Maria Maksakova: biography and family of the opera diva (photo)

The Maksakovs family is unique in that nature does not rest on children at all. All work and work. From grandmother, People's Artist of the Soviet Union, to her granddaughter, her full namesake Maria Petrovna Maksakova, who also has a mezzo-soprano, is also a soloist of one of the country's leading theaters.

The uniqueness of the Maksakov family

But the family is also unique in that, unlike many renowned creative dynasties, talent and success are transmitted here only through the women's line. Mom - Lyudmila Maksakova - People's Artist of the RSFSR, leading actress of the Vakhtangov Theater. All the listed women, in addition to being very talented, as the awards and the love of the fans say, are also very beautiful, self-sufficient and incredibly able-bodied people. It so happened that the responsibility for the fate of children always fell on them. It's not necessary to say that they coped with it perfectly.

Birth of an asterisk

Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs was born on July 24, 1977 in West German Munich, because her father, a physicist by profession - Peter Andreas, a native of the Baltic States - at the time was a subject of the FRG. The best source of data on this outstanding family can be written by a good syllable (which speaks of good literary perspectives), the story-autobiography created by Maria Maksakova herself. From the sketch you can find out that in the Sidorov family (maiden name of the grandmother) female names alternate, starting with the mother of the first Mary to the daughter of Maria Igenbergs - Lucy (Lyudmila).

The continuity of generations

And so it goes - Maria, Lyudmila ... The last Lyudmila is charm itself, and it's not just a bow to the family: a beautiful girl is really incredibly spontaneous, natural and charming. It is worthwhile to see how she reads Pasternak's great poems in Timur Kizyakov's "Until All at Home" program. There are interesting details that only family members can know , for example, about the full fear of the pre-war life of my grandmother, who only saved from arrest (after her husband) and physical extermination the fact that Stalin really liked Maria Maksakova as Carmen. According to the testimony of his contemporaries, he often visited this performance when his "beloved Carmen" sang.

Interviews and memories are the best sources of information

Obviously, this great-power sympathy also played a negative role: in 1953, she, the People's Artist of the RSFSR, three times the Stalin Prize laureate, a chevalier of several orders, without warning, was fired by mail from the Bolshoi Theater, the leading soloist of which she was. Yes, some vivid details can be learned only from family sources. What words can describe the feeling of the paralyzing soul of fear in which Maria Maksakova lived? Her memory of how, after the death of her first husband - the leader, mentor, Pygmalion, as his family called it - she destroyed in her skillet his real passport of a citizen of Austria. This horror behind ... after all, any of the toll of frightened neighbors could report on the smoke, burn Maria Maksakova's document just like that. All of the same story the granddaughter learns that the famous name, known to the whole world, is the pseudonym of not a grandfather's own grandfather, but the first husband of a brilliant grandmother.

Peculiar environment

It is clear that talented and beautiful women always attract a lot of attention. It is only natural that the house was always full of interesting people. Therefore, the biography of Maria Maksakova, 77-year-old, is so interesting. In the same interview, she recalls the magnitude of the stars visited their house, which are known, not only in Russia, people visited them without ceremony. That is, what other people read with interest, in this house was saturated with air, transmitted at the gene level.

What is the hereditary intelligentsia

And then, how much easier it is to learn languages, if your dad speaks German, you continue studying in Italy, you visit all countries of the world, and your head works well! In this case, the possibility of studying foreign languages acquires a natural character. Although, as Maria Maksakova herself says, in this respect, it degrades. Because my grandfather on the paternal line (he worked as consul in the Czech embassy of Latvia) was fluent in 9 languages, father - 7, and she herself - only the 5th. Everyone would be so degraded ... In addition, their dacha in Bullfinches (a neighbor was Ivan Kozlovsky!) Attended all the representatives of the cultural elite of the time. However, a magnificent foundation in itself is not enough, a person must himself be a Person.

Amazing performance

The biography of Maria Maksakova screams about her own uncommonness. All stages of musical education, including graduate school under Gnesenka, she graduated in 2004 with distinction. In addition, in 2002, the singer, among the best students (this is documented), graduates with a red diploma from the Moscow Law Academy (criminal law), after which she works for some time as a lawyer. Even with a brilliant mindset and tremendous memory without very much diligence to do this is impossible. And in the distant 1994, Maria Maksakova, a deputy and opera diva with a world-wide name, graduated (probably with the same honors, otherwise she can not) the school of models by Vyacheslav Zaitsev.

Total not listed

The more you read about this extraordinary woman, the more you are surprised - she manages to withdraw, and quite successfully, in the cinema (the number of films is already approaching the top ten), she is the permanent presenter of the heading Romance of the Romance on the TV channel "Culture", she is the director of the public The fund named after her grandmother. This fund is looking for and supporting talented children. Its center is located in Astrakhan, from this city and the singer was running in 2011 on the lists of United Russia (second place) in the State Duma. In the same year, according to the singer herself, her dream came true - she was accepted into the troupe of the Mariinsky Theater. Before that, she performed the best parts at the best opera stages in the world, she also worked under the contract at the Bolshoi Theater. She was a soloist of the "New Opera" and "Helikon-Opera". Maria Maksakova also develops modern musical techniques in order to popularize classics and sits on the jury of television competitions. Calls for the revival of patronage in Russia. And this is an incomplete list of her affairs. It's interesting, is there a personal life of Maria Maksakova?

And what about the companions of life?

Yes, there is. And very interesting life, however, like everything related to this woman. Young, beautiful, charming, uncommon - could she not like it? In addition, Masha is successful, and success, as you know, attracts. Therefore, the names of a businessman are periodically associated with her name. It's hard to imagine what features a man should have to be worthy of such a woman as Maria Maksakova. Husbands, at least, should not be completely lost on its background. In some interview, the singer herself stated that she had never been married officially. We will not, and we focus on this - was not, then it does not need it. Watching her, you can be sure that Maksakova is a cheerful and cheerful person. Not surprisingly, one of the fans, seeing her on the TV screen, fell in love and persistently sought the location until his name was not used as the name of her husband. Here so ...

Genes are a great thing

There was one more unexplained issue - the children of Maria Maksakova. They are familiar with the wide-ranging TV viewer on the program "While everyone is at home". And, apparently, nature does not rest again. It's clear, Ilya and Lusya live in even better conditions and interesting surroundings than their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. It should be so. It is evident that the mother worships them and is closely engaged in upbringing. Children are aimed at a worthy continuation of the glorious dynasty.

As far as can be judged by the transfer, they are taught the desire to be the best of the best, and the consciousness that this can be achieved only by work, sometimes beyond control. Well, when talent is given to you by nature, he inherited, and thus, he determined the way from the first years of life (absolute hearing, voice, etc.). His son repeatedly spoke with his mother, and separately, accompanied by an orchestra. Still he is engaged (obviously, with the grandmother) lessons of dramatic skill. And even won the city contest of readers. Agree, this is a great joy for the mother's heart. A little sister tries to keep up with her brother in anything - she is engaged in music (harp) and gymnastics. The music festival named after Valery Barsova (coloratura soprano) and Maria Maksakova, which came from these places, where even the square and the street are named in her honor deserves a separate word.

I would like to emphasize that, as a strong and independent personality, Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs is not afraid to defend her point of view. Even if it runs counter to the opinion of the majority - on some issues she abstained alone, when everyone voted "For."