Today she continues to build solo career, delighting the army of fans with new hits.

And she is also a wonderful TV presenter and actress, in whose filmography there are more than a dozen films and serials.

Childhood and youth

Albina Dzhanabaeva was born in April 1979 in Volgograd. By nationality, she is half Kazakh. Her father Boris Khabdishevich Dzhanabaev was a geologist, more than once Albina went on expeditions with him. Later, the head of the family decided to devote more time to the family and three children - daughters Albina, Katya and son Boris. Therefore, he changed his job and got a job as a KamAZ driver at a poultry farm in Volgograd.


Albina Dzhanabaeva in childhood

Albina Dzhanabaeva was the eldest child, so she often had to look after the younger children, instead of running with her friends to the cinema or walking around the city. Mom Irina Petrovna disappeared at work. She worked at the Akhtuba radio-measuring plant and worked as a salesperson.

More than anything else, Dzhanabaeva wanted to sing. In the school choir, she was a real star. In her youth, when Albina turned from a girl into a girl, everyone began to notice her charm and model data. On the advice of friends, the beauty at the age of 14 took part in a beauty contest for the first time. More than once she won the audience awards. Dzhanabaeva understood better and better that she could achieve much more success when he leaves the provincial town: from Volgograd, the family moved to the working settlement of Gorodishche.


When the children grew up, the parents divorced. Each of the Dzhanabaevs Jr. chose his own path in life. Albina, who devoted every free minute to music and vocals in her childhood and youth, went to conquer Moscow. Brother Boris trained as a cook, and younger sister Katya became a hair stylist.

Music

In the capital, 17-year-old Albina Dzhanabaeva entered the Gnessin Music College. She had no money for an expensive life in the capital and for a rented apartment. Therefore, the girl lived in a noisy hostel and tried to earn money as best she could. She participated in various theatrical performances: first in the crowd, then she was entrusted with small roles. beautiful girl gladly took to appear in advertising. But no matter what Albina Dzhanabaeva did, music and singing always remained the main thing for her.


After graduating from Gnesinka, the singer got a chance to work abroad. She was offered to sign a lucrative contract with the Korean theater: Albina Dzhanabaeva was supposed to sing in the musical Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for 4 months, where she was entrusted with the part of a foreigner. I had to sing in Korean.

However, in Korea, Albina Dzhanabaeva lived only 3 of the prescribed 4 months. She was irresistibly drawn to her homeland. And when the chance to return to Moscow turned up, she immediately took advantage of it and broke the contract with the Koreans.


This chance was given to the girl. At that time, he was looking for a backing vocalist for his team. On the advice of acquaintances, he chose Dzhanabaeva, got her phone number from the singer's colleagues and invited her to a meeting. Albina received a cassette with backing parts from Valery Shotaevich for review. The next meeting with Meladze took place after the singer returned from the tour. This is how it started creative career Albina Dzhanabaeva in Moscow.


After 2 years, cooperation was suspended: the singer gave birth to a child. Maternity leave turned out to be short: Dzhanabaeva went on stage, being 6 months pregnant. Fortunately, her figure has changed slightly.

The woman quickly returned to her former shape after giving birth and again went on stage. But this time Albina Dzhanabaeva appeared not as a backing vocalist, but as one of the 3 soloists of the popular female group ViaGRA. and Dmitry Kostyuk invited her to take the place of the one who had gone on maternity leave.

Group "ViaGRA" - "Diamonds"

True, at first, instead of Sedokova, she performed, which lasted in the group only for 4 months. According to one version, Loboda had to make room for Dzhanabaeva. According to another, the popularity of the group after the departure of Anna Sedokova fell sharply, and longtime fans of the trio did not take Svetlana well. Still others believe that such a bright performer did not fit into the concept of the group.


Albina Dzhanabaeva as part of the ViaGRA group

The composition of the trio changed more than once, but Albina Dzhanabaeva remained a constant participant for almost 9 years. The singer made her debut together with and in 2004. "ViaGRA" sang the hit "The World I Didn't Know Before You". There is a clip for the song.

Performances were held at prestigious music venues in the country - the Song of the Year festival, the Golden Gramophone and Muz-TV awards, New Year's Eve on Channel One.

Group "ViaGRA" - "The world that I did not know about before you"

As part of the cult group, Albina Dzhanabaeva recorded 4 records. In 2006, the studio album “L.M.L.” was released, and from 2005 to 2008, 3 official collections appeared, called “Diamonds”, “Kisses” and “Emancipation”. In 2010, Albina became one of the participants in the release of "Let them talk", dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the group.

In the same year, an anniversary concert took place at the National Palace of Arts "Ukraine", located in Kyiv, on the stage of which the artist appeared together with Nadezhda Granovskaya and. A year later, the group's big concert took place at Crocus City Hall.

Albina Dzhanabaeva on the program "My Hero"

Albina Dzhanabaeva's stay at ViaGRA was overshadowed by scandals more than once. The girls quarreled and often took out "dirty linen in public", which could not but affect the popularity of the team.

Shortly after the singer joined group 3, the former soloists - Anna Sedokova, Tatyana Naynik and Svetlana Loboda - almost simultaneously and independently of each other gave interviews to journalists in which they told the public a lot of unpleasant details for the ViaGRA producers about their stay in the team. At the same time, all the girls remembered Albina Dzhanabaeva. For example, they said that Albina got into the group thanks to a close relationship with the producer's brother, Valery.


Albina Dzhanabaeva in the group "ViaGRA"

And at the very beginning of 2010, after a short stay at ViaGRA, she left with a scandal. She gave a compromising interview to Dzhanabaev, in which she accused Albina of creating a difficult atmosphere in the team, spoke about the constant quarrels and scandals that she arranged for her and.

Kotova claimed that she had to leave because Albina Dzhanabaeva was jealous of her for Valery Meladze and "survived" from the trio.


The long-liver of "ViaGra" for several years of being in a mega-popular group has turned into a star. They talked about her, her photo shoots were placed in glossy magazines, the beauty was invited to films and television.

Films and TV projects

It is noteworthy that the cinematic biography of Albina Dzhanabaeva is much more extensive than her discography. The singer made her film debut back in 1998, starring in the movie Forest Swamps. Since 2000, she has appeared in the films DMB-002, The Lion's Share, Star Holidays, Hold Me Tight, Operation Righteous.

A big project in the filmography of the artist was the drama "Treason". Franziska Petri, Dejan Lilic and Andrey Shchetinin also starred in the love polygon story. The film was presented at the 69th Venice Film Festival.


Albina Dzhanabaeva in the movie "Treason"

In 2009, Albina Dzhanabaeva and her son Kostya took part in the Children's New Wave festival. The artist visited the program "Smak" and many others. And at the very beginning of 2011, she became a participant in the 11th season of the Dancing with the Stars project, where, together with Andrei Fomin, she took 3rd place.

Between tours, concerts and filming, the star managed to get a psychology degree at the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education and become the face of the Love Republic company. The company presents fashion accessories as well as women's clothes and underwear.

Albina Dzhanabaeva - "Drops"

In January 2013, the former composition of ViaGRA was disbanded. Albina Dzhanabaeva began her solo career. In the spring of the same year, she presented the fans with the first composition "Drops". In September, the single "Tired" appeared. The beginning of the singer's solo career was marked by the HELLO magazine award in the Classics category.

Albina Dzhanabaeva tried her hand as a TV presenter. Together with Natalya Stefanenko, the artist hosted the Big Dances musical television competition. On TNT, she participated in the Tasty Life project. In 2013, the singer became one of the judges of the TV show "I Want V VIA Gru".


On the account of Albina Dzhanabaeva, the songs “One on One”, “For Love”, “New Earth” and “For Happiness”. The single "For Happiness" was received warmly by music lovers. In October 2016, the singer presented a video for the song. In the video, she drastically changes her style several times. An incendiary dance track is accompanied by bright animation.

Personal life

The personal life of Albina Dzhanabaeva has always been under the scrutiny of paparazzi and fans. Indeed, in 2003, shortly after the singer began working with Valery Meladze as a backing vocalist, rumors spread about the star's romantic relationship with a young beauty. And when Dzhanabaeva gave birth to her first child, Konstantin, the scandal could not be avoided. Meladze's paternity was told to journalists by the Viagra women, with whom Albina did not have a relationship.

Valery Meladze was forced to admit that he is the father of the boy. At that time, the singer was married, his marriage was 18 years old, three daughters were growing up in the family.


The marriage collapsed, as did the reputation exemplary family man. Journalists harassed the unfortunate participants love triangle asking for an interview. Albina Dzhanabaeva said that she did not want to hurt anyone, but she could not end the relationship with Valery.

Meladze's wife - - also did not remain silent. She shared that she had known about the affair for a long time and tried to talk with her husband's mistress, but she did not make contact.


In 2013, the singer officially began to live with Albina Dzhanabaeva. In the summer of 2014, she, who was given the name Luka. The couple did not officially announce the wedding, there is no photo of the celebration on the Web, but, according to reporters from the StarHit publication, Meladze and Dzhanabaeva nevertheless registered the marriage in 2014.

Albina managed to become a real keeper of the hearth for her husband and children; information about the conflicts between Meladze and Dzhanabaeva does not appear in the press. The singer herself reveals the secret of family happiness - the ability to share warmth and positive energy without expecting anything in return. Subscribers "Instagram" the artists were amazed at the singer's wisdom, which they expressed in the comments.


In 2017, Albina became the winner of the Moda topical award in the "Mom of the Year" nomination. A year later, Dzhanabaeva and Meladze were awarded the "Couple of the Year" award according to the same magazine.

Albina Dzhanabaeva continues to delight fans with her impeccable appearance, appearing at concerts and secular parties in elegant dresses. Perfect figure the artist also shows in pictures in a swimsuit, sometimes appearing on her profile on Instagram. IN ordinary life the singer likes to wear sportswear and often appears in front of the camera without makeup.

Albina Dzhanabaeva now

Now the singer successfully continues her solo career. In 2017, Albina presented a new single "Sharp as a razor", which was written for her by Artem and Daria Orlov.

Albina Dzhanabaeva - "Sharp as a razor"

In the fall, the hit "Most Important" appeared in the repertoire of Dzhanabaeva. The artist works not only at the studio, she actively performs solo concerts. So, in October 2017, Albina's tour called "One on One" started.

In 2018, Albina presented new tracks to the public - “It just seemed to me” and “Thank you, heart.” The artist performed the second song in a duet with. The number of views of the video clip for the hit 3 months after the release on YouTube amounted to 1.3 million.

Mitya Fomin and Albina Dzhanabaeva - "Thank you, heart" (premiere 2018)

In the summer at the international music festival"Heat" in Baku Albina performed a song from the repertoire of Valery Meladze "Samba of the White Moth". Also at the ceremony was an important event- Albina Dzhanabaeva took the stage with her husband, performing a duet song "Without fuss." The couple's performance was warmly received.

Albina Dzhanabaeva and Valery Meladze - "No fuss"

In the fall, a new hit "Do you want?" was released.

Filmography

  • 1998 - "Forest swamps"
  • 1999 - "The Thief"
  • 2000 - "DMB 002"
  • 2001 - "The Lion's Share"
  • 2007 - "Hold Me Tight"
  • 2009 - Operation "Righteous"
  • 2012 - "Treason"
  • 2012 - " glacial period 4: Continental drift"
  • 2013 - "Valery Meladze. It's nobody's fault"
  • 2016 - "Ice Age: Collision is inevitable"

Discography

  • 2005 - "Diamonds"
  • 2006 - L.M.L.
  • 2007 - "Kisses"
  • 2008 - "Emancipation"

There is a lot of talk about the divorce of Valery Meladze. But the singer himself has not yet commented on this event. The correspondent of "7D" went on a tour with Valery to find out the details - after all, Meladze is difficult to find in Moscow ...

- Valery, when we talked a year ago in Jurmala, you said: “How tired I am of everything this!

Everyone around gets divorced, leaves, comes ... Why exactly do they torture me so much? From you then it was possible, as they say, "to light a cigarette." Now you are a little calmer...

Yes, gradually everything calmed down, the situation returned to normal - to the extent that, of course, it could have normalized at all.

- But you still write a lot about you. For example, that Albina is pregnant. Recently, the press got her photos in the perinatal center ...

Let them go... Let them take pictures, let them catch them. Maybe at the same time they will learn how to live. What's wrong with a woman being pregnant? I am a normal person, she is a normal person. Another normal person will be born. From what here it is possible to inflate sensation?

- They began to write about your break with your wife much earlier than the divorce took place ...

To be honest, I didn't care what the press wrote. I was much more concerned that it did not hit my children.

- And how did the children react when they read all this? You can't hide anything from them.

Oh, I don't know, I don't know. Unless, thanks to Ira, they survived all this more or less normally ... In general, I must thank Irina for the fact that she never arranged any showdowns in front of the children. But we really had a very serious discord. But she endured, I am grateful to her for that. So the children always understood that I still love them. Here they say: "left the family."

Well, yes, I left. But still, my daughters will always be mine. It does not depend on the relationship with the woman. Yes, and Ira is still a dear person to me ...

- Your daughters are already adults ...

Well, how are the adults? Now they may be adults, but it all lasted seven years. And the first four years Ira and I had just a monstrous relationship.

- I'll ask a tactless question. If all this lasted for so many years, why couldn't the situation be ended earlier?

And what to finish? Formality? To me, this seal means nothing. There was so much talk about this idiotic seal, which I personally don't give a damn about! And the bottom line is that we had a discord with Irina.

The relationship ended here, started somewhere else.

- And what did your parents tell you about the appearance of Albina in your life?

My parents are very delicate and fair people. They treat Irina with great respect as the mother of their grandchildren and as a decent person. Parents are grateful to Irina, and they love her very much. But they also love Albina. I hope this does not offend either Irina or Albina. But it is clear that the relationship of parents with Ira has changed. They now communicate less than before.

- In fact, this really happens all the time: love passes, and even if there is children, the man leaves the family.

But I think it's still not easy for you.

It's not easy for me, but is it easy for them, the poor? Irina was insanely hard, and Albina too. It really is! It would seem that one lost, the other seemed to gain ... But it was hard for both. After all, for a normal person it does not happen that in one place it is bad, and in another, just like that, in order to live and rejoice. What kind of bastard do you have to be to get high and rejoice that everything is fine with you in such a situation? So these seven years were a test for both that family and this one.

- Is your song "Parallel" about this?

This song certainly does not express the full depth of feelings and complexity of the situation.

Okay, God bless him. One way or another, it seems to me that now the most difficult period is behind us.

- How often do you communicate with your daughters now?

I love spending time with my daughters. I take them and we go somewhere. Just me and them! No mothers, no nannies. This teaches them to be organized and collected. Teaches how to be mistresses, after all! Well, in the rest of the time - there is not a day that the middle one, Sophia, does not call me several times. And not only to me, but also to my older sister- Inge. I think Sophia will remain such a unifying center in the future - it is she who will gather the whole family.

- Your eldest, Inga, is now in England, she is graduating from Oxford. Why did she choose to study there?

In fact, Irina insisted on this. I was sad to leave my daughter. But she studies there with dignity, she is smart. Oxford is one of the best universities in Europe ... Although, you know, Inga is one of those who, no matter where she goes, in any case will remain a normal person. It has a stem. So she would have been smart even in Moscow.

- Has she already got a young man in England? Englishman?

Yes, his name is Nori.

- And what do you think about it? You once said that if you look at a person and realize that your daughter does not need him, you will do everything so that she does not communicate with this rogue. And if you see that he suits her, then this guy will become like a son to you and you will teach him everything.

I will say now: if the guy is a notorious scoundrel, then of course I will catch him and talk to him myself, the girls will not even know this. But Nori is not a rogue. And it seems that it is not necessary to teach him, he is sensible.

- So you do not forbid Inga to meet with him?

Who is asking me? She is already 23 years old, has every right. To do this, we educate them until they become adults, so that they themselves make the right choice. Life will show whether this choice is right or wrong. Parents shouldn't be here anymore. Although I will turn fifty in almost a year and a half, I still listen to the advice of my parents. I can smile, I can do it my way despite everything they say, but I will always listen to my parents and respect their opinion. I think that we have the right - both I and Irina - to give advice to my daughter.

Because we have life experience. Another thing is that she has the right not to listen to us.

- And with whom do you treat softer - with your daughters or with your son?

I love my children very much. But, if you need to explain something to them, I sometimes do it quite harshly. Vse-taki, probably, I as a whole bring up the boy more rigidly, than girls. I don't yell at him, no. I talk to him... And I give him an example of how to behave in this or that situation. After all, a man must be confident in himself. Be reliable, honest. There are some things that boys need to instill from childhood. And I just love girls, I spoil them. Of course, until they start to go too far - then I immediately become strict.

- And you don’t spoil your son Kostya ...

Looking at what. I will never refuse to buy an extra designer. After all, he collects much more complex things than he should by age. He looks at the diagram once, then puts it aside and from hundreds of details he instantly constructs some kind of colossus. Being an engineer myself, I'm just surprised. It would seem that I wrote my Ph.D. internal combustion... But the engine is simpler than those absolutely crazy designs that Kostya manages. He generally has the right outlook on life, he feels like a man, and that's cool.

- Have you ever been afraid that, having such a famous and wealthy father, the children will grow up not knowing where the money comes from?

They certainly have everything you need. At the same time, all four completely different attitude to money. They don’t earn money yet, so they probably haven’t really understood what money is yet. But Irina is a strict mother. And Albina is also strict. And I strict father In this sense.

- Do your daughters communicate with their younger brother?

Not good. At least for now. So you asked why it was impossible to get a divorce immediately, abruptly? I usually rush everything in my life. But there are things that you can't rush into. Everything must be done carefully, delicately and carefully.

Women very often push men. But in being tactful, perhaps, is the manifestation of wisdom. I think everything will work out. Kostya good boy, my daughters - good girls, they will only become richer from the fact that they feel like close people.

- Kostya by nature went to you or to Albina?

In any case, there is nothing particularly Caucasian in his temperament. Just a normal, calm, very kind boy.

- I talked with Albina a couple of times and realized that, with all her restraint, she has an iron character. Figuratively speaking, bite the ridge - you won’t have time to notice.

No, she just won't eat anything. It's just that she, like all mothers, is ready to protect her children. And your personal life too. I think it's ok. Much worse if a woman is unscrupulous.

- And what is the highlight in Albina that you could not pass by? After all, beauty alone is not enough here - you are surrounded by many very beautiful women ...

I never thought about it. I just fell in love like crazy. We, men, when we fall in love, usually do not think about why this happened. I fell in love for the first time in first grade. Crazy was a love that lasted for many years. That girl went to another school. But despite the fact that Batumi is not such a huge city, I only met her somewhere once or twice a year. Mostly for some reason at the demonstrations - May 1 and

I catch a glimpse - and again everything will flare up in me. And so on until tenth grade.

- Did you have a strict upbringing? After all, the Caucasus...

In fact, Konstantin and I (Valery's older brother and the author of his songs - composer Konstantin Meladze. - Approx. Ed.) Were brought up not so much in the Caucasian spirit, but in the spirit of internationalism. We had a very strict grandmother of Stalinist hardening. Everything was clear with her, she did not allow any liberties either for herself or for us children. Yes, in general, there was such a time that you won’t spoil it! The child could not walk down the street and smoke. Could not stagger during lessons. Because any adult will come up and ask: why are you not at school, who are your parents?

On the one hand, we didn't like it. On the other hand, there must have been something very right about it.

- Did you and Kostya try to stagger down the street during the lessons?

Kostya in high school could just take it and calmly leave through the window. And go somewhere to the river.

- Was he a rebel?

Kostya was not a rebel. It looks like he was in suspended animation. He seemed to be waiting for something in this life.

- Did you get along with him as a child? Didn't fight?

We fought, but I could not defeat him - although I was engaged in martial arts. He's older by two years.

And somewhere in the depths of my soul I understood that I should not fight him at all. But I really felt what an older brother is when we went to study in Nikolaev with him. I thought: now I will come, and I will have freedom, I can walk, have fun, enjoy life - finally! But when I arrived, Kostya told me: “No, stop, it won’t be like that. You don’t understand how much effort was spent for you to enter, and what hopes your parents have for you. You must study. Moreover, we must receive a scholarship, because our parents are engineers, and they do not have money to support us, such adults already.”

- And why did you go to study in Nikolaev?

I was going to the Radio Engineering Institute and after school I even managed to work at the telephone exchange, where, I remember, everyone tried to make me drunk with adult comrades.

Like, come on, what are you, not a man, or what? But it's hard to get me to do something if I don't want to, so I held on. And in the spring I received a summons to the army, and the admission had to be postponed. The call ended on June 24, and I turned 18 on the 23rd. That is, I came to the draft board on the last day. And then it turned out that the plan for conscription in Batumi was overfulfilled even without me. In other words, they sent me home. But it was already too late to hand over the documents to the radio engineering department. And in the Nikolaev shipbuilding, where Kostya studied, it is still possible. So I went to my brother in Ukraine, where I stayed for eleven years. At first, Kostya and I lived quite modestly. We were rescued by vegetable shops, in which everything cost a penny. And every time we went home for the holidays, our parents supplied us with canned food, which we had to carry from Georgia to Ukraine.

Since then I hate to carry weights!

- Didn't you earn by singing then?

How can you make money by singing in the provinces?! It seemed absolutely impossible. Kostya and I simply liked to play in the April institute group. As a child, our parents forced us to study at a music school by force. And then we suddenly got carried away. Rather, Kostya enthusiastically stood behind the "keys", and I was just as enthusiastically engaged in debugging the equipment. Radio engineering did not let me go.

- How did you start singing?

Once we managed to get a reverb - this is such a device that creates an echo. And to try it out, I took a microphone and began to hum something. Oddly enough, everyone liked my voice. And, even more strangely, I myself liked it all too. So I moved from sound engineers to backing vocalists. And when my brother eventually began to write songs himself, he invited me to sing them. Of course, Kostya and I dreamed of achieving success in show business. But where is the outskirts of Nikolaev and where is show business? And still there was some stupid joy and a feeling that everything would be just great! It's a happy feeling, fantastic! I don’t know, is it inherent in all young people or only those who are really charged with something like that? Kostya and I were charged and knew in advance that everything would be fine.

And you managed to get through...

I remember that then, in Nikolaev, one friend told me: “You, Georgian, are simply not lucky.” It was said with sympathy, but I was offended. Probably, it was then that he made a serious conclusion for himself: you cannot be truly proud if you are poor. Having gone through a lack of money and confidence in tomorrow, I realized that I simply have to do something that brings money. And now, having already made my way, having become a popular artist, I began to do business. After all, the glory of the artist is not eternal. And when it ends, you will either have to depend on someone again (which is unacceptable for me), or have some other income in order to continue living with your head held high.

- What is your musical talent?

Yes, any Georgian has them! Although I am not one hundred percent Georgian, I am seventy percent (I have Russian roots from my mother). One of the most vivid memories of my childhood in Batumi is our walks with dad on weekends. Kostya, me and our sister Liana were smartly dressed, and dad took us for a walk in Pioneer Park. All the way he walked and sang, which we were terribly embarrassed about. But dad said that when he was young, everyone sang in the street and this was considered the most common thing.

- Let's get back to the memories of Nikolaev. After all, Irina appeared in your life there, and soon Inga was born ...

Irina and I met when we were both in our third year of shipbuilding, only at different faculties. And Inga was born when I was already in graduate school.

We were given an 18-meter room, from which, however, we could be evicted at any moment. And so I wrote my dissertation there on the topic “Intensification of metabolic processes in an ion-exchange filter with a pseudo-vibrofluidized cation bed”, and diapers were hung around. Moreover, the salary of a young scientist is beggarly. True, Kostya already made arrangements then - also for a penny. And he gave me a significant part of the money - he himself was not yet married then. Come to us in the evening for ten minutes - to see. And he leaves - and somewhere under the plate money will be found.

- Grandmothers did not help you with the child?

They were far away. I remember how Irina and little Inga and I went to my mother-in-law on two electric trains. And there we were also given food - pickles, potatoes.

Again I had to carry these terrible weights. Moreover, it was necessary to somehow squeeze into a crowded train with these bags, with a child. In general, I remember these times, and I must say that, of course, life has become a million times better. And not just for me, but for everyone.

- And how did you move to Moscow?

Our self-made album with Kostya, by a lucky chance, fell into the hands of the guys from the Dialogue group, popular in those years. And they offered us to participate in the recording of their record. And not just anywhere, but in Germany, for the German series "Music for the Intellect" ... Then I had a chance to go on stage with them. I didn't know what to do with my arms, legs, how to move. But I saw that they receive me well and I am not lost against the background of musicians of such a high level.

As a result, Kostya and I believed that we could break through. And if so - it was necessary to go to conquer Moscow. I had to start all over again. Small rental apartment in Khrushchev somewhere behind Voykovskaya, in the area of ​​​​the poultry farm. They lived there very sincere people, and one woman from a neighboring entrance sometimes looked after Inga. She was then three years old. I now remember all this with great tenderness ... Probably, nostalgia is such a feeling when you miss not so much your former life as the feeling that you still have everything ahead ... Our first producer Evgeny Fridlyand advised taking a pseudonym, believing that the surname should not be Georgian. It seemed that on Russian stage I can't shine anything at all. And yes, I had a bad image.

An intellectual in a classic suit sings songs about love. In the 90s it was considered something archaic. But I did not imagine myself in a different way. It was while studying at the institute that I experimented with torn jeans. On the stage, I did not want any shocking and extravagance. That's just it was still necessary to prove their right to remain themselves.

- And suddenly one day you became famous. This happened after Pugacheva's "Christmas meetings" ...

It was fantastic! To this day I am immensely grateful to Alla. She, of course, is an extraordinary woman - that's without talking! I remember we barely said hello, and she says: “Let's start rehearsing. To begin with, let's swing a little. Put on something... Oh, put on the song "Limbo".

Valera, let's start. The music started playing and I left. Around - superstars: Leontiev, Kristina Orbakaite, Kirkorov, the Rondo group, Buinov, Mazaev, Chelobanov - that is, the whole color of the then show business. Not to mention Pugacheva herself. And here is me. Mazai lent me glasses, someone else gave me a jacket. Well, I didn’t get embarrassed much, I thought it was a rehearsal. I sing. I look - Makhmud Esambaev himself comes on stage to me and starts dancing. Okay, I think we're going to rehearse. I just didn’t notice how Alla quietly whispered to the director Sasha Faifman, who was filming “Christmas Meetings” then: come on, they say, motor. And when Pugacheva, to my surprise, said: “Well, one take was filmed. Not bad. Let's try one more," I found that I no longer felt any fear.

- Is it true that you were supposed to go to Eurovision in 1997, but fell ill, and Pugacheva went instead of you?

Everything was different. Back in 1991, after the “Step to Parnassus” competition, I promised myself that I would never participate in any competitions again. They need special such competitive people who know how to pull themselves together and at the right time give out to the maximum. But I don’t know how to do this, and therefore I decided that I would go the other way. Even now, being already an experienced artist, I would not participate in the competition.

- Be that as it may, by the mid-90s you were already popular ...

At the same time, for some time I still had nowhere to live in Moscow. I was unsettled and afraid of this huge city.

Self-confidence came later. I remember how I did not like to leave the club on the Arbat at night, where I often performed. For artists, there is a service entrance through the yards. And if now the whole Old Arbat is chic and illuminated from all sides, then there used to be a dump there, homeless people lived between the Arbat houses. And at three o'clock in the morning it was necessary to pass through a dark place, among some garbage containers... I walked and wondered: will they hit me in the head this time or the next? When I got to the Garden Ring, where there was already some kind of life, I slowed down the taxi and breathed a sigh of relief: well, thank God, it seemed to have passed this time. And he safely reached his Voykovskaya. Then we got our first own apartment on Molodyozhnaya, in a panel building. And I was sure that this apartment is forever. By the way, I'm still registered there.

And if someone searches the Internet for my address, they find exactly that house. The Internet is such a garbage can where everything can be found ...

Many times. Just a week ago, I destroyed 47 of my clones. After all, children hang out some photos for their friends - and there are people who appropriate these photos and put them up under my name. Most of the time they do it for good. But it's still a scam! And it happens that my friends communicate with these clones, thinking that it's me.

- You say that you would not participate in a singing competition. What else would you never participate in?

I believe that a person who has already gained some baggage - life and creativity - has no right to take rash steps. So I will never go, for example, to the One to One program. Because there are guys who parody much better than me. And I can do my job well. By the way, I won’t go to Dancing with the Stars, and I won’t go on the ice either.

- But you are participating in the “Battle of the Choirs” ...

As a leader, it's a different matter.

- Valery, have you changed a lot since you came 20 years ago to storm Moscow?

Of course, because then I did not have four children. True, three or four years ago it seemed to me that I was still a boy.

But now I have realized that it is not so.

- You look - already gray hair ...

My gray hair has been around for a long time. I just hid it. (Laughs.) But I want to say that to look in the mirror and realize that you are already an adult uncle, it happens that there is no time for years. How do artists live? We are always in a hurry somewhere, jumping on buses, on trains ... The life of an artist is not only spotlights, whiskey flowing like water, novels and divorces. This is the eternal nomad ...

- Yes, I managed to notice this during the time I was interviewing you. First, we rushed to Tula in two hours. There, after the concert, they took a bus to the rest of the artists of your group - and moved to Kaluga ... - And then there will be Bryansk - and further through the cities of the country.

Many people think that all I do is relax or fly private jets. But I will notice that somehow I am more and more on the bus. It used to happen that in winter, at minus twenty, the wheels burst, the stove broke ...

- In the city concert hall of Tula, where you performed today, you first rehearsed for at least two hours, setting up the equipment.

But I can’t arrive five minutes before the concert, sing to the soundtrack, get money and leave. You don't think that if this is not Moscow, then you can not strain? I never divided my fans by city and did not think that the audience in the regions deserves less respect than in Moscow or St. Petersburg.

- There was not a single one in Tula free space in the hall, some of your fans even had to stand in the aisle. I was also surprised by your touring rider. No black caviar, no other delicacies. Everything is very simple: cold cuts, several types of cheese, bread and fresh vegetables. And in regard to a hotel room, you are unassuming. I noticed that you did not ask for a presidential number and did not make any demands on the situation at all.

Yes, a regular number is enough for me, I am an unpretentious person. (Laughs.)

- Valery, in my understanding, you are one of the few real men who are able to cry on stage at the same time. Is this an image or are they really real tears?

I can even cry at the cinema. But only on a serious film. And when, let's say, I look at what is happening in Ukraine now, it's hard to keep from crying. I'm terribly worried. Because I love the people who live there.

You have a brother...

And his family, and many other close people. I hope they are not in danger there. But I know that Kostya is such a person that until the very end he stubbornly believes in the human, the good, the good.

- You and your brother still have a common business. But they say that it is impossible to do business with friends or relatives...

And with whom, then, to have common business - with the enemy? You know, there are some dogmas that I don't want to believe.

For example, that an artist must be hungry, or that one cannot have common affairs with friends. Bullshit. Kostya and I have never had problems in this regard in our lives. Last time we talked about this topic about twenty years ago, when the first money was “dropped” to us. And since then, they have never returned to this issue. Somehow there is no need.

- When you look at Konstantin, one gets the feeling that money is of little interest to him. For him, the main thing is the piano, to write poetry, to compose music.

For me, money is not an end in itself. I need them as a tool to live with dignity, to implement some plans. I part with money very easily. If you need to help your loved ones, and sometimes not quite close ones, I do it.

But I don't like being forced to. You can't help the whole world. There is a very fine line here. We are all equal before God, and when people understand this, they begin to stretch themselves, climb up with all their might. About the same as Kostya and I used to ...

Hiring a new backing vocalist, Valery Meladze strictly warned her: his team is male, novels at work are unacceptable. Albina Dzhanabaeva agreed with this alignment. A few months later, they both broke the taboo.

Brothers

In the life of Valera Meladze, brother Kostya was always present. Two years older, he looked a little out of this world, but all attempts to fight invariably ended in Kostya's victory. When Valera finished school and came to study at the same shipbuilding institute in the city of Nikolaev, where his brother had already studied, he immediately cooled his youthful desire for freedom: it is not easy for parents-engineers to support children, so you need to earn a scholarship.

Even then, Kostya tried to write songs and play the keyboard in a student ensemble. Soon he attracted Valera to his hobby - he fiddled with the equipment and once tried to sing something into the microphone. Everyone liked his voice - and Meladze Jr. became a soloist.

Fellow student Irina Valery was the first to notice and sought her favor for a long time. After several months of relationship, she even tried to leave him, but the guy was persistent. They played a student wedding.

When the newlyweds had a daughter, Inga, they settled in an 18-meter room, from which they could be kicked out at any moment. After few years musical experiments the Meladze brothers were noticed, and they moved to Moscow.


It became even more difficult: everyday disorder was superimposed on life in a huge unfamiliar city. But it was then that Valery and Irina were happy with each other, more than ever after.

“A small rented apartment in Khrushchev somewhere behind Voykovskaya, in the area of ​​the poultry farm. Very sincere people lived there, and one woman from the next entrance sometimes looked after Inga. She was then three years old. I now remember all this with great tenderness ... ”, the musician recalled.

“... While everything was bad, it was good. As soon as it became good, everything went to hell. People go through fire and water, but copper pipes almost never, ”said Irina.

And - fame and treason

Valery Meladze was noticed after participating in Alla Pugacheva's "Christmas Meetings". The creative tandem with the composer brother turned out to be extremely successful: rehearsals, performances, and tours began. Irina saw her husband at home less and less, but she believed that this was in the order of things: he was engaged in creativity and earning money, she devoted herself to home and children. By that time, Inga had younger sisters Sophia and Arina.

In the late 90s, a place as a backing vocalist was vacated in the team of Valery Meladze. Friends recommended that he take a closer look at Gnesinka graduate Albina Dzhanabaeva. She worked in Korea under a four-month contract with one of the local theaters, but for the sake of Meladze she returned to her homeland.

She fully accepted his conditions: only work at work, no flirting with other team members. Valery broke the rule first, falling in love with Albina, in his own words, "to the point of madness." Two years later, she gave birth to his son Kostya.

The singer recognized his son, but his paternity was kept in the strictest confidence. Meladze loved Albina, but was not ready to abruptly leave his family even for her sake. His daughters were 3.5 years old, 7 and 15 years old - only the eldest could understand something, and Sophia and Arina were still too small. Life between two families was hell, and one day Meladze told Irina about his illegitimate son.


For a while, she hoped that the story with Albina was temporary, and one day her husband would fully return to the family, continuing to support his son. But the boy grew up, the media were full of rumors, and Valery did not take any steps.

“I let go of the situation, stopped saving and building at all. Pulling away, I reconsidered my whole life. True, the play dragged on, and it was very annoying, ”admitted Irina.

Meladze was lucky: both of his women turned out to be quite patient and decent. Only when Albina became pregnant for the second time, he filed for divorce and declassified his relationship with the ex-soloist of VIA-Gra. Irina turned out to be wise enough not to interfere with the communication of her daughters with their father, and soon she herself adjusted her personal life.

Now Valery Meladze and Albina Dzhanabaeva are raising two sons: 14-year-old Kostya and 4-year-old Luka. The boys hardly communicate with their older sisters, although Valery does not cease to hope that one day they will still make friends.

ex-wife famous musician Valeria Meladze Irina Meladze for the first time decided to speak frankly about parting with ex-husband to whom she bore three daughters. The couple officially divorced in 2014, having been married for over twenty years.

According to Irina Meladze, her pain associated with the collapse of the family is still quite strong. And perhaps, in order to muffle it, the woman decided on a public confession. In an interview with the Russian Sensations program on the NTV channel, ex-wife Valeria Meladze spoke about how she fought for her husband and how, in the end, she could not keep him. A conversation with journalists was not easy for Irina Meladze, she left the studio several times, and then returned again. “This year is ten years of this history. I want to put an end to it and move forward, ”she explains her decision to tell the truth about the breakup with her famous husband.

“Valery said that he has a relationship on the side, even has a child. To the question "who", he did not answer. But it was a matter of 20 minutes to find out who, - said Irina Meladze. - I understood that Albina was too nervous. I didn't understand the reason for this behavior. There were other members of this team, and they behaved calmly. But Dzhanabaeva behaved very nervously. I saw that her eyes were running around, she was blinking a lot, and I did not quite understand the reason for this behavior. She freezes when I approach. When I began to remember in hindsight, everything became clear to me. I even, in my opinion, congratulated her on the birth of a child. I was told a story that there was supposedly a fellow musician, a violinist of some symphony orchestra ... And I had no reason to suspect her of anything.

Irina met Valery Meladze when both were twenty years old, they got married while still students. Raising three daughters, Irina learned about her husband's life from the gossip, but she had to read his poems. “I knew something was going on. I allowed everything, except for what actually happened, ”admits ex-wife stars.

From articles in the media, Irina learned that her husband had a new backing vocalist Albina Dzhanabaeva, and then she disappeared and after some time was reborn in VIAGRA. “I saw all these young ladies, treated them like older friend- says Irina. - I was surprised at the appearance of Albina in VIAGRA, like, probably, many women in our country. Advised her a good stylist.

Irina Meladze found out that her husband was unfaithful to her in 2006. Together with her husband and eldest daughter Inga, they came to the presentation of the music award. But at some point, Valery disappeared for the whole evening, and when he was announced, he left from the other side of the hall. At home, Irina asked her husband a question, and he confessed everything to her. “I could not accept such a degree of deceit from the person whom I loved and considered a friend,” says the ex-wife of the musician. Why did Albina need Valery? I wonder if he was selling tangerines in the market, would she need him? Love? But it all makes me smile."

When the first reports about the novel by Valery Meladze and Albina Dzhanabaeva appeared in the press, journalists began to call Irina with a request to comment on the situation. But the deceived wife decided to meet first with Albina Dzhanabaeva. “I called her,” Irina recalls. - Come, let's talk. Albina refused. Then Irina Meladze decided that she would also be silent. She only tried to mitigate the consequences of this story for her daughters, who became unwitting hostages of this love triangle. “It was a shock for my mother,” she says. eldest daughter Irina and Valeria Inga. “As a child, I didn’t anticipate that this could happen either.” The younger Arina was then three years old, and the whole story is still an open wound for her. "I don't want this to happen in my future family, - Arina admitted on the air. - We all have full-fledged families in our class, why did my dad leave. It's not fair." The middle daughter Sonya also did not know for a long time what her father had. new family. “The pain remains and will not go away. These things are not forgotten, - says the girl. This story still hurts me to this day. But you have to live with it."

Irina Meladze did not hide one more of her female secrets. She spoke about the tragedy, which, perhaps, broke her relationship with her husband at the very beginning. With tears in her eyes, the woman remembered how she gave birth to a son 26 years ago. “I was pregnant and went to my mother,” says ex-wife Valery Meladze. - All was good. I went to bed, and woke up with a temperature of 38, the baby inside me, respectively, is a degree higher. Immediately after the birth, the son was in intensive care. I was not allowed to take him in my arms. I obeyed the doctors. Valera was not around at that moment, he left for Lviv to record a song and arrived on the tenth day, just when our son died. Valera helped bury, of course. But he immediately left - work. Everything inside me is burned out. No anger. There is only me and my son in this story.” The pain of that tragedy has not subsided in her soul so far. “I don’t have three, but four children, just one lives there,” Irina Meladze asked with this phrase to complete a difficult conversation for her.

Irina's heart, according to her, is not free now. The past is over, and the daughters are ready to accept their mother's beloved man into the family.

Opposites attract. This law of nature is once again confirmed by famous artists in their first joint interview.

ABOUT neither enter the frame, and the only thing left for the camera is to click the shutter. Any angle is good, in front of the lens is a real movie, what is called the chemistry of relationships. The retro style is close to them - it seems that the observers have fallen into the past and see the usual picture at the bar, and not modern artists who have tried on the images of Bonnie and Clyde. Valery showers Albina with compliments. “I told Albina many times that I would like to see her in this image,” he notes. “It is quite possible that this photo shoot will help her adopt this style. In my life, shooting a video or photo shoot often led to image changes. a secondary thing comes to the fore. Many years ago I had a similar photo session, but the main thing was missing - a woman. A shadow in the background, a female silhouette - and everything would have worked out. When there is a mood in the frame, it immediately works on the image. With duet songs too.If a real duet happens between a man and a woman, no one pulls the blanket over himself, then the song shoots powerfully.In the case of Albina, we don’t even need to agree, everything worked out for us a long time ago ( laughing)".

At the "Heat" festival in Baku, you and Albina presented a duet. How did you choose the song "No fuss"?

We prepared it for a TV program, and then decided to sing it at my evening at the festival. They did not take it seriously - they thought it was a one-time action. But the success of the duo suggests that it may be worth continuing in this direction.

Before that, Albina sang your song "Samba" of the white moth ...

Yes, she chose it herself, she always liked this song very much. She did a great arrangement.

Albina and Valery have different tastes, outlook on the world, temperament, but this does not prevent them from "looking in the same direction"
(Albina: blouse, Alberta Ferretti; trench coat, Escada; beret with veil, Bessarion; earrings, ring, Mercury. Valery: shirt, Kiton; suit, Brioni; coat, Ermenegildo Zegna; chain watch, Patek Philippe)

I am surprised by the comments "Do you really want to cover Valery?". Not at all, no one can do it. We have different temperaments and I wanted to sing it my own way. I invited the arranger Alex Davia, and we created a dance composition.

On November 16, the anniversary concert "Valery Meladze" was held in the Kremlin. The program turned out not to be too strict, as one might think ...

I am strict and restrained only when I bring up children. But in life, and especially on stage, I am very emotional person. Spectators are convinced every time that emotions at the concert are overflowing. After all, my songs are about love, about relationships. With a touch of sadness and humor. The concert in the Kremlin consisted of the best songs that were invented during the 20+ years that I have been on stage, and a block of new compositions. Sometimes I consult with the audience, choosing the repertoire, I ask what they want to hear.

Many artists go to different experiments to "catch the hype", to attract attention. It's hard to imagine you in their place. Is this path unacceptable for you?

As much as I don't like the word "hype", I don't like everything that it means. And many for the sake of this make inappropriate steps. My brother Kostya and I never succumb to the general flow. Some time ago even a duet with a band" VIA Gra"was perceived as a challenge. Like, as you, an adult solid singer, you can sing with a frivolous team. But two wonderful works came out that I'm proud of. Especially" There is no more attraction. "Then Kostya and I don't have the feeling that we went into a creative I have a certain image, a creative reputation that I didn't get easily, which I cherish, and there is a great prospect for activity.Why take drastic steps away from what is already so good?

Valery Meladze and Albina Dzhanabaeva in the shooting of HELLO!
(Valery: shirt, Kiton; suit, tie, Brioni. Albina: dress, Dolce watch, Patek Philippe; ring, Garrard)

In understanding your personality, it is important to take into account the fact that you are the son of Georgia, although you have been living in Moscow for a long time, and in terms of the amount of talent you have long become a man of the world. Or have you moved away from your small homeland?

In no case did I move away from her, but I met many people who were consonant with me, with the same views on life, who were born and raised in Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Baltic States ... Then we all influenced each other. Now they see more negative things in the USSR, but, in my opinion, there were many positive things: the penetration of cultures. This merger gave a very interesting powerful effect in art, music, literature... Of course, I have a Georgian mentality to some extent, but my life principles not so much national as universal. I look at everything simply - from the point of view of a responsible person. And my children take an example from me.

Every man is pleased when a bright woman is next to him. But is it hard for you to accept that she is so independent, brave?

I like it. Once I realized that human relationships are based on freedom. Either you trust a person, or you don't, then at least surround him with fences, don't let him go anywhere - nothing makes sense. The high of a relationship is in a situation where you give a person complete freedom, and he chooses you. If allowed to be realized, he will be happy. And not to give - he will feel inferior. I like everything in our relationship.

Your work requires a lot of dedication. Both you and Albina need a rear. Have you ever discussed the question that being two stars under one roof is incompatible with ordinary life?

There is such an opinion. Not only did we not face this problem, we just adapted. When I have concerts, Albina is waiting for me at home, where comfort and order reign. When she has concerts, I am waiting for her: I sit quietly at the TV in home clothes. And it happens that we go to some kind of "Heat", and both are already in the role of people who are preparing for the stage. Everything human is forgotten, the artistic comes to the fore, but this requires a certain concentration. It is necessary that no one touches you, does not interfere. We have different dressing rooms, and we can arrive on different flights and not even cross paths backstage. Everyone on their own, at their own pace.

Albina, your comment is simply needed here. Valery destroyed the stereotypes about the Georgian man...

From the very beginning of our relationship, he understood that freedom and realization were important to me, and he supported me in everything. I know that he will always wait, listen. He is really the rear for me in this regard. Maybe this role was not so easy for him. After the birth of Luka, our youngest son, in my creative life there was a pause. So comfortable for me, I even caught myself thinking that I had disappeared into the family. I think Valerie was fine with that. I was at home for as long as I wanted. A year later, she gradually began to work, everything went naturally, and there were no obstacles on his part. And now, having returned to the stage, I have not abandoned my female role. There are people who help, but a woman needs some functions to maintain the right energy. I love doing housework and cooking. The man feels it.

Albina took place not only as a singer, but also as an actress. In 2012 she played leading role in the film "Treason" by Kirill Serebrennikov, she can also be seen in a private performance " Bad habits", where she performs with Igor Ugolnikov, Sergei Shakurov and Daniil Spivakovsky.
(Shirt, trousers, Chapurin)

Can Valery insist on something?

Can explain so that I will listen. For me, of course, his opinion is important. So - do not insist, but convince.

Albina, does your education as a psychologist help in life?

Interferes! ( Laughs.)

I must say that I am not a real psychologist. It’s just that once in my life a not very simple moment came, and I wanted to help myself figure it out, switch, get to know new people. Sometimes you are so obsessed with the problems in your world that you need a look from the outside to look at the situation from a different angle. I continued to work on stage, and during my studies my problems began to resolve themselves. But I was brought up in such a way that I bring things to the end. Therefore, I finished my studies, defended my diploma. Valery acted directly as a tempter. I have an exam, I'm sitting at the computer, lined with books, and he: "Let's go to the cinema? Let's go to a restaurant?" I so wanted! But I refused.

In fact, I was surprised, delighted. I am an inconsistent person in this regard. I don’t like it - I’ll suffer, suffer and break off.

Well, how can you like a session? 15 credits... I wanted to drop everything and go to the movies with you! When I entered, it seemed to me that it was something easy, but there were so many different disciplines! And this is a directly academic education - a psychological and pedagogical institute, people conduct receptions after graduation.


Russia is a country where they don't go to psychologists. People go to the baths, go hunting, fishing, gather at the table, chat with friends.

Not true!

I tried. Talking with friends is much easier to decide. In general, the further you go, the more clearly you see the whole matrix of life: why complicate everything, everything is so simple! Sometimes I get downright insights about this. I even wrote down my thoughts one evening. In the morning I read - what nonsense!

But the introspection session took place. Albina, the theme of your diploma is devoted to relationships with teenagers. Does this study help you live with your 14 year old son?

Maybe yes. As a child, Kostya was more accommodating, but now he is rebellious.

He rebels delicately but persistently. Kostya is calm, scrupulous. If he is interested in something, he can enthusiastically study the subject. He read a lot of technical adult books. Whatever we talk about - and these are very different areas - he is able to keep the conversation going on a deep level. It pleasantly surprises me how today's youth can assimilate and analyze a huge amount of information. But if he doesn't want to do something, we can't force him. He is a strong guy, and we are sympathetic to this.

It took me a lot of effort to get into this position. I was brought up differently. In addition to the diploma of a psychologist, Valery helps, he has enough patience, love and attention. I admire the way he communicates with the guys. I would be more emotional.

Albina and Valery are raising two sons: 14-year-old Konstantin and four-year-old Luka. After the birth of her youngest son, Albina took a year off, now her career is actively developing

It turns out that Valery acts as a senior comrade, wise with experience ...

This is a slightly exaggerated image, we do not particularly feel the difference in age. In some matters related to the house, life, I feel more competent. We are like communicating vessels. And over time, they generally turned into a single whole.

Do kids distract you from each other or make the relationship richer?

We always find time for ourselves. Children fill our lives, with the birth of Luka, she shone with all the colors of the rainbow. This is a new level, including our relations. Like all parents, we had sleepless nights, and Valera helped a lot. Opened up to me like a dad. He was fully engaged, intercepted the initiative.

Albina Dzhanabaeva and Valery Meldaze in the shooting of HELLO!
(Albina: dress, Chanel; trench coat, Yana; earrings, Pasquale Bruni; ring, Garrard; necklace, Messika. Valery: shirt, Kiton; suit, Brioni; coat, Ermenegildo Zegna; hat, Borsalino)

Some perfect man...

Valery is a very responsible person. And the fact that we chose each other was a conscious decision that did not relieve him of responsibility in relation to all those with whom his life connected him.

If we talk about Bonnie and Clyde, then their relationship was fueled by criminal stories, in your case, what is it? When you look at your photos or performances on stage, it seems that you just met. You have an enthusiastic attitude towards each other.

Maybe it's just true?

I'm sure it's true because it's true. ( Laughs.)

Albina: trench coat, Yana; dress, Chanel; shoes, Ekonika; earrings, Pasquale Bruni; ring, Garrard. Valery: shirt, Kiton; suit, Brioni; coat, Ermenegildo Zegna; hat, Borsalino; boots, Pantanetti

What allows you to look at each other in a new way?

You know, I want the first love to last longer, so the inner mood is important. Then I realized that you definitely need to talk if something is wrong. Pouting and being silent, freaking out, slamming the door, harboring only resentment and the thought “they don’t understand me” is the road to nowhere. We are from different planets, this must be taken for granted. You can’t wait for a person who fully understands you, this will not happen. We must talk. Another thing is that in order to start communicating first after a quarrel, you need to step over yourself. Probably because I am older, wiser, as a rule, I start the conversation first. Although Albina also now, sometimes, initiates a movement towards, and this makes me very happy. To be honest, I don’t need anything else, the essence of the conversation is secondary to the desire to communicate in principle. You can not talk at all, just sit next to each other, look at each other. But I hope we will master this level in 20-30 years.

Albina: dress, YAKUBoWITCH; coat, Ulyana Sergeenko Couture; shoes, Ekonika; necklace, Messika; earrings, Mercury. Valery: shirt, Kiton; suit, Brioni; coat, Ermenegildo Zegna

Style: Maria Kolosova. Producer: Olga Zakatova Make-up and hairstyles: Tatyana Preobrazhenskaya. Stylist assistant: Alena Gazarova. Producer assistant: Elizaveta Popova. We thank the Hartwell Hotel and Alexey Prupes for help in organizing the shooting