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Ilya Lagutenko | |
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| Birth name | Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko |
| Born | (1968-10-16)16 October 1968 (age 56) Moscow,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union |
| Origin | Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko (Russian:Илья́ И́горевич Лагуте́нко; born 16 October 1968) is the founder and lead singer of the rock bandMumiy Troll.[1]
He was born inMoscow,Soviet Union. Soon after his birth his father died, and the family moved toVladivostok. In school he became engrossed in studyingChinese. He sang with a children’s choir that took him to many Russian cities as they traveled through half of the country. Ilya formed his first psychedelic punk band named "Boney P" (ostensibly drawing on the name of the bandBoney M, which was quite popular in the Soviet Union around that time) at the age of 11. In 1992, he graduated from theFar Eastern State University as a specialist in the Mandarin and Chinese Economy. He served in the Russian Air Navy. Ilya worked inChina andthe United Kingdom with a commercial consulting firm. In 1983, he founded the rock group Mumiy Troll.
He was chosen a "Man of the Year 2005" for November byGlamour magazine and "Musician of the Year" byGQ many times. Ilya Lagutenko has changed not only the music but also the clothes, hairstyles and behaviour of Russian young people.[citation needed]
Lagutenko starred as a vampire in the RussianblockbusterThe Night Watch (Ночной Дозор). His face is on the cover of the American release.
In 2009, Lagutenko co-wrote the music on track "Intentions" and guested as a vocalist onSvoy's second album,Automatons, which was released in the U.S. and Japan, where it charted #100 inBillboard's Top Independent Albums. The album later won in several categories at the 10th Independent Music Awards in the United States.
Lagutenko is a well-known supporter ofSiberian tiger conservation. He is a patron of Amur, a British-Russian partnership to protect tigers and their habitat, and named a Mumiy Troll albumAmba, after an indigenous word for tigers in the Russian Far East. Mumiy Troll was the first to support the activities of PSI[clarification needed] organization fighting AIDS in Russia.
In 2003, Ilya Lagutenko divorced Elena Troinovskaya. Their son Igor was born.[2]
In 2007, Ilya married Anna Zhukova (model) for the second time. In October 2008, their daughter Valentina-Veronica was born. In April 2010, Anna gave birth to second daughter, Letizia.[2]
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