Biography. Philip Kirkorov - an exemplary father and a loving son Career rise of Philip Kirkorov

"Philip's father is a full-blooded Armenian by the name of Kirkorian, and his mother is Jewish, an opera singer from Bulgaria. When the genocide occurred in Turkey in 1915, some of the Armenians were taken to Greece on ships, some to Bulgaria. The Kirkorian family - one of them. Philip has no relatives among the Bulgarians. There is even a joke among the artists: “The only son that mom and dad have and, frankly, an unusual guy. Judge for yourself: dad is Armenian, mom is Jewish, and the son is Bulgarian,” said German Ananyants, vice president of the Union of Armenians of Russia. .

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He even asked Kirkorov about his roots. “I once asked Philip a question: “Why do you hide your origin? Are there really few talented people among Armenians: Aznavour, Cher, Legrand, Dzhigarkhanyan, Aivazovsky ... " To which Philip replied: "I can't say now that I am an Armenian. Because long years said that the Bulgarian! What will people say?" I understood him. In our country, Larisa Dolina or Klara Novikova do not shout about their nationality. The main thing is that Philip helps the Armenians more, and then let him say, they say, a Bulgarian,” Ananyants was quoted by Express Gazeta.

The Kirkorovs actively participate in the life of the Armenian diaspora. Ananyants said: “Bedros helped to knock out land in Veliky Novgorod for the construction of an Armenian church. Both Bedros and Philip did not remain indifferent to the fate of the Armenian boy, singer Andranik Aleksanyan. complex operation. The Kirkorovs decided to transfer part of the funds from charity concerts to the guy's account".

Bedros Kirkorov himself spoke about the young Armenian performer: " We decided to transfer 400 thousand rubles for treatment, another 80 thousand dollars are required. We turned to Armenian businessmen - I know that the Moscow businesswoman Narine Davtyan has been helping the guy for many years, we informed the first lady of Armenia, who has a fund. She promised to help. The problem is that Andranik is a citizen of Ukraine. Ukrainian journalists called me and said that Andranik allegedly refused "Russian" money. I realized that this was a provocation, because the guy on the same day sent me a sound letter with gratitude.

Meanwhile, Andranik's representatives assured Days.Ru that Philip did not translate anything for him. “It is indicated that the Kirkorov family has long been helping the young singer solve serious problems related to his health (in particular, we are talking about paying for an operation performed in an Israeli clinic). We want to declare that this information does not correspond to the actual state of affairs, since Philip and Bedros Kirkorov never listed any Money to the account of Andranik Aleksanyan. We do not set ourselves the task of analyzing and discussing the motives and reasons for what happened, but Andranik Aleksanyan is currently still in a rather difficult situation, and we do not want his story to be used by anyone to achieve personal goals and as a PR reason ", - Andranik Aleksanyan's representative in Russia Sergey Andron said.

He actively shares concert announcements, tour stories, vacation impressions and family pictures on his blog. More than 2.7 million people have subscribed to the artist's Instagram page. November 25 is celebrated as Mother's Day in many countries. Philip published an archival photo with Victoria Markovna, which he had never shown to fans and journalists before.

“Few people know the fact that my Mom Victoria, back in 1957, when she was only 20 years old, played a tiny role in the movie “FIGHTER AND CLOWN”.

A film about one of the brightest pages in the history of the Russian circus. Famous artists - wrestler Ivan Poddubny and clown trainer Anatoly Durov - were world famous and loved by the people. But their destinies were full of dramatic collisions, as well as all our human destinies ... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, beloved Mom! You are in my heart forever!” - the artist emotionally turned to Victoria Markovna.

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Victoria Markovna Likhacheva (Kirkorova) (center)

Fans of the artist warmly welcomed the photo of his mother. Victoria Kirkorova passed away 24 years ago - she passed away at the age of 57 on her birthday only son. Subscribers tried to support Philip: “Your mother would be proud of you! Do not doubt, Very beautiful! Who are you from! Unusual like your mother", "Very beautiful woman"," I want to honor the memory of this beautiful woman - your unforgettable mother, "" Bright memory. What a good photo."

Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov (according to his passport - Philip Bedros Kirkorov) - Soviet and Russian pop singer, actor, composer and producer. Philip Kirkorov in 2008 was awarded the title of "People's Artist of Russian Federation". In 2017, Kirkorov noisily celebrated his 50th birthday.

Family, childhood and education of Philip Kirkorov

Philip Kirkorov's father - Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov (Krikoryan) - Bulgarian singer (born June 2, 1932). By origin - Armenian. According to Bedros himself, he changed his surname Krikoryan to Kirkorov, as this was a prerequisite for entering a Bulgarian school.

The mother of Philip Kirkorov is Victoria Markovna Kirkorova (Likhacheva), the host of concerts (April 6, 1937 - April 30, 1994).

Philip Kirkorov with his parents (Photo: twitter.com/fkirkorov)

Grandfather (paternal) - Philip Krikoryan, an Armenian by nationality, worked as a shoemaker. Grandmother (paternal) - Sofia Krikoryan, also an Armenian.

Great-grandfather (by mother) - Manion Mikhail Alfonsovich, (1891-1918), acrobat, musical eccentric, clown, half-French-half-Russian by nationality, the surname Manion is of Irish origin. Grandmother (by mother) - Manion Lidia Mikhailovna, circus actress, xylophonist, dancer. She had gypsy roots.

Aunt (father's sister) - Marie Kirkorova (b. 1945), opera singer. Works in the USA. Uncle (father's brother) - Harry Kirkorov (b. 1937), businessman.

Philip Kirkorov from childhood got used to acting life. From the age of five, little Phil went on tour with his parents. The future singer often attended his father's concerts and even went on stage with his father to applause.

Philip Kirkorov in childhood (Photo: twitter.com/fkirkorov)

As is known from the biography on the official website of Kirkorov, when little Philip fell seriously ill, his parents, who then lived in Bulgaria, went to the famous prophetess Vanga. She told them: "I see your son on a high mountain, he is standing and waving a metal stick." Only after some time Vanga's secret became clear, this mountain is a musical Olympus, and the "metal stick" is an ordinary microphone ...

The childhood of Philip Kirkorov took place on the Taganka. At school, Philip studied excellently and graduated with a gold medal. Parallel to music school Philip studied piano and guitar. After school, Kirkorov tried to enter GITIS, but it did not work out. The future popular singer was told that he lacked vocal abilities. It took a couple of years for the voice to get stronger.

Then in 1984, young Kirkorov entered the Music College. Gnesins. He was taken into his class by Margarita Iosifovna Landa, a teacher who was called a “sorceress” at the school. Philip Kirkorov's father, however, doubted his son's vocal abilities and once said: "I give my head for cutting off that he will never become a singer!" After the first concert of Philip Bedros, Kirkorov approached Margarita Iosifovna with the words: “I will erect a golden monument to you!”

In 1988, Philip Kirkorov graduated from college with honors.

Musical career Philip Kirkorov

Back in Gnesinka, young Kirkorov in 1985 was invited to the first television shoot in the Wider Circle program with the song Alyosha in Bulgarian. Philip was noticed by the director of "Blue Light" S.I. Anapolskaya and invited Kirkorov to star in her program. But the leadership of the Blue Light refused the young artist with a strange argument: "He is too handsome." Outraged Anapolskaya, threatening that she would quit her job, nevertheless managed to get permission to shoot.

In 1987, the head of the Leningrad Music Hall, I. Rakhlin, invited Philip Kirkorov on a foreign tour to Berlin to participate in the world famous show theater Friedrichstadtpalast. For a young artist I had to learn all the texts in German but the trip went well.

In April 1988, Philip met at the opening day of Ilya Reznik with Alla Pugacheva. In general, Ilya Reznik was one of the first professionals who helped him on the stage. In October 1988, Philip Kirkorov received an invitation from Pugacheva to take part in the "Christmas Meetings". Philip Kirkorov has already graduated from the Gnessin College and managed to check in at a competition in Yalta, starred in the video "Carmen" and spent in Soviet troops free concerts in Mongolia.

Songwriter Ilya Reznik and singer Philip Kirkorov, 2008 (Photo: Evguenii Matveev/Russian LookGlobal Look Press)

The meeting with the poet Leonid Derbenev also became significant for Philip Kirkorov - the poet wrote songs for the singer that became hits - these are "You, you, you", "Heaven and Earth", "Atlantis", "Day and Night" and many others.

The popularity of Philip Kirkorov grew, more and more new achievements appeared in his biography. The listeners were captivated by both the voice and the appearance of the singer. In 1989, Philip Kirkorov went on tour as Alla Pugacheva's partner in Australia and Germany. Then Philip had his first solo tour in Perm, and in the same year Kirkorov reached the final of the Song of the Year festival for the first time.

"Christmas Evenings" by Alla Pugacheva. Artist Filipp Kirkorov during a performance at the Olimpiysky sports complex, 1989 (Photo: Vitaly Sozinov / TASS)

At the end of 1989, Philip Kirkorov left the Alla Pugacheva Theater and began active concert activity. He wanted to make sure that the public goes not only to Alla Pugacheva, but also to his concerts.

In 1992, a video clip was released for the song "Atlantis" and two solo programs - "Heaven and Earth" and "Atlantis"; the latter was later recognized best show of the year. In the same years, the first tour of Philip Kirkorov took place in the USA, Canada, Germany and Israel.

Philip Bedrosovich received in 1993 the Ovation award in the nomination "Best Singer of the Year" and the award of the Golden Orpheus international competition. At the same time, Kirkorov's successful tour in Australia took place.

Then there was the solo program "I'm not Rafael", which became a new milestone in Kirkorov's biography. The main part of the program was hits from the repertoire of E. Humperdinck, T. Jones, F. Sinatra, P. Anka and E. Presley.

In November 1994, Kirkorov and Pugacheva held a joint grand concert in Atlantic City, in America's largest casino, the Taj Mahal, and in May of the following year they made a joint concert tour of Israel.

Singers Alla Pugacheva and Philip Kirkorov (Photo: Igor Flis/Russian Look/Global Look Press)

In 1995, Kirkorov received 2 more Ovation awards - “For the best program” and “Best singer”, shot video clips “Bird”, “Look what a summer” and “Darling”.

Unexpectedly, a week before the international Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Philip Kirkorov found out that he would represent Russia in this contest; took only 17th place on it with the song "Lullaby for the Volcano". Thus, Eurovision did not become a landmark in Kirkorov's biography.

The end of 1995 was marked by the release of the double CD “Say the Sun: Yes!” on the Polygram label. The release of the album coincided with the premiere of the program "The Best, Favorite and Only for You" at the State Variety Theater, which was then successfully held throughout the country.

In 1996, Philip Kirkorov was awarded the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo for a record circulation among Russian performers (2 million sound carriers).

Russian singer Philip Kirkorov performing at the World Music Awards in Monaco (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Photos/PHOTAS)

Philip Kirkorov is an eight-time winner of the Ovation Award, a five-time winner of the World Music Awards as the most popular performer in Russia, a multiple winner of the Golden Gramophone, One Stop Hit, and Silver Galosh awards, laureate of the annual Song of the Year festival.

Philip Kirkorov after receiving the Ovation award, 2008 (Photo: Anton Belitsky / Russian Look / Global Look Press)

In 2015, Philip Kirkorov took 2nd place in the rating of " Top 50 Russian Celebrities" by Forbes magazine. The rating, according to the publication, includes "the richest and most influential stars Russian show business and sports." Philip Kirkorov scored over 41 points, with $10.4 million in revenue, second only to Maria Sharapova, with Kirkorov significantly more inquiries but fewer media mentions.

2017 was the anniversary year for the people's artist. In April, Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov exchanged fifty dollars. Philip Kirkorov began preparing for the anniversary in advance with the help of the “I” tour, as well as the acquisition, as reported in the news, of a mansion in an elite village near Moscow, where he moved with his children, Alla-Victoria and Martin.

Photo: Russian Archives/Global Look Press

Vacation home The artist is located in the Myakininskaya floodplain of the Moscow River on the Picturesque peninsula surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Bay. The singer's mansion is located on a whole hectare of land. Here the air is clean, not noisy, the mirror-like surface of the reservoir, and at the same time the metropolis is only 2 kilometers away! There are about 30 mansions in the elite village, which the locals call the "island". Each is built according to individual project- one is tougher than the other.

According to realtors, Philip Kirkorov had to pay about $ 12 million for a house in the Myakininskaya floodplain of the Moscow River.

Photo: Russian Archives/Global Look Press

Personal life of Philip Kirkorov

On January 13, 1994, Philip Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva announced their engagement in Moscow. On March 15, the marriage of Kirkorov with Pugacheva was registered in St. Petersburg by the mayor of the city, Anatoly Sobchak. On May 15, Alla and Philip got married in Jerusalem. The dissolution of the marriage with Alla Pugacheva, which secretly took place in March 2005, was officially announced in November 2005 in the Lolita program “Without complexes”.

Philip Kirkorov, Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin, 2006 (Photo: Maxim Burlak/Russian Look/Global Look Press)

Philip Kirkorov has two children. Daughter - Alla Victoria (b. November 26, 2011). Kirkorov said that his daughter's name is in honor of his mother Victoria and in honor of Alla Pugacheva. The son of Kirkorov is Martin (b. June 29, 2012). The singer announced his birth during a concert in Sofia.

There was no information about the mother of Philip Kirkorov's children for a long time, with the exception of speculation in the tabloid news, which wrote about different women who fit this role, trying to unravel the secret of Kirkorov's children. Philip Kirkorov said that he gave birth to children surrogate mother, however, Philip Bedrosovich then regretted his frankness. In the release of the TV show “Secret for a Million,” Philip Kirkorov noted that “our country is not ready for such revelations. Today, the topic of surrogate motherhood is discussed quite often, and I received so many complaints on my own head.

Singer Philip Kirkorov with his daughter Alla-Victoria and son Martin (Photo: TASS)

Photos of Kirkorov with children can often be found in the media. As for their mother, Philip Bedrosovich only says that she is in in perfect order and he is not afraid of her meeting with children.

Scandals around Philip Kirkorov

Philip Kirkorov and Timati (Photo: twitter.com/timatiofficial)

Philip Kirkorov often gets into the news of the leading media, not only as a creative figure, but also because of various scandals. There were many such episodes in the biography of Philip Bedrosovich. He clashed with colleagues, as they did with him, Kirkorov's skirmishes with Yuri Shevchuk and Timati were remembered, the latter even recorded the anti-Kirkorov video "Come on, goodbye!" Show business stars reconciled only in 2016, as reported in the news, with the assistance of Grigory Leps. In 2017, Timati and Kirkorov even shot a joint video for the song "Last Spring".

In 2004, a rude answer using a swear word by Philip Kirkorov to the question of the Rostov journalist Irina Aroyan caused a great resonance in the news: “What is the reason for such a large number of remakes in your repertoire? The court sentenced Kirkorov to pay a fine of 60 thousand rubles for insulting in a public place. Many Russian media announced a boycott of Kirkorov in protest.

Most loud scandal happened to Kirkorov in December 2010, when Philip attacked Marina Yablokova, assistant director of the Golden Gramophone ceremony. She filed an application addressed to the head of the Moscow police department, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, with a request to open a criminal case against F. Kirkorov, whom she accused of beating and insulting during a rehearsal of the ceremony on December 4 at the State Kremlin Palace. Philip Bedrosovich himself initially denied his guilt. Then he said that he was sick and needed treatment, for which he went to an Israeli hospital, from where on December 10, in the program “Let them talk”, he publicly apologized to Yablokova. “Yes, I raised my hand. I offended, ”Kirkorov said on that memorable broadcast. On December 15, at the request of Yablokova, a criminal case was initiated. And then there was information that the parties nevertheless went to the world.

In November 2016, the leader of the Space group Didier Marouani filed a claim against Kirkorov for plagiarizing the musical material of the song "Cruel Love", the singer considers it to be 41% borrowed from the song Symphonic Space Dream. After telephone conversations (which, as it turned out, instead of Kirkorov, were pranksters Vovan and Lexus), Maruani arrived in Moscow, where they were detained with lawyer Igor Trunov in the branch of Sberbank on Pokrovka Street. At the same time, it was noted that the detention of the musician and lawyer was connected with Kirkorov's statement about allegedly extorting a large amount of money from him due to copyright infringement. At night, Trunov and the leader of Space were released from the police with an apology. The police also noted that "officially, a person is not detained until a detention protocol is drawn up." Commenting on the incident, Marouani stated that "Monsieur Kirkorov and his lawyer (Alexander) Dobrovinsky behaved like a mafia, committed a hooligan act, and I want to note that we will resolve all issues in court."

ilipp Kirkorov (center) during the signing of autographs (Photo: Artem Korotaev / TASS)

Philip Kirkorov is accused of being rude to his fans. In 2016, photos and videos appeared on the Internet, which show how the singer walks along the aisle during the concert, a fan catches up with him, Kirkorov, suddenly turning around, hits the woman with his hand, after which she falls to the floor. The spectators who were nearby help her, while the artist himself, continuing his performance, goes further.

Philip has been declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan. Although he personally has never been to Nagorno-Karabakh. This is explained by the fact that "his mother is an Armenian by nationality." When asked if the reason for this really lies in his Armenian origin, Kirkorov replied that “this question is not for me, but for Polad Bulbuloglu (Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan - approx. “SP”). It was he who did not allow my visit to Azerbaijan.”

Original taken from a_glazunov in Anatoly Glazunov (Blockade). Zhidovsky Telebox.. Collection (continued).

Will Philip Kirkorov say:
"I'm a Jew, and I'm proud of it!"

Pop singer, actor, composer and producer Philip Kirkorov has been hiding and hiding his nationality for a long time. Probably shy and shy. "I am with a Bulgarian surname and a Russian soul." And many of his admirers were sure for decades that he was "a Bulgarian with a Russian soul."

Pop singer Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov was born on April 30, 1967 in Varna (Bulgaria).

Ancestors

Grandfather (paternal) - Philip Kirkorov (original surname - Krikoryan), Armenian, shoemaker. Grandmother (paternal) - Sofia Kirkorova, Armenian. Grandfather (by mother) - Manion Mikhail Alfonsovich, (1891-1918), acrobat, musical eccentric, clown, half-French-half-Russian, the name Manion is of Irish origin. Grandmother (by mother) - Manion Lidia Mikhailovna, circus actress, xylophonist, dancer. She also had gypsy roots.
Father - Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov, singer, purebred Armenian (born in 1932). According to Bedros himself, he changed his surname Krikoryan to Kirkorov, as this was a prerequisite for entering a Bulgarian school.
His mother, a Jewess Victoria Markovna Kirkorova (Likhacheva), a concert host (1937-1994), died of cancer.

Where does this information about the nationality of ancestors come from? About the fact that the father is Armenian, and the mother is Jewish? The most reliable source is an interview about his ancestors and relatives, which was given on the Armenian website of the Union of Armenians of Russia by Philip Kirkirov's father, singer Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov.

I am posting the interview in full here.

Bedros Kirkorov: “I am Armenian, and I am proud of it!”

During a meeting at one of the events dedicated to the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Republic of Armenia, Bedros Kirkorov, in response to my question regarding his Armenian roots, kindly invited the correspondent of the UAR (Union of Armenians in Russia) to visit him, promising to tell about everything in detail.

A singer with almost half a century of career not only in Bulgaria, but also mostly in Russia, received the title of Honored Artist of Russia in 1992 - a unique case, because no other citizen of a foreign state has been able to achieve this. But with the light hand of Boris Yeltsin, this became possible. with many amazing people the fate of Bedros Filippovich brought together: with A. Khachaturyan, A. Babadzhanyan, B. Pokrovsky, Y. Silantiev, E. Rozner, L. Utesov and many other famous people. He remembers them all with gratitude. Armenians and Armenia, love and friendship, habits and traditions - a well-known tenor shared this and many other things in an interview with a SAR correspondent.

Bedros Filippovich, thank you for inviting me to this spacious and comfortable apartment...
- ... This is Philip's apartment, and I live in Veliky Novgorod (in the homeland of the second wife, by the way, in the city of Kholm, a church-chapel is being built near the monument famous hero Russian-Turkish war to the commander of the Bulgarian militia, originally from the city of Kholm, Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Kalitin). I often visit Moscow: for example, in early October there was an Armenian concert, and a small operation on the spine, and the presentation of Phillip's album "DruGoy" along with the opening of his Phill4You boutique...

Impressive... You're proud of your son, aren't you? He achieved great success, and it began in childhood, because he graduated from school with a gold medal ...
- Yes, he is my “golden boy”! He is the only one here, in the Zhdanovsky district, who graduated from high school with honors. He made toys with his own hands ... In general, in childhood, we did not know any problems with him.

- Are there any complaints about him, for example, in terms of the fact that, unlike you, he does not advertise his Armenian origin?
- Philip has as many as 5 bloodlines mixed: Armenian, Jewish, Bulgarian, Russian and ... even Italian. His mother, my late wife Victoria, was Jewish - the nationality of the child is determined by the mother there ... It is clear that he does not advertise his Armenian origin. But I think he does a lot for the Armenians. In particular, at the New Wave 2010, as chairman of the public jury, he awarded the first place to Vova Arzumanyan, who later received the Grand Prix at the Junior Eurovision 2010. And now, at the children's New Wave 2011, where Andranik Aleksanyan played for Ukraine, Philip was very happy that he received the Grand Prix. And he instructed me to form a fundraising committee for his treatment, which requires 500,000 euros. A. Alekasanyan has already performed at a charity concert for the elderly in Veliky Novgorod, and the governor of the region, S.G. Mitin, invited him to perform at the traditional New Year's ball ... Understand, Philip does not like to boast of it. But I never cease to be proud of the fact that I am an Armenian.

What is Armenia for you, by the way, when was the last time you were in Armenia, touched the origins?
- The last time I was there was quite recently. On September 2, I visited Nagorno-Karabakh for the first time, where a grandiose concert was given at the stadium in honor of the 20th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the NKR. The opening of the monument to Nelson Stepanyan also took place there.
At the concert, I sang songs, including “Ararat”, “Krung” - I always sing this song on my knees, as my grandfather taught, “without Ararat we are like without a leg”, in addition, my grandfather said that we need language (“bari lezvov arnink Hayastan)”, i.e. take Armenia diplomatically, peacefully, not by wars; There is such a proverb: “Anush lezvov otse dzakin k hanes”, which means “with a sweet word you will lure the serpent”.
In Karabakh and in Yerevan - in the Russian drama theater - movie stars such as Vitorgan, Petrenko, Kostolevsky gave a play about the genocide (about how a young Armenian man who killed a Turkish diplomat in Berlin was acquitted).

In general, the Armenians and Bulgarians general history: both peoples were under the yoke of the Turks. In general, Armenia means a lot to me. I am a purebred Armenian. I speak Armenian well. From a very young age, in Varna, we constantly spoke Armenian, my grandfather insisted on this. The Armenian speech from our mouths must have been heard. We didn't live in a big high-rise building. We had a house, or rather several houses in the yard (like the old Armenian courtyards).
As soon as they entered the courtyard from the street, Bulgarian speech should not have been heard - everything was in Armenian! Our grandfather was so principled and strict that if he accidentally heard Bulgarian speech, he would beat us with a vine with the words “Inch asir?” (“What did you say?”), turn around ... They - adults - sometimes spoke Turkish among themselves. Because we are Turkish Armenians (my parents were born in 1908, they were 7 years old when the genocide occurred in Turkey; my father was born in Bursa, South Turkey, and my mother was in Constantinople, now Istanbul, and my grandmother is from Erzrum, how beautiful she is she cooked, especially mussels stuffed with rice, and how masterfully she pulled out the bones from the cherries, which remained intact, and then made jam ... and grandfather never wore a coat and hat, in winter he always went out in a sweater, unbuttoned, came home, and on his head he had snow - a hat made of snow, he was always hot, because he had warmth inside - bioenergy, he was engaged in healing ...). I also know Turkish, and, of course, Bulgarian, I studied it at school. Why can't I read and write in Armenian? Because the Armenian church, where the language was also taught, was far away - in the center of Varna, 250 meters from the fountain. And we lived somewhere a kilometer away from this place. In winter, of course, mother would not let us go there. Therefore, we studied in an ordinary Bulgarian school. And if you study there, then your last name should not have ended in “-yan”. Soon our surname Kirkorian turned into Kirkorov.

Like Petros - in Bedros?
- If you go to Etchmiadzin, you will notice that the names of the holy apostles Poghos and Petros are written through the letter "b" - "Bogos" and "Bedros". At some point, the Bulgarian alphabet underwent changes, for example, Petrosyan became Bedrosyan, etc.

At one of the concerts, you said that you, like your grandfather, were a shoemaker, right?
- My father and grandfather were shoemakers, and grandfather was the only one who made unique booties for newborns when the left or right foot was not yet formed. Wooden blocks. These shoes were of two colors - pink (for girls) with a pink bow and blue (for boys) with a blue bow. Grandfather was the only one in Varna who did this. This wooden boot was left in my memory in Varna, my sister has it now, this is already a museum value.
My grandfather had 3 daughters and 2 sons, but one of them died during the First World War - from a gas lamp, which was unsuccessfully lit, he was badly burned and died.

In general, grandfather knew how to write and read in Armenian, he knew many languages. He traveled all over Egypt, India, Pakistan, because in his youth he did not want to stay in Turkey, he did not want to sit in Turkey and traveled the whole world. He, as I have already said, was even engaged in folk healing, treated children for enuresis, stuttering, made children clearly and articulately pronounce the words: “Es ke-zi shat si-rum-em”, “hai-eren shat ho-sum- I eat…”, the children spoke so technically and after that the stuttering went away. He very rarely took us to doctors, he treated us mainly with herbs. We had a vineyard near Varna, where I collected herbs (besides grapes). He took us to church every weekend. He was under 2 meters tall, 180 kg, a hero, and his hands were huge as a paw (and with these hands he managed to make such small shoes, exclusive!).
- Now it's clear who your son went to! Bedros Filippovich, you probably named him after your grandfather - your father, is it worth it? Do you honor Armenian traditions?
- Yes, you correctly noticed, it is customary for us to call newborn children by the name of grandparents.

What university did you graduate from, do you have a musical education?
- I graduated from the Lunacharsky Institute in Moscow. But long before that, like my grandfather, I had mastered another specialty - a shoemaker (I graduated from a vocational school in shoemaking). I seemed to have a bigger future as a shoemaker. But it turned out differently. I was engaged in amateur performances in one of the Armenian clubs in a community in Bulgaria called "Yerevan" (after the liberation of Bulgaria in 1944). This club had a dance group, choral and theatrical. The last one was very strong. G. Nersesyan, V. Papazyan and other famous artists from Yerevan came to us, they rested in Varna and rehearsed in the performances that were staged there. I, still very young, was taken to the troupe, and I played an artist in the play "Metsapativ muratskanner". The plot is as follows: a rich Armenian comes to one locality, and everyone goes to him to beg: both the church and the theater in my person - I had with V. Papazyan small dialogue. In addition, I also sang in the choir, together with my father, mother, father, brother (sister Marie was born much later, we have a 12-year age difference with her, she graduated from the conservatory, became an opera singer - prima donna of the Sofia Opera House, now works at the Miami Opera). Even when I was doing amateur art, I did a concert dedicated to the liberation of Armenia - it was an evening of Armenian songs. I learned about 25 Armenian songs with piano accompaniment. This program has been running for two years in a row. I remember there was a concert dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Soviet Armenia. All tickets for this concert were sold, and I transferred the money either to the church or to the “Yerevan” organization (it had no state money, it existed only through membership fees). In a word, I did these evenings, sang Armenian songs. And it helped me. I was 18 years old when I was seriously engaged in vocals, I had a teacher, thanks to the fact that I was related to shoe cooperation. At that time, a competition was announced for the Varna Opera, I took a chance, and, mind you, without knowing musical notation, I entered! In a word, having no musical education, I began to study music professionally, because I had a good ear: for example, as soon as someone played a melody on the piano, I memorized it and reproduced it accurately. Somewhere after 4 months - for quite short period- I learned in Italian the part of Alfred from G. Verdi's opera "La Traviata". And the premiere was already supposed to take place, as ... I was drafted into the army.

And you went to serve?
- At that time it was not customary to hide from the army, especially since I am the eldest. Now, if my brother was older than me, I would have to wait for his return from the army, and only then go to serve myself. And I served on the border for 30 months. Note, ahead of time service was 36 months, the remaining 6 months I moved to the ensemble of construction troops; By the way, we have two types of troops - this one, like a Russian construction battalion, and defensive. Roads and factories were built in the construction industry; gypsies usually served there, people without education, people of the lowest stratum.
- And you were among them?
- But there was an ensemble where I played (there was, however, another ensemble - a military one, like the Alexandrov ensemble). The conductor of this ensemble was the Armenian Kirkor Kirkorov...
- Not a relative?
- No, cousin. My mom knew him. And she bombarded him with letters: "Two years, three years my son is there...". But my commander pretended that he knew nothing, did not see anything, did not want to second me to the ensemble.

In a word, by the 30th month of service, I already participated in amateur art activities in the regiment, sang and played the guitar. And now we take first place at one military festival. Shortly before this, our commander said: “I have a lot of telegrams, they want you to join the ensemble, but I won’t sign until we get the first prize.” I got it, but he still didn't sign. Because I was a signalman at the headquarters, the commander always took me with him on assignments, on hunting, he loved me and did not want to let me go, in the end he let me go reluctantly.

When did you end up in Moscow?
- I arrived in the Russian capital in 1962, thanks to the composers A. Khachaturian and A. Babajanian. I performed in concert-balls, which were given when the shift of vacationers ended. This took place in the International House of Journalists in Varna (it was built by journalists from all socialist countries - the first multi-storey building in Golden Sands). In addition to representatives of the press, artists also rested there: T. Makarova with S. Gerasimov, M. Plisetskaya with R. Shchedrin, M. Zharov, G. Ulanova and many others.

What a wonderful bunch famous musicians and actors! And you, as they say, were in right place and at the right time!
- Yes Yes. It is worth noting that these meetings were organized Armenian church, which was financed by many wealthy Armenians from abroad (and if some wealthy Armenian who once lived in Varna died, then his property was transferred to the church, if he, of course, did not have relatives and friends left). And now, by the way, this church is also supported by these funds, although the state also helps. I remember, at one of these meetings in a restaurant, I sang A.I. Khachaturian's song "Drinking", where there are such words: "Hayastani Karmir Gini" ("Red Wine of Armenia").
I performed the same song together with the choir in 1955 at the fifth international youth festival in Warsaw. And our conductor, as an Armenian, presented the song "Table". There were 100 people in the choir, and each one individually had to learn this song and perform it at the festival. We sang this song, received the first prize. Everyone was surprised how this Bulgarian choir sang a song in Armenian!
- And how did the meeting with A. Babajanyan take place? You said that thanks to these composers you conquered the capital.
- Arno Babajanyan came to Varna the following year. He was pleasantly surprised when he saw my performance, they say, a good voice ... And I told him: “I have no musical education, I don’t even know the notes.” He offered to study, but I, referring to my age (I was then 27-28 years old), could not even think about studying. He also assured me that he would help me enter the Yerevan Conservatory. Which is what happened after a while. Usually the children of the communists came to study, but my situation was different ...

And there A. Babadzhanyan asked the then Minister of Culture of Bulgaria, who was also there, to let me go to Moscow. In fact, this helped. In the same year, I submitted documents, approved and offered to study at the Yerevan Conservatory.

Did you study at GITIS after Yerevan?
- No, I never made it to Yerevan. Teresa Babajanyan, the wife of the composer, says what will you do in Yerevan? She was an accompanist at GITIS. But first, come on, he says, I'll show you the conservatory. There they arranged an audition for me. And the commission came to the conclusion that I do not need to study vocals, I have a ready-made voice, that I only need an internship. And I had to change direction at the embassy for an internship at the Bolshoi Theater, where B. Pokrovsky taught. At that time, he no longer taught there, but taught classes at GITIS. As a result, Pokrovsky accepted me (taking into account the fact that there had never been a reception foreign citizen), but demanded to sharpen my Russian. He accepted me into his second year. I was the oldest not only on the course, but in the entire university, I was already under thirty, while the rest of the students were at most 18-20 years old. But no scholarship. But my mother from Bulgaria sent me 70 rubles a month as a scholarship. In addition, I am grateful to the then Ambassador Melkonyan, who arranged for me to receive 30 rubles a month from the embassy for six months. Teresa, among other things, arranged for me to attend the Mosconcert, where I also had a rate - 10r.50k. as a laureate of international competitions, although students have the right to receive no more than 5 rubles .. I performed at concerts on weekends, on the rest of the days we had classes ... I did not part with the Armenian song. Arno Babadzhanyan wrote a lot for me, thus opening the way to promoting the subject of Russian-Bulgarian friendship. The Armenian theme was also present: I was the first performer of the song “Hayastan” (by Ashot Grashi), “Stars” (to the words of O. Tumanyan). There were such songs about friendship as: “Girlfriends” (“Two Friends Forever”), “Sofia”, etc. The songs “Fate”, “Pride”, “ Best City on the ground" - part of the repertoire, which is known to the public.

What role did Leonid Utyosov play in your life?
- It was much later. I already sang with the Eddie Rosner Orchestra in 1964. And in 1966 there was the first international program "Melodies of Friends": representatives of the socialist countries participated in these concerts. There were 4 concerts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv and Minsk. The Utyosov Orchestra accompanied this program. Poland was represented by Anna German, with the light hand of which, by the way, Philip's first appearance on the stage took place - then we worked together with her in Petrozavodsk; and during the performance of the song “Sonny” A. German pulled out one carnation from her bouquet, gave it to Philip, so that he presented it to me; At first I didn’t notice him, only the smiles of the audience, I didn’t understand what was the matter, like a serious song, about a liberator tankman, and then smiles ... Since then, Philip has been doing the same thing at concerts.

Bulgaria is not mad at you that you did not stay there?
- No, if they paid me a scholarship, it would be another matter (in this case I had to work there for 5 years). Bulgaria somehow remained on the sidelines (I do not have the Order of Cyril and Methodius, which is awarded to honored cultural figures; many singers and artists received such an order, A. Dzhigarkhanyan also received it ...). Although all my life I sang the Bulgarian-Russian friendship, as Utyosov advised me. Confirmation of this is the well-known song "Alyosha" that appeared in 1966, which was written by E. Kolmanovsky to the verses of K. Vanshenkin (I am the first performer of this song, I always sang it at Mosconcert concerts and continue to sing to this day). Utyosov asked to know the number of dead Russian soldiers in Poland, Romania, etc. I dug into the archives and found out that not a single Russian soldier died in Bulgaria (there was a peaceful revolution); some do not believe in it ... But this is a topic for another conversation.

And many do not believe that next year you will celebrate your 80th birthday. How do you manage to look so beautiful: diet, lifestyle ...
- A diet is a diet, but in the soul one must be kind, not to harm anyone. If you did evil, it will certainly return to you. My grandfather said: "Do good and throw it into the sea, and it will return to you like a huge wave." And then, you have to get up early, along with the sunrise. We are artists, however, we rarely fulfill this recommendation. And further. Let's say the couple had a fight. What should be done? Before midnight, be sure to make peace, so that in the morning, after waking up, say to each other “Good morning!”. Otherwise, if you do not make peace, you will get up in the morning with bad mood, and the whole day will pass in the same way - I tell you this as a healer.

Have you ever treated people?
- No, I don’t do this, because I don’t know how to get rid of the illness of a stranger that I have taken on myself. Vanga told me about this when I was with her in Petrich, shortly before that, having fallen from a horse and injured her knee, it hurt, but the doctors did not find anything, she also recommended a non-contact method of exposure with her own hands in a clockwise direction, as a result, my knee passed me. She then told me: “By curing a person, you will take away his illness, because your energy is not so repulsive,” while psychics remove dirt from themselves, stretch their fingers, shake them off ...
- Well, we wish you good health! And happiness together with his wife, as well as further creative success! Live long!

Father and mother of Philip Kirkorov. Father is Armenian. Mother is a Jew.

(“Bedros Kirkorov: “I am an Armenian, and I am proud of it!” Union of Armenians of Russia. All-Russian social organization. Kristina Sorokina, SAR press service.)
http://www.sarinfo.org/armw/?c=armenians&a=kirkorov131011

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Biography

When Philip was seven years old, his family moved from Bulgaria to Moscow. He studied at a music school in two classes at once - piano and guitar.
Alla Pugacheva and Philip met when he was eleven years old. The father introduced Philip to a popular singer. Bedros Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva then worked in the same concert organization. Later, when Alla Borisovna's mother and Philip's grandmother were together in the same hospital, the latter asked the singer, who came to visit her mother, to "pay attention" to her grandson. Immediately in the hospital, Philip received the first autograph from his future wife. Alla Borisovna became a pop idol for Philip.

Philip himself considers his first serious debut to be participation in the anniversary evenings of the Jew Ilya Reznik "Vernissage". Philip sang at first only in Bulgarian. Zhidovin Ilya Reznik wrote him a text in Russian. This is how "Sinbad the Sailor" was born - the song with which Philip Kirkorov makes his debut on the stage of the "Russia" hall and in the TV box.

In 1988, Philip Kirkorov met Alla Pugacheva again. It happened at the opening day of the Jew Ilya Reznik. On December 1, 1988, Philip began working for Pugacheva in her Theater of Songs. With this theater he travels to Australia, Singapore, West Berlin, participates in a tour of Central Asia and the Volga ... Philip recalls that even then, under the CPSU, they lived in the best hotels, in cottages and had all "thirty-three pleasures."

At the end of 1989, Philip Kirkorov left the Alla Pugacheva Theater and began to sing on his own. Kirkorov explained the break with the Pugacheva ensemble in an interview with the Family newspaper: “Pugacheva is a wonderful actress, that’s undeniable, but it’s impossible to be with her all your life. I wanted to understand: the audience goes only to her or I already have my own fans, do I represent myself as a performer - alone, without Pugacheva, can I interest the audience. I wanted to destroy the image of "Alla Borisovna's favorite" created by rumors and journalists, whom she allegedly pulls by the ears from program to program. "

In St. Petersburg he sings in international competition"Schlager-90", for the song "Heaven and Earth" receives the "Grand Prix", Goes on the first independent foreign tour to Australia and West Berlin. He releases his first disc at the Melodiya company ... The dream of his own fans comes true very soon - a year later his own fans appear, newspapers and magazines begin to call Philip one of the most popular "stars" of the Russian stage. The song "Atlantis" made it possible for Kirkorov to perform in sports palaces and stadiums. And the number of concerts reached a record high - thirty per month ... He traveled to sing in 100 cities of Russia, the cities of the former Soviet republics, traveled to sing his songs in the USA, Canada, Germany and, of course, Israel, received many different awards. This is full of descriptions in biographical directories ...

An important year for Philip Kirkorov was 1994. This year, the singer made a marriage proposal to Alla Pugacheva, a singer with Jewish roots, and received consent in return. She had already been married several times and had a daughter, a singer. Pugacheva was 18 years older than Kirkorov. He could choose young heifers for mating among his stupid fangirls. And here was love. On January 13, in Moscow, the couple announced their engagement. And already on March 15, 1994, the marriage was registered in St. Petersburg by the mayor Anatoly Sobchak. Two months later, Kirkorov and Pugacheva got married in a small church in Peredelkino near Moscow. The Jews, of course, would be more desirable if they (both with Jewish roots) married according to the rules of the Jews. But neither Pugacheva nor Kirkorov chose not to speak on this topic.

November 1994 married couple Philip Kirkorov and Alla Pugacheva gave a joint grandiose concert in Atlantic City. The couple performed at the largest American casino, the Taj Mahal, and six months later, the couple went on tour to Israel together. Then they will often travel to their beloved Israel. And together they will sing the song “The Scarlet Flower in Hebrew for the joy of the Jews of Israel.

Kirkorov also appears on wide screens. He acted in pictures; "Beauty Salon", "Love in big city(3 parts), as well as the musicals Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, Crazy Day, The Adventures of Verka-Serdyuchka and in the Mexican telenovela Like in a Movie.

But then Pugacheva fell out of love with Kirkorov, I didn’t want to live with him and sleep in the same bed under a common blanket. She was then 62 years old. She wanted to live and sleep with humorist Maxim Galkin. Galkin was 27 years younger than Pugacheva. It suited her. Yes, and in the newspapers and on the "box" will talk a lot about it, and that's good. And she decided - fuck Phil Kirkorov. And on December 23, 2011, Pugacheva's marriage to Galkin was registered. Energetic and moneyy Galkin built a large castle in the village of "Gryazi" and began to live there with the old woman Pugacheva. Poor Kirkorov suffered a lot, of course, got along with the singer Anastasia Stotskaya (born in Ukraine), some wrote that Stotskaya loved him, he didn’t love her, they wrote that the union was chaste, Kirkorov somehow wanted to offend Pugacheva, then broke up with Stotskaya and he had to come to terms with the loss of Pugachikha, not to kill Galkin.

Children.

From Alla Borisovna and Kirkorov, children were not born. After the divorce, there is also no evidence that some cub was once born somewhere to Kirkorov from other females. There are also rumors in the yellow press about Kirkorov's interest in young males. But there is little evidence in print. There is a photo where Kirkorov passionately kisses young males. Yes, the Jewish songwriter Ilya Reznik released a scandalous novel in verse "The Adventures of Boba the Greek", in which he openly informed the public about the homosexual inclinations of the "under-king of remakes" pop singer Philip Kirkorov.
http://life-star.ru/page/1355

Kirkorov preferred to have “test-tube babies” and a surrogate mother. This is when the singer needs to eject sperm from the penis into a container and give it to a nurse, then make a selection of spermatozoa, then combine the spermatozoon with an egg in a test tube, and after a few days place the “embryo germ” in the sexual container of the female, which will bear the cub.

And on November 26, 2011, Philip Kirkorov's daughter Alla Victoria was born. She was born by a surrogate "mother" who lived in America. The news of the birth of his daughter in November 2011, Kirkorov announced right at the concert during a performance at the Golden Gramophone ceremony. He announced the birth of his daughter on the air of the Jewish program “What? Where? When?". And a few days later, Philip said in the program of the Jew Malakhov “Let them talk” that his daughter was named after his mother Victoria and Alla Pugacheva. Who is the genetic mother of Victoria-Alla, whose egg? - he did not say. Who is the surrogate "mother" of Victoria-Alla? He didn't say that either. Three months later, the joyful father moved his daughter to Russia, to his house near Moscow. On April 8, the girl was christened, godfather became famous TV presenter Jew Andrey Malakhov. The godmother was Natalya Efremova, a businesswoman who owned a huge fashion shoe store in Moscow.
Philip Kirkorov's son Martin-Christo was born on June 29, 2012, also from a surrogate mother. The singer announced his birth during a concert in Sofia. About his mother (eggs) and surrogate "mother" - Kirkorov also did not say anything. The king of pop named his son after his idol and singer Ricky Martin and added the Bulgarian name Cristo. Helps Philip raise children - Natalya Efremova.
So, who donated eggs to a medical institution, who are the "genetic mothers" and who are the "surrogate mothers" - this is still unknown. The level of research journalism in Russia is still very low.

I read that the place of honor above the head of Kirkorov's bed is occupied by the image of Alla Pugacheva. "She is my muse!" — admitted the artist. No wife, no one to throw away. Galkin also does not swear and does not protest. Let Fili hang an image of Pugacheva.

The only thing that can be said is that the children of Fili Kirkorov by their father are Jews.

Kirkorov has, of course, many titles. People's Artist of Chechnya (2006), People's Artist of Ingushetia (2006), People's Artist of Ukraine (2008), Honored Artist of Russia (2001). "The Magic Voice of Russia" - the annual all-Russian award "Golden Aquarius" (April 19, 2001). Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (August 25, 2000). UN Goodwill Ambassador (February 23, 2000). "The King of Song" (January 2000, Fama Latin American Award). Member of the International Board of Variety Artists…

So, many did not know that Philya Kirkorov was a Jew. Well, now we know. Many will say: “Well, Zhidovin, so what? And we really like Phil Kirkorov.

So will Philya Kirkorov say: "I'm a Jew, and I'm proud of it!" or won't he say?

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