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Yuri Itskhokovich[1] (Ignatievich) Varum

(October 8, 1949, Gomel, Belarusian SSR, USSR - June 5, 2014, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA) - Soviet and Russian composer, producer, keyboardist, father of Angelika Varum.

Biography

Yuri Ignatievich Varum was born on October 8, 1949 in Gomel in the Belarusian SSR.

Yuri Varum married early, at the age of 19 his daughter Maria Varum was born, at this time he lived in Lvov, when his daughter was 10 years old (in 1979), Yuri divorced his first wife Galina[3].

In the 1970s, he led the Ukrainian VIA "Eureka" and was a jazz musician and composer; this group teamed up with Igor Khoma's jazz ensemble "Medicus" and in the mid-1970s the famous Ukrainian group VIA "Arnika" was formed.

Then Yuri Varum led Valery Leontyev’s group “Echo” and wrote several songs for him.[4]

Later he founded and led the jazz-rock group “Labyrinth”, the soloist was Victoria Vradiy, and the bass player was Vladimir Bebeshko. They worked at the Gorky Philharmonic [5][6].

He was engaged in arranging songs for Alla Pugacheva, having moved to Moscow.

Songs: “Town”, “Autumn Jazz”, “The Artist Who Paints the Rain”, Kirill Krastoshevsky performed as a bard at the Sovremennik Theater in the play “A Contemporary Tells About Himself”, Yuri wrote new music and made an arrangement for the songs, and calculated that Alla Pugacheva would sing these songs, but Alla did not take them, then he gave these songs to his daughter[7].

In 1990, he became a producer for his daughter Maria (Angelica) Varum.

In the 1990s, Yuri Ignatievich Varum wrote music for almost all of his daughter’s songs, based on poems by poets Kirill Krastoshevsky[8], Herman Vitke, Vadim Shagabutdinov, Yuri Rybchinsky.

On June 28, 2001, a record was created, its general director was Vitaly Anatolyevich Larin (1968-2014)[9], and Yuri Itskhokovich was its founder[10].

After his daughter, singer Anzhelika Varum, married singer and composer Leonid Agutin, Yuri Itskhokovich Varum moved to Miami with his wife Lyuba, he raised his son Misha and granddaughter Lisa, to whom he and his wife actually replaced parents.

Death

On June 6, 2014, the death of Yuri Itskhokovich became known, his son-in-law Leonid Agutin announced this on his Facebook page; he died in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA. Yuri Varum had diabetes; his right toe was amputated due to gangrene in 2004; he also smoked a lot[11][12]. After the death of her father, Angelika Varum suspended concerts and performances for some time[13].

Illness of singer Anzhelika Varum

At the end of March 2020, Angelica Varum’s friend Vladimir Presnyakov celebrated his birthday. The man turned 50 years old. Only close family members gathered at the celebration. At the beginning of the event, only the birthday boy greeted the guests. Journalists paid attention to Angelica Varum when she appeared at the door of the restaurant. Media representatives noticed that she began to look worse. In addition, her hands were shaking violently. Anzhelika Varum did not stay at the event for long. After a while, the artist on her Instagram page told fans that she was very ill. Because of this, her voice sank, body aches appeared, and her hands began to tremble violently. Subscribers immediately began bombarding the singer with messages wishing her a speedy recovery. Many fans asked her about Parkinson's disease. The symptoms of this disease are very similar to those of the singer. Angelika Varum chose to refrain from answering. She said that when she is ready she will give an interview about her health condition. Parkinson's disease is characterized by stiffness in movement. The human musculoskeletal system is mainly affected. In later stages, people are diagnosed with hand tremors and slow speech. In addition, it becomes difficult for the patient to walk. The person seems to be moving in small steps. In addition, speech inhibition appears and the throat ligaments suffer. Patients are also diagnosed with muscle rigidity.

Family

• The first wife (1968-1979), theater director Galina Mikhailovna Shapovalova (born January 1, 1950), lived in Odessa; after her divorce from Yuri, daughter Masha lived with her until she entered the theater institute[8][14]. Daughter singer Maria Yuryevna Varum (born 1969), known as Anzhelika Varum.

Notes

1. https://ru.rus.company/people/2774569-varum_yuri_itskhokovich/
2. NEWSru.co.il :: Leonid Agutin and Angelika Varum: the story of the duet. Coming soon to Israel
3. Angelika Varum in the program “Women's Look” by Oksana Pushkina - YouTube
4. List of songs by Valery Leontyev
5. Vladimir Bebeshko: “For playing Western music, my brother Levk Durk and I were often dragged to the KGB” - Newspaper “FACTS and Comments”
6. Volodymyr BEBESHKO: “Show business has nothing to do with showing off” – Vysokyi Zamok online
7. Kirill Krastoshevsky: “Agutin “burned out” everyone who stood next to Varum before his appearance” pp. 3-7 // Days.ru
8. ↑ 123
   Kirill Krastoshevsky: “Agutin “burned out” everyone who stood next to Varum before his appearance” page 2 - 7Dney.ru
9. Lublin Cemetery
10. Varum Records Company, LLC Moscow, details, e-mail, legal address, telephone, directions
11. Angelica Varum's father died
12. Composer Yuri Varum, the father of Angelica Varum and the author of her songs, has died - Newspaper Trud
13. DELFI
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    Leonid Agutin spoke about the illness of Angelica Varum, Bublik
    . Retrieved February 13, 2020.
14. Biography of Angelika Varum. // c-cafe.ru
15. Agutin, Angelika, Misha, Lyuba Varum from Voronezh boarding school No. 2 are in grief. — STANISLAV SADALSKY
16. Anzhelika Varum lost her father | EG.RU
17. Angelika Varum does not approve of her brother's wedding. Archived copy dated January 10, 2012 on the Wayback Machine // jewish.ru (April 8, 2008)
18. Angelika Varum is recording a new album. // newsmusic.ru (November 23, 2009)
19. Why don’t Leonid Agutin’s daughters bear his last name? // eg.ru (July 15, 2013)
20. Leonid Agutin: “When my daughters finally met, I smiled with happiness like a fool.” // 7days.ru (July 2013)

Two roads, two paths: why Angelica Varum came to terms with rumors about Leonid Agutin’s infidelities

Angelica Varum and Leonid Agutin // Photo: Legion-media

It is known that each name has a certain influence on a person’s fate. “Angelica is an extraordinary person, loves to be in the center of attention, gravitates towards art,” one can read in the interpreter of names. All these descriptions fit perfectly with the character of Angelika Varum.

At birth, the parents named the girl Maria, and the grandmother called her beloved granddaughter “angel.” Her stage name came to her from childhood. Masha was born in Lvov. The girl's father, Yuri Varum, soon became a famous producer and built a successful career.

The parents of the future star considered it their duty to give their daughter a good education and did not put pressure on her in terms of choosing a career in life. Yuri himself taught the little girl music, believing that mass education would not be able to develop her abilities the way he himself would. Maria learned vocals and playing a musical instrument at home.

Her stage name came to her from childhood // Photo: Legion-media

She started going on tour as a schoolgirl. At the age of nineteen, the decision came to seriously pursue a solo career. True, before this the girl failed the entrance exams to the Shchukin School. She came to Yuri Varum’s studio. The invaluable experience of singing backing vocals will greatly help her to be comfortable on stage in the future.

In 1991, the aspiring singer’s album “Good Bye, My Boy” was released, then “La-la-fa” and “Autumn Jazz” appeared. Show business has learned a new name. The whole country began to sing along with Angelica.

Angelika Varum’s dream of a theatrical stage also came true. In 1997, she played in the play “Emigrant Pose” and received the “Seagull” award. Varum took the stage with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Lyudmila Gurchenko and Evgenia Simonova.

Soon not only her professional, but also her personal life will be settled. The singer with an angelic name and a petite figure will meet her second husband. The fact is that before meeting Leonid Agutin, Angelica was married to her classmate Maxim Nikitin for a long time. The future star waited for Maxim to return from his service in the navy. Despite their parents' protests, they got married. The couple was together for more than ten years.

Angelica quickly won the love of the audience // Photo: Legion-media

The man came to Moscow after his wife, he began working as a lighting designer at her concerts. However, in the new place they quickly began to move away from each other and as a result separated.

Angelica was waiting for a new, very bright relationship, which would develop first into a creative, and then into a family union. “But no one will see. But no one will know. Who? Who is her secret? These are the words of the song “Queen”, which Agutin showed to Angelica and her father. He offered to record a duet with Angelica and received a positive response. As soon as they first appeared on stage, rumors began to circulate about Agutin and Varum’s romance. There was no denial.

Soon Agutin realized that he was really in love with Angelica. The singer reciprocated his feelings. But the man received consent to the wedding only a year after the birth of their daughter Lisa.

The tough touring schedule did not allow the couple to spend much time with the child. It was decided to send Lisa to Angelica’s dad in the USA. There the man settled with a new family. The grandfather took on the responsibility of raising his granddaughter. The daughter of Russian stars lived in Miami from an early age and received her education there.

Angelica Varum's father died

Angelica and Leonid did not see the child often. As Angelica said, problems arose with Lisa as a teenager. She had to rebuild her relationship with her daughter. Over time, they managed to understand each other, peace prevailed.

“Our child is a genius!” - this attitude of the household towards Lisa led to some problems. We have a star around the perimeter of the house: “I will do this, I won’t do that!” I realized that one day it might be too late, and I took full control of the situation. I had to be a Cerberus. And she fought alone, because Lisa also knew how to twist a rope out of Leni,” said the singer.

In 2011, Varum and Agutin almost broke up. Participants of the festival in Jurmala celebrated its end, alcohol flowed like a river. Angelica went to rest in her room, and Leonid stayed with his friends.

After some time, a video appeared on the Internet in which Leonid Agutin kisses a certain brunette. The singer did not remember anything about this; the incident was completely erased from his memory.

Angelica has her own vision of marriage, fidelity and infidelity // Photo: Legion-media

Angelica told her flighty husband everything she thought about him, packed her things and left. They did not make peace soon. The story turned out to be very painful and unpleasant for Agutin’s wife. Last year, fans discussed a rumor about the breakup of the star couple due to Leonid Agutin’s passion for his ward on the show “The Voice” Elina Chaga.

In the photo from the restaurant, Leonid Agutin leaned too close to Elina. The sad poem on his wife’s personal page only confirmed fans’ opinions about the romance between Agutin and Chaga. “I’m leaving forever, collecting my belongings: a May evening and the first drops of rain. I take away tenderness and passion so that the soul is not at a loss. I’m taking what’s mine and leaving,” wrote Anzhelika Varum. ⠀

In 2011, Varum and Agutin almost broke up // Photo: Legion-media

The singer categorically denied the accusations against him and even wrote an official denial on the microblog.

Crises occurred several times in the relationship between Angelica and Leonid, however, the couple managed to save the family. Angelica always had a special vision of marriage, a personal opinion about fidelity and betrayal.

“Every woman who brings a man into the house needs to understand that a man is not a serf. This is a cat that walks by itself, and that’s its charm. And if you want him to be affectionate, respect his freedom,” she shares.

Angelica is sure that women always have a choice: to stay with their loved ones and forgive betrayal, or not.

Based on materials: goodhouse.ru, 7days.ru, youtube.com, biography-life.ru