Povaliy personal life. Rise to the musical Olympus. The path through thorns

“I betrayed my family. I was blown away by love, and I couldn’t help myself,” the famous singer Taisiya Povaliy once admitted. Every time she remembers the separation from her first husband, tears well up in her eyes. Her whole life was planned out. Together with her mother, they decided that she would first build a career, and only then would think about her husband and children. Her plans came to an end when she saw musician Vladimir Povaliy and fell in love for the first time. No amount of admonishment from her mother could stop her then.

Taisiya Povaliy was born in the small Ukrainian village of Shamraevka. The girl was 13 years old when her parents divorced. “My father was very jealous, he could even raise his hand. But my mother said: “It’s not he who does this, but vodka.” He is good." I was the initiator of my parents’ divorce. I said: “Mom, why are you putting up with all this,” the singer recalls.

At the age of 15, the girl went to Kyiv, where she entered the Glier Music School. There she met her first husband, musician Vladimir Povaliy. “I met a man who was the complete opposite of my father. He didn’t drink, didn’t smoke, and played the guitar beautifully,” recalls Taisiya. They dated for a year and then decided to get married. Taisiya moved to her husband, his parents accepted her as a daughter. Soon the couple had a son, Denis.

Her mother-in-law helped her take her first steps in her career. “She showed me an advertisement in the newspaper. They were recruiting singers for the vocal group of the Kyiv State Music Hall Orchestra. And I went,” Povaliy said. She worked in the music hall for several years, after which the group was disbanded. At some point, her husband completely suggested that she forget about the stage and take care of home and family.

Everything changed when Taisiya met Igor Likhuta. “I never thought that I could fall in love like this again. My husband and I toured a lot, but I never had the thought of leaving the family. Igor at that time was married for the second time, he had two children,” the singer said. After 11 years of marriage, Taisiya decided to leave the family. The artist’s son had a hard time with his parents’ divorce. Relatives turned him against his mother and said that Taisiya had betrayed the family. “One day I came to pick him up, and at that moment he was playing the console. He said that he wouldn’t go anywhere. I got angry and broke the console,” said the singer.

Igor Likhuta was the only one who believed in Taisiya’s talent and persuaded her to participate in music competitions. This was the last chance for the singer, who was already 28 years old at that time. In 1993, Povaliy received the Grand Prix at the Vladimir Ivasyuk competition in Chernivtsi, and then in Vitebsk, Belarus, at the Slavic Bazaar International Arts Festival. After this, the singer’s career took off. She became a real star, millions of viewers loved her. Taisiya Povaliy began to be called the “golden voice of Ukraine.”

Why didn’t Taisiya give birth to children in her marriage to Igor Likhuta? How was she able to establish a relationship with her only son? And does she regret anything? Answers are in the program

Taisiya Povaliy, a talented pop singer who has won popularity and love from viewers not only in her native Ukraine, but also throughout the entire former CIS, was born in the small village of Shamraevka, not far from the capital of Ukraine, on December 10, 1964.

Childhood

Taya's parents were simple villagers who had nothing to do with art. But the girl grew up listening to melodic Ukrainian folk songs, which her parents loved and often sang. When Taisiya grew up a little, the family moved from the village to Belaya Tserkov so that her daughter could study in a good school.

Her creative abilities manifested themselves very early - already at the age of 3 she sang along with her mother, hitting the notes surprisingly accurately. The girl went to general education and music schools at the same time. And she did everything well, was a diligent and diligent student. The teachers unanimously predicted a great musical future for her and, as it turned out later, they were not mistaken.

Having received a basic education, Taya went to Kyiv to continue studying music. To the surprise of her parents, she easily passed the tough qualifying competition and on the first try she entered the best music school in the country named after. Gliera. The chosen specialty was choral singing, but at the same time Taya diligently studied her own vocals.

The teachers appreciated the wide range and pleasant timbre of the aspiring singer’s voice and prepared her for an opera career, focusing on academic singing. Taya herself wanted to sing popular songs that would be heard on TV and from the windows of houses, she wanted fame and an active touring life.

But, being obedient and diligent, she did not dare to disobey. This preparation was very useful in the future.

Music career

And yet the girl did not go to the opera. After graduating from college, she got a job in a music hall. Variety shows were much closer to her spirit, and serious academic preparation made it possible to make them not only spectacular, but also of high quality. Therefore, very soon Taisiya began giving solo concerts, including outdoor ones.

However, this was still not the scale she dreamed of. In an effort to conquer the heights of the musical Olympus, she actively took part in various music competitions and festivals. But for some reason she had no luck there. Although each time the jury noted her magnificent voice and academic manner of performance, the first prizes went to her competitors.

And only in 1990 she finally became the winner of the all-Union radio competition “New Names”. This victory made her path easier, but did not take her to the top. She began to be invited to the filming of popular TV shows and music programs. And during one of them, she met Igor Likhuta, who was already like a duck to water in the Moscow music scene.

He invited her to work together, and from that moment Povaliy’s creative life took a sharp turn and quickly flew uphill. Igor worked on the singer’s image and changed the repertoire quite a lot, focusing on those songs that could potentially become hits. With one of them, Povaliy appeared on the stage of the “Slavic Bazaar” and finally received the well-deserved grand prix.

From that moment on, the singer became one of the most popular on the Ukrainian stage. But this is not enough for Lihuta - he insists that she perform songs in Russian, which were written for her by the best Russian composers. Gradually, Povaliy’s popularity even spread beyond the CIS. She began giving tours around Europe and flew to America.

In 1996, she received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine and has many other prestigious awards. Over the years of her creative activity, Povaliy recorded 15 solo albums, the release of each of which was a real event. She actively participates in the political life of the country, being a supporter of a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Personal life

Despite the fact that the singer is very beautiful and has always had many fans, the main love of her life has always been music. Perhaps that is why she was never seen in scandalous relationships - she simply had no time for fleeting romances. Next to her could only be a man who completely shared her passion.

The singer’s first husband was the keyboard player of her band, Vladimir Povaliy, with whom she gave birth to a son, Denis. This marriage was concluded not so much out of great love, but because they spent a lot of time together and had mutual sympathy. But as soon as a real feeling flared up in Povaliy’s heart, the union fell apart.

The future producer and subsequently second husband Igor Likhuta managed to kindle this passion in her heart. When they first met on the set of New Year's lights in 1992, a spark flashed between them, which even those around them noticed. For some time, both resisted the flaring feeling - each of them was not free.

With second husband Igor

The first to leave his legal wife was Lihut. And after some time, believing in the seriousness of his feelings, Povaliy decided to divorce. The couple have lived and worked together since 1993 and today are one of the most beautiful, strong and successful couples in show business.

Taisiya Povaliy was born on December 10 in the village of Shamraevka, Skvirsky district, Kyiv region, in a family where they always loved and knew how to sing. From early childhood, Taya performed on stage with a children's ensemble. And the very first, real tour of the future “Golden Voice of Ukraine” took place when she was only six years old. The music teacher took little Taechka to an away concert, and for this performance she was paid a real, adult fee, which she immediately spent all on gifts for her mother, Nina Danilovna. According to the singer herself, she still remembers exactly those first applause - generous, sincere, long.

After graduating from school, Taisiya entered the Kiev State Music College named after R. M. Glier in the conducting and choral department, and studied academic vocal as an elective. She was even predicted to have a great operatic future. By the way, Taisiya is still sure that without this excellent school she would not have become such a versatile singer - after all, it is academic experience that makes it possible to perfectly master various styles of singing - from opera aria to soul style.

In 1984, after graduating from college, Taisiya Povaliy began working at the Kiev State Music Hall. First in a vocal group, then as a soloist.

The artist participates in many song competitions and in 1990, in Moscow, at the well-known and respected competition of the USSR State Television and Radio “New Names”, she won her first important victory at the national level. And in 1993, Taisiya confidently won the prestigious International Arts Festival “Slavic Bazaar”, received the Grand Prix of the “Young Vocalists Competition” and immediately became famous throughout the post-Soviet space.

In 1994, according to the results of the National Music Television Festival “New Stars of the Old Year”, Taisiya Povaliy was recognized as “Best Singer of Ukraine” and “Best Musician of the Year”. In 1996, this will be confirmed by another official recognition - “Pop Star of the Year”.

In 1995, the singer released her first solo album, “Panno Kohannya,” and shot the first video clip for one of the most popular songs at that time. In 1996, a new video for the song “Chortopolokh” was released.

In March 1996, Taisiya received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. And a year and a half later, on October 30, 1997, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma signed a decree awarding her the title of People's Artist of Ukraine.

Taisiya continues her creative activity. In 1997, she released another album, “I Love You,” and in 1998, she gave her first solo concert, the program of which included not only popular compositions from the singer’s repertoire, but also excerpts from opera arias. New video clips appear on music TV channels - “Sweet Sin” and “White Bird”.

In 1998, the singer again received the title “Pop Star of the Year”, winning the National program “Person of the Year”. In the same year, in October, Taisiya Nikolaevna was awarded the Order of “St. Nicholas the Wonderworker” - “For increasing goodness on Earth.”

In 2000, on Independence Day, the singer was awarded the Order of Glory for Loyalty to the Fatherland, II degree. And in September of the same year she becomes a Knight of the Order of St. Anne, IV degree.

Taisiya never ceases to delight fans with her creativity: solo albums are released one after another - “It Will Be So” (2000), “Charming Violin” (2001), “Chortopolokh” (2001). New videos are being filmed for the songs “Don’t feed me, why”, “Charming violin”, “It will be like this”, “Song about the mother”, “My beloved”, “Your scarlet lips”, “Free bird”.

In 2001, five sold-out solo concerts were held at the National Palace “Ukraine” in Kiev, one of which was a charity concert for orphans. At the invitation of the Inter TV channel, Taisiya takes part in the filming of the New Year musicals “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”, where she performs Konstantin Meladze’s song “Three Winters” as a princess, and “Cinderella”, where she plays the role of a matchmaker.

In 2002, Taisiya began collaborating with People's Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon; the artists recorded 21 songs in Ukrainian and released a joint album. In the same year, Taisiya’s solo albums were released – “Free Bird” and “Ukrainian Song Pearls”.

In March 2003, Taisiya Povaliy opens a new era of Ukrainian music DVD - the singer releases the first Ukrainian digital disc “A Star Born of Ukraine,” which includes all the singer’s video clips and the solo program “Be Like This.” In the same year, Taisiya recorded an album and shot a video for the song “Serdenko”, in which she appears in an unusual image of a brunette. Takes part in a joint project of the Inter and Rossiya TV channels - the New Year's musical The Snow Queen.

A separate stage in the singer’s musical career was her acquaintance in 2004 with the wonderful artist Nikolai Baskov. Their duet songs “Let Me Go”, “You Are Far Away”, “White Snow”, “River of Destiny” were loved by people in all corners of the planet. Concerts are successfully held in Ukraine, Russia, the Baltic states, and Belarus. Taisiya and Nikolai traveled to dozens of cities - from Tallinn to Kaliningrad. The concert in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, attracts a record number of spectators. In 2007, they will make an enchanting tour of the USA and Canada, perform in Israel and Germany, attracting full houses in the most prestigious halls. And in 2004 and 2005, they shot two videos for the duet songs “Let Me Go” and “You Are Far Away” and released a joint album.

On December 2, 2005, at a ceremony in the State Kremlin Palace, the star duet received the Golden Gramophone award for the song “Let Me Go,” and exactly a year later - for the song “You Are Far Away.” In 2006, they won another prestigious title from the Muz-TV channel - “Best Duet of the Year”.

Despite the amazing success of her collaboration with Nikolai Baskov, the artist does not abandon her solo career. In 2006, a video for the song “I’ll survive” was released, directed by Semyon Gorov, and in 2007 Taisiya delighted the audience with three more new clips - “Behind you”, “Former”, “May you be lucky in love”. The solo album “Behind You” sells huge copies in the cities of Ukraine and Russia.

In March 2008, the singer performed two concerts “Ukraine. Voice. Soul" at the National Palace "Ukraine". The performances are a resounding success, and the presented program, directed by Roman Viktyuk, is subsequently released on DVD with the same name.

In 2008, Taisiya Povaliy with the song “Bird-Soul”, and in 2009 - with the song by Igor Krutoy and Igor Nikolaev - “May you be lucky in love”, is one of the winners of the oldest music television festival in the CIS “Song of the Year”, a finalist of which Since then it has become every year.

In 2009, a rapid solo career again led to the birth of a duet union - this time with Stas Mikhailov. Their joint hit “Let Go” collects many prizes, including “Golden Gramophone”, “Song of the Year”, remains in the top ten of the most prestigious charts in Russia for a record long time, and the video clip for this song is still actively rotated on music channels.

Thanks to the creative union with Stas Mikhailov, a new song appears in Taisiya’s repertoire, and later a video, “Go Away”, the author of the words and music of which is Stas.

In 2010, the singer worked on her solo album “I Believe You,” filmed a video, and took part in filming various programs and concerts. In July, Taisiya is invited to head the jury of the music competition of the international festival “Slavic Bazaar”.

In the spring of 2011 he tours throughout Far Eastern Russia and the cities of Siberia.

On May 28, 2011, Taisiya Povaliy’s star “lit up” on the Walk of Stars in the center of Kyiv. Over the years, this prestigious award has been awarded to such outstanding personalities as Sofia Rotaru, Joseph Kobzon, Igor Krutoy, Bogdan Stupka, Ada Rogovtseva, Yan Tabachnik.

2012 was a particularly successful year for the artist. In the spring she goes on a big tour, attracting full houses in the cities of Russia and Ukraine; records new songs, shoots two video clips - “I will pray for you” and “Share”.

November 2, 2012, the Head of the Republic of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, in a solemn ceremony presents Taisiya Povaliy with the title People's Artist of Ingushetia.

On November 22, 2012, the singer’s childhood dream comes true: she performs a solo concert on the main stage of Russia - at the State Kremlin Palace. Her star friends - Nikolai Baskov, Stas Mikhailov, Lev Leshchenko, Verka Serduchka, Nadezhda Babkina, Evgeny Kemerovsky, Lolita Milyavskaya, Zurab Sotkilava, Potap and Nastya - are taking part in the program “May you be lucky in love...”.

And on December 1, Taisiya receives her first Golden Gramophone for her solo song “I Believe You.”

But Taisiya Povaliy is successful not only in her musical career. According to the results of the all-Ukrainian survey “Outstanding Ukrainians”, conducted by the GfK-USM company commissioned by the Korrespondent magazine, she became one of 32 outstanding personalities of Ukraine. Among the names recognized by the people, there are only six women: Lesya Ukrainka, Sofia Rotaru, Yulia Timoshenko, Taisiya Povaliy, Yana Klochkova and Princess Olga. For Taisiya Povaliy herself, such an assessment of the people was unexpected, but very pleasant.

Since 2011, Taisiya Nikolaevna Povaliy has been Advisor to the President on cultural issues, and in the fall of 2012 she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Now the singer is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Culture and Spirituality.

And yet, creative activity has always been and remains in first place for Taisiya. Now she is one of the most touring artists in Ukraine. Her repertoire has absorbed almost the entire palette of musical styles and trends - from folk songs and classics to compositions in the soul style. But the main thing in the singer’s work was and remains popular music, loved by millions of people.

Taisiya Povaliy is noticeably distinguished by her strong voice, rare in its rich timbre color, which the singer controls with virtuoso ease. Allowing herself to experiment in search of something new, she improvises a lot, which makes each of her performances unique. Taisiya Povaliy has been on the professional stage for more than 20 years. During this time, she released 14 albums, which included more than 150 compositions of different styles and genres, shot 24 video clips, and took part in more than one hundred concerts and broadcasts.

Of course, this success is the result of the work of not only Taisiya. Permanent producer Igor Likhuta, instrumental group “Fest”, ballet “Art-Classic”, press service, stylists, makeup artists, fashion designers, driver, security - this is a team of professionals that is always next to the artist on her creative path.

Taisiya is not going to stop there. Her plans include new songs, filming, and tours to the delight of numerous fans of her work - the work of the People's Artist of Ukraine and Ingushetia, the Golden Voice of Ukraine Taisiya Povaliy.

Povaliy Taisiya Nikolaevna (b. 1964) is a Ukrainian popular pop singer. Performer of musical compositions in Ukrainian and Russian. Holder of the titles of People's Artist of Ukraine and People's Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia.

Childhood

Taya was born on December 10, 1964 in Ukraine in the Kyiv region, in the small village of Shamraevka, Skvirsky district. Her maiden name was Giryavets. The father wanted to name the girl Lesya, and the mother Taisiya, they even drew lots. When Taya was little, she was offended by her mother for having such a name, everyone was around Lena and Natasha, and she was the only one in the entire village, Taisiya. Now the singer is incredibly grateful to her mother for this name; it is feminine and very beautiful.

Dad, Nikolai Pavlovich, and mother, Nina Danilovna (maiden name Konoplyanaya) were simple people and loved to sing very much. As Taisiya later recalled, songs were heard in their house from morning until late at night. They sang while working and resting, they went to bed - they sang, they sat down at the dinner table - they also sang. No one had any musical education, but nature blessed them with amazing voices. It seems to her that she, too, has been singing since she was born. Taya doesn’t remember which song she performed first, most likely a folk one (that’s what the singer thinks now).

Moreover, they sang not only in the Giryavets family, but throughout the entire village. As long as Taya can remember, she was surrounded by songs - pop, folk, Soviet hits. The love of creativity was passed on to her with her mother's milk. As a child, Taisiya’s mother really wanted to become a singer. But her father (Tain’s grandfather) did not return from the front, her grandmother and three children lived so poorly that the kids took turns going to school, because everyone had the same clothes and shoes. Mystery’s mother could not leave her village, let alone Kiev, or even the nearest Belaya Tserkov. Her dream of becoming an artist remained unfulfilled.

But her only daughter Taisiya fulfilled her dream. Already at the age of five, the girl entertained all the guests and acquaintances who came to the house with songs; she sang with a skipping rope, standing in front of the mirror and imagining that it was a microphone with a cord. At the same time, she stubbornly and firmly declared that she would grow up to be a People's Artist of the Soviet Union.

Moreover, Taisiya fulfilled all her dreams with her own labor, like the very first one from childhood. Her friend had a beautiful night lamp with painted dolls and bears at home. Taya liked it madly, she wanted exactly the same one so much that the girl saved money to buy a floor lamp. But then I found out that my friend’s parents brought such a dream from abroad. Taisiya was terribly worried at first, but then she took and made exactly the same floor lamp herself, painted dolls with bears and hung a night light in her bedroom.

The girl's passion for singing could not go unnoticed. As a child, Taisiya already appeared on stage as part of a children's musical group. And at the age of six, her first real tour took place. The music teacher took the girl with her to an away performance, Taya even received a full fee for this, which the little girl immediately gave to her mother. Now Povaliy admits that she still has the sound of those first applause in her ears; they seemed to her then the longest, most generous and sincere.

The girl was especially drawn to musical instruments. Knowing his daughter’s passion, dad once gave her a record player, which was a terrible shortage at that time. Taya's joy knew no bounds. She often recalls how she played a record with Edita Piekha’s hits “And I walk home along the sleepers out of habit…” and “Someone loses, someone finds...” Later she got CDs with recordings of her favorite singers - Lyudmila Zykina , Lyudmila Senchina, Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugacheva.

Little Taisiya could have imagined that many years would pass and she would appear on the same stage with her idols. And then 15-year-old Taya graduated from eight classes of a rural secondary school and went to Kyiv to study at the Glier State Music College.

Creative path

In the capital of Ukraine, Taisiya became a student in the conducting and choral department, but also took additional classes in academic vocals. While studying at the school, many predicted a successful future for Taya as an opera diva. And now Povaliy is sure that it was these vocal lessons that helped her in the future become such a versatile performer, because she can sing everything: an opera aria and musical compositions in the soul style.

In 1984, Taya received a diploma and began her further creative career at the Kyiv State Music Hall. Here she was part of a vocal group, and later became a soloist.

After working at the Music Hall for six years, the young singer began to actively participate in various song competitions and went to music festivals. In 1990, the USSR State Television and Radio hosted the “New Names” competition program, where Taisiya won, this was her first award. In 1991, Taya became a diploma winner at the Asia Dauysy competition, which was held in Almaty. And 1993 brought the young singer two victories at once:

• in Chernivtsi a music competition named after Vladimir Ivasyuk “The song will be with us” was held, Povaliy won the grand prix;
• she received the same award in Vitebsk at the “Slavic Bazaar” in the “Competition of Young Performers”.

After these victories in the post-Soviet space, singer Taisiya Povaliy began to gain fame. And in Ukrainian show business her career was gaining rapid momentum. Already in 1994, Povaliy was recognized as the best singer in Ukraine. The following year, 1995, saw the release of her first solo album, “Panel Kohannya,” and a video for the popular composition “Simply Taya.” And in 1996, Taisiya was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.

The year 1997 was marked by two significant events for the singer:

• Ukrainian President Kuchma L.M. signed a corresponding decree to award Taisiya Povaliy the title of People's Artist;
• The presentation of her second solo album “I Love You” took place.

In 1998, Taisiya’s first grandiose solo performance took place; its program included not only the singer’s repertoire songs, but also excerpts from opera parts. Her musical compositions were constantly played on the radio, and video clips were played on Ukrainian television channels. One after another, Povaliy received prestigious titles - “Pop Star of the Year”, “Person of the Year in Ukraine”, and in 1998 Taya became the owner of the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which she was awarded “For increasing goodness on Earth.”

In 2000, Taisiya received two more national awards:

• Order of St. Anne, 4th degree;
• Order of Glory for Loyalty to the Fatherland, 2nd degree.

The singer continuously delighted her fans with new songs, albums were released one after another:

• 1999 – “Sweet Sin”;
• 2000 - “Be it so”;
• 2001 – “Charming violin”;
• 2002 – “Free Bird”;
• 2003 - “I’m returning”;
• 2004 – “Serdenko”.

Povaliy gained wide popularity outside of Ukraine after the release of comedy musicals for the New Year holidays: “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka,” where she played a princess, and “Cinderella,” where she played the character of a matchmaker.

In 2002, the singer began a fruitful collaboration with People’s Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon. They released a joint album, which included 21 musical compositions performed in Ukrainian.

For the 2003 New Year, a new musical comedy “The Snow Queen” was released, where Povaliy starred as a Laplander and sang the song “Zamelo”.

The year 2004 brought Taisiya a wonderful collaboration with the Russian singer Nikolai Baskov, the duet was so successful that Povaliy became a real star in Russia, and their joint songs were listened to all over the world:

• "Let me go";
• "River of Destiny";
• "You're far away";
• "White snow."

Together they toured dozens of cities in Russia, the Baltic states, Ukraine and Belarus. And in 2007, during their fantastic foreign tour, the most famous halls on the planet were packed - in Canada, Israel, the USA and Germany.

In 2005, Nikolai and Taisiya received the Golden Gramophone for the composition “Let Me Go,” and in 2006 for the song “You Are Far Away.”

Despite such success, the singer did not abandon her solo career. Her new songs rose to the highest places in the Russian and Ukrainian charts:

• “I’ll survive”;
• "Behind you";
• "Former";
• "May you be lucky in love."

The most important music festival in Russia, “Song of the Year,” was no longer complete without Povaliy; she became a permanent participant. Such wild popularity of the singer led to the emergence of a new amazing duet - now with Stas Mikhailov. Their song “Let Go” broke all records on the Russian charts.

In 2010, Povaliy was elected head of the jury of the Slavic Bazaar music festival. In 2011, the singer’s star was laid on the Ukrainian Avenue of Stars, which is located in the very central part of Kyiv.

In 2012, the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, awarded the wonderful singer Taisiya Povaliy the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia. In the same year, Taya’s most cherished dream came true: she conquered the main stage of Russia in the Kremlin Palace, where her solo concert took place, which was held on a grand scale and success.

Povaliy’s creative career has already exceeded 20 years. During this period, she released 14 studio records and was awarded four orders. The singer still attracts full audiences, no matter what city she performs in. A unique charming voice, sincere love for the audience, a stunning beautiful woman - these are the three components of her enormous success.

Personal life

Taya first married at the age of 18 to musician Vladimir Povaliy. He was six years older than his young wife and worked at the Kiev Music Hall, where he worked on phonograms and backing tracks. Now he is an arranger of the Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine. In 1983, the couple had a boy, Denis. In 1993, Vladimir and Taisiya separated; after his parents’ divorce, 10-year-old Denis expressed a desire to stay with his father.

The singer’s second husband, Igor Likhuta, is also her producer. As Taisiya herself admits, sometimes she can be extremely lazy, but there is always a loving husband and strict boss of Likhut nearby, who does not allow her to relax. It was in Igor that Taya found her soul mate, destined for her by God. From the moment they met, the singer’s whole life changed for the better.

Although at first it was very difficult for them to build their relationship. Taya was married, Igor was in his second marriage. From the fact that Povaliy and Likhuta met each other and a hurricane of love fell on them, a lot of people suffered, in addition to their spouses, also parents and children. But Igor and Taya could not help themselves, they truly reveled in their love. In December 1993 they got married.

Igor also graduated from the Glier Music College in Kyiv, then went abroad, where he worked in nightclubs and restaurants in Sweden, Norway and Poland. After he met Taya, he became her producer. He opened the way for her into show business, the machine of her popularity began to spin, Igor did everything to ensure that his beloved became a star.

Beauty secrets

Taisiya Povaliy is firmly convinced that female beauty does not depend on fashionable makeup and plastic surgery, but on the state of mind, mood, feeling of falling in love and confidence in the good. In happy women, this is always easy to read on their faces; it is very pleasant to look at them.

Of course, beauty must be maintained and taken care of regularly. Taisiya visits a cosmetologist every week, who selects the right skin care and anti-wrinkle products for her.

Povaly and Lihuta have a large house outside the city with a garden and vegetable garden. True, the singer has no time to plant seedlings and harvest crops; special people do this. There are a lot of fruit trees growing in the garden, which the singer loves to simply wash and eat, because they are so tasty and healthy - cherries, apricots, cherries, strawberries and raspberries, red and black currants, apples and a breathtakingly juicy pear. And the singer’s special pride is two hazel trees that produce huge harvests; Taisiya has baskets of nuts at home all year round. Sometimes, when there is a little free time, Taya makes preparations for the winter.

There are two things in the life of an artist that she is afraid of: heights and death. But Taisiya tries never to think about them, she is an absolutely happy woman, and this is how she lives every new day she’s given.

There is probably not a person on the territory of Ukraine and Russia who has not heard the songs of Taisiya Povaliy. Despite her high popularity and happy family life, the singer took up political activity in the ranks of the Party of Regions, which did not bring her success and caused a storm of criticism.

Taisiya Nikolaevna Povaliy (Giryavets), a native of the village of Shamraevka, Kyiv region, was born on December 10, 1964. When the future singer was six months old, her parents Nikolai Pavlovich and Nina Danilovna moved to live in the city of Belaya Tserkov.

The child’s parents instilled a love for music: the mother sang folk songs, and the father played music on the balalaika, harmonica or guitar. The presence of a player and records in the apartment allowed the child to enjoy the songs of Edita Piekha and Lyudmila Zykina.

Taisiya admits that in kindergarten she always looked forward to the musical hour, enjoying the teacher playing the piano.

The future pop star began attending music school at the age of six. The singer recalls her first tour with a children's ensemble at the age of six and the impressive fee spent on a gift for her mother.

Taisiya was 13 years old when, on her initiative, her parents divorced. According to the singer, the reason for the separation was the father’s jealousy, his addiction to alcoholic beverages and, as a result, frequent beatings of the mother.

After graduating from school at the age of 15, the future singer becomes a student in the conducting and choral department of the Kyiv Music College named after. Gliera.

Career path

After graduation, Taisiya finds work through an advertisement in a newspaper and in 1984 begins her creative career at the Kiev State Music Hall. During perestroika times, it was disbanded, and the singer lost her job and was content with part-time jobs.

The future star did not despair, constantly improved her skills and participated in competitions.

However, the white streaks in her career biography began only after meeting her second husband.

Povaliy has won the competitions “New Names” (1990), “The Song Will Be Among Us”, “Slavic Bazaar” (1993).

The year 1995 was marked by the release of the first album and video. Taisiya Povaliy is completely devoted to creative activity, constantly appears on television, releases numerous albums and videos, gives concerts not only in the post-Soviet space, but also beyond its borders (USA, Canada, Israel, Germany), and participates in the filming of musicals.

The singer’s popularity is increased by her collaboration with famous performers, including Joseph Kobzon, Nikolai Baskov, Stas Mikhailov, and Philip Kirkorov.

Taisiya becomes everyone's favorite thanks to her voice, which has strength and a rare timbre, as well as indescribable charm and many hours of daily work.

Currently, the singer’s discography includes more than 15 albums and 24 videos.

In 1996, the singer became an Honored Artist of Ukraine, and in 1997 - People's Artist.

In 2011, on Kyiv Day, the “Avenue of Stars” was decorated with Taisiya Povaliy’s personal star, but already in 2014 the star was destroyed by vandals.

Political career

Since 2012, Povaliy’s biography has been supplemented by the beginning of a political career. She becomes a people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Party of Regions. The singer worked on the Committee on Culture and Spirituality, but attended the meeting for the first time only in the spring of 2013.

Taisiya Nikolaevna was rather negligent about political activity and had little understanding of it.

After Maidan (2014), Taisiya Nikolaevna leaves the Party of Regions and is engaged in creativity. The singer’s visit to the State Duma of Russia, as well as congratulations to the Crimeans on Independence Day, served as the reason for the opening of criminal proceedings by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the article “Encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.”

The singer fell into disgrace and canceled all concerts in Ukraine dedicated to her 50th anniversary. In the fall of 2015, it was decided to deprive her of the title of “People’s Artist of Ukraine.”

In 2014, Povaliy was forced to move to Russia, but in May 2018 it became known about her return to Kyiv. Igor Likhuta complains about the persecution of the singer in her native country, radio stations are prohibited from broadcasting her songs even in Ukrainian, Taisiya is called a friend of Putin and Yanukovych, paid persons are trying to disrupt concerts. Despite all the difficulties, the family loves Ukraine and is not going to leave anymore.

Personal life of Taisiya Povaliy

Taya met her first husband, Vladimir Povaliy, at school, when both were sent to agricultural work. The modest, shy student was attracted by a practical adult man who had been through Afghanistan, played the guitar and, unlike his father, did not abuse alcohol.

In 1982, the loving couple got married; at that time Taisiya was only 18 years old. The newlyweds settled with Vladimir’s parents, and a year later their son Denis was born, whose husband’s mother helped to nurse him.

When the child was four years old, Taisiya became pregnant for the second time. However, due to a busy tour schedule, she had to have an abortion, which was unsuccessful. As a result, the singer ended up on the operating table, where she was operated on without anesthesia. A woman recalls with horror the worst pain of her life.

Taisiya's second marriage

Igor Likhuta appeared in the biography of Taisiya in the 90s. He saw the singer on TV and wanted to meet, despite her lack of wild popularity. Initially, the woman behaved with restraint and inaccessibility, but six months later love turned the heads of both.

Povaliy realized that she had met a close and dear person who believed in her talent.

Despite the fact that both were married, had children (Igor - a son and a daughter, Taisiya - a son) and an established personal life, a decision was made to live together and leave the family.

The marriage of Vladimir and Taisiya lasted 11 years. Relatives considered the singer a traitor. Denis, who stayed with his father, was very worried.

Initially, the lovers lived in a rented apartment, later they got their own, and only married in 1993. Due to their busy schedule, the couple never decided to have a child together, and Povaliy’s health prevented this.

The singer simultaneously found not only a husband, but also a producer, which brought happiness to her personal life and a rapid career takeoff.

Son

After leaving the family, Taisiya’s relationship with her son began to crack, but gradually improved, and he moved to live with his mother. After graduating from the Kyiv Institute of International Relations, Denis did not work in his specialty and began to get involved in musical arrangements and build a singing career.

In 2015, Denis married Svetlana Vikhrova.

Little-known facts about Taisiya Povaliy

• in her youth, she sewed outfits on her own, using patterns from magazines, and always looked stylish;
• collects sunglasses;
• Before leaving the house, she spends about two hours applying makeup. To maintain her appearance, she uses more than twenty types of cosmetics every day;
• enjoys jazz;
• prefers a secluded holiday only with her husband on the sea coast or in the mountains;
• as a child I tried to imitate Lyubov Orlova and Marilyn Monroe;
• experiences fear of death and heights.

The pop star constantly resorts to the help of cosmetologists and plastic surgeons, which helps her look younger than her age. In addition, Taisiya monitors her health, regularly donates blood for tests, does not abuse alcohol, and does not smoke.

Where does Taisiya Povaliy live now?

It is known that the singer is the owner of several real estate properties in Ukraine, but since the 90s she has lived in a three-story mansion located in Borshchagovka. Taisiya Nikolaevna’s home is located not far from the forest on a plot of 24 acres, with an area of ​​450 sq. m.

The cottage consists of:

• living room with fireplace;
• dining room;
• winter garden;
• bedrooms with boudoir;
• bathroom;
• mini recording studios;
• gym;
• work office;
• saunas;
• a small room for storing gifts from admirers

The house has modern household appliances, sports equipment, a solarium, and an aquarium. Next to the building there is a gazebo, barbecue area and swimming pool. Everything is furnished in pastel colors with comfort and coziness, in accordance with the taste of the hostess. Taisiya Nikolaevna’s mother takes care of the housework.

Frank persecution at home forces the singer to carry out work projects in Russia. However, there is no information about its ownership of real estate on the territory of the Russian Federation. There is evidence that the star family rents an apartment in Dolgoprudny on the seventeenth floor overlooking the forest.

In 2010, Povaliy bought a house on credit in Spain not far from the Mediterranean Sea.

The singer admits that the air of Spain and beautiful nature contribute to creative activity.

Taisiya Povaliy today

At the moment, Taisiya Povaliy does not stop her creative activity. Most recently, her new video for the song by Mikhail Gutseriev was released. At 54 years old, the singer looks younger than her age, still slim, without a single wrinkle.

In addition, the screen star is looking forward to becoming a grandmother. It is not yet known whether the baby will be a boy or a girl, but he promises to participate in raising the child and is arranging a children's room together with his son and daughter-in-law.