Composer and producer of the Mirage group Andrey Lityagin: biography, career and family

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The hero of our article is the well-known composer Andrei Lityagin in our country. He is one of the founders of the Mirage group. Want to get more information about his person? We'd love to share what we know.

Biography

Lityagin Andrey Valentinovich was born on September 20, 1962 in Moscow. In what family was the future composer and producer brought up? Let's start with the fact that his parents are related to music and show business. Father and mother do everything so that their son grows up a smart, well-mannered and educated person.

Andrey studied well at school. If unsatisfactory grades appeared in his diary, he sought to immediately correct them for fours and fives.

From an early age, the boy showed a love for music. Andryusha regularly arranged home concerts for his parents. Watching him from the side was very funny.

Student years

After graduating from high school, Andrey applied to the Aviation Institute, located in Moscow. He managed to successfully cope with the exams. The guy was enrolledto the university. For 5 years, he mastered the speci alty "engineer-mathematician".

As a student, our hero created the musical group "Activity Zone". It consisted of two performers (Sasha Kirsanov and Rita Sukhankina) and one guitarist (Sergey Proklov). Unfortunately, this project was not economically viable.

Andrey Lityagin's band "Mirage"

1986 was a fruitful year for our hero. It was then that he, together with Valery Sokolov, created the legendary team called Mirage. In a short time, the friends prepared 12 compositions. The author of the poems was Sokolov, and the music for them was written by Lityagin. They did not forget about Margarita Sukhankina either. She agreed to record three songs. Natalya Gulkina performed 5 more tracks.

In March 1987, the group's debut album, "The Stars Are Waiting for Us," went on sale. The entire circulation was sold out in a couple of weeks. After that, the girl group went on a tour of our vast country. In every city they were greeted with a bang.

At different times, the Mirage were:

• S altykova Ira;
• Natasha Gulkina;
• Inna Smirnova;
• Sukhankina Margarita;
• Tanya Ovsienko;
• Razina Svetlana;
• Vetlitskaya Natalia.

Producer Andrei Lityagin has been harassing ex-soloists for a long time. He forbade them to perform at their concerts the songs included in the Mirage repertoire (We'll Meet Again, A Thousand Stars and others). However, his lawsuits, sent to court, were not accepted forconsideration.

Andrey Lityagin: personal life

In his youth, our hero often had affairs with beautiful girls. They enjoyed spending time with a talented musician and a true romantic.

At some point, Andrei Lityagin pushed his personal life into the background and took up a career. The musician is used to a tough work schedule. Constant flights, organizing concerts and writing new songs - all this did not leave him free time.

However, in 2010 Andrey Lityagin's personal life got better. He began to meet with the former soloist of Mirage - Margarita Sukhankina. Our hero has known her for over 20 years. Previously, Andrei looked at Rita only as a friend and colleague. One day, something turned upside down in his mind. The producer courted Sukhankina beautifully and persistently. In the end, she agreed to cohabitation.

Rita has long dreamed of a child. But God did not give her the opportunity to experience the joy of motherhood. At that time, she was already over 45. Andrei Lityagin and his common-law wife discussed a variety of options - from IVF to the services of a surrogate mother. However, in 2013, information appeared in the print media that they had adopted two children - a boy and a girl. Their choice fell on a brother and sister. Lerochka was then 3 years old, and Serezha - 4.

In October 2014, the couple announced their separation. Their marriage was civil. Therefore, Margarita and Andrei did without the division of property and other problems. Sukhankina continues to raise two adopted children. Lityagin rendersfinancial assistance to the ex-wife and kids. He often comes to visit them with gifts and various goodies.

In conclusion

Now you know where he was born, studied and how Lityagin Andrey paved the way to success. Before us is an educated, talented and purposeful man. He made a certain contribution to the development of Russian show business. And the Mirage group he created will forever remain a legend of the 80s and 90s.