Valery Gergiev - Personal Life

Personal Life

In 1999, Gergiev married the musician Natalya Dzebisova, who is 27 years his junior and also a native Ossetian. They have three children, two boys and a girl. From time to time he has been reported to be a friend of Vladimir Putin, and they have been said to be godfathers to each other's children. But in a letter in refutation, he protested that he and Putin were not the godfathers of each other's children.

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