Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.: personal life and creativity, wives and children

Childhood and youth

Vladimir was born on March 29, 1968 in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). Presnyakov’s parents are very famous people:

mother - Elena Petrovna Presnyakova (Kobzeva) was a soloist of the pop ensemble of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic, and later became a soloist of the VIA "Gems";
father, Vladimir Petrovich Presnyakov, was the leader of a pop ensemble at that time, and later became a saxophonist and arranger for the VIA Gems.

The young musicians were quite successful, but real popularity lay ahead. In the 80s, Presnyakov Sr. was accused of imitating the West and behaving inappropriately during performances. In this regard, he was not allowed to participate in amateur performances, which had a very negative impact on the financial condition of his family.

The creative couple had one child, whom they could not surround with chic and prosperity. They lived with Elena's parents, where there were 6 people in 2 living rooms. But this did not stop Volodya from following in the footsteps of his parents. At the age of 4, he was already trying to write songs, a little later he learned to play the piano, he was constantly fantasizing and gushing with energy. It was impossible to call him calm and obedient.

A few years later, the family began to live in better conditions. Life began to get better:

they were given a room in a communal apartment;
they met the head of Gems;
the family moved to Moscow.

At this point, Volodya was already 7 years old, and the family decided that the child should stay in his hometown. The boy was sent to the Sverdlovsk boarding school where his father studied. The child was so temperamental that good studies were out of the question. After 2 years, the student was expelled from the educational institution, and his parents took him to the capital.

Volodya’s creative biography began when he was 11 years old. During this period he wrote his first song. The boy immediately decided on what he wanted to become and entered the Choir School. Parents were regularly called by the management of the educational institution, and the “informal behavior” of their child was to blame. Vladimir was too willful, smoked and played truant.

Creative activity

Many teachers dreamed of expelling the student, and the last straw was the confiscation of the magazine “Burda” from him, which was banned at that time. In 1982 he was expelled, but just that same year the singer went on an independent tour as part of a group called “Cruise” (hard rock).

Vladimir was surrounded by his parents' colleagues all his life, so he entered adulthood quite early. For 15 years now he has sung solo in Laima Vaikule's restaurant. After suffering from pneumonia, the guy developed a unique high voice. He worked very hard and built his success.

In 1986, the film “Above the Rainbow” was released, based on the plot of which the main character owns the songs “Zurbagan”, as well as “The Roadside Grass Sleeps”. Presnyakov performed them exactly. This was the first impetus to fame.

Vladimir also appeared in films as an actor, playing the main role in the film “She with a Broom, He in a Black Hat” and performing the song “Genie”. A short time later, he also appeared as a dancer in the film Burglar. Volodya was just at that time keen on breakdancing and looked very convincing in the dance number. Then he played in the film “The Newest Adventures of Pinocchio.”

The singer continued to write songs and collaborate with other authors and composers. In the 80s, the group “Captain” was founded, and in 1987 Presnyakov appeared on the stage of the Pugacheva Song Theater and worked there until 1994.

Son of Vladimir Presnyakov - Nikita Presnyakov

The singer became a dad twice and both times boys were born. The first son of Vladimir Presnyakov, Nikita Presnyakov, was born in an unofficially registered marriage between the singer and his common-law wife Kristina Orbakaite. The father was only twenty-three years old, and the mother was even younger at the time Nikita was born.

Star grandparents tried to help young and inexperienced parents in raising their son, but they tried to cope with all the difficulties themselves.

Nikita spent most of his childhood in the UK. The boy grew up in a musical environment, but did not follow in the footsteps of his parents and grandparents. He raved about cinema. Seeing such a passion, one of the grandmothers gave him a video camera, which the guy tried not to part with. Presnyakov’s son graduated from the New York Film Academy and began to try his hand as an actor and director.

Nikita has already played seven roles in films, as well as several of his own short films. Nikita finally decided on a musical career and he succeeded. Now the musician has his own band and several recorded albums.

The son of Russian show business stars recently married Alena Krasnova. All famous relatives were present at the wedding, there were many gifts and congratulations. Fans are interested in what gift the mother gave to her child, and what Vladimir Presnyakov gave his son for his wedding.

After the honeymoon, the newlyweds themselves talked about the gifts: it was one big but worthwhile present - a new apartment in the center of the capital and a plot of land for the construction of a country house.

Finest hour

In the early 90s, the singer firmly established himself in the top ten best Russian performers, and also received the “Singer of the Year” award for several years. In 1995, the singer gathered a sold-out crowd at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex for his program “Castle of Rain,” which became the best show of the year.

Already in 1996, Presnyakov received the Golden Gramophone figurine for the song “Masha”. Video clips were shot for it and other hits. At the end of the 90s, the musician began to lose his popularity: he noticed that he was no longer able to pack stadiums, participate in television programs and concerts. Then he said that fame was not the main goal, so everything that happens does not harm his popularity. In 2002, Vladimir became a participant in the reality show “The Last Hero” and won.

In 2006, Presnyakov received the Golden Gramophone for his song “Airports,” which he sang in a duet with Leonid Agutin. In 2012, the singer’s album entitled “Being a Part of Yours” was released, in which the following took part:

Angelika Varum;
Natalya Podolskaya;
Leonid Agutin.

Cooperation

Songwriters

Oleg Gazmanov
Leonid Derbenev
Pavel Zhagun
Alexander Ivanov
Karen Kavaleryan
Alexey Lebedinsky
Leonid Agutin
Igor Nikolaev
Ilya Reznik
Victor Reznikov
Mikhail Tanich
Alexander Bolchuk
Valery Sautkin
Natalia Vetlitskaya
Gregory of Constantinople
Konstantin Arsenev
Lika Pavlova (Lika Star)
Nikolay Konovalov
Yuri Antonov
Anna Pletnyova
Sergey Trofimov

Composers

Yuri Chernavsky
Vladimir Presnyakov Sr.
Alexander Zatsepin
Gregory of Constantinople
Alexey Lebedinsky
Igor Nikolaev
Leonid Agutin
Arkady Ukupnik
Oleg Gazmanov
Nikolay Konovalov
Alexander Ivanov
Victor Reznikov
Sergey Trofimov
Alexander Gradsky

Personal life before marriage

The public was attracted not only by the work of Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., but also by his wife. The guy began building relationships with the opposite sex very early. At the age of 18, he met Alla Pugacheva’s daughter, Kristina Orbakaite. No one forbade the couple to meet, understanding that the guy’s lifestyle contributed in every possible way to experimentation.

Orbakaite began living with Presnyakov as soon as she turned 16, which her parents supported, although at that time they were a little shocked by this decision. The famous newlyweds never hid the fact that they were together, and even demonstrated it, for example, by attaching badges with each other’s names to their clothes. Although the couple’s age difference was small, Christina later admitted that her husband raised her. At first, the newly-made family lived with Vova’s parents, and after some time they moved to Pugacheva’s apartment. Presnyakov Jr. always remembers this time with warmth.

Christina and her husband always tried to earn money on their own, but in every possible way refused the help of their parents. The star relatives had to resort to all sorts of tricks in order to somehow improve the financial condition of the children.

The rapidly developing relationship brought the star couple a son, Nikita, and 10 years of marriage. The media often wrote about regular betrayals in this union, but the couple always overcame this crisis with pride. In 1996, the couple finally broke up, but they remained friends. Vladimir takes an active part in his son’s life.

Vladimir Presnyakov’s wife – Natalya Podolskaya

At the moment, the singer is a happy father and beloved husband. His chosen one was a girl who was fourteen years younger than the man, but this did not stop two loving hearts from ending up together.

Vladimir Presnyakov’s wife, Natalya Podolskaya, is a singer of Belarusian origin.

Natalya and Vladimir met at one of the shows. At first a conversation began between them, then they began dating until they decided to get married. Then the newlyweds also got married in the Church of the Holy Unmercenaries. For a long time, the couple dreamed of a child, when the long-awaited pregnancy came - Natalya approached the issue of motherhood very responsibly: she followed all the doctors’ recommendations and adhered to proper nutrition. At the family council, it was decided that the singer would give birth at the Kulakov Obstetrics Research Center. The Presnyakov couple paid about 380 thousand rubles for a four-day stay of a woman in labor in this center.

After giving birth, Natalya quickly got into shape and continued to delight her fans with new songs and videos. Among them are works sung together with her husband, Vladimir Presnyakov.

Marriage bond

Presnyakov’s next marriage was with fashion designer Elena Lenskaya. The press wrote that it was precisely to whom the musician left Orbakaite. There is another version according to which Christina left her husband, and he was so upset by the breakup that it led to clinical death. The marriage with Elena lasted less than 10 years, and in 2005 the singer fell in love with Star Factory participant Natalya Podolskaya.

The couple in love was in no hurry to develop their relationship, they enjoyed short-term meetings, and after some time they had a wedding in Las Vegas, but it was not real. The married couple was together everywhere, and they even formed a great creative duo. Vladimir and his wife went on tour, recorded songs and filmed video clips.

In 2010, Vladimir and Natalya decided to officially legitimize their relationship and register their marriage in Russia. 10 years from the beginning of this love story, on June 5, 2015 , the couple had a child, who was named Artemy. The musician's fans immediately noted that the new father immediately began to look younger.

Perhaps this was facilitated by a change in image, to which the singer was faithful for many years. Vladimir cut his hair, and at his birthday celebration he appeared not with a thick head of hair, but with a short haircut. Fans admitted that the established image had become boring, and the “new” Presnyakov became more attractive.

The singer is very proud of his son, shares his photos with subscribers, and Presnyakov Jr.’s wife Natalya Podolskaya shared that she would not mind having another baby, but for now this is only in the plans.

With the birth of Artemy, the married couple did not cease to be a creative union. Popular artists have learned to combine their personal and professional lives. In 2021, a video for the duet’s song “Breathe” was presented to the audience.

This video was somewhat arthouse; a strange apartment was chosen as the location, in which Vladimir sported a beard and emerald-colored hair, and his beloved woman dyed her curls scarlet. This clip showed the true passion of two lovers.

The ex-wife of Vladimir Presnyakov - Elena Lenskaya

The singer’s first official wife was the famous fashion designer Elena Lenskaya. Having studied her biography in detail, we can say with confidence that she made her name only herself. She was born in Ukraine, into an ordinary working class family. Soon the parents divorced, and only the mother was involved in raising her. At the age of five, the girl begins to cut and sew clothes for dolls. With age, her passion for sewing only intensifies, and Elena tries to attend all the circles that were at least somehow related to her interests.

Elena graduated from Kiev University, and then from the Open Capital University, Faculty of Journalism. Nevertheless, she did not abandon her childhood hobby and was able to achieve recognition not only from Russian fashion houses, but also from foreign ones.

Having met Vladimir Presnyakov at one of the shows, she leaves composer Igor Sarukhanov for him. But the union of the fashion designer and singer lasted only five years. What caused the divorce remains a mystery to fans.

Now the ex-wife of Vladimir Presnyakov, Elena Lenskaya, owns her own fashion house, establishes mass production of clothing from her collections, and also continues to create exclusive items from fur and precious metals for her regular famous clients.