Leonid Agutin

Leonid Nikolayevich Agutin (; born July 16, 1968) is a Russian pop musician and songwriter, Meritorious Artist of Russia. He has been active since the 1990s. He has released ten albums and three compilation albums.

Personal life Agutin's mother is Jewish, father is Russian. He was born in Moscow on July 16, 1968. His father was Nikolai Petrovich Agutin, a musician, and his mother was Lyudmila Leonidovna Shkol'nikova, an elementary school teacher. His father was a singer in the Soviet band VIA "Golubye Gitary" (Blue Guitars) and worked as a manager for the popular Soviet musical groups "Vesyolye Rebyata", "Poyushchiye Serdtsa" (Singing Hearts), and "Pesniary".

Along with receiving a regular school education, the young Agutin also completed a course of musical study on the piano at the Moscow Jazz school "Moskvorechie". He later served in the army on the Russia–Finland border.

In 1991, Agutin began to tour former Soviet republics as an opening act for other performers. Two years later, he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Culture. In 1997, Agutin married the stage performer Anzhelika Varum, his second marriage. and Polina with the Russian ballerina Maria Vorobyeva. Away from music, he enjoys collecting crosses and playing billiards. He is also a self-avowed believer in the predictions of astrologists.

Public position In February 2022, Agutin expressed an anti-war position regarding Russia's war against Ukraine. At the same time, the singer "successfully took the place of colleagues who had 'left' both on stage and in the Russian advertising market". In the summer of 2022, Sergey Mironov called for Agutin to be barred from participating in the Stereoleto music festival in Saint Petersburg. He was included in the "Fifth Column" project (71% voted against his earning money in Russia).

According to Alyona Zhigalova, Agutin and Varum "strongly supported Ukraine at concerts".

In an interview with the YouTube channel Empathy, Viktor Rybin stated:

Discography