Lyubov Voropaeva: “The main reason for our breakup with Zhenya Belousov was his addiction to alcohol. Lyubov Voropaeva: “The main reason for our breakup with Zhenya Belousov was his addiction to alcohol Lyubov Voropaeva biography

The whole country knows songs based on lyrics by Lyubov Voropaeva by heart. Together with her husband, composer Viktor Dorokhin, she created one of the first successful projects Russian show business- Zhenya Belousova. Well, I’ve learned the underbelly of bohemian life like the back of my hand...

“When my husband Viktor Dorokhin and I composed our first songs, Vitya said no more or less: “If you want me to continue writing music, our works must please the biggest stars,” says Lyubov Voropaeva. “If they reject it, it means I’m not a composer and I won’t do it.” Who were the stars then? Pugacheva and Leontyev. We went to the masters, as they say, “straight from the street.” We started with Leontyev. We found out where he was having a concert and took with us a small Sony tape recorder, on which Dorokhin recorded an instrumental disc of the song “ Female portrait" And after the concert they burst into a dressing room full of people: “Valery Yakovlevich, we brought a song to show you.” Dorokhin turns on the tape recorder, takes out a piece of paper with my text and, in front of all the costume designers and administrators, begins to sing in his disgusting composer’s voice. Leontyev looks at us and suddenly says: “Guys, what a cute song! Let's record it! " And he actually wrote it down. Moreover, she turned out to be so successful that the record on March 8, which was released by Melodiya, was named in her honor - “Woman's Portrait”. My poems were printed directly on the cover. This is how our creative duet with Viktor Dorokhin was born.

Twenty degrees without Pugacheva

Another bastion that we set out to conquer was Pugacheva. “Bring the second song,” Dorokhin told me, “to Alla Borisovna. True, she doesn’t dance, but our song “Twenty Degrees of Frost” is danceable, so offer it for Christina.” Orbakaite was just starting then... I found out Pugacheva’s phone number from my friends on the radio, dialed her number, introduced myself: “I’m the poetess Lyubov Voropaeva, I want to show you a song.” “Well, bring me,” she says, “your song.” I grabbed the cassette with the demo recording and went to Alla Borisovna. Vitya was waiting for me downstairs in the car. He knew her after all. He once played drums in “Singing Hearts”, and Alla was an aspiring soloist in “Jolly Fellows”; they often crossed paths on tour. Vitya thought that his appearance would remind Alla of the times when she was suppressed, erased in “Jolly Fellows”, and was not allowed to sing more than two songs in the program. And I went alone. Igor Nikolaev opened the door for me. The loud Alexander Kalyanov looked into the hallway - there was clearly some fun going on in the apartment. I was so scared that Alla had guests! Wildly embarrassed, I handed her the cassette and immediately retreated. She got into the car, and Dorokhin said: “Why are you so fast? Why didn’t you make her listen in your presence?” In general, he scolded me all the way. We go into the apartment - phone call: “This is Pugacheva. Well, what a good song! Christina will sing it." I just stood there frozen with this tube. "Who called?" - Vitya was alarmed. I say: “Pugacheva. They take the song." And then he began to be indignant: “What do you mean they take it? Will they take me without me? Who will do the arrangement? Why didn't you ask? In short, he created a wild scandal. I think: “Damn it, how impudent you are! Pugacheva likes your song, but you are still indignant.” In the end, he finally forced me to call Alla back. She said: “We need to learn the song first, and then we will record. Don't worry." After two or three weeks I had to call again. Pugacheva replied: “We teach, we teach.” And then Dorokhin’s patience ran out, he said: “So? so: I'm tired of it. It is unknown in which studio they will record it, how it will sound. They can ruin my whole song! Therefore, we will record it with Katya Semenova. Go ahead, call Katya." Soon we showed Katya Semyonova “Twenty Degrees of Frost” and at the same time another of our songs “For a Minute”. As a result, “For a Minute,” performed by her, suddenly became the song of the year and went all over the country. At that time, if a young author made it to the finals of the “Song of the Year” and received a laureate’s diploma, this meant that the way to radio and television broadcasts was opened for his subsequent songs. Naturally, Vitya and I were happy! I still keep my laureate diplomas; they occupy an entire shelf in my closet. We received them every year - sometimes two or three at once... And then I came across an interview with young Kristina Orbakaite, where she complained that “here were the authors, they brought me a very nice song, I just fell in love with it, began to work on it, and suddenly I turn on the radio and hear it performed by another singer. Yes, such authors will not miss theirs!” In a word, because of Dorokhin, relations with Pugacheva were ruined. “He was such a person - everything should be under his control. He didn't write many songs, but they all turned out to be very noticeable. Vitya said: “I beast of prey, I give birth to lion cubs.” At the same time, his character was very difficult...

Tutor for Serov

Meanwhile, Victor and I turned out to be the first producers in Russia to make own project in the person of Zhenya Belousov. “My Blue-Eyed Girl”, “Night Taxi”, “Golden Domes”, “Such short summer"- these songs were sung everywhere. Following us, literally neck and neck, came Krutoy and Sasha Serov. I want to tell you about Sasha Serov separately... We were introduced by Igor Krutoy, to whom my older friend, poetess Rimma Kazakova, told me that I was fluent in English. Igor, through some of his channels in the Ministry of Culture, agreed that Serov would represent the USSR at the Intertalent-87 competition in Prague. But to participate in it it was necessary to perform a composition on English language. Igor had already written a song based on the poems of Rimma Kazakova, and asked me to do it as quickly as possible English version. He even paid 200 rubles “for urgency” - the then monthly salary of a Soviet employee. It was a small task: to teach Sasha Serov to sing it in English in a short time. So Sasha appeared at our house, on Malaya Bronnaya, and we began to prepare for the competition. This happened mostly late in the evening - Serov came to see me after the concerts. To begin with, I wrote everything to him in transcription in Russian letters, and only then we started cramming. But where is it... with English pronunciation Sasha had a big problem. And yet, it was not in vain that we suffered with him: firstly, the entire population of the nearby streets became acquainted with the song performed by Sasha, and secondly, Serov won the “Intertalent-87” competition! A few years later he gave me a painting with an inscription on back side“Luba Voropaeva – with gratitude for Intertalant-87.” And then Victor became seriously ill. He began to have health problems after breaking up with Zhenya Belousov. This was a very strong blow for Dorokhin and an incredibly difficult decision - to abandon the main work of his life. After all, he created such a grandiose project from scratch - a real national idol! Dorokhin's condition deteriorated rapidly. His heart ached, his legs gave out, he had surgery... As a result, Vitya could only exercise social activities, I no longer found the strength to create. But there was no money at home! Reforms took place in the country, and everything earned was burned. In addition, when this easy money appeared, it was distributed very generously left and right. As creative people, we didn’t attach much importance to them. The room where I now have a bedroom was previously called our “wallet”; we used to throw plastic bags with wads of money there. And often there was squabbling at home over who would count them. We lent in bags and bought everything - the money depreciated before our eyes, it had to be saved somehow. In short, the moment came when it became very difficult for us financially. Just then, one of my acquaintances began organizing events in Moscow restaurants, which are now called “events”. And he invited me to participate in these projects - he took over the business part, and I took over the social part - inviting “star” guests. Thus began an activity that was so unusual for a poetess - producing events. Soon I began to work independently and was invited to the Golden Palace casino. My projects took place in annual cycles. These were “Star News”, and “Star Zodiac”, and “Golden Person”, and the culinary competition “Cold Ten”. Gradually I became simply in great demand. The stars with whom I collaborated knew that, firstly, it would be interesting and fun, and secondly, they would receive honest PR. Because all the best publications came to me. I am happy that even now, having returned to the event in the fall of 2014, I am working with the same people with whom I once started. In mid-October last year, my first show took place at the Oblaka restaurant, dedicated to my fortieth anniversary. creative activity Roxana Babayan. Her calling card is the song “Two Women,” written by Viktor Dorokhin and me. Everyone was happy to meet again, I was inundated with bouquets... If the crisis does not hit the establishment too hard, I hope everything will work out for us. So far there have been six shows. We presented a national project with great success People's Artist Vladimir Devyatov “Folk Sphere”, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Sasha Shaganov, the 25th anniversary of Evgeniy Fridlyand’s creative activity... And I dedicated one of the events to my old friend, Kolya Agutin, the father of Leonid Agutin, who once brought me into show business .

A ball of kissing snakes

Here is how it was. Kolya Agutin had an unofficial wife, Lena Zhernova, who then worked at Central House writers, where I, a young poetess, ran to drink coffee. And so one day I was sitting with the collection “Poetry Day” in my hands, where my next publication was published (this publication was considered very pretentious), and I saw Lenka drinking coffee with some man. She called me to their table and introduced me to her gentleman, Kolya Agutin. He turned out to be a great connoisseur belles lettres. And, being married to Leni Agutin’s mother, Lyudmila, a teacher of Russian language and literature, he understood this very well. Moreover, I learned over time that for many years Nikolai Petrovich Agutin and Lyuda, already being husband and wife, carried on a love correspondence in poetry with each other.” After reading my poems in “Poetry Day,” he asked: “Haven’t you tried write songs? I said no". - “Do you want to try it?” Of course, I didn't refuse. Kolya introduced me to the head of the VIA “Jolly Fellows”, where he then worked as a director. And soon he moved to VIA “Singing Hearts”. In those years these were two super popular ensembles. And suddenly, as if by magic, I get there and there. There's competition for me because I suddenly find myself a gifted songwriter. Later, over the course of many years, Kolya and I encountered each other in life; Zhenya Belousov’s first director was him. He visited me even after Dorokhin passed away. In general, among the main characters of my shows there was not a single person with whom I had a tense relationship. Although I can’t say that I’m friends with everyone. But mutual language I can find. As Borya Zosimov once said, a “party” is “a ball of kissing snakes.” But I’m not a snake by nature, so people probably aren’t afraid of me and relax in my presence. Including masters, stars of the older generation.”

Interesting Facts

“We lent in bags and bought everything...”

It was with Valery Leontyev that the poetess began her journey into the world of big show business...

Babayan could only entrust the organization of the 40th anniversary of her creative activity to Voropaeva...

Interviewed by Ekaterina Pryannik

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She is a poet, songwriter, producer, winner of the “Song of the Year” award - and she does it all

Love knows how to combine the incompatible. These components form her unique personality and charisma. She is a romantic hooligan, stylish and attractive.

Lyubov Grigorievna, how can you successfully combine the tender, trembling soul of a poetess and the business acumen of an iron lady of show business?

My acumen is less business than professional. Outside of the profession, I am a poet and a woman. In general, to be serious, life is not easy for me. However, like all of us!

- Have you already written your book about Russian show business? How did you get into it?

I haven’t written the book yet, I just started it and abandoned it due to personal circumstances, and most likely I won’t finish it in the near future. It’s just that work distracts me all the time - orders for songs, and I’m working, I have to live on something! And I got into show business by accident: my late husband Viktor Dorokhin and I were the first to start doing it professionally in our country, becoming the first producers to make a real show business product based on the Western model - the Zhenya Belousov project. That’s how I got into show business, and I was the first to even introduce the word “producer” into our society, in one of my interviews with the MK newspaper, and everyone else followed us!

- Is this really a “tangle of kissing snakes”?

In the form in which our show business exists now, it is worse than this very tangle of kissing reptiles. However, I have definitely identified a place for myself in modern system relationships in this very show business: I am outside of them!

- They supported you when your husband, composer and producer Viktor Dorokhin, was seriously ill. Did anyone help?

When I once turned to my colleagues for help, and Victor began to get seriously ill back in the 90s, everyone helped me! Victor was then in the hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he underwent serious surgery on his spine. Approaching New Year, and the head of the hospital asked me to arrange a small New Year’s “chef” concert for the medical staff of this hospital. At first I was a little scared, because all the artists in those days were already in full swing with the so-called New Year's Eve, but when I started calling, everyone immediately agreed. And what do you think - the whole cream of the then show business of the country came to the concert at this hospital! We didn’t have a concert in the hospital, but just the final of “Song of the Year”! The artists arrived in concert costumes from other venues and left for other concerts in them. I remember that Anzhelika Varum then threw her fur coat right over a light translucent dress and drove off to the airport! But Victor Dorokhin was ill for many years, and I never again abused the kindness of my colleagues...

Lyubov Voropaeva and Joseph Kobzon

- What lifestyle do you need to lead to be successful in this world of show business?

You must be natural and sincere, love yourself and your neighbors, do what you love. We must enjoy every new day, life itself, and smile at the world right in the morning! However, this is consistent only with my personal concept of success. Many people these days think differently: they value setups and loot; they climb this pile to their “success”!

- Lyuba, it’s true that you can start something at night general cleaning or grand cooking?

I'm an owl, and that says it all! At night I have a lot of strength and energy, I can “move mountains”! But more often than not, as I have noticed in myself, I begin to work in the field of household chores with intense attention before I sit down to do creative work. It’s as if I’m putting off the main thing, what I’m meant for - apparently, I’m gathering strength and thus recharging myself for the flight!

- What culinary dishes have you invented?

When I cook, I always invent; not a single dish I prepare lacks improvisation! Even if I take a recipe from the Internet, I always cook with my own nuances and deviations. Cooking is also creativity, here only inspiration rules! Today I cooked eggplant on the grill and immediately posted my recipe on social networks.

Cut 3 medium-sized eggplants lengthwise and place in salted water for an hour to remove the bitterness. Remove the eggplants from the water, wipe dry with a napkin and place on the top rack in the oven. “Grill” mode, that is, “high heat” - fry for 10 minutes on each side. Place the eggplants in a salad bowl, and while they are hot, sprinkle on top with finely chopped cilantro, parsley, garlic from a garlic press, finely chopped walnuts and pour in white sauce wine vinegar And olive oil(1 table spoon + 1 table spoon). Cover with a lid and let sit for 1 hour.

Did you impress your current husband Nikolai Arkhipov, also a composer and producer, with your culinary art or your unique feminine charm?

He treats my culinary art with respect, but is cool, since he still eats food “like in childhood.” His favorite dish- Navy-style pasta, with beef stew! Kissel still loves it. He often indulges in fast food. And so, I don’t have a grateful taster in his person - my culinary masterpieces everyone around him appreciates him. So, the point, apparently, is my feminine charms, and of course, the fact that he and I are united by a common cause from the very beginning. We write songs together, which means it’s also about my talent!

- For what actions do you especially appreciate him?

My current husband He did a lot of valuable things towards me: starting with the fact that he introduced me to the Internet, teaching me all the basics and nuances of relationships with a computer, and ending with the fact that he makes me coffee every morning! I have low blood pressure, and without my morning coffee I would have a hard time. In addition, I am completely ignorant in all household matters, with the exception of cooking, I don’t even drive a car, and my husband takes on all these difficulties.

Your mother is many years old, but she has retained her attractive appearance and youthful energy. How did she do it?

This is love and the extraordinary power of the Spirit! She and her dad have lived together for more than 60 years, and still walk hand in hand, hug and kiss. And they coo as if they were talking to each other - turn out the lights! My parents are one! Their generation learned all the hardships and horrors of the history of our country and did not break. They should all be given the title of heroes during their lifetime. As for proper nutrition, yes, my parents eat organic food all their lives, and go out into nature, read good books, watch little TV, go for walks every day... Well done!

You will have time to take care of projects, housework, and pay attention to your spouse... What is the secret of the “perpetual motion machine”?

Genes and character!

Photo from personal LiveJournal

- Maintained a slim figure. Is this also genetics?

Self-improvement and diets. In this sense, I, like most women, either gain weight by indulging my little weaknesses, or take care of myself and lose weight!

- How do you relieve stress, why do you cry?

I have already seen so much grief in my life that I almost never cry “about it.” Tears in my eyes can suddenly appear from the wind or from some piece of art that pierces me. And in a situation of pain and stress, I can suddenly smile, my defense works like that! A couple of times in serious situations, psychologists even worked with me, for which I thank them very much, but otherwise I adjust myself and sleep a lot under stress. I get out of conflicts simply: I try not to get into them. I simply step away from the conflicting party and stop energy exchange.

- What advice do you give to people who cry down your throat?

Think positive! After all, our thoughts materialize.

- Due to your position, you are simply obliged to always be stylish. Where do you buy clothes, do you know how to sew yourself?

I don’t know how to sew, I dress “for going out” in boutiques abroad and at home. I have a friend who is the owner of a multi-brand boutique in Moscow, so it’s easier for me in this sense - Karina knows my taste and has been ordering things for me in Paris and Milan for many years. However, at home and in everyday life I prefer a sporty style: jeans, T-shirts, sweaters - it’s more convenient for me!

- How do you create comfort in your country house near Moscow? What's his specialty?

The highlight of my home is myself, with all my impulses! I furnished the first floor of the house with heavy Thai furniture self made with bronze rivets, in the style of a kind of castle... I once had such an impulse! I suddenly ordered an expensive kitchen, with built-in Siemens appliances. When I spend the winter in a Moscow apartment, I think: why did I throw so much money down the drain, why the hell does it all cost a whole winter in an unheated house?! In short, these are my tricks and troubles! Plus fussing with all sorts of flowers in the yard.

- How do you take care of your face?

I'm thinking about a circular lift. For now I’m just thinking... I had blepharoplasty in 2004. I use the services of a specialist cosmetologist - in the sense of Botox injections. I’m not hiding all this from anyone! I apply the most modern creams and serums for the skin on natural basis. I agree that you need to grow old with dignity, but it seems to me that this phrase has a slightly different meaning: we need to draw conclusions from the years we have lived, first of all, and develop our soul! As for appearance, you should be a charming woman until your last breath!

- Are you friends with sports?

I'm not good with sports. I'm a homebody, I'm too lazy to even walk. I can’t learn to walk “for the sake of health,” I usually need to set some kind of goal for myself, then I go. But if picking mushrooms is considered some kind of sport, then I am an ace - a passionate mushroom picker! I can run for mushrooms in the forest all day long and not get tired.

- What secrets should a true woman possess in order to always have a comrade-in-arms, a faithful companion nearby?

I don’t know...I think that you should love the person who is nearby. Just love and that's it. And if there is no love, then at least respect, because respect is sometimes even more important than intimate relationships! And one more thing: sometimes it seems to me that a woman who cannot live alone always finds a mate. But a woman who is emancipated or plays the role of such a person does not find it. Everything lies within us!

- What words should a wife use to calm her husband down when he is angry?

It's better to remain silent! After all, there are men who lack energy, and they vampirize their wives, yelling at them in order to feed on their reciprocal energy flow. Here it is better to be silent, not to get excited, even to leave the room. Because in this case, the “aggressor” is quickly blown away, and he no longer has the strength to “bastard”!

- How do you remove aggression from people?

I put on a protective shell, remain silent, and smile often.

Lyubov Voropaeva and Irina Miroshnichenko

- Do you have any favorite celebrity friends?

Masha Arbatova, Volodya Vishnevsky, the Presnyakov family...

- Real image Is the “star” in life very different from her virtual image in life?

Someone like. Those who play "star" in real life, often fall out of this reality, and some fall out for good, the Kingdom of Heaven to them!

Do you do various musical projects. Who are your favorite artists among those who have already been promoted?

My husband and I loved only Zhenya Belousov as our own. Everyone else on their own human qualities found themselves on the wrong wave and height. I am not involved in promoting talent in the sense of transferring my experience in show business, “growing” an artist and promoting him - there is no one to transfer my experience to yet. Although I do not rule out that a person may appear who will trust me recklessly and unconditionally, which means he will become a superstar under my leadership! In general, of course, I help all the artists, without exception, who record our songs with Nikolai Arkhipov.

-Can you remember the saddest day of your life?

Sad... Terrible: the passing of my husband Viktor Dorokhin. The ambulance was about forty minutes late due to traffic jams, Vitya died in my arms...

- And the most joyful?

Oh, how many there were! Actually, I’m also a comedian... One day my friend and I were sitting at a table in a Yalta restaurant, joking. For fun, I put on glowing bunny ears, and the whole restaurant was staring at them - it was a respectable place. I go up to the musicians, give them money and order “A Song about Hares” for myself, my beloved, for “our dear Lyubov Voropaeva.” Musicians ask me: “Are you the same Lyubov Voropaeva?” I say: “Yes, but today I am a bunny”... I went out to dance to this very song. The musicians played and sang, dying of laughter. Then, as a bonus, they decided to play “The Song about Hares” for me again... At this point I became emotional, climbed onto the stage, and together with them sang this song from beginning to end to a stormy ovation from the audience...

Stars protect their personal lives from prying eyes and come up with virtual engagements and weddings for PR. So?

The personal and sexual lives of our stars are always of interest yellow press. Some publications even pay celebrities handsome fees for these kinds of “exclusives,” for allegedly “leaking information.” Do not believe the indignant exclamations of those “exposed” in such “events”, and even their endless trials and other litigation with the tabloids - this is all PR. And without this there is nowhere, stars without scandals will not be stars, and the tabloids will close, and the ratings of most news sites will collapse, and at work people will have nothing to discuss with each other... Demand creates supply!

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After all, wherever you go, to any office or store, you will always hear a heated argument about whether Pugacheva lives with Galkin and “why does he need all this, after all, he’s rich...” And you know they walk around imposingly like that sweet couple and don’t forget to tell the paparazzi where and what time the two of them will appear! And the paparazzi swear through their teeth, but they go to photograph them - in the cold and in the heat, and early in the morning, and late in the evening... Because it’s a “social order” - people want to know!

Alla Borisovna is generally a unique person in this regard. Just as she was the number one newsmaker under Brezhnev, she remained under Putin, and, God bless her, she will continue to do so... Because she is a folk singer, she knows what her beloved people want from her.

By the way, if Galkin becomes familiar, then Palkin or someone else will appear. Would you consider a photo of Alla Borisovna watering dill in a garden bed or smelling dahlias in the country? Well, they would take a look once and, yawning, put it aside... And when Maxim kisses her, meeting her at the station, and even with flowers in his hands, it’s great! I was terribly scared for Pugacheva when she started touring with Zverev. The journalists then perked up and timidly tried to hear rumors about them. Great love cook it up, and I thought: “Is Alla really digging her own grave?!” But no, it flew by... Galkin appeared on time!

- What do you wish for losers, so that wings grow behind their backs?

Losers don't grow wings behind their backs. They grow only in those who are tuned in to their growth and scope! Therefore, I advise those who have “gone up” to quickly begin to reshape themselves.

- Love, do you still have dreams that you haven’t realized?

It's full! And new ones appear every day. I line them up according to their importance for a particular period of my life. And they stand in this line resignedly and wait patiently. And they always come true, thank God!

- What quatrain of yours will you give us so that our souls will rejoice?

If I give you a lyrical quatrain, I may not match the mood of some of you, my dears! So I’ll tell you a quatrain about myself, my beloved:

From the right family, I speak languages,
She did not take her merits and friends out of thin air...
And also not with a gun, but with with bare hands
I went - and more than once! - one per man!

This modest woman has been working in Russian show business for so long that she has become something of a national brand. Graduate of an English special school and Institute foreign languages named after Maurice Thorez, Lyubov Voropaeva defended her institute diploma with her translations of Keats’s sonnets, but did not become a translator, but became the author of three poetry books and more than a thousand publications of poems in periodicals.

In collaboration with her husband, composer Viktor Dorokhin, Lyubov Voropaeva created Russian stage many hits, and already as a producer - several bright stars, whose light has not gone out to this day. Their most high-profile project is Zhenya Belousov with her calling card - the song “My Blue-Eyed Girl.” No one had any idea that Lyubov Voropaeva called her husband’s computer “the blue-eyed girl”, of which she was very jealous...

I am a native Muscovite, from intelligent family, with traditions, with roots,” says Lyubov Voropaeva. - My dad is a professor, doctor of science, linguist, and my mother is a nuclear physicist. In my family creative people it wasn’t, I was alone; and so do doctors and teachers. My grandmother, my father's mother, graduated from the Institute noble maidens. I was born and lived on Gogolevsky Boulevard, and my grandparents lived on Tverskaya, in the famous Nirenzee house in Bolshoi Gnezdnikovsky Lane, so I grew up between Arbat and Tverskaya. A child of the center, who grew up on the boulevards and even a little on the roof, because in the Nirensee house all the children walked on the roof, there were wonderful playgrounds there.

My housemates were many famous artists, writers and others famous people. I started writing poetry at the age of three, and I’ve been doing it for as long as I can remember. I am a poet not by profession, but by nationality. There is such a nationality - a poet, and I have belonged to it since childhood. I never gave up this activity, although there were breaks. The history of the Nirensee house is a separate story: in an Internet search you can find photographs of its unusual interiors and stories about the people who inhabited this house. My mother’s parents once got an apartment there, and she lived there until her marriage. Everyone in the house knew me since childhood, I also knew many, and it was an amazing world that is now falling apart literally before our eyes...

And so, when in the summer of 1979 I was in this house, Faina Ranevskaya called me one day. An excellent start to the story, if not for the fact that she didn’t call me at all, but got the number wrong by just one digit, calling one of the famous residents of our no less famous house. So, the call. I pick up the phone and hear Ranevskaya’s voice: “Baby, this is Ranevskaya, give me mom!” It’s really Ranevskaya’s voice on the phone, I’m stunned, but I immediately pull myself together and blurt out: “Oh, Faina Georgievna, you know, you have the wrong number, but I’m so happy right now that I need to tell you something!” I love you, Faina Georgievna! I love you so much! “Who are you, baby?” Ranevskaya asks me... “I... I just... I’m a young poetess, and I love you!” - I answer. “You know what, baby, if you are a poetess, then read your poems to me,” Ranevskaya demands...

And I read my poems to Ranevskaya over the phone! From time to time she demands: “More!”, and I read something else. Finally, Ranevskaya says menacingly: “Never tell anyone again that you are a poetess!” My breath is taken away and my heart almost stops - I’m silent! And Ranevskaya, after a theatrical pause, adds gloatingly: “Don’t you dare say that you are a poetess, do you hear?!” Because, baby, you are not a poetess, but great poet! Then I babbled something into her phone, we said goodbye... and that’s it!

You go and squeeze a tit in your hand.
You think that you are walking... But you yourself are tired of backing away...
And I lie and count the stars - on the ceiling,
And one of them - until the morning - rolls down my cheek...

I won’t tell you in the morning: “Here is the trail of a star...”
You won’t see him - don’t even strain your eyes...
But maybe I can save you from trouble
And I will give you a new poem.

- Did it help you in your women's fate what are you a poet?

No, it didn’t help, of course. More like a hindrance. Because a poet is a man without skin, very vulnerable. And this state of isolation from the earth interferes with earthly relationships. Especially in relationships with men. I was lucky: my late husband Viktor Dorokhin knew, felt, appreciated and loved poetry well, but my state of leaving there still did not understand and did not accept as a husband. Although I read my poems with pleasure, I even wrote songs based on some of my finished poems, in particular, the song “Two Women,” which became very popular performed by Roxana Babayan, was written based on my poem dedicated to Rimma Kazakova.

But in general, if you trace not only my fate, but also the fate of most women poets, you will notice that poetry is an activity that interferes with your personal life. It’s very difficult to bear a poet, it’s a constant reflection, he’s a big child. The Lord gave me such a soul that is torn and tormented. On the one hand, it is a gift to feel very deeply, but on the other hand, it is an incredibly heavy burden. Especially when you write and your soul is torn, and you feel some vibrations. Poems are not written, poems are heard. Suddenly some kind of clue appears, a connection somewhere - I don’t know where... I live like a poet, I feel like a poet...

- Tell us about Viktor Dorokhin, your husband?

He was my second husband. I got married for the first time at eighteen. I was a first-year student at the institute, and my husband, the father of my son, was finishing the institute. We met in the library, in the reading room, and after me, by the way, what’s funny, he married a librarian!.. (Laughs). I wasn’t married for long, because I associated marriage with the desire to break out from under my parents’ wing and live independently. After the birth of our son, my husband and I separated... My son is an independent adult, he has his own family, his name is Dmitry. Manages projects in a large American construction company, just like me, graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages.

- How did you raise your son?

I didn’t raise her at all. I was a very young mother, a complete fool, a student. It was very difficult for me. My parents helped. My mother retired early to help me finish college and raise Dima. And soon after graduating from college, I began to go on tour, starting to write songs and work on stage - I was the host of concerts, and my son completely moved in with my parents. They raised him. If it weren't for them, I don't know what would have happened. His creative career I am entirely obliged to my parents. My son returned to me when he was already in sixth grade. By that time I stopped wandering around the country.

- How did you meet your second husband?

On the road. We had known each other for a year before this. And the romance broke out in the city of Taldy-Kurgan. We held out for a long time, and then we couldn’t stand it. He then said that our relationship had no prospects, since he had been married for a long time and tightly, but three days later he changed his mind. As a result, we lived in marriage for a quarter of a century and were happy. After the wedding, we left the Mosconcert “for nothing” because the head of the team in which we worked was against our relationship. Even before meeting Victor, I had experience writing songs with big amount co-composers and was even the author of one of the first Soviet rock operas, Robinson Crusoe.

Victor and I had only one opportunity to survive together - this was songwriting. I told him: “Let’s write songs together.” Moreover, he was jealous of me - different composers came to me. So Dorokhin and I started writing songs. What happened next is known to everyone. The songs became popular, and we became popular creative duet. Great love, joint creativity. True, we often quarreled, Italian passions were in full swing. He offended me greatly, shouting: “Put your poems somewhere far away!” I wrote forty options, and he said that none of this was right. I went through a lot of school with Dorokhin...

In the song “The Last Tango,” which Katya Semenova sang and with which we became “Song of the Year” winners, I wrote the chorus for several months. The required lines did not appear. Victor rejected the text, I cried. And suddenly it dawned on me and - the song worked! He said: “Yes, that's it! Goosebumps, goosebumps! Victor was the leader in the family. His character was very difficult. Believe it or not, he is a Scorpio! A person who engages in self-criticism and ultimately destroys himself. He constantly stung me, and this was one of the reasons that at some point, unable to bear it all, I left him for another person, and each of us had our own personal lives. A difficult period has come, our marriage is, as they say, “tired”, and we decided to let each other go. And then, when I found out that Victor was seriously ill, I returned to take care of him, and he died in this apartment in my arms.

This happened in 2009. It’s quite hard for me to be in this apartment now; my common-law husband, composer and music producer Nikolai Arkhipov, and I come here for the winter, and spend the rest of the time outside the city. Our family lives a very intimate life. For the summer we move our music studio to a country house, and then back. This is the only thing we are transporting, because everything else is in the country house, including all my clothes, dishes, etc. So in our case, moving occurs exclusively with computers, guitars, microphones, amplifiers and speakers. For some time we lived outside the city constantly, occasionally visiting Moscow, and then all the artists came there to visit us. Everyone really likes it, because in the summer there are barbecues, a forest, a river, and inspiration is everywhere in the air.

Memory of me -
long road.
Memory of me -
a little tenderness.
Memory of me -
the quiet sound of the tram.
Memory of me -
the woman is different.
Memory of me -
all your sadness.
The memory of you is me.

- Were you born strong or did you become so under the influence of circumstances?

I became like this after doing a lot of work on myself. And as a child, my poetic nature began to manifest itself very early. I caused a lot of grief to my parents. I was kicked out of school, and my mother was constantly called to school. I was always doing something, and once I even ran away from home. Nobody was bored with me. My parents often remember how they walked with me on Gogolevsky Boulevard - I was two years old - and I cried and asked: “I want the moon from the sky!” And all my life I want this! On the other hand, I’m not so iron-clad, as you already understood when you were in my apartment.

I’m very much a woman, I adore everything “girly,” as they say - beautiful interiors, outfits, good cosmetics, and cooking. And the “iron lady” - journalists have already nicknamed me, they need to come up with something. I live for today, for today’s poems, for who I am today, here and now. I have over two hundred songs. But I don’t want to publish my new poems, I don’t want to engage in this messing around, because life is so short that I want to run on. Now is a very tough time. And while I’m alive, I want to give a sea of ​​smiles and positivity to people. It seems to me that every person should live with full dedication, to the fullest, and that is why I continue to be creative.

- Do you need a strong shoulder, or do you feel self-sufficient?

Probably still necessary. At some points I am very defenseless. It's hard for me to even open the door with a key. I get confused with these keys all the time. I can't deal with papers at all. For me, all these bills, receipts, certificates, some kind of documentation are a dark forest. Kolya, my common law husband and co-author, is also not particularly versed in this issue, so we have a business manager. But Kolya takes on all the housework, even though he creative person, all about music. Besides cooking, cleaning and putting laundry in washing machine I don't do anything else. In a country house I can’t do anything myself without help. Of course, a man’s shoulder is needed, in the sense of purely male help.

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“I come from the right family, I speak languages, I didn’t take merits and friends out of thin air. And also, not with a gun, but with bare hands – and more than once! – one per man,” recited Lyubov Voropaeva, meeting the first journalists at the evening in honor of her anniversary. And although the poetess’s birthday itself music producer

celebrated September 16, in November, close friends and colleagues gave her a gift and organized a real ceremony in the capital’s banquet hall “Triumph Event Hall”. Among the guests was a correspondent from the MIR 24 editorial office.

Shortly before the official start of the celebration, guests began to arrive at the event with flowers and gifts, who wanted to personally congratulate their author, old friend and producer without cameras or flashes. literally a line of stars lined up - many performers came to the anniversary, whose peak of fame was in the late 90s and early 2000s: Sergey Penkin, Elena Presnyakova, Willy Tokarev, Alena Apina, Alisa Mon, singer Aziza, Alexander Peskov, Igor Nadzhiev, Bari Alibasov, Victoria Pierre-Marie, soloists of the group “Singing Hearts” and musical group"Dr. Watson".

Lyubov Grigorievna Voropaeva is a famous Russian screenwriter, poetess, author of three poetry books with more than 200 hits in pop and rock music. From the beginning of the 90s, together with her husband Viktor Dorokhin, she began to engage in production activities and until today independently works with young stars. Among the performers of songs based on her poems are Zhenya Belousov, Lolita Milyavskaya, Valery Leonyev, Stas Piekha, Alexander Serov, Mikhail Shufutinsky, Larisa Dolina, Arkady Ukupnik and other famous musicians.

Leonid Agutin, Vladimir Presnyakov, Katya Lel and Lolita Milyavskaya, who were holding concerts at that time, sent their congratulations and bouquets. But among the guests were not only “experts” of the domestic show business, but also very young musicians - for example, at the height of the holiday, 17-year-old Zhenya Belousov Jr., nephew and full namesake of Zhenya Belousov, performer of the hits “My Blue-Eyed Girl” came to Voropaeva. , “Night Taxi”, etc.

By the way, the singer and bass guitarist, who became famous in the late 80s, was also discovered by Lyubov Voropaeva, who wrote the lyrics of several songs for him. Later, already performing on stage, the hero of the occasion remembered how Belousov’s director, Leonid Agutin’s father Nikolai Agutin, conducted the artist’s performances. “We sat on the bus and waited for our director to arrive with a suitcase of money,” the poetess said with a laugh. "IN Soviet time the singers received money in suitcases,” Nikolai, who was also among the guests of the evening, supported her.

In the photo on the left are the guests of the holiday, singer Shura and composer Bari Alibasov, on the right, Lyubov Voropaeva talks about her new book “VirtualYa”.

The poetess gave many of her guests a copy of the book “VirtualYA”, published in the fall of 2017. The cover of the volume is made in the form of Voropaeva’s Instagram page, and inside the text is designed in the form of posts in other in social networks. “I timed the presentation to coincide with the anniversary and decided to distribute it among friends. The concept of the book is very unusual - the book is called “VirtualYa” - that is, I, Lyubov Voropaeva, in virtual space. Interesting discussions about relationships, women’s and universal wisdom are collected here,” said the birthday girl.

The poetess also recalled that her life on social networks is followed by thousands of subscribers, with whom she shares observations, thoughts and experiences every day.

“I talk a lot about the Internet, show business - all these are statuses from Facebook, LiveJournal and Instagram. I recommend reading this book with a pencil in order to mark the thoughts you like with “hearts” and then re-read interesting fragments,” shared Voropaeva.

The evening ended with a performance by young stars, including a student of Sergei Penkin. And the hero of the occasion, seeing the huge mountain of flowers brought to her, joked that she was expecting an equally luxurious celebration for the presentation of her next book.

The name of Lyubov Voropaeva has already entered the history of Russian music. A talented poet, songwriter, producer, she raised many stars of Russian show business. It was thanks to her that the country recognized Zhenya Belousova. Songs based on Lyubov's poems were performed by Leontiev, Semyonova, Lolita, Dolina, Ponarovskaya, Presnyakov Jr., VIA " Funny boys", the group "Aria", Nadzhiev, Ukupnik, Kemerovo and many others. Especially for MyJane.ru readers, Lyubov shared her thoughts on the topic of poetry, loneliness, female friendship, as well as her signature New Year’s recipe.

- Love, what do you think, if Zhenya Belousov lived today, was an aspiring singer and got into, say, the “Star Factory”, could he become an idol of today’s youth?

I don’t know... Maybe I could have... But then the heart of Zhenya Belousov’s project was precisely our union. So, if we had produced “Factory” with his participation, I would have been able to do it for sure!

- What kind of book are you writing? Will it be entirely dedicated to Zhenya Belousov? When do you plan to finish it and publish it?

I'm writing a book about how I got into show business and what I did there. There will be several chapters about Zhenya Belousov in this book, naturally... The book is very difficult to write. I planned to finish it in December of this year, but it didn’t work out... All year I was caught up in some other things and projects: there was little time and emotional strength left for the book. So now I can’t say when I’ll finish the book... I’ll try to finish work on the manuscript as soon as possible.

- With what good poems different from bad ones? Apart from the obvious, extreme examples. By what criteria can you evaluate your creativity?

For no reason. Creativity is subjective. I evaluate it this way: if poetry gives me goosebumps, it means they are real...

- Is there a book or movie that made you cry?

I cry only from the poems of Joseph Brodsky... And the film that brought me to tears is “Once Upon a Time in America”...

- Lyubov, you are friends with many women, including famous ones (Maria Arbatova). Do you believe in female friendship, free from envy, gossip, and rivalry? How do you think, real friendship possible only between “equals” (people of the same

social status with approximately the same financial situation)?

Actually, I don’t really believe in female friendship. Almost all my friends betrayed me in my youth... As they say, “women’s friendship lasts until the first man”... But Masha and I have 30 years of acquaintance behind us. And we are both strong women... And it so happens that we are both not envious and do not like to gossip. That’s why we never quarreled, probably... Well, social status, education and all that are very important, I think... Because it’s better to be friends without envy, on equal terms.

- Comparing yourself with Maria, in your LiveJournal you wrote that you would never go into politics. Why?

Because personally, this activity is not interesting to me.

- There is an opinion that successful woman There is always a man standing there who helps her and supports her. There is also another, more famous, wisdom: behind every great man there is great woman. At the same time, in one of your interviews you say that loneliness is a companion successful person. What is still closer to the truth?

How many people, so many opinions. Anything can happen in life... But most great men definitely had great wives, yes... But for some reason, great women were rarely supported by their husbands. Paradox.

- Love, if you had the opportunity to choose where to be born in your next life, which country would you choose? You lived in the States in the past, why did you return?

I didn't live in the States for very long. I wanted to stay there, but ex-husband I was homesick for Russia... About my next life... Yes, I would probably be born again in Russia... It’s interesting to live here.

- Why " The Iron Lady show business

suddenly decided to make contact with a huge number strangers? I mean LJ (livejournal.com).

In general, people are interesting to me. Communication is energy exchange, mutual enrichment. A year and a half ago I left Moscow for the country. I live in the forest, I rarely communicate with people in real life now... That’s probably why I really value communication with people on LiveJournal...

- Love, you are a famous cook, creator cooking show“Cold Ten”... Do your family have any culinary traditions associated with celebrating the New Year and Christmas? What will definitely be present on your table during the upcoming holidays?

Fried poultry, pies, two or three of my favorite salads, homemade boiled pork... Here is a New Year's recipe from my LiveJournal:

Personally, I love cabbage pie. From any test. From yeast or puff pastry. IN Lately By the way, I used store-bought several times puff pastry, rolled out in a thin layer. I cook this pie in a deep pan. It turns out amazing! Because it's all in the filling. I do it like this: Pour boiling water over chopped cabbage and boil for 10 minutes over high heat, then drain it in a colander, add a lot of fried cabbage vegetable oil before Pink colour onions, herbs (dill or parsley or both), 3-4 finely chopped hard-boiled eggs, butter 100 grams – while the cabbage is hot, salt. Cover the top of the pie with a layer of grated cheese, and then pour in a mixture of 2 beaten eggs and 2 tablespoons of sour cream. Well, pop it in the oven, and that’s it!

- Please tell us about the most memorable New Year's Eve meeting in your life. And how do you plan to meet But

new year 2008?

Once we celebrated the New Year with the composer Yura Antonov in his country house... Yura bought so many firecrackers and fireworks that we stirred up the whole neighborhood... A decorated Christmas tree grew right in the yard, and we danced around this tree... And all of Yura’s dogs danced with us and cats... It was a great New Year! And this year we will celebrate the holiday in our country house. Guests will arrive and all that... Of course, I will cook... We already have illumination hanging on the gazebo in the yard. Soon I’ll start decorating the house... As for the Christmas tree, we have a forest all around here - choose any... True, I planted a small blue spruce in our yard, but it won’t grow any time soon...

- Love, let's end this interview with your poems? What would you like to dedicate to our readers?

NEW YEAR'S NIGHT (from the series "Childhood")

Standing on tiptoe, I reach out

To the riches of the New Year tree:

Now, immediately, today

Try it! And tomorrow let

They scold you and deprive you of fun,

And in the corridor in a dark corner

They will also put up rag dolls

In the closet they are executed by oblivion -

That will be tomorrow!

I timidly bend the branches

And I freeze with delight,

And the door turns white in the darkness...

Behind this door is my mother's laughter,

Father's newspaper crunches,

There is tart tea, there is a festival of light

And the tablecloth is new, like snow...

And the heart is like a squirrel in a wheel -

The top of the tree is blazing!

And now the hand is already taking off

All the "bears" and all the nuts...

Everything is covered in chocolate: hands, mouth...

And I fall asleep in bliss

And for some reason I know for sure

That Santa Claus is about to come in.

1983, from my second book of poems, “Dictionary of Love.”