Zara: two marriages and two divorces of a popular singer

Childhood and youth

The real name of the singer Zara is Zarifa Pashaevna Mgoyan. Her parents were born in Leninakan and come from a family of Yezidi Kurds. The children of the Mgoyan family - the eldest daughter Liana, the middle Zarifa and son Roman - were born in Leningrad, where the family immigrated. Zara's mother, Nadi Dzhamalovna, is a housewife. Dad Pasha Bimbashievich worked in mechanical engineering and defended his PhD in physical and mathematical sciences.

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In the Mgoyan family, no one, except Zara herself, is associated with music or any other form of art. But her musical abilities showed up early. The girl took her first steps in creativity at school age. An artistic 12-year-old girl with a good voice was noticed by the famous musician Oleg Kvasha. He invited Zarifa to sing some of his songs and realized that in front of him was a future singer who would soon find her niche in the world of music and show business.

The compositions “Exactly Today” and “Juliet’s Heart,” proposed by Kvasha and sung by Zara, soon found themselves in rotation on some radio stations in Russia and were remembered by many listeners. As it turned out, Zara’s creative biography began with them. Soon, with the support of the same musician and producer Oleg Kvasha, the young performer participates in the Morning Star competition. She sang the same 2 songs and made it to the finals.

Sergei Ivanov: long courtship of an oriental princess

After separating from her husband, Zara did not seek to start a relationship with another man and completely devoted herself to promoting herself on the stage. Once at one of the events she was introduced to Sergei Ivanov. The man liked the girl so much that he tried with all his might to attract her attention, but in vain. Zara left the party without even leaving her phone number.

A new stage began in her creative journey - participation in the “Star Factory”. It was on the TV screen that Sergei Ivanov saw the one that had sunk so deeply into his heart. At that time, the young man held the position of chairman of the board of directors and worked in the Moscow Government. His family life was also stable; he was married and raised two sons. But Zara turned his head so much that Sergei directed all his efforts to attract her attention.

Not only the singer, but also all the “manufacturers” enjoyed the fruits of courtship. A new fan of the aspiring “star” filled the star’s house with flowers and fruits. Each time he offered the girl his hand and heart, but did not receive consent. It took the man a whole year to take the impregnable “fortress” and receive the cherished “yes” in response to his proposal to get married. The wedding was luxurious, the guests partied until the morning in a restaurant on Rublyovka, and among the guests there were many celebrities and businessmen.

In this marriage, the singer had two children - Daniil and Maxim. But after living together for eight years, the couple announced their divorce, which stunned the public. Sergey and Zara do not comment on the reasons for the separation. They managed to maintain normal friendly relations, take care of children together and often meet at various events.

Music

After participating and winning “Morning Star”, Zara regularly takes part in music competitions and festivals, including international ones. Thus, at the competition for young singers and musicians “Let the Children Laugh” Zarifa Mgoyan received the main prize. The competition took place in Egypt, and others followed. At the age of 16, Zara’s first studio album, “Juliet’s Heart,” was released. Almost immediately after it a record appeared called “Zara”.

Zara "Juliet's Heart"

After graduating from school (the girl graduated with a silver medal), she becomes a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts. Here another talent of Zara manifested itself: she made her debut on stage as an actress. In the early 2000s, the aspiring actress played her first roles in the productions of “Voices of a Bygone Century,” “The Idiot” and “Sky Swallows.”

At the same time, Zara made her debut on the silver screen, appearing in a cameo role in the film “By the Name of Baron...”. The debut turned out to be successful, and Zara was invited to star in the film “Special Forces in Russian - 2”. Later, a girl with an oriental appearance (Zara’s height is 169 cm and her weight is 49 kg) appeared in the films “Favorsky”, “Pushkin. The Last Duel" and "White Sand".

Zara - “I'm flying”

However, it was not theater and cinema, but music and singing that made Zara famous. In 2006, Zarifa Mgoyan became a participant in the “Star Factory – 6” project. Her appearance on the central channel of Russia and her 3rd place attracted enormous attention to the performer. They also allowed her to sign a lucrative contract offered by the famous producer Viktor Drobysh.

In 2007, the singer’s album “Don’t Leave Me Alone” appeared. Soon Zara went on her first tour around the country. Success was accompanied by the appearance of a new hit, “Heaven for Two,” recorded specifically for the film “Apocalypse Code.” Since then, Zara has been a regular guest on various television projects that are broadcast on Russian television channels.

Zara - “Peace to your home”

Her joint performance with Dmitry Pevtsov on the “Two Stars” show became stellar. Quite often, Zara performs in the popular project “Property of the Republic,” where she sings hits from the Soviet period.

In 2020, the artist’s repertoire was replenished with the next studio album “#Millimeters”; director Alan Badoev created a video for Zara for the song “Peace to Your Home”. The premiere of the album's compositions took place at the artist's solo concert at the State Kremlin Palace.

Zara - “Didn’t Love”

For her performance of the songs “For Her”, “Unloved”, “Amelie”, “Leningrad” the singer became a laureate of the Golden Gramophone and Song of the Year awards. The artist’s duet compositions were also awarded – the track “Love for an Encore”, performed together with Alexander Rosenbaum, and the hit “Sleeping Beauty”, in the recording of which Stas Mikhailov participated. Later, Zara repeated her collaboration with Mikhailov, releasing the song “Let's Divide the Sky.”

Stas Mikhailov and Zara - “Let's Divide the Sky”

In 2020, the ensemble with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli received the MUZ-TV award in the “Best International Duet” category. Zara continued her collaboration with the Italian and became a participant in the Il canto della terra concerts on the stage of the Theater of Silence in Tuscany and Celebrity Fight Night in the Roman Colosseum. Zara was also lucky enough to work on the same stage with the legend of the French stage Mireille Mathieu. The singers performed the hit “Under the Sky of Paris.”

The performer devotes a lot of energy to social activities, she collaborates with UNESCO, performs charity concerts, and oversees the ethnic international festival “Music of Our Hearts.” In 2020, the Russian woman was awarded the honorary title “UNESCO Artist for Peace.”

Biography of Zara (singer)

Mgoyan Zafira Pashayevna was born - and this is the actual name of the singer Zara - on a sunny summer day on July 26th in the town of Leninakan, in Armenia.

Zafira studied at school No. 2, in Otradnoye. From which the conquest of creative heights began. Zara's biography is to some extent similar to a fairy tale. We can say that Zafira began her musical career as a child. At the age of 12, fate brought the future singer together with Oleg Kvaksha, a famous composer and musical figure. With him, a year later, Zara recorded her first songs, including “Juliet’s Heart” and “Lullaby.” These compositions were heard on the radio and it was they that brought her, then still a teenager, her first fame.

“Juliet's Heart” - just a year later brought her victory on the children's musical television show “Morning Star”. And after him came the first prize of the foreign song competition “Let the Children Laugh”, held in distant Egypt. A year later, she was awarded first prizes in such music competitions as “Hope of Siberia” (held in Omsk) and “Hit of the Year” (held in St. Petersburg). But the girl didn’t stop there. For years, continuing to participate in a variety of competitions and nominations, she confidently took first positions.

Biography of Zara (singer) photo

At the age of 21, the young, but already, one might say, well-known singer in some circles, graduated from the Theater Academy in St. Petersburg. Throughout her studies, Zara appeared on the theater stage in productions of such works as “The Idiot” or “Sky Swallows.”

And just a couple of years later, another turn came in her personal and creative life - Zafira became a participant in the sixth season of the popular music competition “Star Factory”, with producer Viktor Drobysh. It was there that she won the hearts of the jury members, including the viewers of the TV show, with her voice. And although she only took third place there, this did not prevent her from finding fans and becoming a fairly popular performer. Among other things, her established cooperation with Drobysh also helped her.

After the end of “Factory,” the performer did not disappear from television screens. She began acting in various TV series, short films, and also took part in shows. Journalists started talking about Zara, the media began to take an interest in her, and her full-fledged career as a star began.

Currently, Zafira Mgoyan is an Honored Artist of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, as well as an active charitable figure. She takes part in a fund to help blind children, and, in addition, is on the board of trustees of a fund for people with disabilities.

Personal life

Having become famous, the singer and actress faced increased media attention to her person. I must say, the young performer did not really like this. Zara’s personal life was examined too closely, gossip and fiction appeared. Subsequently, as the singer herself believes, this was the reason for the collapse of her first marriage.

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Zara and Sergey Matvienko

Zara and Sergei Matvienko, the son of ex-governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko, lived together for a year and a half. For the sake of this marriage, the performer converted to Orthodoxy. It would seem that nothing foreshadowed a sad ending, but without having time to properly savor the details of the newlyweds’ lives, the tabloid publications soon received a new reason to talk about the topic “Zara and Sergei Matvienko.”

What caused the divorce is not fully known. The singer herself blames the newspapermen for everything, but they say that the reason for the divorce of Zara and banker Sergei Matvienko is that the husband demanded that the young wife give up her singing career and show business, devoting herself entirely to the family.

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Zara with her sons
Zara got married for the second time in 2008. Her husband becomes a prominent official of the Department of Health. To marry Zara, Sergei Ivanov divorced his wife, with whom he raised two children. In 2010, the first son of Zara and Sergei Ivanov, Daniil, was born. 2 years later Maxim appeared.

Zara is a very family person. Taught by bitter experience, she did her best to protect her own family and marriage from unnecessary hype in the tabloid publications.

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Zara in a swimsuit
At the beginning of July 2016, Zara divorced her husband Sergei Ivanov. According to the singer herself, disagreements with her husband led to the divorce, and divorce became the only way out of the current crisis in the relationship.

At the beginning of 2020, rumors began to spread on the Internet about a romance between the singer and political figure Leonid Slutsky. Shortly before this, the politician became involved in a high-profile scandal: several journalists accused him of harassment. Leonid Eduardovich himself denied his guilt. There were no comments about the love affair with the singer Zara.

Personal life of Zara

Zara is not only a famous performer whose biography is filled with incredible achievements, but also a woman who already has a husband and children.
It is no secret that the celebrity was in an official relationship twice. Thus, Zara’s personal life is filled not only with bright, but also with negative moments. On the Internet, from time to time you can find photographs in which the artist is captured in the company of her lovers. You can also find photographs in which the artist appeared with her children.

Singer Zara has been married twice. In 2004, she married a bank employee, Valentina Matvienko’s son, Sergei, converted to the Orthodox faith, but after a year and a half they divorced. The likely reason for this was the increased attention to the couple from the media.

Soon it became known about her affair with an official from the Moscow Department of Health, Sergei Ivanov. The marriage produced Daniil (05/07/2010) and Maxim (04/09/2012). However, in 2020, the marriage broke up. Zara commented on the reason for the divorce with the words “we no longer hear each other.”

Zara now

Now the performer is working on creating new musical material. In 2020, the singles “I’m Flying” and “Your Plots” were released, for which video clips were created.

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Zara in 2020 In
the fall of 2020, the international festival “Music of Our Hearts” took place for the second time, which was again held under the patronage of the singer Zara. This time, 15 thousand spectators gathered at the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve, and performers from Serbia, Israel, Armenia, Belarus, Turkey and the Russian regions of Tatarstan and Buryatia took to the stage.

Guests of the celebration were Goran Bregovich, Alsou, “Belarusian Songwriters”, Margarita Pozoyan, Artsvik, as well as the finalists of the “Voice. Children" and "Battle of Talents" - Sofya Babich, Milana Pavlova and Ragda Khanieva.

Zara - "Unproud"

The singer continues to delight fans with new tracks. At the beginning of January 2020, Zara’s video for the song “Negordaya” took 1st place in the “Super 20” hit parade of the RU.TV channel. The artist announced this joyful event from her personal account on Instagram, where she regularly posts photos dedicated to her creative and personal life.

Merits

State awards of the Russian Federation

• 2016 - honorary title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation” - for great services in the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity
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Departmental awards of the Russian Federation

Awards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

• 2011 - medal “65 years of legal service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia”[51].[ non-authoritative source?
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• 2017 - medal for great personal contribution to cooperation between the Russian Federation and UNESCO[52].

Awards of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

• 2016 - medal “Participant in the military operation in Syria” of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 69 of February 8, 2020[33])[34] - for assistance in solving the tasks assigned to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the military operations in the Syrian Arab Republic
  [35].
• 2018 - Prize of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the field of culture and art - for active cultural and patronage work
  .

Awards of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation

• 2009 - FSB of Russia award in the field of art in the category “Musical Art” (third prize) - for the performance of the song “It’s just war...”
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Awards from constituent entities of the Russian Federation

• 2009 - Medal “For Faith and Goodness” of the Kemerovo Region of the Russian Federation - for active charitable and social activities in the Kemerovo region
  [53].
• 2015 - honorary title “Honored Artist of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic” - for many years of creative activity and services in the field of culture
  [16].

Public awards and prizes of the Russian Federation

• 2009 - laureate of the Russian music award "Golden Gramophone" - for the song "For Her"
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• 2010 - laureate of the Russian music award "Golden Gramophone" - for the song "Nedolyubila"
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• 2011 - laureate of the Russian music award "Golden Gramophone" - for the song "Amelie"
  [56]
• 2012 - laureate of the Russian music award "Golden Gramophone" - for the song "Love for an Encore" (in a duet with Alexander Rosenbaum)
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• 2013 - laureate of the Russian television festival "Song of the Year" - for the song "Sleeping Beauty" (in a duet with Stas Mikhailov)
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• 2014 - laureate of the Russian television festival "Song of the Year" - for the song "Happiness Above the Earth"
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• 2015 - laureate of the anniversary Russian music award "Golden Gramophone" - for the song "Nedolyubila"
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• 2015 - laureate of the Russian television festival "Song of the Year" - for the song "This Year of Love"
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• 2016 - laureate of the Russian music award "Golden Gramophone" - for the song "Leningrad"
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• 2016 - laureate of the Russian television festival "Song of the Year" - for the song "Leningrad"
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• 2017 - winner of the “Most Stylish in Russia” award according to the magazine “HELLO!” in the “Classics” category[59].
• 2017 - winner of the VII Russian music award of the RU.TV channel in the category “Best video filmed abroad” (“Video on the road”) - for the video clip for the song “Millimeters”, filmed in the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine
  [60] [61].
• 2017 - winner of the XV anniversary national award in the field of popular music of the Muz-TV channel in the special category “Best International Duet” - for the singer’s duet with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli
  [62].
• 2017 - laureate of the “Real MusicBox 2017 Award” for his contribution to charity[63].

International public titles, awards and prizes

• 2014 - laureate of the Union State Prize in the field of literature and art - “for the creative embodiment of the idea of ​​friendship between the peoples of Belarus and Russia”
  [9][29].
• 2016 - honorary title “UNESCO Artist for Peace” of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - “for commitment to the values ​​and ideals of the organization, the formation and strengthening of the idea of ​​peace and mutual understanding between peoples”
  [36][37][38].

EARLY YEARS

The biography of singer Zara begins in the city of Leninakan in Armenia, where she was born. Subsequently, the family emigrated to Russia, settling in the city of Otradnoye, where they spent their first school years. By the way, it was here that the future star struck up an acquaintance with Oleg Kvasha, a musician who later helped change her life. After studying at secondary school number 2, the talented girl entered St. Petersburg gymnasium number 56 and graduated as a silver medalist.

The girl’s family has always been very close-knit and friendly, but only Zara connected her life with music and creativity. The singer, whose biography is now of interest to thousands of music lovers, was raised by a candidate of physical and mathematical sciences and a housewife. Zarifa is the second of three children - she has a brother Roman (younger) and sister Liana (elder).

Creative career

Zara’s creative career began to develop after she, in 1995, as a twelve-year-old schoolgirl, met Oleg Kvasha, a singer and composer, author of such songs as “Green-Eyed Taxi” and “Saturday, there is Saturday.”

As a result of this acquaintance, a year later, Kvasha and Zara recorded several compositions that became popular, including: “Juliet’s Heart” and “Exactly today, exactly now...”.

The very next year, the young singer with the composition “Juliet’s Heart” becomes a participant in the “Morning Star” project, in which she successfully reached the finals, and in the “Let the Children Laugh” International Festival, where she won the Grand Prix.

In 1998, the aspiring performer became the owner of three grand prix: the “Hope of Siberia” competition, held in the city of Omsk, an open competition for performers of a new children’s song “Birthday”, held in the city on the Neva, and the international television competition “Hit of the Year”, also held in the northern capital.

In addition, within two years, Zara becomes a first-degree laureate and receives a grand prix in the “Hopes of Europe” competition held in Sochi.

In 1999, at the “Voices - 1999” competition held in Sochi, the young performer received the audience award.

After graduating from high school, Zara continued her studies at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts (now the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts).

During her studies, Zara performed roles in various performances staged on the stage of the Educational Theater on Makhovaya, including “The Idiot” and “Voices of a Bygone Century.”

In 2006, the performer took part in the sixth season of the Star Factory project conducted by Channel One and took third place.

Three years later, Zara, together with Dmitry Pevtsov, participated in another Channel One project - “Two Stars”. The star duo ended up in second place.

In 2010, the singer took part in the ice show “Ice and Fire” on Channel One. The performer's partner on this project was Olympic champion Anton Sikharulidze. The couple did not reach the final stage of the project.

In March 2011, Zara became a participant in the Star Factory project. Return".

In 2020, the performer is one of the permanent members of the jury of the All-Russian television competition of song performers “New Star”, held with the support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the Zvezda TV channel.

The singer has repeatedly won the national music award “Golden Gramophone” and received a diploma at the “Song of the Year” festival.

Zara was able to demonstrate her acting talent during filming in such projects as: “Streets of Broken Lanterns” (third season), “By the Name of Baron,” “Pushkin. The Last Duel”, “Little Tragedies”, “Woman on the Edge”, “Frontier”.

In September 2020, for her services in the field of culture and many years of creative activity, she was awarded the title “Honored Artist of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.”

A little more than a year later, on October 26, 2020, Zara was awarded the title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.”

In 2020, the singer celebrated her anniversary on a grand scale - twenty years of creative activity. A new album was released, called “#Millimeters,” and on November 24, an anniversary concert took place at the State Kremlin Palace.

In June 2020, the singer, who performed in a duet with Andrea Bocelli, was awarded a special MUZ-TV award as the best international duet.

After this, Bocelli invited her to take part in a concert held on the stage of the Tuscan “Theater of Silence” entitled “Il canto della terra”.

Zara accepted the offer and performed, performing the song “Dle Yaman”. In addition, the singer becomes a participant in the gala concert “Celebrity Fight Night”, held by Bocelli within the walls of the Roman Colosseum.

In October 2020, Zara’s next solo concert took place on the stage of the State Kremlin Palace. During this concert, the singer sang the song “Under the Sky of Paris” in a duet with world star Mireille Mathieu.

Zara and Mathieu often perform together at the international military music festival “Spasskaya Tower”, and on December 4, 2020 they performed at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.