The lead singer of the group with the interesting name “Mumiy Troll” Ilya Lagutenko, whose biography will be the topic for consideration in this article, is not only the owner of a unique voice and talented musician, but also a successful actor. More than a dozen films were released with his music, and some with the direct participation of the artist. Biography of Ilya Lagutenko describes the different periods of his life. Let's find out how he achieved fame and success in show business.
Biography of Ilya Lagutenko: childhood
The future musician was born in the capital of Russia in 1968 on October 16. When the boy was barely six months old, his father died - he did not undergo surgery to remove appendicitis. Then the boy’s mother, Elena Kibitkina (fashion designer), decided to move to Vladivostok, where Ilya’s childhood passed. There he studied at a school where he studied Chinese in depth, from the second grade he sang in a children's choir. He seemed to have a love of music from birth. The boy always tried to earn his own pocket money, often spent money on vinyl records. And, being in the seventh grade, he decided to create the first group called Boney P.
Biography of Ilya Lagutenko: "the path to the stars"
In 1983, Ilya's group was renamed the Moomin Troll. The musician could not explain the choice of the name, he just saw the name of the book Tove Janson, which he liked. The artist read the book only ten years after he used the name of one of her characters to name his group. Classes in the choir were not in vain; he was a wonderful vocalist. The guys first tried to perform other people's songs, but very soon they realized that their writing was much better for them, and, of course, more interesting. Until 1984, they had already accumulated enough material to begin work on their first studio recordings. After three years of hard work, the group with a slightly changed name - "Mumiy Troll" - toured extensively. But Ilya was forced to go to serve in the Pacific Fleet, and therefore the activities of the group were somewhat suspended, which could not but affect the popularity of the team. Lagutenko and the rest of the Mumiy Troll members returned to creativity only in the late 90s. In 1996, the first album was recorded in London, and in 1997 the second album (it brought real success). Ilya became a famous artist, they began to invite him to film roles (one of the first was the role of a vampire in "Night Watch"), to various social events. Fame and revenue growth allowed Lagutenko to do what he had long wanted - charity.
Ilya Lagutenko biography: personal life
In 1986, the artist met a student at a university in Vladivostok named Lena, and a year later they were already husband and wife. In 2003, Ilya’s marriage broke up. For some time, the musician was in a civil marriage with Nadezhda Silenskaya. Model Anna Zhukova became the second woman to whom Ilya Lagutenko officially married (you can see the photos of the spouses on the left). In 2008, Anna gave her husband her first daughter, Valentina-Veronica, and in 2010, her second, Letizia. Ilya loves spending free time on literary creation and painting.