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

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 will gladly tell you everything that we know.

Biography

Lityagin Andrey Valentinovich Was born on September 20, 1962 in Moscow. In what kind of family was the future composer and producer brought up? To begin with, his parents have a relationship to music and show business. Father and mother do everything to make their son grew up smart, educated and educated person.

At school Andrew studied well. If in his diary and there were unsatisfactory grades, he sought to immediately fix them to the fours and fives.

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

Student years

After graduating from high school, Andrei submitted documents to the Aviation Institute, located in Moscow. He managed to successfully cope with the exams. The guy was enrolled in the university. For 5 years he mastered the specialty of "engineer-mathematician".

As a student, our hero created a music band called "Zone of Activity". In its composition there were two performers (Sasha Kirsanov and Rita Sukhankina) and one guitarist (Sergei Proklov). Unfortunately, this project proved to be economically unprofitable.

Andrei Lityagin's band "Mirage"

1986 proved to be fruitful for our hero. It was then that he, together with Valery Sokolov, created the legendary collective called "Mirage". In a short time, the friends prepared 12 songs. The author of the poems was Sokolov, and Lityagin wrote music to them. They did not forget about Margarita Sukhankin. She agreed to record three songs. Natalia Gulkina performed 5 more tracks .

In March 1987, the group's debut album, "The Stars Are Waiting for You," was on sale. The entire circulation was sold out in a couple of weeks. After that the girls' team went on tour around our vast country. In each city they were met with a cheer.

At different times, Mirage played:

• Saltykova Ira;
• Natasha Gulkina;
• Inna Smirnova;
• Sukhankina Margarita;
• Tanya Ovsienko;
• Razin Svetlana;
• Vetlitskaya Natalia.

Producer Andrei Lityagin for a long time pursued the ex-soloists. He forbade them to perform at their concerts the songs included in the repertoire of "Mirage" ("We will meet again", "A thousand stars" and others). However, his claims to the court were not accepted for consideration.

Andrey Lityagin: personal life

In his youth, our hero was often tied up with novels with beautiful girls. They liked to spend time with a talented musician and a real romantic.

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

However, in 2010, the personal life of Andrei Lityagin improved. He began to meet with the former soloist of "Mirage" - Margarita Sukhankina. With her our hero is familiar for more than 20 years. Earlier Andrei looked at Rita only as a friend and colleague in the shop. One day in his mind, something turned upside down. Producer beautifully and persistently took care of Suhankina. As a result, she agreed to live together.

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 wife discussed various options, from ECO to the services of a surrogate mother. However, in 2013, the print media reported that they adopted two children - a boy and a girl. Their choice fell on brother and sister. Lerochka then was 3 years old, and Sergei - 4.

In October 2014, the couple announced their separation. Their marriage was civil. Therefore, Margarita and Andrew did without sharing property and other problems. Sukhankina continues to bring up two adopted children. Lityagin provides material assistance to the former wife and toddlers. He often comes to visit them with gifts and various goodies.

Finally

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