Igor Bortnik

Leva Bi 2 - rock musician, singer, guitarist, soloist of the group "Bi 2", author and performer of the soundtrack for Alexei Balabanov's film "Brother 2" released on Channel One.

Egor, Igor and Leva - three names of the soloist of the group "Bi 2". The future musician was born on September 2, 1972 in Minsk, his parents named their son Yegor Bortnik.

The artist spoke about how Yegor became Leva in his own interview. This happened in Africa. The father of the future musician, radio physicist Mikhail Vasilyevich Bortnik, received an invitation to teach at the University of Congo. The family moved in with him. Once, dad brought Egor a lion's fang, with which the boy did not part. For this, the local boys called him Leo. Bortnik Jr. liked the name so much that the boy decided to keep it for himself.

The young man became Igor when he received a passport in 1991. It was in Israel, and local officials could not correctly enter the name Yegor in the document. So in the Russian passport, the musician Yegor Mikhailovich, and in the Israeli passport - Igor Mikhailovich.

Love for music came to Lyova as a child after the boy heard the song "Cruiser Aurora", which made an indelible impression on him. Then the boy decided that he would write songs himself. True, everything was limited to one composition based on folk art. Then Leva became interested in psychedelic music.

At school, Bortnik studied well until grade 7, and then enrolled in a theater studio in Minsk and lost interest in studies. In the theater studio, Leva met Alexander Uman, better known as Shura in the "Bi 2" collective. Uman helped the future musician fill the gaps in his education, advised what literature to read. This acquaintance grew into a strong friendship.

In graduation classes, Leva was known as a rebel: he either grew a pigtail, then came to class in a tuxedo and overcoat, then cut up his school uniform.

The passion for music is inextricably linked with the passion for poetry. Lyova himself wrote frank poems about life. The first to whom the young man showed his own creations was his uncle. A relative said that Lyova has potential. This inspired Yegor to start his creative career.

Soon Leva, together with Shura, organized the Brothers in Arms group. We rehearsed around the clock and won first place at the festival in Minsk. After the first success, the musicians renamed the group to "Coast of Truth", and in 1989 reduced the name to "Bi-2".

In 1991, Lyova successfully toured with the band across Belarus, recorded the first album "Traitors to the Motherland". The album turned out to be prophetic - the Soviet Union collapsed, the musicians began a crisis. Shura left for Israel, and soon Leva followed his colleague. Unfortunately, creativity didn't work out in Israel. The guys performed at festivals, recorded the song "Varvara", which instantly became a hit, but there was no serious success.

In 1993, Shura moved to Australia - the group broke up. Leva Bi 2 stopped making music, and sang songs only in a close circle. This went on for 5 years, until the singer decided to fly to a friend in Australia. In the same 1998, the musicians recorded the composition "Heart", and then the album.

During the day Leva worked, and in the evenings he gave concerts with Shura. The musicians did not think about returning to Russia, but acquaintances of "Bi-2" gave a couple of songs to the capital's radio. The group's music blew up the air, and the long-awaited popularity came to the performers.

Lyova and Shura returned to Moscow, but a default broke out. Walking around the producers did not bring any results. Just at that time Sergei Bodrov was choosing a song for the cult film "Brother-2" and settled on the composition "Nobody Writes to the Colonel." The film was a huge success and the song was an instant hit. "Bi-2" became stars, and a year after the release of "Brother-2" won the World Music Awards. The records sold out in record numbers.

Later, the musicians took part in writing music for the films "Moscow History", "The Vicissitudes of Fate", "What Men Talk About", "Clinch". Often Leva, whose height is 172 cm, became a participant in the filming. The young musician of brutal appearance was invited to the projects "Election Day", "Mamy-3", "Londongrad. Know ours! "

Lyova and Shura continue to give concerts, go on tour and make new plans. Over the entire period of their creative biography, the musicians have never quarreled, which is a rarity in modern show business.

Leva Bi-2 was married twice, and the singer met his second wife much earlier than the first. The first wife is Irina Makeeva. The young people signed when their son Fyodor was one year old. True, the stamp in the passport did not correct the complicated relationship. Leva's meeting with first love destroyed this marriage.

With Asya Streicher, their second wife, the young people first met on the train when they went to the festival in Jurmala. Asya accompanied the Mumiy Troll group as a tour manager. Leva Bi-2 recalls that he saw a girl and fell in love, and after 15 minutes he risked confessing his love to Asya. At that time, the paths of the young parted.

Leva married Irina, a son was growing up in the family, but fate brought the musician and Asya together again. At first, the lovers met in secret, but the musician's wife found out about it - a scandal erupted. Leva left the family, and after the divorce he married Asya. In 2008, Asya gave birth to her son Aviv, and in 2010, David was born.

In this marriage, a difficult relationship: the spouses either part, then live together again. Once Asya even wanted to collect child support from Lyova Bi-2 in court. The spouse explained her own decision to reporters by the fact that they have been living apart for a long time. Soon, relations within the family improved. Now a complete idyll reigns between the spouses, joint photos regularly appear on the singer's personal account on Instagram.

In 2017, the musician celebrated his 45th birthday. The celebration of the anniversary date lasted for two days. On the first evening, the solemn event was held at the 16 Tons club, where everyone came to hear their favorite performer and congratulate him. The next day, a festive party was held for the closest circle of friends and colleagues. The symphony orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrived to congratulate Leva Bi 2, with which the band's musicians often collaborate.

But the main surprise for the birthday man was the performance of the synth-pop group Alphaville with the song "Forever Young", which the hero of the day knows and loves from his early youth. The musicians arrived to congratulate Leva at the invitation of their wife and the second soloist of "Bi 2" Shura. At the end of the evening, all the guests were presented with copies of a photo album, published in a small edition especially in memory of the event.

At the end of September 2017, fans were waiting for the release of the studio album of the group "Bi 2" "Event Horizon", singles in support of which were released from the beginning of the year. First of all, these are the songs recorded with the musicians "Agatha Christie" "Pilot", "It's time to return home" (feat. Oxxxymiron), and the track "Whiskey", which was recorded together with American singer John Grant.

After the disc's premiere on November 25 at the VTB Ice Palace, the artists went on a tour, in the creation of the program of which the light artist David Misakyan, designer Mikhail Lugansky, and director Igor Shmelev participated.

Music of the 10th album "Bi 2", largely restrained and harsh, made an impression on fans and music critics. The soloists of Bi 2 received a number of awards, including the Real Music Box Award and the Russian National Music Award, and Leva Bi 2 was named the best soloist of the year according to the Chartova Dozen.

Now the musicians of "Bi 2" held a presentation of their new hit "La-la poplar", which will become the soundtrack of the comedy "What Men Talk About. Continuation ”, and a special program is being prepared, in which a symphony orchestra will participate.

1998 - "Sexless and Sad Love" 2000 - "Bi-2" 2001 - "Meow Kiss Me" 2004 - "Foreign Marks" 2006 - "Moloko" 2009 - "Lunapark" 2010 - "What Men Talk About" 2011 - "Spirit" 2014 - "# 16plus" 2017 - "Event Horizon"

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