Yuri Antonov
Yuri Antonov Юрий Антонов | |
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 Yuri Antonov in 2015 | |
| Born | Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov 19 February 1945 |
| Occupation | Singer, composer, sound engineer |
| Years active | 1965-2000 |
| Title | People's Artist of Russia (1997) |
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Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Антонов; born 19 February 1945 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian composer, singer and musician, People's Artist of Russia (1997).[1]
Biography[]
Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov was born into the family of an officer of the Soviet Army, Mikhail Vasilievich Antonov, who after World War II stayed to serve in the military administration of Berlin.[2] Yuri's sister, Zhanna (Jane) was born there. His mother, Natalya Mikhailovna (Litovchenko), who was from Kremenchuk (Poltava Region), died in 2008 at age 85.
Antonov is one of the most popular and successful artists on Soviet 70's-80's pop scene[2] despite the fact that some of his songs (especially in early period) were banned by Soviet censorship. He appeared to an international television audience as a performer in the opening ceremony of the Moscow 1986 Goodwill Games.
He has composed music for the films (1981), (1984), (1985) and (1990). He has released 30 albums, including a 19-track CD in 1992 on , entitled Mirror.
Awards[]
- Antonov was named a Distinguished Artist of Chechnya-Ingushetia (1983) and a People's Artist of Russia in 1997.
- He is the recipient of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (4th class), Order of Honour (Russia), Order of Friendship (Russia), and Order of Francysk Skaryna.
- In 1997 Yuri Antonov received a star on the Star Square in Moscow.
- He also received the Living Legend Award at the Ovation Awards in 2000.
References[]
- ^ Biography (in Russian)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Звёздный журнал: биография Юрия Антонова
External links[]
Media related to Yuri Antonov (musician) at Wikimedia Commons- Yuri Antonov at IMDb
- Official site (in Russian)
- Official page on Youtube
- Yuri Antonov at the Forbes
- Yuri Antonov discography at Discogs
- Popular songs
- Net tebya prekrasnei on YouTube
- Kryusha doma tvoego on YouTube
- Ne zabyvai (Mechta sbyvaetsya) on YouTube
- Ot pechali do radosti on YouTube
- U berez i sosen on YouTube
- More on YouTube
- Beliy teplohod on YouTube
- Ya vspominaiu on YouTube
- Zerkalo on YouTube
- Na vysokom beregu on YouTube
- Ne govorite mne proschai on YouTube
- Neset Menya Techenie on YouTube
- 20 let spustya on YouTube
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Russian composers
- Russian male composers
- New wave musicians
- Russian male singers
- Russian film score composers
- Male film score composers
- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- People's Artists of Russia
- People from Tashkent
- Soviet male singers
- Soviet composers
- Soviet male composers
- Russian accordionists
- 21st-century accordionists
- 20th-century male singers
- 21st-century Russian male musicians
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class