Margarita Sukhankina: Early Years, Mirazh and Solo Career

Many voices of Soviet and Russian pop immediately after writing a hit appear with her at concerts, festivals, and television. However, Margarita Sukhankinawho sang almost all the hits of Mirage at the very beginning of the group's history, for a long time. was not listed on the rosters of the participants. Most of the time her voice at the performances was sung other Mirazh soloists Tatiana Ovsienko, Natalia Gulkina and Irina Saltykova.

This article will talk about early The years of the singer, her creative development, and successful music career, as well as solo projects and personal life "golden" Mirage voices.

Never got into the conservatory...

A native of Moscow, Margarita always dreamed of a singing career, despite her parents' lack of interest in the arts. Even as a child, the girl attended musical school, and then became a member of Viktor Popov's Big Children's Choir, in which she immediately became soloist.

By the mid-1980s, Margarita graduated from a music college and had the opportunity to teach music to children, but this girl was not enough. Sukhankina aspired to get into the conservatoryShe was a singer, and for three years she fought for the right to study there. At this time, the future singer enters the Gnessin Institute, but leaves from there because of a disagreement with the vocal coach.

For a long time, the vocalist has been involved in classical music, and her dream was to work with highly organized music. By 1986, however, Margarita's fortunes had changed slightly, and the girl began making pop music in the strictest secrecy.

"Mirage owes its popularity to me."

During her long-awaited studies, the girl meets the Andrey Lityagin -future producer of the band «Mirage». Margarita becomes the voice of all the songs written by Lityagin, and for a very long time after the great success of "Mirage," Sukhankina would not be listed as vocalist on the band's recordings.

Initially, the singer's talent was supposed to extend only to the compositions of the band "Activity Zone," but after a while Margarita records the vocal parts to three songs for debut Mirage album. Two years later, the vocalist again The band's hits, and Sukhankina's concerts are performed instead of Sukhankina herself. other soloists.

According to Margarita herself, she and Lityagin had arrangement: she helps to make his lyrics into quality songs, and he does not spread about the girl's involvement in the recording. All the main songs of Mirage were recorded by the performer during her studies at the conservatory, and the appearance on stage with pop hits and any attitude towards them could have cost the girl her place in the institution. Andrei himself also asked keep it together rumors about who actually performs the songs that the public loves, and for a long time Margarita kept neutrality.

Despite Sukhankina and Lityagin's peculiar collaboration, the singer claims that without her contribution, Mirage did not achieve would have been such a success. The group's second album, "Together Again," recorded entirely in Margarita's voice, became key In the history of Mirage, hits such as "Night Is Coming," "New Hero," "Music Binds Us," and "I Ask No More" became loved ones compositions of devoted fans.

For almost ten years, the vocalist has been serving in the Bolshoi Theaterand in the early 2000s he leaves it and starts solo career. So her debut record "Chuvash album" is released, and a few years later a joint work between Sukhankina and the former vocalist of "Mirazh" is born Natalia Gulkina titled "Just a Mirage. A series of proceedings and accusations on the part of Lityagin ends with the release of two fresh The songs "1000 Stars" and "Twinkling Night" and their music videos.

By the beginning of the 2010s, Mirazh had released "1000 Stars," and three years after that Margarita took part in the recording of the band's new album "Let me go.".

Personal life of the singer

First The performer's husband was Antun Maruna, a businessman from Croatia. Margarita had been married to him for about two years, had time to convert to Catholicism and live in Germany. The alliance fell apart because of disagreements between the spouses. In subsequent years, the singer married several times, but all marriages ended in divorce. For a long time there were rumors in the press about her marriage to the producer of Mirage Andrey LityaginBut later statements were refuted Sukhankina herself.

A successful career did not prevent the singer from becoming a mother. In 2013, Margarita obtained custody of two children from orphanagewhose biological parents subsequently wanted to take them back. After a while, the performer announced that the information was falsifiedand the wards stayed with the singer.

What does Sukhankina do today?

In 2016, Margarita began performing with own band. The next year was for the vocalist saturated: She appeared on the television show "You're Super" as a mentor, and also becomes the heroine of several shows. In four years the performer will present a fresh album «Music has tied us»The singer was a member of the Russian Academy of Music, where well known compositions are presented in new arrangements. Andrey Lityagin tried to collect from the singer damage for the use of songs of his authorship, but the producer did not win most of the case.

At the moment, the performer of Mirazh's hits gives concerts, appears on TV shows and actively hosts a social networking site. The latest music video released on the singer's You-Tube channel was "Take Me Back to the Clouds.".