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Biography, life story of the group “Ivanushki International”

« Ivanushki International" - Russian pop group.

Creative path

Perhaps one of the most popular groups in the country. Her army of fans numbers several million girls around the world. Perhaps no other Russian group could not boast of so many admirers.

The official founding date of the team is November 1994.

On November 10, 1994, on Igor Sorin’s birthday, producer and composer Igor Matvienko appointed a general screening: Igor Sorin (GITIS graduate, former member musical "Metro" on Broadway), Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov (former director of the Sochi Fashion Theater) and (magazine cover star) came together for the first time. All three wanted to sing in the group so much that they did something unimaginable at the audition. “For a long time we could not find a name for the new team, - said Andrey. – I still have a notebook somewhere, covered with hundreds of titles.”. Therefore, the first appearances on stage were carried out under working names - “Apollo Union”, “Pencils”, etc. And then one day the songwriter Herman Witke suggested calling the guys “Ivanushki”. And then I thought and added “International”. The tedious rehearsals and recording of songs began.

The guys in their project wanted to combine the best traditions of Russian folk music, Soviet stage and popular foreign dance styles (disco, trance, etc.) This concept was reflected in the name of the group. In 1996, Ivanushki released their first studio album, Of Course He. It included three cover versions of songs by bands and performers of the late 80s (“Universe”, originally performed by VIA “Rondo”, “Floors” and “Malina” performed by the group “Class”). In addition, the album included other songs that later became iconic (“Clouds”, “Ring”, “Somewhere”).

At the beginning of 1997, the group released their next album, “Of course it is remixed.” The creators of the remixes were sound designer and co-producer of the group Igor Polonsky, keyboard player of the group “” Konstantin Smirnov and Dj Maxim Milyutenko. In addition to remixes of existing songs, “Ivanushki” also released their future hit - the song “Doll” and a cover version of the song of the group “Dusya”.

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The second numbered album “Your Letters”, which was also released in 1997, included 11 songs. As in the first two albums, the third was not without cover versions of hits of past years (“Aleshkina Love”, “Little Sister”, “Girl-Girl”). In addition to music tracks, the album includes an audio letter from the band members.

In the second half of 1997, changes occurred in the group's composition. Igor Sorin leaves her, having decided to take up solo career. Oleg Yakovlev takes his place. Oleg Yakovlev’s debut took place in the video “Doll”. Sorin's fate was tragic: on September 1, 1998, he committed suicide by jumping out of the window of his apartment.

In 1998, “Ivanushki” released one of best works- song “Poplar fluff”. In the summer of 1998, the video for this song was widely aired on Russian channels, and the song took first place in the Russian Radio chart.

In 1999 the disc “Fragments of Life” was released. dedicated to memory Igor Sorin. This album contains unique recordings: Igor’s poems performed by him, his first songs recorded before he became “Ivanushka”. The disc also includes the songs “Ivanushki” with poems by Igor Sorin and their new, never published song dedicated to Igor Sorin – “I will never forget you.”

In April 1999, the group “Ivanushki International” released its new, third numbered album “I will scream about this all night” - this is the name of the title song of the disc, performed by the brightest red-haired “Ivanushka” - Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov .

This was the first album in which Oleg Yakovlev took part as a full soloist. Work on the disc was carried out from August to November last year. Mixing and mastering were carried out in the recording studio of the Mosfilm film concern.

The album “I’ll Scream About This All Night” includes ten new songs, among which there are already well-known compositions - “Poplar Pooh”, which filled the airwaves of music radio stations and television channels at the end of the summer of 1998, and the song “You’re Near”, included in album “Fragments of Life” in memory of Igor Sorin entitled “I will never forget you.”

Future plans for “Ivanushki” included releasing a DVD, filming a new video and recording new songs. In addition to the regular songwriters of “Ivanushki” - Alexander Shaganov and Mikhail Andreev, songs for the new album were written by Konstantin Arsenev and German Witke, who had previously contributed to the song “Millions of Lights” for the team’s debut album. The record itself, in addition to the musical content, for the first time includes a multimedia track on which the video “Bullfinches” and a mini-film about the filming of this video were recorded, as well as fragments of concert performances. This version of the album has a limited edition.

The next album by “Ivanushki” was the disc “Wait for Me,” followed by “Oleg, Andrey,” released in 2002. It included such group hits as “Golden Clouds,” “Beznadega.ru,” and “A Drop of Light.” This album was the last commercially successful project groups (according to critics). The group’s next album, “10 Years in the Universe,” released in 2005, consists entirely of songs from past years, covers of “Ivanushki” songs performed by other performers (“,” “,” “Kuba,” etc.), and a remix of the song “Poplar fluff” from the project. The song “Oriole”, released in 2006, remained unnoticed.

In the second half of the 2000s, due to a sharp decline in popularity, the group went into the shadows for some time. For several years the guys did not record new albums, focusing only on concert activities and appearances on various television shows.

In November 2010, Ivanushki International celebrated its fifteenth birthday.

The new album “Ivanushek” was released only in 2013. In the same year, Oleg Yakovlev left the group. Kirill Turichenko took his place.

Brief biography of participants

Andrey Grigoriev-Appolonov

Place of birth: Sochi, Krasnodar region.

Parents: mother is an administrator of the Sochi Winter Theater, father is a surgeon, chief physician of a children's hospital.

Education: music school piano class, Sochi Pedagogical College, Russian Academy Theater Arts(variety department).

As a child, he collected stamps and was awarded as the owner of the best collection certificate of honor and a trip to Artek. At school he played table tennis, becoming a candidate for master of sports. After school, I received a specialty as a primary school teacher, in which I worked for about 3 months. From the age of 16 he participated in shows at the Sochi Mod Theater, and at 20 he became its stage director. At 22 like a winner creative competition went to the USA for two years to perform in a Broadway musical.

At the beginning of 2002, Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov tried himself in a new field - as a TV presenter of the program “12 Evil Spectators” on MTV. In 2003-2005 - host of the TV game “Polundra!” (STS-ATV).

Kirill Andreev

Place of birth: Moscow.

Education: Moscow high school 468, technical school, American school of advertising and fashion models.

Parents: mother – printing engineer; father is a builder.

From 1989 to 1991 he served in the artillery troops in the Vladimir region, in the city of Kovrovo. After that, he entered a fashion modeling school. For some time he worked as a model. He continued his studies at the New York Model School. Before Ivanushki, I was never interested in music.

Started working in the Ivanushki International group from the day it was founded.

Since 2003, at the same time he began performing with a 40-minute solo program of 10 songs.

Kirill Turichenko

Place of birth: Odessa, Ukraine.

Education: graduated from music school (piano class), while at school he was also involved in a theater group. In 2004 he graduated from the Faculty of Music of the South Ukrainian University.

In childhood and adolescence, he took part in numerous song competitions. After graduating from university, he devoted his life to theater and music. He was engaged in a solo career.

Started working for the Ivanushki International group in 2013.

Oleg Yakovlev (former participant)

Place of birth: born in the Mongolian city of Choibolsan, where his parents were on a business trip.

Parents: mother is a teacher of Russian language and literature.

Education: unfinished music school in piano class, GITIS. After finishing first grade, he returned to Russia. He lived in Irkutsk with his parents and sisters. He was engaged in the sports section of athletics, a candidate for master of sports. He sang in the choir of the Palace of Pioneers. After school he moved to Moscow. Entered GITIS with a degree in Actor drama theater and cinema”, where he studied acting with. Before joining the group, he worked in his teacher's theater. He was involved in the plays: “Cossacks”, “Twelfth Night”, “Lev Gurych Sinichkin”. He worked part-time on the radio, recording commercials, until they called him and invited him to audition.

Worked in the Ivanushki International group from March 1998 to 2013.

Igor Sorin

Place of birth: Moscow.

Education: after school I entered a radio-mechanical technical school. In 1988, I decided to devote my life to something more interesting and exciting and entered the school. Gnesins (branch musical comedy). He interrupted his studies to tour the world with the musical “Metro,” but a little later he returned to school and successfully graduated.

He worked in the Ivanushki International group from 1994 to 1998. After leaving the team, he began a solo career.

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And, of course, the group “Ivanushki”, without which it is now difficult to imagine the music scene of those years.

“Doll Masha”, “Bullfinches”, “Also part of the universe”, “Poplar fluff”, “Clouds” - the whole country sang along with the words of these songs, and the young pretty soloists broke more than one girl’s heart, conquering young beauties with simple lyrics about love.

Compound

The official founding date of the Ivanushki International group is November 1994. It was then that three young people -, and - first appeared on the same stage together. This trio became the first composition of the team. Each of the singers already had some experience working on stage, but the musicians had yet to learn how to work as a single team.

Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov can perhaps be called the most bright participant team. And not only for his cheerful disposition and artistry, but also for his appearance. The performer quickly acquired the nickname “the redhead from Ivanushki.” Andrey is from Sochi, born on June 26, 1972. Before getting to the casting, Andrei managed to graduate from music school and a pedagogical college, work as a fashion model and even stage several performances at the Sochi Drama Theater.

The second member of the original composition of the Ivanushki group is Kirill Andreev. Kirill is a Muscovite, born on April 6, 1971. From the first days, Andreev got used to the image of a macho, the main seducer of women's hearts. Textured appearance was the reason why Igor Matvienko invited young man for the casting.

Until this moment, Kirill worked as a model and did not even think about a musical career. However, as it turned out, Kirill Andreev’s vocal abilities suited the “Ivanushki” trio well.

From the open and cheerful Andrei and brutal Kirill, the third member of the group, Igor Sorin, was distinguished by greater external calm and thoughtfulness. Igor made such an impression for a reason - it was he who became the author of many of the group’s songs. Creativity could be traced in Igor since childhood (the singer was born on November 10, 1969 in Moscow). Theater studio, music school, work on stage - all this shaped Igor’s talent and allowed him to become the idol of thousands of music lovers.

Unfortunately, Igor did not stay with the group members for long: in 1998, the musician decided to start a solo project. And in September of the same year, Sorin died. The singer fell from a 6th floor balcony. A few days later, Igor Sorin died in the hospital.

Igor's place in the Ivanushki International group was taken by. Oleg was distinguished by his unusual oriental appearance, artistry and excellent plasticity, which allowed the singer to perform incredible dance somersaults on stage. Oleg Yakovlev was born on November 18, 1970 in the Mongolian city of Choibalsan.

The singer quickly found common language with the rest of the “Ivanushki”, and also won the love of music lovers. In this, Oleg was helped not only by charm, but also by talent: the musician also had a music school, an athletics section, and even experience working on the theater stage.

Oleg Yakovlev, by a strange and tragic coincidence, joined the list of deceased group members. In 2013, the musician left the band to pursue a solo career. And four years later, in 2017, fans were shocked by the news. As it became known later, Oleg died due to worsening pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver.

The place of Oleg Yakovlev in 2013 was taken by another Kirill by name. New member“Ivanushek” is a little younger than his colleagues: the artist was born on January 13, 1983 in Odessa. Kirill has considerable experience working on stage. Turichenko tried his hand both as a singer and as an actor. Perhaps that is why the young man quickly became part of the team and at concerts behaved as if he had been working with the Ivanushki International group from the very beginning.

Music

Igor Matvienko, gathering a team for new group, planned to create completely new style execution. As a result, the producer and musicians really managed to combine several directions in the songs: shades of Russian folk music, the best traditions of Soviet pop music and, of course, Western dance rhythms.

The first composition of the group "Ivanushki"

The first album, released in 1996, gave the group popularity and love of millions of fans. And the compositions “Universe” (cover of the song), “Ring”, “Clouds” still remain popular and relevant.

The following year, the team gave fans two albums at once - “Of course he is (remix)” and “Your letters”. The first included remixes and updated versions already popular songs, the second consisted of new releases and cover versions of popular songs by other artists. And again, the popularity of the records exceeded even the wildest expectations of the soloists and producer.

The first clips also appeared, which at that time were played on, perhaps, all channels. In 1997, fans met a new member of the group - Oleg Yakovlev, who first appeared in the video for the song “Dolls”. The next hit, called “Poplar Down,” was recorded with the participation of Oleg.

1999 was marked for the band with the release of two more albums. The performers dedicated the first, “Fragments of Life,” to the deceased Igor Sorina, collecting his unreleased songs and poems into one record. The collection ended with the composition “I will never forget you,” which became an appeal to Igor. The second record, “I’ll Scream About This All Night,” presented listeners with new compositions by their favorite group.

The second composition of the group "Ivanushki"

The next album from the prolific band was released a year later, in 2000. The album was called “Wait for Me.” And two years later, fans became acquainted with the album “Oleg, Andrey, Kirill,” which again blew up the charts. This album includes the compositions “A Drop of Light”, “Beznadega.ru”, “Golden Clouds”.

Oleg, Andrey and Kirill were again surrounded by the love of fans and fame. Unfortunately, this record would later be called the last successful work of the Ivanushki International group. However, while the trio was at the peak of popularity, and photographs and posters of the soloists were kept, perhaps, in the collection of every music lover.

With the next album, released in 2005, “Ivanushki” summed up a kind of conclusion of their own creativity, collecting under one cover best songs past years, performed together with the groups “Fabrika”, “Roots” and other young groups. The album is called “10 years in the Universe”.

A year later, the group presented to the audience a new composition called “Oriole”. The verdict was disappointing: the song never became a hit. This was the beginning of a decline in the band’s popularity; the guys stopped recording compositions, but continued to tour constantly and participate in national teams. holiday concerts and popular TV shows.

The performers celebrated the group's fifteenth birthday on stage: a concert tour across the country and a gala concert in the capital allowed fans to meet their idols again and remember their favorite compositions. And three years later, “Ivanushki” introduced a new member of the group - Kirill Turichenko, who replaced Oleg Yakovlev, who went solo.

New composition of the group "Ivanushki"

In 2015, the band, renewed for the second time, released the long-awaited record. A full 10 years have passed since the release of the previous album, so the collection of new songs was received with a bang by fans, but, unfortunately, “Ivanushki” was never able to achieve its former popularity.

Group "Ivanushki International" now

Now the group continues to give concerts. “Ivanushki” also appears on popular television projects. For example, in 2017 the group performed together with the member “ New factory stars” by Nikita Kuznetsov, performing the hit of past years “Poplar Pooh”.

In addition, in one of the interviews, the artists admitted that they had already recorded a new composition and were planning to shoot a video for it at the beginning of 2018. And the musicians planned a world tour for April and May.

Group "Ivanushki" in 2017

It is noteworthy that the members of the group, which is already 23 years old, do not regret at all that their former popularity is already gone. The singers admit that fame has changed respectful attitude from fans, many of whom are no longer young either.

However, the world of show business is changeable: who knows, perhaps the next album of the group will return “Ivanushki” to the top of the charts.

Discography

• 1996 - “Of course he is”
• 1997 - “Of course he is (Remix)”
• 1997 - “Your Letters”
• 1999 - In memory of Igor Sorin “Fragments from Life”
• 1999 - “I’ll scream about this all night”
• 2001 - “Ivanushki” in Moscow”
• 2002 - “Oleg, Andrey, Kirill”
• 2005 - “10 years in the universe”
• 2015 - “The best of our lives”

Clips

• 1995 - “Universe”
• 1996 - “Clouds”
• 1997 - “Doll”
• 1998 - “Believe me, I’m very sorry too”
• 1998 - “Poplar fluff”
• 1999 - “Bullfinches”
• 2000 - “Revi”
• 2001 - “A Drop of Light”
• 2002 - “Golden Clouds”
• 2003 - “Bouquet of Lilacs”
• 2006 - “Oriole”
• 2007 - “I can’t live without you”
• 2013 - “Best Day”
• 2015 - “Dance while they dance”

Ivanushki International - Russian music group, founded in 1995 by producer Igor Matvienko.Composition of the group "IVANUSHKI International" since 2013: Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov (in the group since 1995), Kirill Andreev (in the group since 1995), Kirill Turichenko (in the group since 2013).
Initially, the group did not have its own name and they performed under various pseudonyms “Soyuz-Apollo” and others. Only six months later the final name “Ivanushki International” appeared.Conceptually, Igor Matvienko wanted in his new project to combine the best traditions of Russian folk music, Soviet pop music and popular foreign dance styles (disco, trance, etc.). This concept was reflected in the name of the group. In 1996, Ivanushki released their first studio album, “Of Course He.” It included three cover versions of songs by groups and performers of the late 80s “Universe”, in addition, the album also included other songs that later became iconic “Clouds”, “Ring”, “Somewhere”.In 1998, Ivanushki released one of her best works, the song “Poplar Down.”In 2007, when the winter Olympic Games 2014 was assigned to Sochi, “Ivanushki” took part in a gala concert at Theater Square Sochi, where there was a live broadcast of the voting of members of the International Olympic Committee.On November 13, 2010, Ivanushki International gathered together at CROCUS CITY HALL in honor of the group’s 15th anniversary.On November 19, 2010, Channel One aired an episode of the show “Property of the Republic” dedicated to Igor Matvienko. The program featured 10 songs by the composer, including four songs from the “Ivanushki” repertoire, and the “Ivanushki” themselves sang “Poplar Down.”The group took part in the filming documentaries 2010: “Igor Matvienko. Maestro in jeans" and "Vladimir Shainsky: suddenly a wizard will fly in...".
November 27, 2015, at Crocus City Hall took place anniversary concert"Ivanushek International". The team celebrated its 20th anniversary creative activity on stage. The singers presented the public with a video for their new song"Dance while they dance!" You can order Ivanushka’s group to perform for a holiday or invite you to participate in a concert on the official website of Vipartist. On the website it is possible to familiarize yourself with the biography, photos and videos of the group, and use the specified contact numbers to invite concert program to the event. To find out the conditions of an invitation to the holiday, call the numbers posted on the website of the concert agent of the Ivanushka group. Fee information and concert schedule will be given to you so that you can invite Ivanushka’s group to an event or order a performance for an anniversary and party. Please check and book available performance dates in advance!

During his solo career, Oleg Yakovlev released several videos: “Dance with your eyes closed” (2013), “Call me after three champagnes” (2013) and “The Blue Sea” (2014).

Except musical career, the artists acted in films, playing episodic roles in three films: “One Hundred Days Before the Order” (1990), “1st Ambulance” (2006) and “Election Day” (2007).

Oleg Yakovlev was never officially married. He also had no children.

"Friend Gone"

Members of “Ivanushki International” Kirill Andreev and Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov expressed their condolences over the death of the former lead singer of the group.

“Today my friend passed away, We lived on tour for 15 whole years, traveled and flew around the entire globe TOGETHER. I grieve /// My dear Olezhka May the Kingdom of Heaven be with you,” wrote Kirill Andreev in Instagram.

On Sputnik radio, he said that he met with Yakovlev two months ago.

“I was in a state of shock yesterday when I found out that he had been in the hospital for a week already. I didn’t even imagine, because we saw each other two months ago, and everything was fine. And a new video came out, and a song. I don’t even have a thought there was a possibility that something serious could happen. My friend left,” said Kirill Andreev.

"How can you say a few words about a person with whom you spent 15 years creative life. Tours, trains, planes, cold hotels - everything happened. The kingdom of heaven for Olezhka, of course. I want his soul to calm down. It’s a pity that it’s so early,” said the lead singer of “Ivanushki”.

Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov also expressed condolences over the death of Yakovlev.

“I’m shocked, my condolences to the friends he had, and to all the fans who loved him as a performer of the songs of the group “Ivanushek International”. This is an absurd death,” he said in an interview

Over their 20-year history of existence, these guys were able to win the popularity and love of millions Russian girls. Official founding date » "Ivanushek International- November 10, 1994. The group did not get its name right away. At first, the guys performed as the Soyuz-Apollo trio.
The first composition of the group “Ivanushki International” is Igor Sorin, Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov and Kirill Andreev. At that time, their songs were not popular, and fans did not line up in crowds in front of the entrance to the concert hall.

The composition of the group “Ivanushki International” announced above began to work. 2 years after its creation, the trio released their debut album, called “Of course it is.” It included the songs “Ring”, “Somewhere” and “Clouds”, which later became hits and brought the group unprecedented popularity. These compositions were played in discos throughout the country.

The second album, “Your Letters,” was released in 1997. It included original compositions, as well as cover versions of songs that were popular in past years. Among them we can highlight “Little Sister”, “Alyoshka’s Love” and so on.

For 15 long years, the composition of the beloved group “Ivanushki International” delighted its fans with great hits and an outstanding trio in the person of Andrei Genrikhovich Grigoriev-Appolonov, Oleg Yakovlev and Kirill Andreev. It’s just that the band’s recently published statement shocked everyone - 30-year-old singer Kirill Turichenko, a participant in the Voice of Ukraine show, officially took the place of Oleg Yakovlev.

About the split male group the rumor began in early February 2013, when lightning-fast news was launched at one of the social parties - Oleg Yakovlev decided to devote himself to a solo career. What caused such a sharp turn on creative path one of “Ivanushki”?

Of course, female charm, under the pressure of which Yakovlev could not stand and surrendered to those developing for the good family life circumstances.

Alexandra Kutsevol, a fairly well-known journalist, has remained the object of Oleg Yakovlev’s courtship for 10 years. She always supported Oleg in everything and continues to offer her beloved the reliable shoulder of a faithful friend.

Just once, after talking with Oleg, in the past an active fan, in the future Yakovlev’s wife Alexandra persuaded her lover to record a solo composition. Yakovlev readily agreed, because after 40 years he became depressed, and he simply did not know what to do with it. By the way, this song was followed by 6 more singles, after which the team of the group “Ivanushki International” gave an ultimatum to their partner - either he quits his solo albums or leaves the team, in fact, everyone is already well aware of the result of Yakovlev’s decision. Oleg left the group and is pursuing a solo career.

So, for several months, Kirill Turichenko, an actor and singer from Ukraine, winner of the second season of the show “Voice of the Country”, has been performing as the new soloist of the group “Ivanushki International,” the site reports. In one of his interviews, Kirill stated that, despite the fact that he became one of the “Ivanushkas,” he was not going to give up acting and his solo career. However, nothing has yet been heard about the singer’s own compositions.

According to Oleg, he had been searching for his muse for a long time and after meeting Alexandra he realized that she was the dream of his life. In order to somehow thank his beloved, Yakovlev decides to make a video reminiscent of Oleg’s directorial/cinematographer debut, in which Alexandra herself starred. Oleg emphasized that the flickering moments on the beach and at home belong to him; he was filming his beloved in the Maldives, when the couple decided to once again go for a break from the boring everyday life in the city.

After such a productive vacation, Oleg came up with the idea of ​​such a chaotic video, the clip makers for which, the Kuchersky Brothers, had already helped to complete the video.

The video clearly shows the strong love feelings of the singer and the journalist, which, despite the passage of years, do not fade away; on the contrary, they become brightly fiery. Undoubtedly, solo career Oleg Yakovlev is gaining momentum in popularity thanks to the talent and special charisma of the performer.

Fans of the guys reacted differently to the split of the men’s team “Ivanushki International”; some took the news about Kirill Turichenko for granted, while others were very worried about the departure of Oleg Yakovlev.