Roxana Babayan's childhood and youth
Roxana Babayan was born in Tashkent on May 30, 1946. Her fate, perhaps, was predetermined by the fact that she loved to sing from a very young age and even then dreamed of a brilliant career as a singer. But the father did not allow his daughter to do her life’s work... She entered the Tashkent Institute of Transport Engineers, the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering. Fortunately, already in her first year, Roxana’s vocal abilities were noticed and she was invited to Konstantin Orbelyan’s pop orchestra. Roxana performed with the orchestra, and at the same time received technical education. She received a diploma from Tashkent IIT in 1970.
Roxana Babayan was born in Tashkent
The beginning of a creative career
Babayan’s vocal career began as a soloist in the Orbelyan pop orchestra in Yerevan, where she performed mainly jazz compositions. Together with the orchestra, Roxana toured throughout the country and abroad. Then, after graduating from the institute, Roxana joined the vocal and instrumental ensemble “Blue Guitars”.
Since childhood, the girl dreamed of living in Moscow, and finally, her dream came true. In 1973, she settled in the capital and began singing in the Blue Guitars. She had to switch from jazz to rock music, which was performed in this group. One day a funny incident happened to her.
Roxana was a guest at the international competition of young singers in Bratislava. But suddenly it turned out that one of the Russian participants fell ill, then Roxana urgently had to replace him. It was a complete surprise for her; she was not ready to participate. In addition, just before going on stage, the singer’s shoe broke. She quickly ran upstairs to the dressing room and grabbed the first shoes she came across. As it turned out later, these were the shoes of the Czech singer Helena Vondračkova. They were very big for her.
In her youth, Roxana Babayan was at the peak of her solo career
But, nevertheless, having put them on, Roxana, limping, went on stage. This negativity did not stop her from winning this competition! After this, a storm of fame hit the young singer. Her song “And I’ll Smile at the Sun Again” (“I’ll sing this song to both the old and the young”) became an absolute hit. The cheerful sunny melody of the Azerbaijani composer Polad Bulbul-Ogly was emphasized by the singer’s oriental performance. Absolutely everyone sang it in the 70s: adults and children. A recording of this song was played in every home, in every family.
In the creative biography of Roxana Babayan, a period of popularity began. In 1976, she went to a song competition in Dresden and took first place there too.
Education: Unexpected decisions
Roxana's first specialty is civil engineer. In the second (Faculty of Administrative and Economics of GITIS) - manager. Third (Department of Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical University) – psychologist. At that time, the already famous singer was accepted as a psychologist for a shortened course - only for pure specialization, because she received the general knowledge taught in universities as much as TWO times! Roxana has always been interested in psychology, in addition, her cousin has been studying personality psychology all his life, received the title of professor, and attracted Roxana to study the intricacies of the human soul.
Fateful meeting in Domodedovo
Mikhail and Roxana met at Domodedovo airport. The artists flew on tour to the city of Dzhezkazgan. In the morning, all the participants of the upcoming concert gathered in the airport waiting room. Then Derzhavin drew attention to a fragile girl in dark glasses and a denim suit. On the plane, the man plucked up courage and sat down next to Roxana. They started talking and realized that they had a lot in common.
Variety creativity of Roxana Babayan
The victory and brilliant performance opened up new opportunities for Roxana Babayan.
She becomes a participant in the all-Union festival “Song of the Year - 77”. In 1977 and 1978, Roxana Babayan was one of the six most popular female singers in the USSR. Formula of Happiness Roxana Babayan 1979 was remembered for her participation in the Bratislava Lyra. Then, in 1982 -1983, she performed brilliantly at pop song festivals in fraternal Cuba. The result is that the “Grand Prix” of Cuban festivals goes to the USSR. The young singer became the muse of many poets and composers. She inspired V. Matetsky, A. Levin, L. Voropaeva, V. Dobrynin, V. Dorokhin, G. Garanyan, N. Levinovsky. That time was a time of constant touring, success and applause. Wherever Roxana appears, she is greeted with joy and warmth.
After the start of collaboration with (80s), the singer released 7 vinyl records. Such hard work did not go unnoticed - in 1987, Roxana Babayan was awarded the title of “Honored Artist of the RSFSR.” In 1994-1997 The singer’s video clips for the compositions “Sorry”, “Because of Love”, “Ocean of Glass Tears” appear on the screens.
Roxana Babayan began her career as a singer
Possible obstacles
Despite the flared feelings, Mikhail and Roxana did not immediately confess to their significant other. However, when this happened, the situation was resolved as well as possible. Nina Semyonovna Budenaya easily agreed to a divorce from Derzhavin and soon accepted a marriage proposal from another man.
Roxana’s husband also let her go, because he understood that they had not loved each other for a long time. Subsequently, Eugene found his happiness with another woman.
Roxana Babayan in cinema
The beginning of the 90s was remembered for Roxana Babayan’s first film roles.
In addition to her main singing talents, she proved herself to be a brilliant comedic actress. Roxana Babayan starred in the following films: 1990 “Womanizer” - the wife of Mikhail Dmitrievich;
1990 “My Sailor” - musical instrument rental worker;
1992 “New Odeon” - buyer’s wife;
1994 “Groom from Miami” - a gypsy with children;
1994 “The third is not superfluous” - psychic;
1996 “Impotent” - Halima,
2009 “Khanuma” - main role.
Roxana Babayan with her husband Mikhail Derzhavin
Speaking about her role in the play “Khanuma”, Roxana Babayan compares it with a splash of champagne, the golden ratio of her creativity. Despite the apparent simplicity of the plot, Roxana conveys its essence - the kind attitude of a person towards his own kind. She believes that love and kindness will definitely win, and such forgotten justice will ultimately triumph. Thus, “Khanuma” became an example of absolute harmony. In addition to performances and feature films, Roxana enjoys starring in various documentaries: (2011) “Mikhail Derzhavin. He’s still a “motor”” (2009) “A gentle ripper. Urmas Ott."
Works in cinema, theater, television
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In the 90s, Babayan discovered a new talent as a comedic actress. Together with her husband Mikhail Derzhavin, she starred in low-budget comedies by Anatoly Eyramdzhan:
- "Diva Mary"
- "Womanizer",
- "Impotent",
- "New Odeon" and others.
In 2007, the actress conquered the theater stage. She gets the main role in Robert Manukyan's play based on Avksenti Tsagareli's play “Khanuma”.
The artist’s filmography also includes documentaries. She took part in the filming of biographical films about the work of Mikhail Derzhavin and Urmas Ott.
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Roxana Rubenovna is quite often invited to appear on various television programs and talk shows as an expert or invited guest. She tried herself as a TV presenter.
In the 90s, on the ORT channel, she hosted the TV section “Breakfast with Roxana” in the “Morning” program. Later she moved to the NTV channel, where she hosted the “Difficult Happiness” section in the “Today” program. As a TV presenter, she worked in issues of the program “Roxana: Men's Magazine.”
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At the beginning of the 2000s, a famous photo artist launched an unusual photo project “Private Collection”. In the glossy magazine "Caravan of Stories" she presented photographs of famous people depicting characters in famous paintings by world artists. Babayan in this project appeared in the image of Bertha Badie in a painting by Toulouse de Lautrec. In 2013, she agreed to pose again in a similar project. This time she portrayed the hero of the artist Grigoryan’s painting “Before the Easel.”
Personal life of Roxana Babayan
Roxana Babayan has been married to the main man in her life, Mikhail Derzhavin, for many years.
They are happily married and spend almost all their time together. What is the success of such family stability between two creative people?
Roxana Babayan Her story Probably lies in Roxana’s confidence, which she expressed in many of her interviews: any relationship must be cultivated. She compares friendship and love to plants: some grow, while others break. And for a plant to live, it must be watered, flavored, cared for, and talked to. So in love, diplomacy is important, the ability to understand another, to treat some things with humor. There is so much wisdom in the words of the famous singer: “under no circumstances should you re-educate a person.” Just for harmony to reign in a family, two people who live nearby must correspond to each other.
This is how, from small compromises and common care, the sprout of Roxana Babayan’s family happiness grew, which over the years did not wither, but rather became a strong, as she put it, plant. Yes, unfortunately, the couple has no fruits, that is, children, but Mikhail has a daughter from a previous marriage. Perhaps this is part of the reason that Roxana Babayan found herself in another noble pursuit - protecting animals.
Personal life and social activities
Roxana first married while working in an Armenian orchestra to saxophonist Evgeniy. The couple lived a short life together, parting as friends. The main man for her was the famous actor Mikhail Derzhavin, whom she met during a tour in the Kazakh Zhezkazgan. At that time, both had their own families, but in both marriages divorce was brewing. The couple formalized their relationship in 1980. For many years of marriage they did not have children.
Babayan is active in social activities. She joined the ranks of the United Russia party and was part of President Putin’s headquarters in the 2012 elections. He is the head of the Animal Welfare League, fights for the rights of homeless animals on the streets, and promotes the sterilization of stray dogs.
Currently, he is engaged in little creative activity, is on a well-deserved rest, devotes more time to housekeeping, loves to be outside the city, and communicate with his family. Roxana Rubenovna is on good terms with her husband’s daughter and his grandchildren. She and Derzhavin live in a two-room apartment on Arbat and built a house in the Moscow region.
Big and friendly family
Roxana and Mikhail got married on September 6, 1980. Despite the age difference (Mikhail is 10 years older than his beloved), they felt like peers. Babayan easily found a common language with Derzhavin’s children from his second marriage, with the actor’s sisters and his mother.
However, the artists were in no hurry to have children together. Roxanne explained the reason for this. The woman said more than once that she and her husband met as adults, mature people, and therefore both understood perfectly well that children are a big responsibility. If the actress had given birth to a child, she would have had to devote less time to her career, since she did not want to hire a nanny.
Working on your own television program
The year 2010 can be called important from the point of view of Roman Babayan’s career.
By this point, Roman had life and professional experience, and his desire and love for work, multiplied by his innate hard work, led him to his own author’s program. The author's program is first broadcast on Channel Three, and then on TVC.
It was from this year that Roman Babayan introduced the genre of political shows on Russian television, which is released daily. There was no analogue of such a program on television at that time. And if at first there were difficulties with inviting program participants, then after the first “Right to Voice” programs were aired, politicians, journalists and scientists themselves offered to participate in the discussions.
On the set of the author’s program “The Right to Voice”
The audience also loved Roman's program and provided it with high ratings, of course, paying tribute to the talent and truthfulness of the presenter. In the author's program, the novel, justifying its name, gives each of the participants the opportunity to speak out and identify a specific point of view, no matter how absurd it may be.
It is more difficult to understand who is right, but here the role of the presenter comes first, who, thanks to the gift of persuasion, and in some cases, natural charisma, leads the audience to this or that idea. This is the art of discussion, creativity, and journalistic experience. Roman Babayan has all this, which is why the program has been loved and relevant among viewers for many years.
Critics also noted Roman Babayan's original program in 2017, awarding him the TEFI award .
TEFI, as a result of recognition of the journalist’s talent
Roman Babayan now
With the outbreak of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, Roman Babayan, together with his colleague Margarita Simonyan, became the moderators of the meeting with the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. TV journalists asked the politician several pointed questions on the air of the NTV channel’s “One’s Truth” program.
Thanks to social networks and the YouTube channel, viewers are always up to date with current episodes of the TV journalist’s program “One’s Own Truth.” In April 2021, due to the growing conflict in Donbass, Babayan invited subscribers to his Twitter account to take a survey on the official NTV website about relations between the West and Ukraine.
Biography
Roman Babayan considers himself a happy man - the history of the world was made before his eyes. The reporter traveled to fifty countries, visited hot spots in Russia and abroad, met with Saddam Hussein and Augusto Pinochet, Luis Corvalan and Muammar Gaddafi. A TEFI Award winner, today he is one of the leaders of Russian television journalism.
