I didn’t find my happiness right away. The artist's first early marriage turned out to be short. In order to feed her little son, Varvara (Elena Tutanova) was forced to leave for the United Arab Emirates at the age of 20. A few years later, the singer met businessman Mikhail Susov.
The couple not only raised Yaroslav, Varvara’s son, as well as two sons Mikhail, but also had a child together.
Now the couple’s daughter, Varvara, is already taking her first steps in the vocal field. The 46-year-old singer values her family and claims that her profession comes second to her - after her husband and children. On October 8, Mikhail Susov turned 52 years old. Varvara posted a joint photo with her husband and wrote: “Happy Birthday, my beloved person!”
Subscribers admired the spouses and joined in the congratulations: “He’s terribly handsome! Happiness and eternal youth", "Please accept my heartfelt congratulations and wishes good health and great happiness to you”, “Happy birthday to you! You and your husband even look alike,” “Very beautiful couple.” Mikhail Susov also responded to the congratulations and wrote: “Thank you, Alyonushka!” (spelling and punctuation of the authors have been preserved. - Ed.).
Varvara’s eldest son Yaroslav got married in 2013. Mikhail Susov's sons Vasily and Sergei also grew up and became independent. Only their joint daughter, Varvara, lives with the spouses. The artist adheres to the principles proper nutrition. In the morning, Varvara allows herself fermented milk products or porridge, and tries to have dinner no later than six o’clock in the evening. If an early dinner does not work out, the singer limits herself to a salad or a glass of kefir.
Today, Varvara could easily sing the main female part in any of the numerous musicals taking place on the stages of Moscow theaters. She graduated from Gnesinka, where her teacher was Matvey Osherovsky, the director of the acclaimed production of The Threepenny Opera in Odessa. The eccentric genius repeatedly kicked out the artist, called her “verst Kolomenskaya” and even threw shoes at her.
However, it was not his fault that Varvara did not go into operetta - she simply wanted a “free flight”, without directors and producers. Later, while working at the Lev Leshchenko Variety Theater, she graduated from GITIS in absentia with a degree in musical theater artist. After leaving the theater, Varvara began her solo career.
In 2001, the NOX Music company released the artist’s debut album, which was called “Varvara”. Work on this record continued throughout 2000. Most of the songs were written by unknown young authors, and only the name of Kim Breitburg - the main songwriter of Boris Moiseev - spoke something to the listeners. Young multi-instrumentalists took part in the recording of the album, united in one group named after Varvara.
It was then that for the first time the DJs of the leading radio stations began to think: what style should this music be classified as? There are echoes of everyone musical cultures- from Russian to Arabic; the sounds of live instruments are combined here with electronic samples, tragic compositions invariably coexist with 100% dance pop hits, and at the same time poetry comes to the fore!
The songs of the debut album, despite all their informality, were a success with listeners: the title “Varvara”, “Butterfly”, “On the Edge” and “Fly to the Light” truly bathed in the airwaves. But the fact that in Nicole Claro’s book “Madonna” one of the chapters was called “On the Edge” went unnoticed - such subtle moments always pass by the attention of listeners.
In the summer of 2002, Varvara received an unexpected offer. The founder of the famous Swedish studio Cosmo (it was this company that “made” the last records of the group A-ha and Britney Spears) Norn Bjorn invited her to record several compositions with Swedish symphony orchestra. Collaboration with the Swedes resulted in the song “It’s Behind,” designed in the style of fashionable r?n?b. But Varvara decided to continue recording the remaining songs for the future album in Russia. She believes that today Russian sound producers are capable of working at the European level.
Varvara travels in music just as she travels in life. In the United Arab Emirates, where she often comes with her family, she has already been offered to record an album of songs on Arabic. But in addition to the east, Varvara is also attracted by northern Europe, with its harsh sagas and Celtic tales, with the cold music of Enya and the salty smell of the ocean. Perhaps that's why the song "Two Sides of the Moon" from her second album, due out in February 2003, has such a Norman feel to it. “I am in love with Europe of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. When I come to France and wander through the castles of the 16th century, I feel the Norman spirit preserved within these walls. I get the feeling that I lived there: I stroke the walls, and I want to shoot videos there.”
Experimenting with song videos is perhaps Varvara’s main passion. “I always wanted to sing songs and shoot videos in which I could finally show myself as a character actress,” says Varvara.
March 2003 will again become the month of Varvara - the Ars-Records company released her second album, called “Closer”. Most of the compositions for it were recorded at the Brothers Grimm studio - it was in this company that they managed to find arrangements and sound that were adequate to the singer’s ideas.
Ivushki (duet with A. Vorobyov)
Cossacks in Berlin
Beautiful life
He who seeks will find
She flew and sang
Fly to the light
Blizzard
Yes or no
Bridges to Heaven
Music of Christmas
On the brink
On the edge
Nowhere to run
One
Autumn
Let me go river
The river will overflow
Heart don't cry
Sun
Glass love
The snow was melting
Aliens
It's behind
I'm alive
I know
Biography (history) of singer Varvara
Russian singer Varvara(real name Elena Vladimirovna Tutanova, after marriage - Susova) was born on July 30, 1973 in the city of Balashikha into a family of engineers.
Varvara is reluctant to remember her childhood, which was densely packed with events that contributed to the development of the future star. It's hard to believe, but once upon a time this luxurious blonde with the appearance of a fashion model was embarrassed by her appearance and behaved like a gray mouse among her peers. A girl from Balashikha, from an ordinary family of engineers, simply did not like to study, but, of course, she was forced to. And today, sometimes Varvara, sighing, says: “I didn’t have a childhood.” However, some things evoke nostalgic memories for her - for example, music school in the accordion class, although she graduated from it “with a C to a D, from a D to a C.” Or the accordion given by the grandfather to four-year-old Varvara: although it has long been worn out, and many of the valves on it do not work, the singer carefully keeps this gift.
With pleasure, Varvara was only involved in dancing and sports, so at school she was responsible for organizing all evenings and matinees, being the head. cultural sector. Surprisingly, she showed almost no interest in solo singing and even almost entered the Institute of Light Industry. Fortunately, she was stopped by one fateful event. Once in the House of Culture, where Varvara was dancing, she walked past a door from behind which crazy guitar blasts like AC/DC could usually be heard. But, having heard Paganini’s virtuoso variation instead of hard rock, Varvara listened and was truly glued to the door. The further development of events was comical: the door opened and the girl literally burst into the room. But the insightful guys did not laugh: they instinctively felt that behind this impulse there was something serious, and gave Varvara an instant audition.
The next day she did not go to the institute for courses, but went to a rehearsal with the ensemble. A few days later, the group unanimously decided that Varvara had an individual, strong voice - and something needed to be done about it. A month before the start of entrance exams to universities, together with a choir teacher at the same recreation center, Varvara prepared a mini-program... And she entered the Gnessin School with a competition of 12 people per place - based on the results of the first round. Varvara owed this success to her teacher, director Matvey Osherovsky, who at first glance saw in her an extraordinary creative personality. She owes this man, who once became famous for the scandalous production of “The Threepenny Opera” in Odessa, the nickname “Vesta Kolomenskaya” - that’s what the professor called Varvara when he was especially dissatisfied with her. Despite the fact that the relationship with the teacher was difficult - he repeatedly kicked out the artist and even threw shoes at her - Varvara invariably returned and stubbornly continued to study with the eccentric genius. In Gnesinka’s last year, quarrels with teachers became constant: they tried to convince the girl that “the operetta was crying for her,” and Varvara explained that she only agreed to free flight. And after graduating from college, throwing aside all prejudices, I went to sing “in a tavern.” The very first performance turned out to be a disaster: “Some uneven sobs poured out of the microphone. I thought: why the hell did I finish anything... But after a few months I learned to get rid of the acquired “dome” singing syndrome, characteristic of all classical singers: voice became more flexible, and I went into a rage."
After some time, Varvara unexpectedly found herself in the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances, headed by the master of the national stage, Lev Leshchenko. At the same time, the singer graduated from GITIS with a degree in pop artist. For several years she has been tirelessly touring with the theater as a soloist - and performing Soviet pop classics. It got to the point that during a tour of US cities, Varvara often woke up in the middle of the night and walked around the room like a sleepwalker, repeating songs from the program. But it was then that she had the opportunity to perform her own songs as part of large theater concerts. Soon Varvara felt cramped in the theater, and she took off on a free flight.
In 2001, the NOX Music company released the artist’s debut album, which was called “Varvara”. Work on this record continued throughout 2000. Most of the songs were written by unknown young authors, and only the name of Kim Breitburg - the main songwriter of Boris Moiseev - spoke something to the listeners. Young multi-instrumentalists took part in the recording of the album, united in one group named after Varvara. It was then that for the first time the DJs of the leading radio stations began to think: what style should this music be classified as? There are echoes of all musical cultures - from Russian to Arabic; the sounds of live instruments are combined here with electronic samples, tragic compositions invariably coexist with 100% danceable pop hits, and at the same time - scary to think - poetry comes to the fore! The songs of the debut album, despite all their informality, were a success with listeners: the title song “Varvara”, “Butterfly”, “On the Edge” and “Fly to the Light” truly bathed in the airwaves. But the fact that in Nicole Claro’s book “Madonna” one of the chapters was called “On the Edge” went unnoticed - such subtle moments always pass by the attention of listeners.
Varvara’s first album turned out to be as controversial as the singer’s on-screen image. Exquisitely beautiful and incredibly sexy, a charming modest woman and a lonely wanderer - this whole series of images was simultaneously presented by Varvara in three video clips shot for the first album. The first video for the song “Fly to the Light,” directed by Varvara’s longtime friend Fyodor Bondarchuk and cinematographed by Vlad Opelyants, turned out to be a harsh experiment in its genre. It was filmed at a factory, and Varvara, at a temperature of minus 5 degrees, had to pretend to be “mischievous” in a light T-shirt. The next one - "Butterfly" (dir. D. Makhamutdinov) - was filmed in Egypt, in radically opposite conditions. "I wanted to make a video in the form of a mini-film. The plot is as follows: while on vacation in Egypt, I find a bracelet with a butterfly that once belonged to Cleopatra. And the queen’s soul moves into my body. I live her life: love with Caesar, war with the Romans, death from a snake bite. We went to Egypt especially for filming. ancient city Luxor. The temperature went over 70 degrees, the stones began to melt... I literally almost killed myself - it was so hot. But, immersing yourself in the atmosphere of the famous “garden of columns”, the alley of sphinxes, the temple erected thousands of years ago by the mysterious Queen Hatshepsut, you involuntarily begin to understand the very essence of Ancient Egypt." The third clip "On the Edge" did not involve extreme situations, but was entirely built on the conceptual idea of director Sergei Kalvarsky. According to the idea of the video, behind the visual metaphors of a snake and a dagger lies the relationship between a man and a woman who has already been burned in life, but has finally met the embodiment of her ideal. The filming of “Butterfly” was preceded by another unexpected event in Varvara’s life - in. In 2000, she won the Grand Prix at the Kinodiva competition, writes./../... The competition held as part of the Kinotavr festival was not so much a beauty contest as an acting competition.
Young film and theater actresses, as well as pop singers, acted out sketches, danced minuets and, according to the well-known scenario, played Tsarina Catherine in Tsaritsyn Park. “I was not interested in participating in this show. At that moment I was a product of the producer’s extravagance. The only funny moment was how Vyacheslav Dobrynin and I portrayed Little Red Riding Hood and the Gray Wolf. Moreover, Dobrynin completely refused to use the proposed text and improvised with all his might: “Don’t "Rest salt in my wounds" and so on. In fact, it is much more pleasant for me to remember another competition - "Show Queen", where I took a well-deserved second place." Throughout 2000 and 2001, Varvara did not stop her concert activities - except for a short break that occurred during the birth and upbringing of the singer’s daughter, who also received the name Varvara. For some time, the singer lived in her beloved United Arab Emirates - and also gave concerts there with a program of ten songs in Arabic. The singer's Scandinavian appearance, coupled with her deep, flexible oriental voice, made such an impression on the Arabs that Varvara was offered to record an "Arab album." Someday his time will come...
The first album became a kind of test of strength for Varvara. Music critics, confused by the fact that there were no analogues to Varvara’s music on the Russian stage, tried to put her on a par with the exalted Linda and the magnificent Valeria. “I will always be against drawing any analogies between my work and what pop performers do in Russia. They exist in their own field, artificially created twenty years ago, and are afraid of any injections from the outside. Pop music in Russia may be around for another twenty years will not change if we do not catch the wave that is sweeping throughout the world today. Pop music of a particular country is not interesting if it does not contain elements of all other music, if it does not become world-pop-music. I can teach music myself: Mylène Farmer, who in France also cannot be classified as traditional rock, or “pop,” or, especially, chanson. This is what definitions are all about.
But if after this phrase they start comparing me with Mylene Farmer, this will be the biggest stupidity of the comparer." Thinking about recording a second album, Varvara once again looked in the “mirror” of the first. And appreciated all its shortcomings: it is too slippery in terms of style, uneven in emotion, too “flirting” with the public. Shaking a strand of her blond hair, Varvara decided that it was time to do what was always closer to her. Once again she listened to her favorite records: Enya, Madonna, Garbage, Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow... And. went into work for almost two years. Most of the compositions were written at the Brothers Grimm studio - it was this company that managed to find arrangements and sound that were adequate to the singer’s ideas. The first material recorded by Arthur A" Kim and Dmitry Moss turned out to be so fresh that the question of definition. style sounded new. It was at that moment that Varvara received an offer from the founder of the famous Swedish studio Cosmo, Norn Bjorn, to record several compositions with the Swedish symphony orchestra. This unique opportunity- hearing yourself in the “Euro-processing” of sound producers who worked on the latest records by A-ha and Britney Spears was impossible to miss. Collaboration with the Swedes resulted in the song "It's Behind", designed in the style of fashionable r"n"b, but Varvara decided to continue recording other songs for the future album in Russia. “We had the opportunity to compare. I used it.
The ideas of the Brothers Grimm studio turned out to be closer to me, and the sound they achieved was fully consistent with the European level." In the summer of 2002, Varvara's song "I'm Alive" unexpectedly sounded on Our Radio on the air of the program "Do you need it?" produced the effect of a bomb exploding - until that moment, the so-called “pop performers” had not appeared on “Our Radio”. Legend has it that the choice of the song was made personally by Mikhail Kozyrev. However, contrary to all expectations, listeners of the country’s main “rock and roll” radio station did not fall for it. provocation and refrained from castigating Varvara, who was presented by the host as a pop singer; 30% of the audience who took part in the online voting bombarded the Our Radio forum with indignant messages on the topic of the host’s incorrect actions and demanded satisfaction. This experiment was another confirmation of this. , that Varvara’s work lies “on the border” between pop and rock music. The compositions “I’m Alive”, “Heart, Don’t Cry” and “It’s Possible-You Can’t” were released in the summer as a separate single, which instantly spread across radio stations. Soon, Varvara’s industrial-aesthetic video “Heart, Don’t Cry” appeared on the air of leading music TV channels. It became the first video work in which Varvara tried to realize her idea of timeless videos, where everything rests on acting. A little later, a video for the song “Od-na” appeared, filmed in an abandoned workshop of the ZIL plant among fuel oil puddles and construction waste. On November 30, Varvara appeared on the stage of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses: she performed in the final of “Song of the Year” with the composition “One-on”. Behind the scenes, aggressive journalists tried to press the singer with questions - however, Lev Leshchenko, who represented Varvara, did not allow the process to go beyond normal. In December 2002, the singer recorded the last composition, which gave the final name to the album - “Closer”. “This album is a rethinking of everything that happened to me before, a reflection on the past. After it, I will move forward, and you should be ready for this.”
In December 2004, the singer received an honorary diploma from the “Song of the Year” television festival for the song “I flew and sang,” for which a month later she shot a video in Morocco.
In 2005, Varvara passed the National selection of the International Eurovision Song Contest 2005, in the same year she took first place in the Internet voting conducted by the OGAE International Club and received the right to represent Russia at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Eurovision in Denmark.
Since 2006, the singer has been actively touring the cities of Russia and European countries, introducing foreigners to the ethnic creativity of Russian musical culture.
In 2009, the singer participated in the Festival of Russian Culture in London with her new program “Dreams”, which contains her best works, the musical arrangements of which contain the sounds of the Yakut tambourine, the beats of North Caucasian drums and the melodic sounds of ancient Russian horns. Musical group The singer tries to use as many folk instruments as possible, thereby emphasizing the scale of Russian culture.
For recent years many tours, festivals and a wide variety of events could not be done without the active participation of Varvara. She has repeatedly participated in various music festivals, both in Russia and abroad.
In 2010, Varvara was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
In 2012, a new single and video clip of the singer called “Dudochka” was released. The authors of the words and music are V. Malezhik and A. Akhmatova.
The singer is also artistic director And general director own production center called "Art Center "Varvara"".
Personal life
Having experienced the failure of an early marriage, she met the man of her dreams along the way - businessman Mikhail Susov, who became her support in her work. A reliable rear allows her to create original works, different from other performers. The couple are raising four children. After all, she is Varvara, she is not like everyone else!
The appearance of Varvara on the Russian stage marks new era in the development of the Russian popular music industry. The songs she sings exist outside of the traditional “rock” or “pop” formats, because her music is a subtle fusion of almost all world musical traditions. Alternative and symphonic music, ethnicity of northern Europe and the East, electronics and new age, seasoned with a current sound - from these elements, according to Varvara, modern music should be formed popular music. In this quest to find the ideal form of pop music that would sound organically in any language in any country in the world, Varvara is truly the closest to the style-changing Madonna. And in this sense, Varvara is a stranger among her colleagues on the pop scene. One of Madonna's critics recently described the style of her latest album, "Music," as "romantic techno-rock dance." It is well known that Madonna is a recognized experimenter in the field of modern music. Varvara's musical experiments can lead to the fact that we will finally have high-quality popular music with which we are not ashamed to enter the world music markets. Varvara does not like to play with definitions, but for those who like to put “excise stamps” and “factory stamps” on the sound and voice, the definition has been found: Varvara makes intelligent alternative Euro-pop. With some caution, we can add that in Russia it was the first to enter this promising road.
Varvara Vizbor is a Russian singer, granddaughter of the sixties bard Yuri Vizbor. Her favorite genres are jazz and lounge, but she also enjoys reworking her grandfather's songs, adding personality and a new sound. Together with rapper L’One, she recorded the song “Echo of Love” from the soundtrack to the second season of the series “Chernobyl. Exclusion zone."Childhood and adolescence
A native Muscovite, Varvara Sergeevna Vizbor was born on February 18, 1986 into a creative, intelligent family. Varvara’s grandfather is the famous poet-bard Yuri Vizbor, her grandmother is the talented poet and writer Ariadna Yakusheva. 
Unfortunately, the girl was born a year after her grandfather’s death, but she became acquainted with his work in early childhood. His parents bought a collection disc containing his song “Night Road,” which sank into Varya’s soul from the first chords. How surprised she was when her mother told her that this was her grandfather’s song!
I was very surprised, because in our family there was no cult of grandfather - for us he was an ordinary person, father and grandfather, a member of the family.
Since childhood, the girl was surrounded by a creative atmosphere, which could not but influence her worldview and future destiny. Representatives of the capital's bohemians often gathered in the house, sang, played music, read poetry and staged impromptu performances. Her parents instilled in her a kind attitude towards people and the ability to communicate freely with a variety of people, and from her grandmother Varya inherited a sense of humor and an optimistic attitude towards life. 
The girl’s parents, Tatyana Vizbor and Sergei Lobikov, also people of creative professions, immediately recognized their daughter’s artistic and musical abilities and took her to a theater studio. Having become a first-grader, Varvara enrolled in the school choir “Red Carnation”, in which she sang until graduation.
She was an average student and preferred to spend her free time not with textbooks, but at choir rehearsals or in the children's theater. With his brother Yuri, they often organized home concerts: Yura played, and Varya performed songs from the repertoire of her beloved Alla Pugacheva. The girl also practiced drawing and macrame.
Varvara and Yuri Vizbor - You are my breath
After graduating from school, Varya tried to enter VGIK, but did not pass the competition. Failure did not dampen the ardor of the ambitious girl, and on the advice of Alexei Batalov, a year later she applied to the Shchukin School. This time her efforts were rewarded: Varvara became a student at a prestigious theater university, which she successfully graduated in 2007.
Career
At first she wanted to take up teaching and entered the master's program, but soon she became bored with the stage and the audience and got a job at the School of Modern Play theater.The atmosphere at the School of Contemporary Play was depressing to me. I had to somehow declare myself, become punchy, resourceful... But they say that I am like my grandfather in character, but he was neither punchy nor resourceful.
After serving there for two years, Vizbor moved to the Moscow Theater of Miniatures (Theatrium on Serpukhovka), where she was finally able to fully realize herself as an actress. But there was still an inner feeling of dissatisfaction, which disappeared when she took the microphone and began to sing. Varvara intuitively felt that being a singer was her true calling, and since 2013 she decided to devote herself entirely to her singing career. 
Back in student years she began performing in clubs, where she met talented jazz musicians Sergei Khutas and Evgeniy Borets. Soon the guys organized their own group “Vizbor V.S. Khutas”, which lasted five years. The group's repertoire consisted of original arrangements, intricately combining elements of jazz, blues, traditional Russian motifs and sacred music.
Evening Urgant. Varvara Vizbor - And there will be a great winter
In 2015, their debut album “Strawberry” was released. Varvara recorded the subsequent collections “Magic Fruit”, “Mitten” and “Polyphony” under own name. They included both original works created by modern authors, and songs of her legendary grandparents in new arrangements.
Varvara Vizbor - Lucy
In the summer of 2016, Vizbor performed at the large jazz festival “Usadba Jazz”.
Varvarva Vizbor and The Voice Show
She chose one of Yuri Vizbor’s songs, “Winter,” to perform at the “blind auditions” in the fourth season of the show “The Voice” (2015). Oddly enough, despite the soulful performance and impeccable vocals, none of the four mentors turned to her. Polina Gagarina admitted that she wanted to turn around, but the song “somehow ended quickly.” “Very nice, but there’s only one song, what happens next? What else you can show us is unclear,” said Alexander Gradsky. Basta and Grigory Leps also remained indifferent to Varvara’s performance. 
The girl was upset, to put it mildly. But unexpectedly she received support from Voice viewers from different parts of the country. The situation that developed at the blind auditions caused bewilderment and dissatisfaction, because the audience was completely delighted with Varvara’s performance. The singer took the failure seriously, however, the love and support of fans of her talent, the number of which increased sharply after participating in “The Voice,” gave the artist the strength to believe in herself again.
Personal life of Varvara Vizbor
Varvara carefully protects her personal space and hides information about her private life. It is known that she is happily married to her beloved man, whom she sees as the father of her future children.L'One feat. Varvara Vizbor – Yakutyanochka
The singer also took part in the “All Colors of Jazz” ceremony, which took place on October 31, 2017 in Moscow.
Singer Varvara (real name Elena Vladimirovna Susova, nee Tutanova; born July 30, 1973 in Balashikha, Moscow Region) is a Russian singer. Honored Artist of Russia (2010). She performed as part of the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances. The performer released her first solo album, which was called “Varvara,” in 2001 (label NOX Music). The performer also released the albums “Closer” (2003), “Dreams” (2005), “Above Love” (2008) and “Legends of Autumn” (2013).
Varvara
Birth name Elena Vladimirovna Tutanova
Date of birth July 30, 1973
Place of birth Balashikha, Moscow region, RSFSR, USSR
Country Russia
Profession singer
Genres folk music
Nicknames Varvara
Elena Tutanova was born in Balashikha. She graduated from a music school in accordion class.
Varvara She graduated from Gnesinka, where her teacher was Matvey Osherovsky, director of the production of “The Threepenny Opera” in Odessa. Later, while working at the Lev Leshchenko Variety Theater, she graduated from GITIS in absentia with a degree in musical theater artist. After leaving the theater, Elena began a solo career under the pseudonym “Varvara”.
From July 1991 to the present, Varvara has been working at the Federal State Cultural Institution “State Theater of Variety Performances “Musical Agency”. At the same time with this position, she is the artistic director and general director of her own production center “Varvara”.
In 2001, the singer’s debut album “Varvara” was released on the NOX Music label. Work on the album continued throughout 2000. The author of several songs from the album was Kim Breitburg. Songs such as “Varvara”, “Butterfly”, “On the Edge” and “Fly to the Light” were rotated on the radio and were popular with listeners.
In the summer of 2002, Varvara received an offer from the founder of the Swedish studio Cosmo, Norn Bjorn, to record several compositions with the Swedish symphony orchestra. The first song recorded in collaboration with the Swedes was the song “It’s Behind,” in the style of modern r’n’b. Varvara decided to continue recording the remaining songs for the future album in Russia.
At the end of 2002, Varvara performed at “Song of the Year 2002” with the song “Od-na”, which was broadcast on many radio stations in the country that same year.
In March 2003, the Ars-Records company released Varvara’s second album, “Closer.” Most of the compositions were recorded at the Brothers Grimm studio.
In February 2005, Varvara became a finalist in the National Selection of the International Eurovision Song Contest 2005. In the same year, the singer, having won first place in the Internet voting of the International Club OGAE, received the right to represent Russia at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision festival in Denmark.
Since 2006, Varvara has been actively touring European countries and introducing Europeans to the ethnic creativity of Russian musical culture.
In 2009, Varvara takes part in the Festival of Russian Culture in London with her new program “Dreams”.
On March 2, 2011, the premiere of Varvara’s show called “Origins” took place at the Maly Theater. The author of the idea of creating the show “Origins” was the husband of the singer Varvara, Mikhail Susov. Special guest performances were the Moscow Bagpipe Orchestra and the Chukotka Ensemble. During the premiere of the play “Origins,” the musicians of the “Chukotka” ensemble lived in their own tent right on the territory of Varvara’s country house in the Yuzhnoye Butovo region.
On May 2, 2012, the premiere of Varvara’s new single “Dudochka” with lyrics by Anna Akhmatova and music by Vyacheslav Malezhik took place on the air of Russian Radio. In September, a video of the same name, shot by director Alexander Filatovich in Kyiv, was released on music channels. Within a few months, the video received more than 1 million views on YouTube.
In July 2013, the filming of the Channel One musical television project “Universal Artist” took place in Moscow, in which Varvara, along with other Russian performers, takes part. As a result, the artist took sixth place.
On December 9, 2013, the artist’s fifth studio album, entitled “Legends of Autumn,” was released on the iTunes portal. Currently, Varvara is preparing to release an instrumental album. At the same time, work is underway on the single “Wall of Misunderstanding,” authored by Denis Maidanov. The premiere of the song is expected on Russian Radio.
February 28, 2014 on the stage of the Moscow concert hall“Meridian” Varvara demonstrated version 2.0 of the show “Origins”. Part of the program is dedicated to the presentation of the singer’s new album “Legends of Autumn”. American composer and singer Michael Knight from the USA took part in the performance as a special guest.
In May, the single “The Tale of Barbarian” was released on the iTunes Store portal.
Awards and titles
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2002 - Award “Song of the Year” (“One-on”)
2003 - Silver Disc Award
2003 - “Stopudovy Hit” Award
2003 - Award “Song of the Year” (“Dreams”)
2004 - Award “Song of the Year” (“I flew and sang”)
2010 - Honored Artist of Russia
2012 - Award “Mom of the Year” (“The most caring mother”)
2015 - “Spring Awards” (“Spring Grace”)
Family
Varvara is married to businessman Mikhail Susov. They are raising four children: Yaroslav (Varvara’s son from his first marriage), Vasily, Sergei (Mikhail’s sons from his first marriage) and their joint daughter Varvara.
Interesting facts[
Varvara brought a family heirloom to the Olympic torch relay - the torch of the XXII Summer olympic games in Moscow.
Singer Varvara was awarded for the creative embodiment of the ideas of friendship between the peoples of Belarus and Russia.
Varvara performed Silva's aria in the production " bat"at the Moscow Musical Theater "Helikon-Opera" under the direction of Dmitry Bertman.
The daughter of the singer Varvara, Varya, and her mother performed the song “The Lion and the Barber” from the film “Mary Poppins, Goodbye” on the stage of the Kremlin Palace.
Varvara loves Russian nature very much. Together with her husband Mikhail, they created their own small eco-farm, where they feed wild animals in the forest. Among others are wild boars, lynxes, moose, bears, raccoons, squirrels, hares, and many birds.
As part of a WWF project, Varvara adopted a tiger.
During her tours, Varvara finds rare musical instruments, which he gives a second life at his performances.
Discography
2001 - Album “Varvara” - “NOKS Music”
2003 - Album “Closer” - “ARS-Records”
2005 - Album “Dreams” - “Gramophone Music”
2008 - Album “Above Love” - “A-Music”
2013 - Album “Legends of Autumn” - “First Music Publishing House”
2015 - Album “Linen” - “First Music Publishing House”
Singles
2000 - “Fly to the Light”
2000 - “Butterfly”
2000 - “On the Edge”
2001 - “Varvara”
2001 - “Heart, don’t cry”
2002 - “One-on”
2003 - “Closer”
2003 - “Dreams”
2004 - “The snow was melting”
2004 - “Winter”
2004 - “Wind and Star”
2005 - “I flew and sang”
2005 - “My Angel”
2006 - “Let me go, river”
2006 - “Beautiful Life”
2006 - “Two Paths” (feat. Ruslana)
2007 - “Dance-Winter”
2007 - “Beyond the River” (feat. Nadezhda Babkina)
2007 - “Aliens”
2008 - “White Bird”
2008 - “Bells” (feat. Igor Nikolaev)
2008 - “In Love”
2010 - “Rapid River”
2012 - “Here it is, love”
2012 - “Pipe”
2012 - “But I won’t get married” (feat. Buranovsky grandmothers)
2013 - “He who seeks will find”
2014 - “Pain and Love”
2014 - “The Tale of Barbarian”
2014 - “The whole world is for us”
2014 - “Sun”
Video clips
Year Title Music Lyrics Director
2001 Butterfly A. Shkuratov A. Shkuratov D. Mahamatdinov
Fly to the light K. Breitburg, M. Breitburg E. Melnik F. Bondarchuk
On the brink K. Boris E. Melnik S. Kalvarsky
2002 Heart, don’t cry V. Molchanov V. Sapovsky G. Orlov
One-on O. Dronov A. A’Kim D. Zakharov
2003 Closer V. Molchanov I. Melnik A. Shkuratov
Dreams A. Orlov A. Baido G. Toidze
2004 The snow melted B. Gorbachev B. Gorbachev M. Rozhkov
2005 She flew and sang V. Molchanov A. A’Kim A. Tishkin
2006 Let me go, river A. Orlov A. A’Kim G. Toidze & Varvara
2012 Dudochka V. Malezhik A. Akhmatova A. Filatovich
2015 He who seeks will find A. Malakhov A. Malakhov A. Syutkin
Varvara
singer
Full name: Elena Vladimirovna Susova (née Tutanova)
Date of birth: 07/30/1973
Place of birth: Balashikha, Moscow region
Zodiac sign: Leo
Varvara
The entire month of January for singer Varvara was busy with pre-wedding bustle. And last Saturday her eldest son got married. The chosen one of 22-year-old Yaroslav was his school friend, a girl named Sophia - it was love at first sight. The young man clearly understood that family life impossible without having a good job and proposed marriage to his girlfriend only after he began to earn his own living, without relying on the help of his parents.
“We chose the Yar restaurant for the celebration,” says the happy mother of the groom. - This is an exquisite place, worthy of such an elite family like us!
