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- Varvara, looking at you, I simply can’t believe that your eldest son Yaroslav is already 24 years old. You look great!

Thanks a lot! You know, when I crossed the 40-year-old mark last year, compliments literally rained down on me. Especially from men. They often say that now I am even more feminine and sexy. And these words somewhat reconcile me with the fact that over the past three years I have gained as much as five kilograms. Although I am still very worried about this and am waging an irreconcilable struggle with my excess weight. So far, I must admit, not very successfully. But I don’t give up working on myself: I play sports and eat right.

- Did you have any complexes about your appearance in your youth?

There were, and some more! I was terribly embarrassed about my figure. In high school, I reached 180 centimeters and felt so awkward - tall and completely flat. The boys teased us with the “Ostankino Tower” and “Verstaya Kolomenskaya”. The stage helped me get rid of stupid complexes. The teachers at Gnesinka, where I entered at the age of 17, were pleased with me, and this greatly raised my self-esteem. At the same time, I even started working as a model at the Vyacheslav Zaitsev Fashion House - it turned out that I had excellent height and figure for the catwalk. True, after about a year I had to give up my modeling career, because at the age of 18 I became a mother.

“The complexes about being thin and tall went away when it turned out that my figure is perfect for the catwalk” Photo: personastars.com

- Pregnancy and childbirth usually greatly change a woman’s figure...

Yes, after the birth of Yaroslav I acquired some shape. But she was still very thin for a long time, weighing only 63-64 kilograms. Alas, with age, whatever one may say, metabolism slows down, hence the five kilos gained. And the TV screen doesn’t stand on ceremony with the artists - it adds just as much. Therefore, weight already has to be strictly controlled.

- Have you tried any diets?

Well, of course. I used to sit on rice alone for several days. It's hard! In my opinion, if you need to lose weight quickly, the best thing is the kefir diet. It's simple. On the first day you drink only kefir, and no more than a liter per day. On the second day, you can add an apple to the kefir and alternate them - a glass of kefir, then a quarter of an apple, and so on. On the third day we drink kefir and eat cucumbers. And on the fourth liter of kefir, cottage cheese is added - 200 grams, which must be divided into three meals. In four days of this diet you can lose up to seven kilograms. But for me diets are a serious challenge. I start to feel bad, my mood deteriorates, I get angry at the whole world. That's why I refused them. But, of course, I still strictly monitor my diet.

Singer Varvara is always in great shape. As it turned out, the artist has many beauty secrets that she tries to keep. The singer spoke about them and her creative projects in an interview “Between Us, Women.”

"Buranovsky grandmothers" appreciated my thriftiness

– In addition to the fact that you are a wonderful singer, you are also a beloved wife and mother of four children. What is more important to you – career or family?

- Family. Profession comes second for me. In general, I consider myself a happy person: I manage to combine everything.

I like to give surprises to my fans. For example, I recently recorded a song together with Buranovskie Babushki. Judging by the fact that this song is already loved, it really turned out very good. We became friends with the “grandmothers” in Yaroslavl and immediately fell in love with each other. I love them because they are so clean and kind, and they love me because I have my own farm and a cow. (laughs).

– Are you a strict mother?

– Sometimes I can be very strict. In fact, children understand that it is better for us, parents, not to upset them and do everything that is required of them. We had some problems when the children were growing up, but we overcame all the difficulties.

– Aren’t you surprised that young people are now accustomed to meeting people on the Internet?

– No, the Internet has changed a lot lately. Previously, we met in companies, but now they communicate and correspond on the Internet. I don't think that's a bad thing. Although I try to control my children’s correspondence.

– How would you feel about children following in your footsteps?

– I don’t really want children to become artists. Our feet feed us, and I don’t really want my child to be constantly traveling. Flights and transfers are really exhausting. In addition, not every other half can withstand such a rhythm of life. Fortunately, I’m lucky with my husband, he understands. And others may not be entirely happy that their husband or wife is constantly away from home.

Women need to work on relationships

– Varvara, how do you feel about men’s infidelity?

- It’s bad, of course. God forbid a woman should go through this. But fate brings gifts, you need to be prepared for everything.

- Could you forgive?

– If you love a person and want to save the family, then, of course, you can forgive. But I believe that well-being in the family depends largely on the woman. Family is like a big platform. To prevent it from collapsing, you need to work and try to work on the relationship yourself.

– Women often justify their infidelities by saying that they lack attention.

– A woman will never leave a good man and will not cheat, only if she is completely sick. It happens that a man is so busy with his work, trying to earn a penny to bring it into the house, that he does not have enough time for affection. I think women shouldn't be offended by this. We must understand that a man is still the main breadwinner in the family. This is how my grandmother raised me. And at such moments, when he comes home from work tired, you can go up to him, hug him, kiss him, hint that it’s time to give him some flowers. (smiles).

– And Irina Allegrova even says that nature forbade women to walk...

– Very correct words. But at the same time, no one canceled flirting. I don’t see anything wrong if a woman smiled once again and talked to someone.

Gave up salt

- Varvara, let's talk about nutrition. Judging by your figure, you are always on diets!

- No. I try to stick to proper nutrition. In the morning I can allow myself porridge or some kind of fermented milk product. I try to have dinner before six in the evening. If it doesn’t work out, then I drink a glass of kefir or eat some kind of salad. During these New Year holidays I gained two kilograms, so today I have been on kefir all day.

– Do you often arrange fasting days for yourself?

- Regularly. It seems to me that this is very beneficial for the body. Fasting days help cleanse the body, remove all waste and toxins. If we talk about nutrition, I try to eat only high-quality products. For example, we have a cow. Therefore, every day there are dairy products on the table: milk, cottage cheese, and butter.

- They say that lately you have almost given up salt?

- Yes it's true. I try to consume as little salt as possible. All our problems come from her! Salt retains fluid in the body.

– Are you into fitness?

- No. I prefer to exercise only on the treadmill. This is my best friend. I walk seven to eight kilometers almost every day. I advise everyone: firstly, such exercises help maintain physical fitness, and secondly, excellent cardio training. I also love the pool. I try to alternate between swimming and running on the treadmill. As for the gym, I don't go there. In order to do this professionally, you need to follow a certain diet and spend two to three hours a day training. I don't have that much time.

The best scrub is honey and salt

– Many women complain that when buying cosmetics they often encounter counterfeits...

- I'm not an exception. Unfortunately, you can still buy a fake here, which is produced somewhere in the village. I advise everyone: before you buy something, use a sample. This is the only way to understand whether a particular cosmetic product is suitable for you or not. After all, even the most expensive cosmetics may not be suitable at all. It happens that the price does not correspond to the quality.

– Do you use folk remedies?

- No. I don’t use folk remedies for my face because I have problem skin. You yourself know that I, like all artists, often have to use makeup - this is thermonuclear cosmetics that does not wash off. Therefore, in facial skin care I use only professional cosmetics. But I use folk remedies for body care. For example, I am sure that no scrub can replace honey and salt in terms of effectiveness.

I usually do this procedure in the bathhouse. After the third or fourth visit to the steam room, I mix honey and salt in equal proportions and apply it to the skin. The result is excellent: it becomes velvety. After this procedure, you no longer need to use creams, because honey and salt well saturate the body with vitamins.

Our information

Singer Varvara was born on July 30 in Balashikha. She graduated from the Gnessin School and GITIS. At the beginning of her career she performed as part of the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances. She has released several solo albums. The first of them – “Varvara” – in 2001. Varvara is married to businessman Mikhail Susov. Raises four children.

Varvara- famous Russian singer. Listeners and music critics cannot accurately determine the style of music performed by Varvara, According to the artist herself, the main thing in her music is ethnicity. Varvara is a mother of many children; she has four children.

"Life. We are all inspired by life. We live, we breathe, we see, we admire, we get upset and disappointed. These processes occur in everyone, and you can get inspiration from each of them.”

Biography of Varvara

Real name Barbarians– Elena Tutanova (after marriage - Susova).

Varvara born in Balashikha on July 30, 1973. During her school years, the future singer’s main hobby was not lessons, but dance club and physical education.

“All my relatives and neighbors remember how I stopped them and sang songs that were popular then. True, I still didn’t fully imagine what I would be in show business: a singer or a dancer. It’s just that after school I had to choose between the Institute of Culture and the Music College. As a result, I entered Gnesinka and graduated with honors. And then she entered GITIS for the correspondence department. It was in such serious moments, when my future was being decided, that I became pregnant.”

Working in a variety theater Lev Leshchenko, she graduated from GITIS in absentia with a degree in musical theater artist. Leaving the theater Varvara started her solo career.

“I always wanted to sing songs and shoot videos in which I could finally show myself as a character actress,” admitted Varvara.

In 2001, their debut album entitled "Varvara".

“It seems to me that my style in music is fusion, experimental music, especially for our country. In it you can hear northern traditional melodies combined with oriental tunes and the introduction of folk instruments. Add a European sound to this mixture – this is my music.”

The singer has two marriages behind her. First time Varvara got married and gave birth while still very young. Her second marriage, with businessman Mikhail Susov, became for her the standard of happiness and love, which brought three more children.

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Varvara(real name Elena Vladimirovna Susova, maiden name - Tutanova); was born July 30 ( 19730730 ) year in Balashikha) - Russian singer. Honored Artist of Russia (2010). She graduated from Balashikha School No. 3, Gnessin School and GITIS. She performed as part of the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances. The performer released her first solo album, which was called “Varvara,” in 2001 (label NOX Music). The performer also released the albums “Closer” (2003) and “Dreams” (2005).

Creative path

Varvara graduated from Gnesinka, where her teacher was Matvey Osherovsky, director of the acclaimed production of The Threepenny Opera in Odessa. The eccentric genius repeatedly kicked out the artist, called her “Verst Kolomenskaya” and even threw shoes at her. However, Varvara did not go to the operetta through no fault of his - she simply wanted a “free flight”, without directors and producers. Later, while working at the Lev Leshchenko Variety Theater, she graduated from GITIS in absentia with a degree in musical theater artist. After leaving the theater, Varvara began her solo career.

From July 1991 to the present, Varvara has been working as a soloist-vocalist of the Federal State Cultural Institution "State Theater of Variety Performances "Musical Agency". At the same time with this position, she serves as artistic director and general director of her own production Art Center "Varvara". Varvara performs songs and musical compositions that are often heard on the radio, and her musical numbers can be seen in television programs of the central channels of Russia.

In 2001, the NOX Music company released the artist’s debut album, which was called “Varvara”. Work on this record continued throughout 2000. Most of the songs were written by unknown young authors, and only the name of Kim Breitburg - the main songwriter of Boris Moiseev - spoke something to the listeners. Young multi-instrumentalists took part in the recording of the album, united in one group named after Varvara.

It was then that for the first time the DJs of the leading radio stations began to think: what style should this music be classified as? There are echoes of all musical cultures - from Russian to Arabic; the sounds of live instruments are combined here with electronic samples, tragic compositions invariably coexist with dance songs, and at the same time poetry comes to the fore! The songs of the debut album, despite all their format, were not popular with listeners, but the title song “Varvara”, “Butterfly”, “On the Edge” and “Fly to the Light” were played on the radio. But the fact that in Nicole Claro’s book “Madonna” one of the chapters was called “On the Edge” went unnoticed.

In the summer of 2002, Varvara received an unexpected offer. The founder of the famous Swedish studio Cosmo (it was this company that “made” the last records of the group A-ha and Britney Spears), Norn Bjorn, invited her to record several compositions with the Swedish symphony orchestra. Collaboration with the Swedes resulted in the song “It’s Behind,” designed in the style of fashionable r’n’b. But Varvara decided to continue recording the remaining songs for the future album in Russia. She believes that today Russian sound producers are capable of working at the European level.

The end of 2002 was marked for Varvara by her performance in the finals of “Songs of the Year 2002” with the song “Od-na”, which in the summer-autumn of 2002 was broadcast on almost all the leading radio stations in the country.

Varvara travels in music just as she travels in life. In the United Arab Emirates, where she often comes with her family, she has already been offered to record an album of songs in Arabic. But in addition to the east, Varvara is also attracted by northern Europe, with its harsh sagas and Celtic tales, with the cold music of Enya and the salty smell of the ocean. Perhaps that is why the song “Two Sides of the Moon” from her second album, which was released in 2003, has such Norman notes. “I am in love with Europe of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. When I come to France and wander through the castles of the 16th century, I feel the Norman spirit preserved within these walls. I get the feeling that I lived there: I stroke the walls, and I want to shoot videos there.”

Experimenting with song videos is perhaps Varvara’s main passion. “I always wanted to sing songs and shoot videos in which I could finally show myself as a character actress,” says Varvara.

March 2003 became the month of Varvara - the Ars-Records company released her second album, called “Closer”. Most of the compositions for it were recorded at the Brothers Grimm studio - it was in this company that they managed to find arrangements and sound that were adequate to the singer’s ideas.

In recent years, four solo music albums of the singer have been released with songs that audiences from different countries know and love. Over the past 10 years, many tours, music festivals, and a wide variety of charitable and patronage events have not been possible without Varvara’s active creative participation. The singer repeatedly took part in organizing holiday concerts, she took part in many Russian festivals and represented the musical art of Russia abroad.

In December 2004, he received an honorary diploma from the television festival “Song of the Year 2005” for the song “I flew and sang,” for which a video was shot a month later in Morocco.

In 2005, Varvara became a finalist in the National selection of the International Eurovision Song Contest 2005. In the same year, the singer, having won first place in the Internet voting of the International Club OGAE, received the right to represent Russia at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision festival in Denmark.

Since 2006, Varvara has been actively touring European countries and introducing Europeans to the ethnic creativity of Russian musical culture. We are well aware that throughout the years of her creative activity she has been actively and purposefully improving her skills, searching for new creative forms, making sure that the musical material of the works she performs always follows the spirit of modernity, is interesting and accessible to the most diverse segments of the public and is in demand in the music market.

In 2009, Varvara takes part in the Festival of Russian Culture in London and introduces the British to her new program “Dreams”. This program contains the best songs, in the musical arrangements of which you can hear the sound of the Yakut tambourine and the beats of North Caucasian drums and the beautiful sounds of ancient Russian horns. The team under the leadership of Varvara purposefully uses the sound of many folk instruments in their songs, thereby emphasizing the scale of Russian musical culture.

On March 12, People's Artist of Russia Nadezhda Babkina will celebrate her 60th birthday with a big concert. Ethno-pop singer Varvara, who has been friends with Nadezhda Georgievna for many years, will not be able to attend the concert due to her tour, however, she will present the artist with her gift. But later.

Last week, in one of the Moscow studios, Varvara finished recording a joint composition with the Moscow Bagpipe Orchestra. The recorded song is a cover version of a truly popular hit in our country (its name is kept secret until the premiere). Known for her musical experiments, Varvara decided to combine traditional Russian text and folk melodies with the sound of real bagpipes. “Many people are sure that the bagpipe is a purely Scottish instrument,” says Varvara. - In fact, it came to Europe from the East. According to one of the existing versions, the instrument came to Scotland thanks to our neighbors the Vikings and the Varangians, who were very close to Rus'. Therefore, such a combination of musical styles seems to me historically justified. I want to present and dedicate the premiere of this song and a specially prepared number to Nadezhda Babkina during her next project, which will take place immediately after the singer’s anniversary. I am grateful to her for the moral support she provides to my creative experiments in combining traditional and modern styles. I really hope that she will like the new creation as much as she liked my song “Letala, Yes Sang” at one time.

Varvara met the Moscow and Region Bagpipe Orchestra during a tour in England. The artist immediately caught fire with the idea of ​​cooperation, and the recorded composition is only the first fruit of it. The approach is no longer a cover, but an original song by Varvara in the Scottish style, for which the singer is now looking for suitable lyrics.

Discography

• 2001 - Album “Varvara” - “KNOX MUSIC”
  • « VARVARA
  • « BUTTERFLY" - Music: A. Shkuratov, Words: A. Shkuratov, Arrangements: A. Ivanov, A. Shkuratov, Video clip director: D. Makhamatdinov, Video clip operator: V. Novozhilov
  • « FLY TO THE LIGHT" - Music: K. Breitburg, M. Breitburg, Words: E. Melnik, Arrangements: K. Breitburg, Video clip director: F. Bondarchuk, Video clip operator: V. Opelyants, Video clip stylist: Alisher
  • « ON THE EDGE" - Music: K. Boris, Words: E. Melnik, Arrangements: A. Ivanov, Video clip director: S. Kalvarsky, Video clip operator: V. Opelyants, Video clip stylist: Aslan
  • « TWO HEARTS" - Music: A. Lunev, Lyrics: I. Kokanovsky, Arrangements: V. Mukhin, A. Lunev
  • « ICE AND WATER" - Music: A. Protchenko, Lyrics: A. Protchenko, Arrangements: A. Protchenko
  • « GLASS LOVE" - Music: A. Lunev, Lyrics: E. Melnik, Arrangements: V. Mukhin, A. Lunev
  • « RUN AWAY" - Music: V. Shemtyuk, Words: E. Melnik, V. Shemtyuk, Arrangements: A. Ivanov
  • « REX, PEX, FEX" - Music: K. Breitburg, Lyrics: K. Breitburg, Arrangements: A. Ivanov
  • « HAWAII" - Music: G. Bogdanov, Lyrics: G. Bogdanov, Arrangements: A. Ivanov
  • « ANGEL OF BAD NEWS" - Music: K. Breitburg, Lyrics: E. Melnik, Arrangements: A. Protchenko
  • « DON'T INTERFER" - Music: A. Shkuratov, Lyrics: A. Shkuratov, Arrangements: A. Ivanov, A. Shkuratov
  • « FLY TO THE LIGHT" - (Grimm RMX/

Our heroine today is singer Varvara. Her biography will be discussed below. We are talking about a Russian singer. She performed in the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances. Awarded the title of Russia.

Biography

Creation

Varvara is a singer who began her solo career after leaving the theater. In 2001, the debut album of our heroine was published by NOX Music. They called him “Varvara”. Work on this disc continued throughout 2000. It should be noted that Varvara is a singer who collaborated with He was the author of a number of her songs. In 2002, our heroine received an offer from Norn Bjorn, who is the founder of a Swedish studio called Cosmo, to record several compositions with a symphony orchestra. The first song that was created in this collaboration was “It's Behind.” It can be attributed to the style of modern r’n’b. Our heroine decided to continue recording the remaining compositions in Russia.

Fame

Varvara is a singer who performed at the “Song of the Year” competition in 2002. There she performed the composition “One-on”. Soon this song appeared on the air of various radio stations around the country. In 2003, Ars-Records released the second album of our heroine, entitled “Closer”. Most of the compositions were recorded at the Brothers Grimm studio. Work on the next album began in 2003. It was marked by the release of the song “Dreams”. Thus, the beginning of a new ethnic direction in the singer’s work was laid. A video was shot for this composition on an island called Valaam. It has become a romantic saga that tells the story of a foreign girl.