At the festive assembly at the lyceum where Diana Zibrova studies, a fairy-tale princess rode into the assembly hall on a white horse. At the festive assembly at the lyceum where Diana Zibrova studies, a fairy-tale princess rode into the assembly hall riding a white horse - Inter
The family's closest friends gathered to celebrate the events, including Diana's godfather Yuri Rybchinsky.
Pavel Zibrov with his wife Marina and daughter Diana
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The celebration took place in one of the capital's restaurants. Pavel is sure that one cannot skimp on the joy and happiness of children. Moreover, the artist tries to spend all his free time with his daughter: “We sing together, I teach her to play the guitar, every Sunday we go to the supermarket to buy groceries, this has already become our tradition. We leave Marina at home, and Diana independently decides what we need,” Zibrov confesses.
Relatives and closest friends of the family came to congratulate Diana Zibrova. Among the guests were some political figures and representatives of show business. Igor Likhuta and Taisiya Povaliy often don’t miss the Zibrov family’s holidays, but this time they couldn’t come because they were in another country. The songwriter and godfather of Diana Yuri Rybchinsky could not miss this event, because it is not for nothing that he calls himself the creative wife of Pavel Zibrov.
“Even though I am your creative wife, in married life I still cannot replace your real wife, Marina! - says Rybchinsky.”
In addition to the main gifts, Pavel Zibrov gave his daughter his own performance, and also surprised him with playing the drum kit and double bass. Amazed by the courage of her star father, Diana also tried her hand at playing the drums, admitting that she could possibly master this musical instrument more professionally, and is currently learning to play the guitar at a music school.
When asked what the most valuable thing Zibrov gave to his daughter, the singer admitted: “We gave Diana two songs, “Koliskova” and “Our Dear Little Woman,” and among material gifts, these were probably earrings with diamonds.
By going on a diet, the 15-year-old daughter of a popular pop singer lost 17 extra pounds. But her star dad tried poorly - and lost only five...
Dianochka has always been a well-fed child, says Marina, wife of Pavel Zibrov. “When I began to worry about this and took my daughter to the doctors, they diagnosed her with “genetic obesity.” She has always been a tall, big girl. Broad-boned. You know, the type of real Russian beauty who will stop a galloping horse and enter a burning hut. My daughter adopted the Zibrov breed. Pavel’s father is from Russia, from the Lipetsk region. Everyone in their family is tall and large, and the women are plump. In general, having realized that our child was somehow programmed to be overweight, we didn’t bother her too much with food.
* “After my daughter lost weight, she changed a lot,” the Zibrovs say. “Now the child is just shining.”
“The daughter will lower her head and... finish the eighth pie. Or a bucket of ice cream"
“Diana is a very artistic girl,” continues Marina. “But I think because of her unconventional figure, she lost many roles in school plays.” Thumbelina and princesses certainly weren’t allowed to play with her. Well, there are no such well-fed Thumbelina! But when my daughter played a mouse for the first time, well-fed and round, we realized that Diana was a real actress.
The mouse was so majestic, so convincing. When she exclaimed from the stage: “What kind of little thing is this?”, referring to the other heroes of the fairy tale (in her mousy opinion, small and unprepossessing), the audience roared with laughter...
— Didn’t your “mouse” get teased by children at school?
- No. Dianochka studies at a very good Grand Lyceum, where the best traditions have been preserved. There are 12 people in classes. The atmosphere is friendly. Only once did a classmate try to tease her. And she answered: “There are different people on Earth - both thin and fat, and what does it matter?”
- It’s clear that your daughter is large by nature, but, probably, you didn’t deny her something tasty?
“She was spoiled by a nanny who simply adores Diana. Dumplings, cakes, piping hot pies. Of course, we restrained our daughter from eating. And she lowers her head, seems to understand everything and... finishes the eighth pie. Or a bucket of ice cream...
- Well, did your parents set an example? By the way, what is your weight, Marina, if it’s not a secret? Are you on a diet by any chance?
— Now I have 63 kilograms. Before Diana was born, she weighed 57-59 kilograms. Height is 168 centimeters. I must say that I am forced to go on a diet. I had my gallbladder removed six months ago, so I can no longer afford excesses. I eat everything boiled or steamed. But our dad is a food lover.
— Doesn’t the stage discipline you?— I ask the head of the family.
“Disciplines,” agrees Pavlo Zibrov. — But how does it usually happen with artists? Tours, banquets. Our people are hospitable. Yes, so as not to drink 50 grams after the concert and not grab some snacks? The owners are offended. Well, so as not to offend the owners... This is how extra pounds appear. Then I feel: it’s hard to move. The stage can't stand this! And from the audience it doesn’t look very good. There’s a ballerina around, and there’s this guy jumping nearby.
- But have you even tried to lose weight?
- Occasionally. I have a gym at home and in the country. I was lifting dumbbells. I tried not to eat too much in the evenings. But after 45 years, it is very difficult to maintain weight. With my height of 188 centimeters, I felt comfortable at a weight of 90-92 kilograms. And then how it went! One hundred kilos! One hundred six!
— Did your wife react somehow or was she delicately silent?
“I struggled,” Marina answers. — Harsh methods — harsh criticism. “Look at that belly, that double chin!” - I shamed my husband. When this didn’t help, she came up from the other side: “Pasha, when you lose weight, you immediately become younger!” ABOUT! It worked. Male singers are narcissists on stage. It is important for them to be admired. And the husband began to curb his appetites. And then he went into all sorts of troubles again.
“Dianka broke her diet only once - she ate her mother’s marshmallows.”
“I suffered and suffered until Dianka came to my office one day with the FACTS newspaper,” continues the head of the family. — And we buy your newspaper regularly. And there was an article about a 13-year-old girl Alina from Ternopil, who weighed 126 kilos and lost as much as fifty kilograms! My daughter was very impressed by this article. She said: “Tattoo, we also need to lose weight! Let’s take hold of the right, let’s go to Mirkin!”
My daughter and I had an appointment with the doctor in September 2011. The next day Diana went on a diet.
- How tall is she and how much did she weigh six months ago?
“Height is 173 centimeters,” says Marina. “But she doesn’t tell anyone her weight.” There are scales in her room. And God forbid you look there when she weighs herself and notes how many grams she consumed per day. Secret!
Only when my daughter lost the first ten kilograms did she joyfully announce her achievement to us. And she received a bonus from her dad - 100 dollars.
— Is this a one-time bonus? Or do you always practice monetary rewards?
— If she finishes the quarter well (and Diana is an excellent student), my daughter receives a bonus. She spends the money on clothes.
— How long did it take for Diana to lose ten kilos?
— For the first month and a half. Then I consulted with doctors, and they said that I should slow down the rate of weight loss - in adolescence, this process should be gentler. So I started to slow it down and adjusted my diet so that it wasn’t so strict. And over the next four months, Diana lost another seven kilograms.
— Did she ever have attacks of hunger?
- Never. The diet is designed in such a way that you won’t go hungry. In order not to tempt my daughter, bread, pies, pizzas, dumplings and cakes were excluded from our family menu. True, one day, when my daughter saw a marshmallow in my hands, she couldn’t resist grabbing it and immediately crushed it. And so there were no breakdowns.
I'm amazed by her willpower. After five in the evening my daughter doesn’t eat at all.
And this despite the fact that our child is a born cook. I don't know where she got it from. For example, I hate cooking. And she watches all the programs of Yulia Vysotskaya, writes down recipes, buys ingredients and cooks better than in a restaurant.
*In stature and figure, Diana took after the Zibrov breed, in whose family all the men are tall and large, and the women are plump. Photo from a family album
One day Diana fell ill. I come to the kitchen: my daughter is standing, conjuring over some dish. “Darling,” I say (that’s what we affectionately call her), “and you don’t want to stand in the kitchen, you’re not well!” She replies: “Wait, mom, but if you add basil here, it will taste completely different!”
“In the United Arab Emirates, we took away our dad’s plates, but he still ate too much.”
“My daughter has changed a lot after she lost weight,” says dad. “She used to dress like American teenagers: jeans and hoodies that hid her curvy figure. There was some sadness in the eyes. Now the child is shining. She leaves for school happy and comes home happy. The face has changed. If there were eyes before, they became little eyes. Her legs were long, but very plump. Now they are much slimmer, even their toes have lost weight. Mom once looked at her feet and said: “Daughter, but my toes don’t seem to be yours...” And she lamented everything as a joke, hugging Dianka: “Darling, what should I hold on to now? My pleasure!.."
Our child fits into his three-year-old jeans and happily wears his mother’s signature items. Now she is a European size 38, in our opinion 44-46.
— She probably immediately started going on dates with boys, to a disco?
“We’re not interested in boys yet,” Marina shrugs it off. — She doesn’t go to discos. Still small. The child is brought up in harmony, in an atmosphere of love, and I am afraid that the street, this unpredictable world around, will disturb the harmony. For now we have a quiet life. From school - home. Dianka has enough hobbies even without discos. She takes very good photographs, draws and sings. She plays in the drama club and models outfits. In general, you won't be bored.
- But someday the child will want to go to a disco?
- That's when he grows up. And under the supervision of my brother.
- How old is your brother?
- Thirty one! (Laughs.) This is my son Sasha from his first marriage. ( Alexander graduated from the Faculty of International Economics of the Kyiv Institute of International Relations. Now he is a businessman. — Auto.) I say: “Diana, you’re out of luck! No one will want to mess with such an adult guy!”
— What do the Zibrovs usually have for breakfast?
— Dad and daughter according to Mirkin: Diana has one egg or sausage, tea or juice. And Pavel indulges in cottage cheese with sour cream, scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs; he really loves egg dishes. I eat oatmeal or an omelet.
— What about on trips, on vacations, where “all inclusive”?
- Don't ask. Of course, it’s difficult to stay there. The weight loss is stopping, but at least my daughter is not gaining weight. We went on vacation to the United Arab Emirates. And our dad behaved like a little child. “Oh, I’ll try that! And I want it!” My daughter and I took away his plates and took them away, but still, by the end of the holiday, the husband ate too much. Plus three kilograms. And all of Mirkin is down the drain!
Due to the fact that Pavel constantly breaks down, his results are not the same as Diana’s. In six months, my daughter lost 17 kilograms, and my husband only lost five and a half. He weighed one hundred and six and a half, now he's one hundred and one.
Diana continues to “melt.” She dreams of losing another three kilograms, but now she says that she wants to lose more than twenty kilograms. But I think this is too much. I don't like it when girls rattle their bones. Recently my daughter said: “Mom, I need a massage to consolidate the result,” so now she is also getting a massage.
— Does the girl already take such good care of herself?
- Very. For the skin, for the hair, for the nails. She has excellent taste: Diana buys her own clothes. I bought a jumpsuit on the eve of my birthday: she turned 15 on February 21st.
- So, how much did she weigh before, Marina?
- He won’t admit it! Not at all! But I can’t put pressure on her. The child’s age is such that it is useless to push. You can only negotiate. And God grant that she be healthy and happy. And it doesn’t matter how plump or skinny she is...
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Marina ZIBROVA: “I know for sure: my husband does not have a mistress. If some woman encroaches on Pavel, the showdown will be bloody. I’ll scratch my eyes, I’ll rip out my hair, but I won’t give up what’s mine!”
Outwardly, Marina is the spitting image of Chekhov's darling: a curly, blue-eyed blonde always in fluffy skirts, with a neckline and stiletto heels. But her character is flint.
At the peak of his popularity, Paul McCartney uttered a phrase that became popular: “Behind every famous man there is always a woman.” In relation to Pavel Zibrov, this aphorism needs to be rephrased, because his wife Marina, “my love is one,” does not stand behind her famous husband’s back - on the contrary, she shields him with her body from the storms and troubles of show business. Outwardly, Marina is the spitting image of Chekhov's darling: a curly, blue-eyed blonde always in fluffy skirts, with a neckline and stiletto heels. But her character is flint. Active, assertive, always gets her way. He can scold for life and death, if necessary for the benefit of the matter. “I was born on August 25th and call myself Virgo with a Leo’s tail,” she says. “Calm for the time being, but if someone offends my loved ones, I will bite.” For some, the union of Pasha and Marina causes a grin: they say, what kind of man is this who gives his wife the upper hand? And some people think that Zibrov is extremely lucky: his wife resolves all issues. But the main thing is that they are comfortable in this situation, otherwise they probably would not have lived in peace and harmony for 14 years. We spoke with Marina in their new office. Pavel Zibrov came to work straight from the train and immediately busily busied himself with current affairs, only occasionally commenting on pressing issues...
“LEONID DANILOVICH KUCHMA DID NOT ALLOW HIMSELF ANY LIBERTY IN RELATION TO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMEN”
— I know that you, Marina, worked for many years in the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which was headed by Leonid Kuchma, and on duty you often communicated. What are your impressions?
— At the SPP, I was an adviser on international cooperation, Leonid Danilovich led it for a short time, then his elective headquarters was located there, and from there he moved to Bankovaya. I can only say good things about him: it was very easy and pleasant to cooperate. Then I was in my early 30s, and I often encountered increased attention from my bosses. I was literally harassed. I suffered greatly from this and am grateful to Kuchma, who did not allow himself any liberties in relation to beautiful young women.
— Do you regret leaving a promising job?
- No, that would be tantamount to saying that I regret marrying Zibrov. Then the affair was in full swing, and I had to decide: to pursue a career or my man. Having weighed everything well, I chose my future family.
There is an opinion that a man is the hunter, and a woman is the prey, who must sit and wait until he takes the initiative. Now, I'm not one of those women who waits. I don’t see anything wrong with picking up the phone and calling first. If I want to hear from this person, why not? I certainly won’t suffer in silence. I am always active. Zibrov once told me: “You can’t imagine how afraid I was of you then.”
— Pasha said that during the period of courtship you even brought hot lunches in containers to his studio in Novobelichi.
— (Reluctantly). Well, she carried and fed. I washed shirts. I believe that if you love a man, you should treat him like your own child. At that time, Paul needed a woman-mother. But today I no longer cook lunches. I have neither time nor energy for homework, so I did everything to delegate these responsibilities to other people.
— Considering that your birthday and wedding coincide, does your husband forget this solemn date?
- Of course not. Although he says that I married him to myself. Yes it is! Well, let. 
— If I’m not mistaken, the registry office was located directly opposite your house?
“Pavel didn’t really want to get married, but when I felt it was time to legitimize the relationship, I said: either you go down the aisle with me, or to hell.” He thought and chose a closer road.
“I heard a story about how one day Pavel came to a famous person’s birthday without you and Yuri Rybchinsky exclaimed when he appeared: “Glory to the brave man Pavel Zibrov, who came to a drinking party for the first time without his wife!”
“It has never happened that I forbade him to go somewhere without me.” On the contrary, sometimes I’m too lazy to put on makeup, do my hair, get dressed - and my husband goes to the party alone. When they ask if I am jealous of him, I answer: let him be jealous of me. All the same, I know for sure that he does not have a mistress. Maybe somewhere on tour he jumps into someone’s bed, but that doesn’t concern me. Men are essentially polygamous, nothing can be done about it, but if their adventures do not interfere with the family, there is no need to make a tragedy out of them. Walk if you want, but then, please, come home: on horns, on legs, on anything, just to come to me. So, Pasha, if you fall in love, will you leave me?
Paul:- No, why divide the farm? I'll love you on the sly and come back.
— Marina, has it ever happened that women who were vying for a husband declared their existence to you?
- Yes, crazy people called: “Can I have Pavlik?” - "Who is asking him?" - I’m interested. "Girlfriend. Don’t you know that your husband has it?” - answers. “Fuck you... girlfriend!” This is how I deal with it. If Zibrov wants, let him find something better. She may even be more beautiful, younger than me, but no one will be so devoted to him. Over the years that we lived together, I became his “mind” so much that he couldn’t even make decisions without me. Just like me without him, by the way. He and I seem to be one whole, and I am sure that I am made from his rib. In the end, I don’t think that any of my husband’s fans would risk contacting me and encroaching on what legally belongs to me. The showdown will be bloody. I’ll scratch my eyes, I’ll rip out my hair, but I won’t give up what’s mine!
“AFTER MY SHOOTING WITH KALNYN HUSBAND, FRIENDS CALLED: “IS YOUR HEAD ITCHING? THE HORNS DON'T GROW?
— Since we’re talking about adultery, I can’t help but ask about Ivar Kalnins...
— Let’s start with the fact that I starred in the “Dedication to my Wife” video completely by accident. Initially, Ivars Kalnins' partner was supposed to be an actress, but two weeks before filming she refused to come. I had no choice but to take the blow. When they were preparing to film the kissing shots, Ivar asked everyone to leave the bedroom so as not to embarrass me. This is where I got nervous. He kisses me, and I think: “Should I answer him or not? If I start kissing for real, Pavel will be offended; if I mess up, I’ll ruin the take, but the film is expensive.”
On set, the film crew went into a frenzy - “great, let’s do more.” And we kissed so much that during editing I no longer considered our hugs as something out of the ordinary. They, of course, could have been removed from the video, but the wise Igor Likhuta said: “Guys, if you want a bomb, then this frame with the kiss should be left.” The video was released, and I was labeled a traitor. Friends called my husband and asked: “Pashka, is your head itching? Are the horns not growing?
— And after Zibrov and Kalnins gave a joint concert on Valentine’s Day, you generally began to be considered three “lovebirds.”
— When the fuss arose and all the newspapers began to write that I was leaving Zibrov and leaving for Riga, I was terribly uncomfortable in front of Ivar. But he reassured me: “For God’s sake, this is our advertising.”
One day Ivar came to some filming in Kyiv, and Zibrov just had a birthday. I wanted to surprise my husband and invited my “lover” to a restaurant to celebrate. I left an empty seat next to me. One of our friends wanted to sit on it, but I replied that I was waiting for a girlfriend. “Is she beautiful?” “Yes,” I answer, “tall, long-legged.” Then Ivar comes, everyone, of course, is shocked, especially Pasha.
In the evening we leave the restaurant and walk along the narrow path one at a time: first Pasha, then me, behind Ivar. Some women recognized us and began to whisper: “Oh, so these are the Zibrovs and Kalnyns!” And then Ivar, slightly drunk, turns to them and says: “Yes, the three of us live together!”
Several years have passed, but still in every interview they ask me: was there really an affair with Ivar or not? Can you imagine, I’ll answer to an audience of millions: yes, it was! (Laughs). I don't want to make excuses. He has his own personal life, a young common-law wife, a small child, although he does not like to talk about it. All my life I have been attracted to men of a different type, for example, Igor Kostolevsky, Alexander Abdulov. After all, my husband is handsome and 10 years younger than Kalnins! What kinds of betrayals can there be?
“EVERY MORNING ZIBROV LOOKS IN THE MIRROR AND SAYS: “I DON’T WANT TO GET OLDER, TAKE ME TO A COSMETOLOGIST”
- Yes, especially recently Zibrov has become so younger that he is almost impossible to recognize. Pavel once told me that once on tour he shaved his mustache and you, meeting him at the station, passed by. And when he dyed his hair brown-haired, were there any objections?
— They painted Zibrov without my participation on the set of a video with Anastasia Volochkova. The stylists decided to rejuvenate him so that he would look more organic next to Nastya, and they couldn’t come up with anything better than to shade his hair. As a result, his gray hair turned black. When I saw my brunette husband, I was shocked. I liked the image on the screen, but how can I live with it later?
After two weeks, gray roots grew, and I had to constantly paint myself with special men's paint. Every morning I gave my husband a blow-dry, but over time he got the hang of doing this procedure himself. My hair grew to shoulder length and my look completely changed. We gave away all his old clothes and bought a new wardrobe at a fashion store. Stylish jeans, fitted shirts, short jackets with fur. Versace especially looks beautiful on Zibrov. I told the saleswomen: “Bring everything a size smaller so that there is no temptation to gain weight.”
My husband is now in his youth period, every morning begins with him going to the mirror and saying: “I don’t want to grow old, take me to a cosmetologist.” I like it. At least Pasha doesn’t look older than his age, otherwise I’m already tired of answering questions about our big age difference.
— Pavel also seems to have lost a lot of weight?
- Yes. A diet based on his blood type - hemocode - suited him. The main law of the hemocode states: in order to lose weight, you need to completely eliminate ethyl alcohol from your diet. And when a man stops drinking vodka, he eats less, because he doesn’t need to snack. This suits me very well, because Zibrov gave up strong drinks.
- Was there such a problem?
- In ordinary life, no, but during the holidays, at the table with good company, he could drink. I don’t think it’s more so than other men, but the problem is that I absolutely can’t stand the smell of alcohol. The drunk Zibrov really liked to talk, a lot and tediously, about the same thing, and it usually ended with me closing my bedroom door with a roar.
— Do you sleep in different rooms?
- Yes, and I think it’s very good. I need my own space where I can take a break from everyone, relax, calmly watch TV before bed, read a book. Besides, there is a charm in visiting each other...
The husband also needs personal territory. Despite the fact that the house for men's recreation has a sauna and a billiard room, Pasha was inspired by the idea of building a bathhouse on our site. He made a two-story domina with a kitchen, living room, another billiard room and said: “I will live there!” Now, perhaps, we will not only have different bedrooms, but also different houses. Now the bathhouse is at the stage of finishing work, housewarming is just around the corner. Many people do not understand our relationship, because we are, to put it mildly, an unconventional family. At work we are nearby every minute, but at home we hide in different corners. Nevertheless, it is in this mode that we feel good together.
“TO CREATE A CLIP YOU NEED TO SPEND 50-60 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FROM 50 TO 100 DOLLARS FOR ONE SHOW”
— It seems to me that it is difficult for artists to answer the question of where they disappeared from the screens. We have to come up with plausible versions and justify ourselves. But I can’t help but ask what Pavel Zibrov is doing now, because I haven’t heard anything about him for a long time.
— Pasha travels around Ukraine with concerts in the same way. He also writes new songs, but they cannot be placed on TV channels - they won’t let them! This is a big problem not only for us, but for many Ukrainian artists. In Russian musical programs, such as “Saturday Evening”, “Song of the Year”, “New Songs about the Main Thing”, we see singers of different styles and ages: first the “squirrel shooters” come out, then Babkina, followed by Kobzon with DeCL, Piekha, Leshchenko, Valeria... And they don’t interfere with each other. It looks cool, the program ratings are high, all segments of the population are happy.
What do we have? Pavel calls the TV program editors and asks to be invited to the recording, but they tell him: “Sorry, we have a youth project and the presence of an older singer will lower the rating.” Therefore, the same people wander from channel to channel: Kozlovsky, Karol, Mogilevskaya - apparently there are no other artists in our country. There is also no category of viewers who are over 40.
My son is already 26 years old, and I want to say that when Song of Rock comes on, he changes the channel. This is not interesting for a young guy! But I, my friends, my daughter’s nanny watch such a concert with pleasure... And we want to see not only young people, but also performers of the same age as us. It’s just that music editors don’t want to take this into account.
I was unpleasantly surprised by the New Year's programs. At Inter in Ogonyok, Zibrov was not allowed to sing solo and was invited to parody her famous trio with Levchik and Vovchik with Igor Likhuta and Laima Vaikule. Pavel refused the “tempting” offer and said: “Invite Garik Krichevsky to Lihuta instead of me, you’ll get a gorgeous room.” - “What, you refuse to sing with Vaikule?” - they were amazed on the channel. Imagine, yes! People's Artist of Ukraine Pavel Zibrov has the right to sing not in the choir, but solo.
When the concert was being recorded, I saw the script quite by accident. Alexander Ponomarev was supposed to cover Karel Gott’s hit “Carnival”. Pavel has been singing this song for three years, the ballet has made magnificent costumes. Here's the finished number, take it. When Sasha found out about this, he was very surprised: “Why did I sing then?” But, apparently, it was more profitable for the organizers to spend money on a new arrangement, recording, and production of the act than to simply invite Zibrov.
Paul:— By the way, the costumes for the “Carnival” number cost us two thousand dollars. And I didn’t get greedy, I gave this money because I want there to be a show on stage. It's just a waste of time, apparently...
Marina:— The only New Year’s concert in which Pasha participated was called “Vidatni Ukrainian Svitu.” It was broadcast on Christmas Day on the 1+1 channel, and was hosted by Stella Zakharova and Vladimir Grishko. Our “outstanding” fellow countrymen, such as Anastasia Stotskaya, Natasha Koroleva and Vitas, sang two songs each in this hour and a half program, but Zibrov was not allowed to perform even one. They cut it out, and incompetently. Imagine: Pavel announced the song “Darling”, the concert was interrupted by advertising, and after the commercial break... Vladimir Grishko began singing!
— Maybe the producers of music programs are ready to negotiate, but you are not aware of this? I heard that in order to star in Pisni Rock, an artist who is not friendly to Inter needs to pay five thousand dollars.
Paul:“I would rather die in obscurity than do something like that!”
Marina:— It’s no secret that stars pay roughly 50 to 100 dollars for each television broadcast and showing of a video clip. And we were no exception. Now it’s generally unclear for whom to shoot videos and why. You need to spend 50-60 thousand dollars to create it, and half of this amount will be spent on promotion. But where should I place the clip?
There is a wonderful channel “M1”, focused on Ukrainian music, but Pavel Zibrov is not their format, this is visible to the naked eye. Another music channel, OTV, is focused on pop music. They show clips paid for by artists, but like a menu in a restaurant - for a fee, viewers can order their favorite video. This rule applies to all stars - Russian, Western, but not Ukrainian. When I was indignant and tried to find out why this was so, the channel management replied: “Because tomorrow for 200 dollars you will put some girl on the phone, and she will order Zibrov’s songs for six hryvnia around the clock.” This begs the question: can’t a “sent Cossack” from Dima Bilan or, say, the group “Brilliant” do this? Russian performers use this method successfully.
Some time ago, OTV actively rotated the group Min Net, banned in Russia for a song with the following words: “An uncle will come out of the bushes and take something out of his pants. And we answered him - “Min No!” I was personally offended by the fact that this group has its own number, and Sofia Rotaru, Ruslana, Joseph Kobzon in a duet with Tatyana Nedelskaya and Zibrov should spin exactly as much as they pay. I believe that a Ukrainian artist who gave the channel three to five thousand dollars for rotation has the right to get into the “drum of orders.” But the owners, alas, have a different opinion. They, of course, are free to do what they see fit, but, in the end, they must have a conscience.
By the way, it is also indicative that the Russian channel “Music Box”, which broadcasts to Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Baltic states and Israel, plays four of Zibrov’s clips completely free of charge. We only found out about this when they sent us an agreement that we were not against it.
— Don’t you give up because you are not allowed to express your creativity?
— How to say... Pavel recently recorded a song that has every chance of becoming a hit on the level of “Beloved Woman.” It's called "Darling". We could make a video, but we don't want to. After all, on June 21 Zibrov turns 50 years old, and we’d rather spend the money on a good anniversary concert.
Paul:— A solo album is a very expensive pleasure. I signed a lease agreement for the Palace of Culture “Ukraine” in advance (six months in advance!), which will cost about 100 thousand hryvnia, and reserved the date so that it would not turn out later that a show of folk talents of the Sumy region would be held on that day. Now I'm saving money for a concert.
— They would shoot a video for “Darling” if it’s such a good song.
Marina:— When Pavel wrote “Darling,” we discussed how to bring it to the people, and decided to simply play it on radio stations.
Paul:- I myself drove through their offices and this is what I heard (reads the list): “Autoradio” - “We don’t like the song”, “People’s Radio” - “Sorry, Pavel Nikolaevich, this is a traditional Ukrainian variety show”, “Our Radio” - “ You are not our format”, “Radio 5” - “Better write, we’ll play it.” In short, the song suited only “Melody”, “Chanson” and “Adult Radio”, and they put it on the air. Thanks a lot.
Marina:— By the way, Pavel participated in a talk show dedicated to the concept of “format” and discussed with the head of one of the TV channels. He says: they say, pop singers also sometimes sing good songs, in particular, Petya Cherny brought the gorgeous hit “White Lilac.” And then Zibrov says: “So the author of this song is me!” You should have seen the face of his counterpart.
- So, maybe we shouldn’t suffer and rush to Moscow?
— I in no way want to offend representatives of the traditional Ukrainian stage, but I believe that Pavel Zibrov does not belong to them. What he sings now is good pop, which is performed by the entire Russian stage - from Babkina to Baskov and Povaliy. Pavel was born in Ukraine from a Ukrainian mother, but his father is Russian, and their last name correctly sounds like Z And brow. Dad escaped from captivity during the war, met my mother and came to live in a Ukrainian village, but went to his homeland in the Voronezh region to die. From time to time, Zibrov's Russian roots make themselves felt, so it is quite natural that he builds his repertoire on a 50/50 basis: half of the songs are in Russian, half in Ukrainian.
When we first met, I really asked him to go to Moscow. It was possible to stay with my parents, and my grandmother had a three-room apartment. “No, I’m Ukrainian,” said Pavel, “and I’d rather be a king at home than a nobody there.” And today he really regrets this, because there is no prospect here. And we periodically return to talking about Moscow, since on the Russian stage the niche of the hero-lover is free. Philip Kirkorov, despite the fact that I simply adore him, after living with Pugacheva, he adopted some feminine manners. Kolya Baskov is good, but too young. Lev Leshchenko, on the contrary, is too mature. Serov lost popularity.
“But you still don’t want to leave?”
— Starting life over again when you are 50 is very difficult. Singing for pennies, giving the entire fee to the uncle-producer, is not allowed by pride and status as a people's artist. We agree to work on reasonable, partnership terms, but this does not suit the Moscow show business tycoons.
“ZIBROV SAYS: “I LIKE TYMOSHENKO SO MUCH THAT I COULD HAVE A ROMANCE WITH HER”
— Then maybe the Ukrainian stars who travel around Russia will pass on the necessary connections through old friendship?
Paul:- But I'm not complaining. There are no broadcasts, but, thank God, there are concerts. For 10 years now, I am probably the only Ukrainian artist who has been maintaining my Song Theater of 30 people, to whom I pay not only a salary, but also fees every month. I have my own light, sound, a huge screen with which I go to concerts, a bus for artists. We managed to buy this premises - 300 meters almost in the city center. As you understand, no one gave any discounts for the fact that I am a People’s Artist of Ukraine. There is an office, a rehearsal space, a ballet hall, a recording studio, even a sauna with the best bathhouse attendant in Ukraine.
Marina:“We’ll continue to work, push through the wall head-on, maybe the situation will change for the better.” As soon as the political situation in the country stabilizes, it will become easier. After all, Pavel did not leave because Leonid Makarovich Kravchuk and Leonid Danilovich Kuchma put a lot of effort into developing Ukrainian culture, and now politicians are more concerned about remaining in power. It is clear that they have no time for us... During the “Orange Revolution” we generally sat locked at home, although we voted for Yushchenko.
Previously, it seemed to me that they would start caring about the Ukrainian song when the President began not only to speak Ukrainian, but also to think in his native language. God, how wrong I was! Now the number one politician for Zibrov is Yulia Vladimirovna Tymoshenko. He even wrote the song “Julia” from the bottom of his heart for her anniversary. He says: “I like her so much that I could probably have an affair with her.”
- Interesting statement.
“But I’m not jealous of him, because I see myself in Julia.” I am also confident, active and uncompromising, and Pasha is attracted to her by our similarities.
This year has turned out to be especially fruitful for first-graders - children of celebrities
This year, almost 23 thousand Kyiv children became first-graders. Teachers complain that the birth rate is falling every year. However, this school year turned out to be fruitful for first-graders from star families. Among the new schoolchildren are the daughters of People's Artist of Ukraine Pavel Zibrov, fashion writer Andrei Kurkov, vocalist of the Skryabin group Andrei Kuzmenko, designer Diana Dorozhkina, as well as the son of the editor-in-chief of the FACTS newspaper Alexander Shvets.
Pavel Zibrov's daughter was escorted to first grade by a whole delegation
Diana Zibrova is now a student at the Grand Lyceum. She was accompanied to school by a whole delegation - her father, who returned from a tour of the Lugansk region literally half an hour before the ceremony, her mother Marina, her grandmother who came from Moscow, her older brother with his girlfriend and a nanny.
Since the weather turned out to be rainy on September 1, the ceremony took place in the assembly hall of the lyceum,” says Pavel Zibrov. - And suddenly a white horse rode into the hall, and on top of it was a little princess in a white dress with a school bell. All the children were delighted!
Then the children were given a huge white Whatman paper, felt-tip pens, pencils and asked that everyone draw themselves. Diana depicted herself in the drawing as the largest one. She is indeed, according to her father, the tallest in her class.
Diana is a very homely child,” her mother Marina joins the conversation. - She didn’t go to kindergarten. Therefore, our daughter touched us on the very first day of school with her statement: “I really liked the lyceum, but tomorrow I probably won’t go to school. Tired!" I had to explain to her that school is not a one-time event, and she needs to go there every day, except weekends.
Diana especially liked the lessons at the Lyceum. However, for now the mother is most concerned that her daughter does not catch a cold and eats on time
“Why are you worried about her? - the father is perplexed. “This is not the way I studied.” And then he remembers how, as a second-grader in a rural school, his mother enrolled him in the capital’s music boarding school named after Lysenko.
I thought that my mother would stay with me! - recalls the singer. - What tears there were! No problem, I survived! Even despite the terrible pickle soup they fed us - with large overripe cucumbers, which in the village usually went to cows and pigs But if it weren’t for my mother’s determination, perhaps now I would be some kind of club manager in the village, playing at weddings
Barbara Kuzmenko and her classmates sent a message to God on the first day of school
The daughter of the vocalist of the Skryabin group Andrei Kuzmenko, Barbara, became a first-grader at the 157th Lyceum. My father was not present at the first bell celebration, as he was on tour in Donetsk. But his wife Svetlana is full of impressions.
We were very lucky with our teacher! - says Svetlana. “On the very first day she won the hearts of the children.” After lessons, the children launched balloons with messages to God into the sky. Our Basya, you know what she asked: “Go to the zoo and farm every day!”
The fact is that on the eve of the school year, she and her father visited the zoo and she especially liked the “farm” with pets - chickens, ducks, rabbits So, here it is, the dream of a child in a metropolis!
In Barbara's class, no one except the teacher knows whose daughter she is.
Basya told her father, who had returned from the tour, that she was the smallest in the class, and also told with surprise that some of the children cried at the holiday. “They apparently didn’t go to kindergarten,” the girl came to this conclusion.
Andrei, remembering his “first time in first grade,” says that he also shed tears:
I was sent to an English special school, and I was very worried that from the first day they would speak English to us. And school for me also meant a loss of freedom.
In order not to oversleep Knowledge Day, everyone in designer Dorozhkina’s family set a personal alarm clock in the evening
Diana's daughter Darinka began her school year in the first grade of a kindergarten school.
Since Dashenka went to kindergarten here, she didn’t experience any shock associated with the start of school life,” says famous designer Diana Dorozhkina.
Darinka went to school with a huge bouquet of white roses for the teacher and gifts for old friends. “Mommy, how many new ones do we have! - she said later. “I’ve already met them!” To make first-graders remember their first day, balloons were launched into the sky. All the kids also had little bells pinned to their outfits.
In the class where Darinka studies, it is not necessary to wear a uniform yet. Therefore, the girl was dressed “from Dorozhkina” - in a suit with bright yellow sunflowers.
Darinka was really looking forward to this holiday and, in order not to oversleep the event, everyone in the Dorozhkin family set a personal alarm clock in the evening. The bell was louder than the school bell!
First-grader Gabi Kurkova speaks English without an accent
The daughter of the famous writer Andrei Kurkov, Gabriela, studies at a Montessori school. This idea came from his English wife Elizabeth.
This system allows you to prolong childhood, says Elizabeth.
Gabi likes school. On the first of September, the children were entertained by Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, who did not want to study, but only to dance. “And the children all wanted to learn,” Gabi smiles. -- I want too!"
Gabi already counts and reads a little in English. But he speaks English without an accent. Still would! Her mother is a senior examiner at the University of Cambridge in Ukraine. In addition, Gabi lived in England with her parents and younger brother for several months and even attended an English primary school!
The Kurkov family speaks Russian and English. When parents do not want their children to be aware of their affairs, they speak French and German. So Gabi has already begun to master these languages
Andrey Kurkov remembers first grade because he played candy wrappers with his classmates. After all, at a time when boys and girls were learning letters, Andrei had long ago read “The Wizard of the Emerald City” and “The Adventures of Pinocchio.”
Six-year-old Dima Shvets already operates with three-digit numbers, and even his three-year-old brother has become interested in computers
The son of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “FACTS” Alexander Shvets, Dima, also became a first-grader. He sat down at his desk at the Kiev-Pechersk Lyceum “Leader”. As Alexander Efimovich says, he and his wife very carefully chose a school for their child: on the eve of September 1, his wife Galina looked at more than a dozen educational institutions. The choice was made at "Leader" - it has very strong teachers and advanced educational technologies.
Dima already operates with three-digit numbers, and for his age he is a computer master,” his father says proudly. - He even managed to captivate the youngest Andryusha with him, when he still couldn’t really speak!
Sending his son to school, the editor-in-chief of FACTS says that he was glad that his children would not have to go through the trials that fate had subjected him to.
After all, I studied at a boarding school, since my mother passed away when I was only six years old,” recalls Alexander Shvets. — I lived with my father in a communal apartment on Saksaganskogo Street, and came home only on weekends. Every Monday morning, I took a suitcase made of thick cardboard with metal “corners” containing old, battered textbooks, boarded the 12th tram and drove 40 minutes to 40th Anniversary of October Avenue, where our boarding school was located. Afraid of being late, he arrived earlier than everyone else (an hour and a half before classes), sat in the locker room and waited The painful wait was brightened up by singing school crickets (since then, Alexander Shvets has retained the habit of arriving at work before everyone else. - Author)
There are moments that Alexander Shvets remembers with pleasure. For example, in the fourth grade, he and the boys became interested in writing science fiction novels. They made notebooks from checkered notebook sheets and created, and at night, by the light of a flashlight, they read their masterpieces. The matter was taken so seriously that a novelist on duty was appointed for readings every evening.
And Alexander Efimovich, with a sparkle in his eyes, tells how he was fond of football. “Lord, how many windows in the boarding school we broke!” - he recalls bitterly. At the same time, Alexander Efimovich did not forget about his studies. Most of all I loved languages and history.
