2023-08-22 03:30:01
Natalia Romanova
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Raymond Pauls “Sometimes we turn to raised tones, he immediately goes to the piano, starts playing, and peace and tranquility reign in the house,” Svetlana told reporters about her husband. Maestro Pauls had her first and only wife. The couple lived together for more than 60 years, until the last breath of Epifanova. For her sake, Raymond won the fight with drunkenness.
“I didn’t have anything, I didn’t even have a place to live”
Svetlana was late for the concert of the young Latvian pianist, about which her friends told her a lot. Sitting away from the stage. At first, Epifanova was struck by the music, and only then the girl was finally able to consider the performer. They were introduced after the concert in a friendly company.
The Epifanova family lived a difficult life. After graduating from school in her native Odessa, Svetlana entered the Faculty of Foreign Languages and, as a student, began working as a tour guide at Intourist. She always got along with people easily.
Svetlana Epifanova and Raymond Pauls
The romance of Raymond and Svetlana happened in 1959. “We started life together from scratch – I had nothing, I even had nowhere to live,” the composer recalled.
The couple settled in Riga. The only daughter Aneta was born three years after the parents met. Today she is already over 60. Aneta trained as a television director at the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. She married a Dane, became the mother of two daughters and a son.
“One day I didn’t come to a concert, I was fired”
Pauls was not spared the misfortune that often occurs in the musical and artistic environment. The composer became addicted to alcohol. Raymond developed a real addiction.
“Once I didn’t come to a concert, I was fired from the Riga Philharmonic. Drinking could last a week. We had to figure out what to do, ”admitted Pauls. Lana, as he called his wife, showed character and insisted on treatment.
“In the neighboring wards lay the insane. All the time I asked myself the question: why am I here, and not on stage, playing now, ”said Raymond Voldemarovich.
But he endured, because without his wife and daughter he could not imagine the future. The composer had the courage not to break even after the hospital.
“I could lose not only my family, but also my life. An abyss loomed ahead. Yes, it was hard to resist, but if I had succumbed to persuasion at least once, I would have come to an end, ”the composer shared. He also quit smoking. For more than 50 years she has been leading a completely healthy lifestyle.
“She can’t walk, it’s very hard for her”
Educated and spectacular, Svetlana could make a brilliant career, but she preferred a family. Raymond wanted to see his wife as the keeper of the family hearth, and she obeyed his desire. Along with numerous hits, known to almost everyone, prosperity came to Pauls and his family.
Raymond Pauls and Svetlana Epifanova
Svetlana was the first to hear the composer’s new works. “And in all the years he never played the same tune twice. Sometimes it’s a pity that no one but me will hear it. I ask: “Write down what you just played.” And he replies: “I already forgot,” the maestro’s wife lamented.
Epifanova passed away on August 4, 2023. The wife for a long time stopped appearing with Pauls at any events, although before the spouses were everywhere together. To questions about what happened, Raymond Voldemarovich answered: “Lana is in bed, she cannot walk, it is very difficult for her.” It is known that Svetlana underwent surgery on her leg.
It turned out that Pauls’ wife developed a deadly disease, but relatives and doctors had no idea about it.
Photo source: VKontakte, Evguenii Matveev/Global Look Press, Strizh Mila/KP, Persona Stars
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