentary film about a man was released, from which you can find out what his height, weight, and age are. You can read how old Nikas Safronov is by turning to official sources. The master’s age has already crossed the 60-year mark. Our hero looks great. He looks about 50 years old.
Nikas Safronov, whose photos in his youth and now are actively viewed by art lovers around the world, goes in for sports. He loves to swim and run. This is what leads to the fact that the artist is in good physical shape. With a height of 178 cm, he weighs 74 kg.
Pianist
Luka Safronov is a recognized piano virtuoso. He has participated in many music competitions, as well as thousands of performances. The musician gives concerts not only in Russia, but also abroad.
At the age of 11, Luka Safronov became an honorary professor at the Swiss Conservatory. He receives offers to teach. The rate is $200 per hour. In the future, the boy will expect recognition and bright success in the horizon of piano music.
At the same time, fame will not spoil the pianist at all. Behind the stormy applause and numerous prizes, a kind and honest man, Luka Safronov-Zatravkin, still hides.
Luka Safronov-Zatravkin before weight gain. instagram @lukasafronovofficial
In 2004, he performed a charity concert in support of the children of Beslan. In 2007, he played the instrument as part of a charity event for football player and his friend Andrei Shevchenko to help children with heart defects. In 2009 he was awarded the Order of the Peacemaker. Later, Luka could not ignore the tragedy in the Winter Cherry shopping center. In 2020, the artist gives a charity concert in support of the relatives of the victims.
Luka Safronov today is a professional pianist. However, people far from classical music are of little interest in his work. A funny incident in an airplane toilet brought real fame to the young man.
Exhibition by Nikas Safronov, ticket prices in different cities
Quite often, Nikas Safronov’s exhibitions are held in various Russian cities. Ticket prices vary from city to city. Special rates are set for children and pensioners. They are half the price of an adult ticket.
In Ulyanovsk a ticket costs three hundred rubles. For students, the cost is reduced by one hundred rubles. Schoolchildren and pensioners will be able to visit the exhibition for 150 rubles.
In the cities of the central part of the country, exhibition visitors will pay approximately 250-300 rubles. Depending on this tariff, a discount is calculated for preferential categories of citizens.
In Moscow and St. Petersburg, the ticket price is slightly higher, since salaries in these megacities are higher. But art lovers can shell out a lot of money to enjoy the masterpieces of the master.
Of particular interest to art connoisseurs is the personal exhibition of Nikas Safronov (ticket prices may vary in different cities). Here visitors can see over a hundred works by the artist in the classical, portrait style.
At some of these inserts, Nikas Safronov sometimes conducts master classes and creative evenings for intelligent audiences.
Personal exhibitions of Nikas Safronov are very popular, especially among young and beginning artists, who can gain important information for themselves and learn from the experience of a modern artist.
Exhibitions by Nikas Safronov, ticket prices in different cities undoubtedly have different tariffs. For example, in order to get to an exhibition in the city of Novosibirsk, a person will have to pay out of his pocket an amount equal to trust Russian rubles. For children and schoolchildren, as well as people of retirement age, a visit to the exhibition of a famous artist will cost half as much, that is, one hundred and fifty rubles.
In the city of Yekaterinburg, visiting the exhibition will cost three hundred and fifty rubles, for students it will cost two hundred and fifty rubles, and for schoolchildren it will cost one hundred and fifty Russian rubles. In Moscow, you can get to Safronov’s exhibition for four hundred and fifty rubles. Considering the level of Nikas' skill, the prices are quite reasonable.
Weight problems
In primary school, the boy's weight reaches 49 kilograms. However, it is too early to sound the alarm. The growing organism, those around them thought, would stretch even further! No one, including Luka himself, suspects that his entire subsequent life will be spent in the fight against extra pounds.
At the age of 11, Luka Safronov weighs 100 kilograms. By the age of 17, the young man scored another 60. This time, his parents were worried about their son’s health. Luca made considerable efforts to lose weight. As a result, his weight dropped to 76 kilograms. However, the young man failed to hold him back.
According to Nikas Safronov, the culprit was extremely rapid weight loss. Because of him, his son developed a blood clot, which drove him into depression. As usual, he simply ate away at pessimistic moods.
The weight gradually increased until it reached 242 kilograms. However, Luka has no plans to lose weight anytime soon. At the same time, the pianist does not consider himself to be part of the body positive movement.
“I understand what positivity is and not so much, what body positivity is. Probably someone says that fat, happy people should be classified as part of some special society, but this is chauvinism! You need to understand that fat people are just people with odd shapes. And we all have oddities in our figures! Every person is strange in their own way. We are not robots,” the musician explained in a conversation with 5-tv.ru.
Son of Nikas Safronov - Stefano
The sons of Nikas Safronov - Stefano, Dmitry, Luka Zatravkin, Landin Soroko - as mentioned above, the portrait painter has four children. The only son born in the marriage is Stefano, this happened in 1992, but now he lives in London with his mother. Dmitry was born in 1985; he also does not live with his father, but chose Lithuania as his place of residence.
Luka Zatravkin was born in 1990, now you can hear about him as a pianist. The youngest of Nikas’s sons, Landin Soroko, was born in 1999, he lives in distant Australia, therefore, most likely he does not get to meet his father often. Absolutely all of Safronov’s boys are very talented, their father’s gene lives in each of them.
Nikas Safronov’s son, Stefano, appeared in the artist’s second marriage to the Italian Francesca. According to some versions, Nikas often went “to the left”, and Francesca was tired of enduring her husband’s adventures. The artist himself later admitted that he had been in love with his second wife for a long time.
As it turned out later, the woman received a decent allowance from the state as a single mother, although officially she had a husband, but the marriage was registered in Russia. In addition to the allowance, Francesca also received financial assistance from Nikas to support her son.
The sons of Nikas Safronov - Stefano, Dmitry, Luka Zatravkin, Landin Soroko often communicate with their father, despite the fact that they live separately from him.
The artist became a father for the first time in the mid-80s. His son was born. The man named his first-born Dmitry. Now he is a self-sufficient person who lives and works in Vilnius. For a long time, close people did not communicate. But at the beginning of the 2000s, Dmitry’s father included him in his will.
In the early 90s, our beloved girl gave birth to a son from our hero. Luka Zatravkin permanently resides in the Russian capital. He plays the piano excellently and has received several prestigious awards.
His second wife gave birth to another son. The guy's name is Stefano. He resides in the UK.
Little is known about Landin Soroko. He is the youngest of the man's children and lives in Sydney, Australia.
Participant in a fatal accident
2016 had a huge impact on the pianist’s psychological state. In March, in the north of Moscow, Luka Safronov, while driving his BMW X6, hit a woman. She died from her injuries. The examination showed that Safronov was sober, and the deceased crossed into the wrong place at a red light.
It is important that the young man did not even try to avoid responsibility and, despite his innocence, sincerely repented of what happened. Later he will give a charity concert in memory of the deceased.
Family and children of Nikas Safronov
Family and children of Nikas Safronov - as an artist, Nikas turned out to be very popular and consistent, which cannot be said about his personal life. It's a bit chaotic. The man was officially married twice. He has four sons, three of whom are illegitimate. Now, after the second divorce, the man is again an eligible bachelor. Nevertheless, the artist does not close himself off from the public, and especially from reporters, and in every possible way fuels the interest of both with tasty information.
It’s even strange that a master of such magnitude, whose painting only wealthy people can afford to order, is so open and never hides even the underside of his personal life! Most likely, with this behavior he publicly demonstrates that he does not want to leave his stellar Olympus, and deliberately adds fuel to the fire, so that his name does not leave the pages of printed publications.
Recently, a tragedy occurred in the family of Nikas Safronov: his son Luka Zatravkin hit a woman at a crossing. In what and in whom can the famous artist find an outlet in this difficult situation and how his life was built, Rambler/Family tells.
There was grief in the family of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Nikas Safronov. One of his sons, Luka Zatravkin, hit a 78-year-old woman.
The young man was sober, but for some reason he ran a red light, which led to the tragedy. Luke claims that he is not afraid of punishment because he fully admits his guilt. His mother is in serious condition, so she does not know about the tragedy. Luka turned to his father for help, but Safronov, according to the young man, for a number of reasons refused to help his son.
Nikas, and by birth Nikolai Stepanovich Safronov, was born in the small town of Ulyanovsk in the family of a retired military man, Stepan Grigorievich, who came from an old dynasty of Orthodox priests mentioned in the Simbirsk Chronicle back in the middle of the 17th century. The future artist’s mother, Anna Fedorovna, was a native of the Lithuanian city of Panevezys.
Nikas's family lived very poorly, besides his parents there were four older sons and a younger daughter. The boy's passion for drawing manifested itself during his school years - he enthusiastically copied illustrations from textbooks and brought his travel dreams to life on paper.
After graduating from school, Safronov entered the Odessa Naval School, but studied there for only a year. He decided to move to Rostov-on-Don and enter the Grekov Art School. To have a livelihood, Nikas got a job at the Rostov Youth Theater as a prop artist, but did not disdain working as a janitor, loader, or watchman.
However, Safronov failed to graduate from art school - he was drafted into the army.
Nikas Safronov and Sophia Loren / Depositphotos
After graduating, Safronov moved to Moscow, where he entered the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after Surikov.
At the same time, he studied at the Moscow State University of Technology and Management at the Faculty of Psychology.
In Moscow, Safronov made his first attempts to become famous by exhibiting his works in a surrealistic manner. Nevertheless, the artist’s first serious exhibition took place not in the Russian capital, but in Vilnius in 1980.
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The family and children of Nikas Safronov are a large area for discussions. The artist tied the knot twice and cohabited several times with women of various professions and nationalities. Today he is single, but his heart is occupied. From some sources it became known that Nikas Safronov is in a relationship with a certain Tamara Shatula, who is much younger than him.
As for children, the artist has four of them: Stefano, Dmitry, Luka, Landin. All sons are from different women, with most of whom Nikas did not enter into official relations.
The celebrity has attracted the attention of numerous girls since his youth. He was married twice. But the first time the marriage lasted only twenty days, and the second lasted several years and brought a son.
The family and children of Nikas Safronov have recently been in the spotlight again. The artist came to the DNA program to meet his illegitimate sons. He decided to divide his inheritance among all his children. The man does not rule out that the number of sons could expand significantly. On NTV, Safronov had already met three adult sons, whom he had no idea about. Nikas also turned to other children who were born from him. He urged them not to hide, but to come to Moscow and get acquainted.
The artist’s father was a military man for a long time. He took part in the Great Patriotic War. In the 60s, the man retired from the army and began working as a priest in one of the Ulyanovsk churches.
Mom had Lithuanian and Finnish roots. She moved to Ulyanovsk from a small town in Lithuania. The woman devoted all her strength to raising six children. She is buried in the village of Vyshki, Ulyanovsk region. Nikas, at his own expense, built a temple in honor of his beloved mother, which he still sponsors.
The artist is involved in charity work. He is a trustee of one of the Ulyanovsk gymnasiums. Culture and art are studied in depth here. Our hero also helps the Dimitrovgrad Lyceum. Nikas pays a special bonus to excellent students.
Airplane toilet incident
Despite his success in music, it was not his creativity that brought real fame to Luka Safronov. In 2020, Luka was returning from Kazan to Moscow by plane and shortly before boarding he went to the toilet. However, difficulties arose in the process - he was almost sucked inside. I had to call for help.
The flight attendants immediately responded that more than once in the end the culprit of the incident himself would point out. However, among the passengers there were those who only laughed at the misfortune of others. As a result, the video with Luka Safronov stuck in the toilet ended up on the Internet.
Soon after this, the pianist wanted to sue the scoundrel, but later changed his mind. According to the musician’s lawyer, his client is a fairly easy-going person. In addition, the maximum penalty for interference with privacy is a fine of 50 thousand rubles.
However, anyone could have been in Luka Safronov’s place. The “sucking” effect would work on a passenger of any configuration. According to Nikas Safronov, there was not even a warning posted on the walls of the toilet.
After the incident, Luka Safronov-Zatravkin woke up famous. Users of social networks were attracted by the pianist’s simplicity, sincerity and body positivity.
Luka Safronov-Zatravkin won the hearts of his subscribers with candid photos from Africa. instagram @lukasafronovofficial
Sons of Nikas Safronov - Stefano, Dmitry, Luka Zatravkin, Landin Soroko
The youngest son of Nikas Safronov, Landin Soroko, was born in 1999. The guy has already reached adulthood and currently lives in Australia with his mother. The woman’s identity is unknown, and no one has ever seen what the youngest of Nikas Safronov’s sons looks like.
Although the famous Russian artist is not averse to bringing his personal life to public discussion, he still does not talk much about his son Landin. Perhaps this is connected with some unpleasant story of Nikas, or maybe he simply has nothing to tell.
Luka Safronov for 2020
Luka Safronov-Zatravkin still performs piano concerts, vacations in warm countries, participates in celebrity flash mobs and does not give up hope of losing weight.
At some point, the artist thought about gastric resection. The operation involves cutting off part of the stomach to reduce its volume. Luka is afraid of the procedure, but understands that excess weight affects not only his health, but also his professional activities. The pianist admits that people have begun to pay more attention to his weight, and this kind of popularity sometimes brings sad consequences.
In December 2020, scandalous showman Stas Baretsky attacked a pianist as part of the opening of a clinic in Moscow. Luka was invited there by nutritionist Mariet Mukhina. According to the musician, Baretsky jumped up to him after the performance. At the same time, Mukhina appeared, offering two overweight people a collaboration on the topic of weight loss. For unknown reasons, Stas began to shout at the pianist and humiliate him in every possible way.
Friends describe Luka as an easy-going person. Instagram @lukasafronovofficial
According to Luke, this was a planned action. Mariet, who invited him to the opening of the clinic, allegedly knew about everything from the very beginning. Later, the artist admits that he fears for his life, because people hungry for fame are ready to do anything. As for losing weight, Luka has no plans to change yet. The musician continues to play music, relax and simply live for his own pleasure.
Sons of Nikas Safronov - Stefano, Dmitry, Luka Zatravkin, Landin Soroko
Unlike Dmitry, Nikas Safronov’s son, Luka Zatravkin, has repeatedly appeared in front of photographs and television cameras of the Russian media. Two years ago, he participated in one of the TV shows where Luka’s weight problems were discussed. The fact is that the young man’s weight exceeded 200 kg, which is dangerous for his health. Luka complained about the lack of attention from his father, who only occasionally helped him financially.
Nikas Safronov himself does not hide the fact that he missed a moment in raising his son, but undertakes to help him lose weight.
Excess weight
Luke has always had a predisposition to be overweight. By the age of ten, he weighed about 110 kilograms, and by seventeen his weight was already almost 160. To get rid of excess weight in 2008, the musician agreed to become the hero of a show project called “Battle of Diets.” The determination with which the young man began his struggle, in the success of which, however, only his relatives and friends believed, amazed television viewers. Luka, despite the forecasts, still managed to lose weight by almost half; by the end of the program his weight was 76 kilograms, but gradually he began to gain kilograms again.
Luka Zatravkin before and after weight gain
According to Luke, who by 2020 began to weigh more than two hundred kilograms, obesity causes him a lot of inconvenience, including in his professional activities, which require frequent travel and flights. Many psychologists and nutritionists are confident that Luka’s problems are psychological in nature.
Luka Safronov began to weigh more than 200 kg by 2017
Luka claims that he himself feels embarrassed because of the fat that disfigures his figure and face, but this cannot be said from the photographs that he posts on social networks. In many photos, Luka appears in the company of foods that should not be included in the diet of those who dream of being slim and healthy. Pizza, hamburgers, sweets and ice cream, Luca cannot refuse all this, and the realization of this fact may actually upset him.
Wives of Nikas Safronov - Dragana, Francesca Vendramin, Maria
The man met his first wife Dragana back in the days when he arrived in the capital and was unknown to anyone, living in an ordinary communal apartment. It was then that the stars aligned in such a way that he was brought together with a girl from a financially secure family from Yugoslavia. The girl studied at the Sorbonne itself, at the Faculty of Philology, so it is not surprising that she knew Russian. They got married in 1984, having been married for only twenty days. Nikas lived with his second wife, Francesca Vendramin, much longer - thirteen years; their paths crossed in 1990 and separated in 2002. After the separation, the ex-wife for a long time forbade her son to meet with his father. Nikas’s third wife, Maria, is listed in the history of his biography as unofficial. Nikas Safronov's wives - Dragana, Francesca Vendramin, Maria - played a big role in his life.
