Musician Yegor Bortnik (Lev): biography, creativity and family life

Do you know who Yegor Bortnik is? How did he become famous throughout the country? If not, we recommend that you study the content of the article. We promise - it will be interesting.

Yegor Bortnik: biography, childhood and youth

He was born on September 2, 1972 in the capital of the Republic of Belarus - Minsk. He has Jewish and Russian roots. Egor's father graduated with a degree in radiophysics. And her mother was a housewife.

To understand who is in front of us, just look at the photo. It's Lyova ("Bi-2"). And friends, relatives and classmates know him as Yegor Bortnik.

He became a leftist in Africa. The fact is that Egor's father (radiophysics by profession) was offered to work as a teacher at the University of Congo. The man agreed. In this African country he went along with his wife and son. Once Yegor presented the fang of a lion. Our hero always carried it with him. For this local boys gave Bortnik, the youngest, the nickname "Lyova". And he really liked it.

Soon the family returned to Minsk. Yegor visited various circles, studied music. Up to the 7th grade he studied for the "quartet" and "five". And then the guy signed up for a theater studio. Since then he was only interested in the scene. It was in this studio that Bortnik got acquainted with Alexander Uman (Shura from Bi-2). The guys became friends, began to build joint plans for creativity.

"B2"

In 1988, Yegor Bortnik and Alexander Uman created their own group. It was called Brothers in Arms. The guys spent a lot of time writing songs and rehearsals. And their efforts proved to be in vain. The children took first place at the festival in Minsk. After a successful performance, the friends renamed the band "The Shore of Truth". And in 1989, Yegor and Sasha reduced the name to "Bi-2".

First the group toured the cities of Belarus. Then there was a break in work. In 1993, Shura moved to Australia. And only after 5 years Leva followed him.

In the autumn of 1999 the group "Bi-2" went to Russia. And today this rock band knows and loves almost every second inhabitant of our country. In the creative box of Leva and Shura, 9 studio albums, several clips and hundreds of concerts. Their songs have become soundtracks for various films. For example, in the films "Brother-2", "Sisters" and "Brotherhood of the landing", the song "Nobody writes to the Colonel".

Personal life

Yegor Bortnik (Lev) twice formalized relations in the registry office. His first wife is Irina Makeeva. They met in the early 2000s. It was love at first sight. After a couple of months from the date of acquaintance, the guy and the girl began to live under one roof. In 2002, their firstborn son, Fyodor, was born. Only when the boy turned a year old, Egor and Irina went to the registrar. Unfortunately, family happiness did not last long. The couple quietly and peacefully parted.

The current wife of Egor is Asya Streicher. She used to be his first love. And now the feelings have flashed with renewed vigor. In January 2008, their common son Aviv appeared. At that time, lovers were in a civil marriage. Officially, they became a husband and wife only in October 2009. Soon they had another son, who was named David.

Finally

Now you know that Yegor Bortnik and Lyova from the group "Bi-2" are the same person. We wish him family happiness and creative prosperity!