Today with "Erudite" - such young and such successful parents! Stepan Ledkov is the vocalist of the Marcel group, the owner of two Golden Gramophones, an aspiring director and producer, Katya Klein is Stepan's charming wife and director of the RukiVverkh Bar St. Petersburg club. However, the main success of the young couple is the son of Danya and the daughter of Adrian.
Let's start with what is closest to you - with music. As our magazine for parents, we are primarily interested in questions about the influence of the family on the formation of the views and interests of the growing child. Tell me, how did your parents feel about your choice of musical direction?
Katya: When I was very young, I chose the music that my mom and dad listened to. I ran around the apartment with the player and sang songs. My parents never tried to protect me from what I like, rather the opposite. For this I am very grateful to them.
Stepan: As for classical education: I would not say that it is very important. In general, playing music is very useful, but with the use of modern methods, so that the child himself really likes it, so that he wants to go to classes again and again, so that classes go like a kind of game, at least when the child is still very small.
In general, it is very useful to be creative. Even if your child painted the wallpaper, drew a doodle on the couch, do not scold him much, because he did it as a creative unit, do not ruin his talent.
Besides you, how musical is your family? Did you receive a traditional musical education? Does a modern child need a musical education in its classical form?
Katya: I think that musical education a priori cannot give anything bad. Music develops, and in life, even if a child chooses a profession that is not related to music, it will not be superfluous.
Stepan: There are no musicians in my family and never have been, I became a musician partly by accident: once in the class, probably in the ninth, I went out for a walk in my city of Naryan-Mar and met my friend Igor Ruzhnikov on the street, he was walking with guitar somewhere in the evening. I asked where he was going, and he replied that in their cultural and sports complex one guy was organizing a group, and he was called there to play a guitarist. I asked to go with him, and when I arrived, I saw that the drummer, bassist, keyboardist had already gathered there, and not only the vocalist had come. I was offered to sing, and so I ended up in my first group. They called the group "Uncle Styopa".
In general, my education is the director of show programs. I didn't study music anywhere.
Musicians often admit that they often perform the music that listeners like at concerts, but prefer to listen to completely different music alone. Do you take a break from your music? What kind of music do you like?
Stepan: Of course, you shouldn't listen to your music all the time. It's important that you don't get bored with your own material, if it doesn't bore you years later, then it's really good music. If you listen to your own every day, then you can stop putting your soul into songs at concerts, but you really want the audience who comes to concerts to receive one hundred percent of what they should receive.
Are there any traditions and values that were instilled in you by your parents that you are instilling in your children today?
Stepan: My grandmother almost never scolded me, and if she scolded me, it was only for the cause, and I try to treat my children in the same way: show love, devote a lot of time to them, play together.
Therefore, we try to celebrate all the holidays with our families, although it is very difficult to do this with my profession. But, despite such a rhythm of life, we try to spend every free minute together. At the weekend, for example, we were in Peterhof, though not for long: everyone was very cold.
Do you think that children should be given a versatile education: dance, music, sports, etc., or is it better to focus on one direction?
Katya: Definitely for a versatile education! Since childhood, I myself have been fond of various things: choreography, swimming, knitting, embroidery, music, dancing, I learned to cook with my mother.
Now I understand that it was very useful to me in life! I think this is generally a very important part of education: to give the child the opportunity to try himself in everything and choose what he likes, without imposing one thing.
Stepan: I believe that it is not necessary to force a child to do anything. You have to make sure he likes it. If he doesn't want to go to football, don't force him. Nothing good will come of it: it will only tense up, get nervous, this is very bad. And if he shows a craving for something, then, on the contrary, you need to support it.
Ekaterina, what do you pamper your children and husband with at home, what do you cook for them, we saw photos of your dishes on social networks. How long have you been interested in cooking?
Katya: I love to cook! I am just a fan of this process! I love the feeling when there is an opportunity to experiment, each time coming up with something new. I pamper everyone: pastries, Italian cuisine... I share photos and recipes with my subscribers, as a lot of moms read me.
Katya, you are not the first day mom. What would you advise to those who will return from the hospital tomorrow with a baby in their arms?
Do not treat the navel with green! (laughs). All hands will be green and the baby's tummy too!
I became a mother for the first time when I was 18. This is a very young age. Many are afraid, and it seems that it will not work: great responsibility, lack of information, fear, panic. The realization that you are a "mother" does not come immediately. And when it comes, when these little hands reach out to you, and you understand that for this crumb you are a huge planet, the most important person, incomparable happiness comes. Don't be afraid, learn, make mistakes, learn again. This is normal, this is cyclical and this is correct.
Thank you very much for the interesting conversation. Would you like something for our readers?
Be friends with your crumbs, love them, look at the world through their eyes! Children are our mirror. Remember that only we ourselves can make our children either happy or unhappy. Everything passes. And our children always stay with us!
An unpleasant situation happened to Stepan Ledkov, a member of the Marseille group: the 27-year-old artist almost died during a flight from Barcelona to St. Petersburg. The artist became ill last Saturday: with a high temperature, Stepan boarded the airliner with his wife Ekaterina Ledkova. During the flight, the performer's condition only worsened, and he asked the attendants for water. However, representatives of the airline completely ignored the request of the singer.
— Styopa was very ill, his stomach hurt, he had a temperature. Poisoning or acclimatization - we could not understand what was happening to him. In Spain, without a prescription, they don’t even give herbs to brew soothing, there was no time to see a doctor, ”Stepan Ledkova’s wife told SUPER. — At 23:00 we boarded the plane Styopa was already quite bad. They took off. Here we simply fall into a giant air hole and are in free fall for 2-3 seconds, after which we are shaking violently, naturally, my husband is getting worse from nerves, fear and pressure drop. A flight attendant passed by, I stop her, explain that my husband is very ill, he has poisoned himself, he urgently needs water. She shook her head and walked forward. I thought that she had gone to get water, turned around and realized that she was standing and sorting out croissants, cans and other food. I asked again, and again, and again. But the girl stood stupidly and smiled, letting me know that she would not bring water. I asked her exactly 15 times, and the people who sat closer, too.
However, after the persistent requests of the girl, her husband was not helped.
- IN As a result, the husband found the strength to get up and walk to the steward area and, losing consciousness, was already literally yelling at the whole plane that he was ill and needed water. Another steward (before that he was in another part of the plane) realized what was happening, gave us ice water and sent us to the place, taking 10 euros for all this. After that, not a single person asked how the person on board was feeling, and at the exit from the plane we were not even met by a doctor.
The victim himself is extremely outraged by the indifference of the employees of the Spanish low-cost airline Vueling, on the flight of which he and his wife returned to St. Petersburg.
I almost died on the plane! And none of the service personnel of the Vueling airline wanted to help me, - Stepan Ledkov was indignant at SUPER. - Not only did they not provide medical assistance, but they could not bring me simple water! I even offered them money, but they still refused to help me. In the end, I almost fainted. Then the passengers got up and began to resent: “The person is feeling bad, but you don’t even react, don’t try to help him.” We fly a lot, but this is the first time we have encountered such an attitude towards passengers! If we had flown with Aeroflot, I am sure they would have helped me right away.
What makes an ordinary person popular? Why do many Internet users begin to closely follow the life of another person who is not a show business star, media person or secular party-goer, subscribing to his page on social networks or publics? Sometimes even the perpetrators of universal love and admiration cannot give an exact answer.
Katya Klein does not consider herself a social media star, but she has much more subscribers than some celebrities. She is an ordinary girl from St. Petersburg who once did not hesitate to tell her own story on Instagram. In today's material, the reader will learn everything and even more about Katya. But first, a few words about the childhood of the popular "baby".
Who is this famous girl?
Katya Klein was born in the most beautiful city in the world, St. Petersburg. There were two children in the family, the girl has a brother. Katya's parents were employees of the tax service, where they met. Of course, when you grow up where there are white nights, full of clubs, then you, like a funnel, are sucked into the atmosphere of fun and communication. This is what happened to Katya. In her interviews, she recalls her crazy youth, parties until dawn and other joys of her growing up.
The girl was never different from others, rather the opposite. Her height is only 1 cm, and her weight was about 65 kg. Perhaps these parameters would not matter if they did not belong to today's heroine. Katya Klein was affectionately called little in the family, then this nickname was firmly fixed to her.
One day, a work colleague told Katya that from now on she would call her "Klein" (from the German word meaning "small" in translation), because she did not want to be like others. The whole environment of the girl liked the new nickname, and they began to call her in a new way. This is how the now famous pseudonym Klein appeared, which some people who are not familiar with the girl consider to be her real surname.
Background that led to popularity
As mentioned above, Katya Klein, with a small stature, weighed 65 kg. It didn't bother her until a certain point. In fact, the girl says that all her close people and circle of friends have always admired her appearance, including her weight. It got to the point that Klein herself believed that everything with her forms was in perfect order and nothing needed to be changed.
Once, while taking a photo, Katya stood in an unusual position for herself and was horrified. According to the girl, what she saw in the picture plunged her into a slight shock. She realized that in her incomplete 25 years she looks very complete, no matter how paradoxical it may sound. The girl decided to take up her figure and by all means put her body in order. Where to start and how to achieve the desired results, she did not know until she accidentally stumbled upon a note by Olga Marquez, which completely changed the worldview of Katya Klein.
Weight Loss School
So what happened to Katya Klein? Everything is quite simple, she completed a six-week course at the Olga Marcel School of Weight Loss, and filmed the entire transformation process on her phone. Then the girl published a photo on a social network, telling her story of losing weight. That's when it all started. The number of subscribers began to increase day by day, thousands of comments fell down, to which the girl did not have time to respond. Katya Klein recalls this moment with a smile on her face, saying that she was absolutely not ready for such a human "attack" and the popularity that had fallen on her.
The girl notices that many of her subscribers, seeing the rapid weight loss, often asked the question of what Katya Klein was sick with, and even offered to help. Katya was very touched by the fact that there are so many caring people in the world. Then there was another wave of excitement on her page on the social network, which fell on the girl's second pregnancy. Klein published a post where she told her numerous followers that she would soon become a mother for the second time.
Personal life
Katya Klein now bears the name of her second husband, Stepan Ledkov, who is a creative person. He is a singer in the popular St. Petersburg group "Marcel". The girl met him in 2004 at a night party at the Tunnel club. Then she was not yet married and enjoyed her youth to the fullest, just like her current husband. By the way, he had a rather unstable reputation at that time: he liked to fight, to brawl. For such, to put it mildly, uncivilized behavior, he was ordered to enter almost all the clubs in St. Petersburg.
It is for this reason that the acquaintance of Klein and Ledkov did not continue without having time to start properly, although the young people liked each other. Fate separated them for several years. During this time, Katya managed to get married and give birth to a son, Danya, and Stepan met a girl and lived with her for quite a long time.
Breakup with first husband and marriage with second
Katya Klein's first husband was a great person, but the characters of young people, according to the girl, were completely different. Problems began in the relationship of the spouses, and it came to a divorce. Then Katya devoted a lot of time to the social network "VKontakte", and one day she received a letter from Stepan Ledkov. The girl was delighted with an old acquaintance and answered him with great pleasure. The conversation dragged on for more than 8 hours, and then almost every night the guys spent on the Web, talking to each other.
After several months of correspondence, they met. It happened on Valentine's Day at the Big Love Show. The guys have been together ever since. Having lived together for more than 6 years and having given birth to a daughter, Adrian, Katya Klein and Stepan Ledkov got married and went on a romantic trip to Thailand. By the way, in many publications you can find information that the couple has two joint children. This is only partly true, because Ledkov is not Danya's own father, although, according to Katya, the man is raising him as his own.
Favorite work of Katie Klein
In May 2013, a club was opened in St. Petersburg, in which, according to the idea of the management, people who love music, delicious food, communication and wine should gather. The name of the restaurant is PMIbar. Katya Klein is the art director of the institution. She takes pride in her work and puts her heart into what she loves. The girl admits that she fell in love with this place as soon as she crossed its threshold: a huge area (about 500 sq. m), several halls, 3 floors, a terrace, an exclusive interior, author's cuisine - all this wants to be offered and advertised. Klein says that the place also plays a special role. PMIbar is located on the embankment of the Moika River in St. Petersburg. Relatives see that Katya Klein has undergone dramatic changes. She was infected with the idea and with great pleasure goes to work every day.
Girl's hobbies
Katya Klein leads a rather active lifestyle. On weekends, she and her husband often spend time playing sports. They can be found cycling through the park, and in winter the pair often go snowboarding. Klein's big love is an Infiniti car. She takes a lot of photos for her subscribers while driving.
By the way, recently the followers were seriously worried, believing that something irreparable had happened to Katya Klein. All because of the post published by the girl herself, where she admitted that she got into a car accident through her own fault. Fortunately, nothing bad, and even more tragic, did not happen, Katya assures everyone. However, she is upset that she has slightly dented her beloved car.
Attitude to life
Katya Klein in an interview noted that she is first of all a mother and a loving wife who will always and absolutely support her loved ones in any situation, and then an art director and a celebrity. She is baptized, believes in God and fate. She is engaged in charity work and has helped many children who are indistinguishably sick. In general, Katya Klein is afraid of illnesses and often asks the Almighty for help.
With many followers closely following her life, she does not consider herself a star at all. On this account, her opinion is: "I am an absolutely ordinary person, but my husband is a star. I terribly do not like to go shopping with him, the fans overcome." It is worth saying that, having taken the right path in terms of nutrition, Klein and her husband were knocked into it. Now the couple eats right together, and they both look great.
The Marseille group are young guys, but already winners of many eminent music awards (from the Muz-TV Prize to the Golden Gramophone) with the hits No matter how much people say, Wherever, This song is for you "and many others. Everything is fine with them in their personal lives. Stepan Ledkov is 27, he has been happily married for a long time - he and his wife have been together for nine years, their daughter recently turned one, and their son is seven. A story like a fairy tale? Let's find out how we managed to make it come true!
Ekaterina, you are an active business woman, combining your work as an art director in two top bars in St. Petersburg with the role of a loving wife and mother of two children. How do you do it?
It's just that my whole life is a thrill! (Laughs). I treat it like a big interesting game, including difficult situations, from which there is always a way out. My family is also my team! We are all together! Everyone, starting from the smallest Adriana (one and a half year old daughter of Stepan and Ekaterina - ed. note) and ending with our nanny, take part in my development, in my work. And it is to my family that I owe the fact that I do what I love. It is the support and help of my relatives that give me the strength to manage to do a lot. Children are my main motivation for an active life. I am 25, my son Dana is already 7 years old and he comes up with names for new dishes or some ideas for a restaurant. Truth speaks through the mouth of a child. His ideas sometimes lead me to a state of complete delight. They are so simple and so ingenious, and I hadn't thought of that before.
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How does your husband feel about you working so hard?
Stepa is my best friend, my beloved person, my husband, my colleague, my world. We carry out all our projects together, and without him I would not have achieved anything at all and would not have been able to give such a result. He is a talented and very creative person, in addition to being the frontman of the Marseille band, he is a professional media designer, an excellent copywriter and an excellent organizer. He is a director by education, a singer and composer by vocation, and a father by nature. I married a completely unique person. And he, just like me, enjoys what we do all together.
Do you agree that often “The family boat breaks into everyday life”? What should be done to prevent this from happening?
Agree. The fact is that most of the couples are limited by stereotypes that the family is a wife who stays at home with children, and a husband who stays at work from morning to evening. He is sure that his wife does nothing all day long, and she believes that no one helps her in anything. Probably, this is how 70 percent of married couples with children live. More broadly, we meet our loved ones while being carefree, beautiful, free and in love. There are no limits, no restrictions. Exit one. Stay like this forever. Find time for love and not forget what connected you. There must be common interests. Without them, there can be no relationship.
Do you like doing housework?
Oh yeah! But due to employment, I will not dissemble, most often my house is a mess. (Smiling). Let's call it creative. (Laughs)
Is there a chore that always calms you down?
Cooking definitely calms me down and makes me completely happy. I love coockie so much! And I teach children, and I get high myself. She even taught her husband how to cook. I brought him into this business. Now he pleases me with his dinners, proudly serving a new dish every time.
What household appliances in your home make your life especially tangible?
Vacuum cleaner! Brilliant invention! (Laughs). Well, if we talk about what is most often used - this, of course, is a refrigerator, stove and kettle.
Is there any chore that your husband enjoys doing?
The husband in general is always very quickly and efficiently able to put things in order at home. I don’t know how he does it, but it may take him only 20 minutes and ... the house is already clean. And he can very quickly find any lost thing. (smiling)
Do you include your children and other household members in house cleaning, garden maintenance, and cooking?
Everyone helps. Our daughter already understands what it means to wash, vacuum, dust and clean up after herself. Danya can wash dishes with ease, and together with her sister they love learning how to cook. Nanny Marina is the most important assistant, the person to whom I am immensely grateful for the fact that she is always with us. Coming home, I thank God for such a wonderful nanny for my children and for her understanding. She helps a lot.
The trick is to turn cleaning into exercise. This is a good motivation - to do everything efficiently and quickly, and most importantly, with benefit! (Laughs).
