Anselika Why

Anshelika Why and her husband Leonid Agutin

Anshelika Why ( Russian Анжели́ка Вару́м ; born May 26, 1969 in Lwow , Soviet Union as Marija Jurjewna Why Russian Мари́я Ю́рьевна Вару́м ) is a Russian pop singer.

Career

Why was born as the daughter of the Russian singer-songwriter Yuri Ignatevich Why (1949-2014) and the theater director Galina Michailovna Schapovalova. At the age of 5 she received piano lessons. Guitar lessons were added later. During her school days she intensified her musical and practical training. She performed in Ukraine with the school's own theater group. She sang traditional songs while accompanying herself on the guitar.

After graduating from school, she took up theater training, which she was unable to complete due to her Ukrainian accent. She turned back to singing and initially worked as a background singer for various productions. In 1990, at her father's request, she recorded the song полуночный ковбой (Polunotschny kowboi / Midnight Cowboy), with which she achieved her first success. In 1991, Why released her first album "Good Bye, мой мальчик (Good Bye, moi maltschik / Goodbye, my boy"). Two years later, Anshelika Why recorded the album Ля-ля-фа (Lja-Lja-Fa). The decoupling Городок (Gorodok / city) became the singer's trademark. In 1994 she reached the final of the national singing competition Песня года (Pesnja goda / Song of the Year).

In early 1995 the album Избранное (Isdrannoje / favorites) was released. Shortly thereafter, the album Осенний джа (Ossenni dscha / Autumn Jazz) was released, with which the singer made a musical turn. The album was awarded the "Ovazia" award, the Russian equivalent of the Grammy, as "the best album", and the video for the title song of the album as "the best video" of the year. Anshelika Why received the award "best singer of the year".

In 1996 the album В двух минутах от любви (W dwuch minutach ot ljubwi / Two minutes before love) was released, which again received an award. In the same year the much more experimental album Зимняя вишня (Winter Cherry) was released. Anshelika Why went on tour with this album.

In 1997 she received an offer from theater director Leonid Truschkin to take on a role in his play Поза эмигранта (posa emigranta / The Pose of the Emigrant) based on G.Slutski's novel Банкир (bankir / The Banker). The first performance took place in Moscow's Vakhtangov Theater in October. Anshelika Why was awarded for her acting performance. In 1997 she began working with the singer and musician Leonid Agutin, whom she later married.

In 1999 the seventh album by the singer Только она (Tol'ko ona / Nur Sie) and the album "The Best" were released, which includes live recordings of her concert tours. In the same year Anshelika Why was seen in the cinema for the first time, as an actress in the film Небо в алмазах (nebo v almasach / Heaven full of diamonds).

In the following year, Anshelika Why and Leonid Agutin released their first joint album Служебный роман (sluschebny roman / Dienststromanze) with which they went on tour under the touring title Половина сердца (polowina serdza "/ Half of the Heart).

In 2002 the album Стоп, любопытство (stop, ljubopytstwo / The curiosity to stop) was presented with an accompanying new tour program Римские каникулы (rimskije kanikuly / vacation in Rome). In 2003, Anzhelika Why played a role in the crime film Каменская 3: Когда боги смеются, (Kamenskaya 3: When the Gods Laugh). In the same year she released the song Пожар (poschar / fire). A year of concert activity with Leonid Agutin followed. They went on a world tour with concerts in the United States, Germany, Israel, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

In 2005 a new film was released. The musical "Двенадцать стульев (Twelve Chairs)" is based on the book of the same name by Ilf and Petrov. In the same year she presented the song "Ты и Я (ty i ya / You and I"), which was successful beyond the borders of Russia. She also worked on the album “Cosmopolitan Life” by Leonid Agutin and Al di Meola . In November she released another album of her own with the title Музыка (musyka / music).

In 2007 Anshelika Why recorded a duet with Leonid Agutin Две дороги, два пути (dwe drogi, dwa puti / Two streets, two ways), for which the couple received the music prize Золотой граммофон (gold record).

In November 2009, a new album Если он уйдет (When He Goes) was presented, which in turn is accompanied by video productions, which Anshelika Why now directed himself. Anshelika's brother Mikhail Why appeared on the album for the first time as a composer with the piece Этюд (etjud / etude). In 2011 Anshelika Why began recording revisions of her father's compositions, which she published in 2012. Another concert tour with Leonid Agutin followed in 2013.

She lives in Moscow .

Web links

Commons : Anzhelika Varum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Anzhelika Varum in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Biography Anzhelika Varum
• Anzhelika Varum at Soundcloud