Biography
The star of the Russian chanson Alexander Kalyanov was born at the end of August 1947 on Bryansk, in the town of Unecha. His parents all their lives worked by teachers in the local city school N ° 2, which Sasha himself finished with a silver medal.
The father of the future singer Ivan Efimovich over the years of work was reached by the post of directors of his native educational institution. His activity was noted the highest pedagogical award - Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation. Alexandra Kalyanov has a native older sister.
From the early years, the boy had two hobbies: music and technique. He could not determine what truly wants to devote his life. Higher education was still in the Radio Engineering Institute of the city of Taganrog, after which she worked for seven years at the factory in Bryansk, which was engaged in the assembly of radio equipment.
Such work allowed him to be engaged in leisure invention of various devices for music performers. Alexandra Kalyanov discovered real inventive talent. Its devices, domestic musicians enjoyed a few years in a row and remained satisfied.
The original and best of its invention, Alexander, the mixing console "Electronics", a special apparatus for connecting the phonogram during singing to live. His hookahs invented at the dawn of his sound engineer career, which he began after leaving the factory. A small and lightweight device was configured very simply, using several buttons. He allowed to reach the sounds of the singer to the desired height if the performer was not in his voice or just fake. "Electronics" allowed to accurately reproduce the desired sounds when necessary, and it cost it inexpensively.
Another successful invention of a young Kulibin can be considered columns. Unlike Western analogues, the Soviet version had small dimensions, low weight and powerful amplification of sound.
Creation
A promising sound engineer In the late 70s invited one of the advanced groups of that time "six young people" to cooperate. The team existed on the basis of the Elista Philharmonic, and for several years of his work he became "Alma Mater" for many future stars of the Russian pop, such as Nikolai Zorkguev, Sergey Sarychev, Alexander Rosenbaum, Valery Kipelov, Tatiana Markova. The music group toured a lot around the country, and she needed their competent specialists, how Alexander Kalyanov turned out to be.
On the tour in Kazan, Vladimir Vysotsky, Vladimir Vysotsky, noticed the group "Six young". He offered young musicians to make a joint program. The updated composition began to give several concerts per month in the framework of all-Union tour. Each of these performances was accompanied by ancholate, so the musicians had to be protected by special outfits of the equestrian militia. At this time, the strong friendship of the popular Bard and the future singer of Russian chanson began.
In honor of his friend, several years later, Alexander Kalyans took direct participation in the concert dedicated to the anniversary of Vysotsky. For an event that was held in the Olympic sports complex, hookahs at their recording studio recorded all the Caver version of the songs of the Great Bard. Subsequently, these musical compositions came out with a separate disk, and the concert was shown along the central channels of Russia.
In addition to the team "Six young" Alexander Kalyanov, I tried myself in other musical groups: "Lia, the song", "Red Maki", "Carnival", "Phoenix". In the early 80s, Alla Pugacheva noted a talented sound engineer and invited him to cooperate in his recital group, which was established in 1980 on the basis of the former instrumental team of the prima donna "Rhythm". The participants of Recytila became the most famous executive authors and producers, such as Yuri Shakhnazarov, Igor Nikolaev, Ruslan Gorobets, Alexander Levshin, Pavel Zhagun.
It was on the basis of this group with a light hand of Alla Borisovna Kalyans created in 1984 a private recording studio "Ton" and became a saund producer of many Russian pop stars. That same year, on the recommendation of Pugacheva and Nikolaev, Alexander began his solo career. Songs that entered the first album "Fresh Smell Lip", became musical compositions of Igor Nikolaev: "Angel", "be healthy, friend", "naked goddess". He composed them specifically for his friend, who, according to the young composer, possessed an unusual voice chamber.
The album immediately became popular in Melomanov's environment, and the name of Alexander Kalyanov entered the ranks of Soviet pop artists. Since then, the hookahs called Alla Pugachev and Igor Nikolaev with his parents in the art of executing.
With the musicians of the Recital group, the hookah recorded several more albums, until he began the solo career in 1992. Before the beginning of the 90s, such plates of the singer, as the "old cafe", "Taganka", "Museum of Love" came out. The debut of Alexander Kalyanov on television was his performance of the song "Old Cafe" in 1988 at the "Christmas Meetings" Pugacheva. After this song, the musician learned and loved the whole country. The composition of the old cafe itself came to the hookah from the little-known author Vyacheslav Gorbatov.
Despite the fact that many people-musicians Alexander Kalyanov did not believe in her time, this song became a hat. The "old cafe" not only did not come to the listeners, but also entered the repertoire of many restaurant singers, which testified to the people's love for her. In the same year, a clip was created on this song, in which all the friends and colleagues of the musician took part: Alla Pugacheva, Igor Nikolaev, Vladimir Presnyakov-senior. Shot this video was on the amateur video camera with the music editor of the "Morning Mail" Martha Mogilev.
Another famous song of the initial singing period Kalyanov became the musical composition "Taganka". She was composed by Pavel Zagun, who at that time he worked in the "Recitel" team. After leaving the group, Pugacheva Paul changed its activity and became the director of the Moral Code.
Musical career
Hookahs recorded all his collections at his studio. The singer himself never composed songs, he performed with works of other authors. Among the composers with whom the hookah worked, Igor Nikolaev, Roman Gorobets, Vladimir Presnyakov-Sr., Igor Krutoy.
In addition to the well-known hooky writers, the works of unknown authors were taken to perform the works of unknown authors who themselves found him at concerts. So the song "Cuckoo" appeared, which the singers presented his less famous colleague from Yekaterinburg, who spent under the pseudonym of Dad Raj.
In addition to his singing career, Alexander Kalyanov actively engaged in sound engineering. At the "Tone" studio, more than 50 performers and about 20 musical groups recorded their discs. With Kalyanov, such singers were collaborated as Andrei Makarevich, Boris Moiseev, Valery Syutkin, Valery Leontyev, Vladimir Kuzmin, Diana Gurdskaya, Irina Allegrova and others. Also with the famous artist Chanson worked for musical groups "A-Studio", "Moral Code", "White Orel", "Bravo", "Nepara".
The creative biography of the singer in the dashing 90th bloomed at the expense of the increased popularity of the genre of the Russian chanson. The artist at this time is recorded a lot, regularly touring the country. One of the popular songs of this period is the "prodigal son", "Wife, Wife ...", "For Cordon", "Night Patrol", "Lyubka-mono-lobby", "I and Vasya".
In addition to recording plates, Alexander Kalyanov toured in neighboring countries and far abroad. His concerts pleased with the Russian emigration of America, Israel and Germany. The artist was invited to cinema, in 1997 he took part in the filming of the film "The latest adventures of Buratino", in which the old man played Carlo.
In 2000, the already formed artist received a number of awards from leading musical awards of the country. Repeatedly Alexander Kalyanov became the laureate of "chanson year". He was noted in 2002, 2010 and 2011 for the musical compositions "Old Cafe", "Return, friends" and "Beautiful Woman".
The singer was recognized by the Cavaler of the Prize of the Public National Academy, which is recognized by the merit of Russian citizens. In 2012, Alexander Kalyanov received the status of the legend of the Russian chanson, speaking in the project of the same name, which was held in the capital of the Middle Urals.
In 2016, the anniversary program of Alexander Kalyanov "Old cafe" was published, which included the most famous musical compositions of the past.
Personal life
Alexander Kalyanov was happy in marriage. He lived with his wife Alexandra over 30 years. When the Son appeared in the family, the spouses had no doubt about what a name to give him. The boy was named Alexander, as well as his father, mom and grandmother. Sasha went in the footsteps of the Father, he became a sound engineer and worked for a long time on "tone-studio". In addition to the son of Sasha, there were no more children from hookah.The artist did not advertise his privacy. It is known that Alexander and his wife spent a lot of time on their dacha, which they were equipped for several years. Their neighbor in the country team was the leader of the "Hand Up" group Sergey Zhukov.
Death
October 2, 2020 Alexander Kalyanov did not. The musician died, Alla Pugacheva told Alla Pugacheva. And in the afternoon, later, Alexander Yuri Loza said that the cause of the death of the artist was cancer, with whom he was unsuccessfully fought for several years.
Discography
- 1984 - "Fresh Smell Lip" - (1984)
- 1985 - "Golden Alley" - (1985)
- 1986 - "Old Cafe" - (1986)
- 1987 - "Taganka" - (1987)
- 1989 - "Museum of Love" - (1989)
- 1991 - "For Cordon" - (1991)
- 1993 - "Bad Note" - (1993)
- 1995 - "Night Patrol" - (1995)
- 1998 - "Didn't talk" - (1998)
- 2001 - "Favorites" - (2001)
- 2002 - "Two two hundred" - (2002)
- 2004 - "Labor-Singleubka" - (2004)
- 2008 - "Smile" - (2008)