"The daughter will ensure no one forbids singing his songs." Oleg Movchan's only daughter fruitlessly fights his widow for "Molitva"

Oleg Movchan's family from his first marriage and his third wife Iryna Vidava. Photo from Viktoryia Movchan's Instagram / Video screenshot

Let us remind you, the other day Iryna Vidava-Movchan forbade singer Pyotr Yelfimau and other artists from performing her late husband's hits, including the famous "Molitva" (Prayer), citing her exclusive ownership rights. However, as it turned out, Iryna Vidava is not the only woman connected to the fate of these songs.

Erased Life

If you open Oleg Movchan's official biography on his personal website or his Wikipedia page, which was created by his last wife Iryna Vidava (as evidenced by the revision history), you will find no information about his previous marriages or children.

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Tatyana and Oleg Movchan's wedding. Photo: Tatyana Movchan's Instagram

However, it was during his first marriage to singer and composer Tatyana Movchan, the current head of the "Belarussinka" theater, that his most fruitful years of work with "Pesnyary" occurred, and in 1989, the composer's only daughter, Viktoryia, was born.

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Oleg Movchan with his first wife Tatyana at Slavianski Bazaar 1993. Photo: Tatyana Movchan's Instagram

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Oleg Movchan with his daughter Viktoryia. Photo: Tatyana Movchan's Instagram

Tatyana Movchan writes in her memoirs that many iconic songs, the rights to which the widow has now appropriated, were written long before Vidava appeared in the artist's life.

"On the internet, she is praised as the muse with whom he wrote his masterpieces. It's especially funny when she's praised for 'Margarita' or 'Molitva,' written before 1993. We divorced in 1995. He was simply Free," Tatyana wrote on social media.

"Became glamorous and forgot his daughter"

According to his first wife, after the divorce and new marriage, Oleg Movchan distanced himself from his family. "He became 'glamorous,' cool," Tatyana bitterly noted. The relationship was severed for many years. His ex-wife blames Vidava for this, claiming that his new companion "tried all her life to isolate him from communication."

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Composer Oleg Movchan with his daughter Viktoryia and grandson Sviatoslav during their last meeting in 2017. Photo: Viktoryia Movchan's Instagram.

The ice only broke in the last two years of the composer's life, when he was already seriously ill. Movchan himself called, began to talk with Viktoryia, and even managed to meet her and his grandson Sviatoslav. But they didn't have time to fully restore their connection.

Marriage contract and funeral scandal

After the composer's death in 2019, a real drama unfolded over the division of property. It turned out that legally, the daughter owned almost nothing.

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Iryna Vidava, Viktoryia Movchan with her son Sviatoslav and father Oleg Movchan during their last meeting in 2017. Photo: Viktoryia Movchan's Instagram.

"In August 2017, Vika first introduced her grandfather to her grandson. Irochka tenderly holds Vika's finger. But in September, Irochka re-registered all property to herself with a marriage contract. And just in case, she also bequeathed everything to herself, her beloved," Tatyana Movchan recounted on social media.

The situation went to court, but, according to the first family, they have not yet managed to win:

"We are still fighting with the last wife over the inheritance. Okay, she took everything, but at least I'm pushing a little on the copyright. Oleg would have known that his daughter doesn't even have this financial cushion."

Especially cynical, according to Tatyana, was the episode at the farewell ceremony in the Philharmonic, when Vidava allegedly said to the daughter, who was crying at the coffin: "What are you doing here — he's nothing to you."

"This is not love or remembrance"

It is worth noting that Viktoryia Movchan followed in her parents' footsteps. She is a professional singer, a vocal teacher, and a scholarship holder of the President's special fund for supporting talented youth. And her position regarding her father's legacy fundamentally differs from that of the widow.

While Iryna Vidava forbids performing Oleg Movchan's songs and blocks videos on YouTube, the daughter and first wife advocate for the music to be played.

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Daughter Viktoryia also became a musician. Photo: Viktoryia Movchan's VK page

"To hold pompous tributes in Oleg's memory, and then forbid performing his songs and remove them from the internet — is this what love and remembrance are about?" Tatyana Movchan asks.

She is confident that justice will be restored: "My daughter will ensure that no one forbids performing his songs. So that no one imposes bans on his work and so that his name does not fall into oblivion."

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