Oleg Mityaev - biography, photo, best songs 2020

Childhood and youth

The poet was born in 1956 in Chelyabinsk in the family of a factory worker and a housewife. The Mityaevs lived amicably; Oleg and his brother Stanislav helped their parents with housework from an early age. Mixed blood flows in the brothers' veins. They are Russian on their father's side and Mordvinian on their mother's side.

Being an enthusiastic person, Oleg dreamed of becoming a dog handler, a swimmer, or a geologist, but at the first opportunity he went to study as an editor at a technical school. After graduating from a secondary specialized educational institution, the guy served in the Navy, where he ended up in the guard of the admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union. After demobilization, he entered the Institute of Physical Education, where he received a specialty as a swimming coach.

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The future artist became acquainted with bard songs at a pioneer camp, where he went to work for the summer. Oleg easily managed to master playing the guitar, and the first song he performed was warmly received by the audience. At one time, the young man headed a club in a holiday resort, then collaborated with the Chelyabinsk Philharmonic. It is interesting that Oleg did not plan to be a singer and went to work at the Philharmonic because of the official housing.

Mityaev decided to expand his knowledge of art, so he went to the capital to enter the theater institute. This action was largely influenced by a letter from Bulat Okudzhava, which the famous bard personally wrote to his young but already famous colleague in Chelyabinsk. The artist remained in Moscow, where he graduated from the correspondence department of GITIS in 1991.

Born on February 19, 1956 in Chelyabinsk. Father is a worker at the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant. Mother is a housewife. In 1963 entered elementary school No. 59. Then in 1967 to secondary school No. 55. In 1969 he moved to secondary school No. 68. As a child, Mityaev wanted to become a dog breeder (cynologist) and tamed all the dogs in the area. The mother raised her strictly but fairly. His father drank, so Oleg himself did not drink alcohol until he was thirty. I studied poorly at school, so I really loved vacations and breaks.

The guitar started out like everyone else's. Boys and girls learned the "eight" pattern without knowing any chords yet. Then a guitar appeared, which initially had two strings, and everyone learned to play “Gypsy Girl,” because it is very convenient to play on two strings. When all the strings appeared, “little star”, “big star”, “barre”, “Hymn to the Rising Sun” and the whole set of those years began: “Step from me to you...”, “Blue-blue frost...”, etc. .d.

In 1971 Because of his love for the song “March of Installers,” he entered and in 1975 graduated from the Chelyabinsk Assembly College with a degree in electrical engineering, but quickly realized that it was not for him. From 1975 to 1977 he served in the army. He had to serve in the city of Moscow, where he guarded the admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union, was a sailor, and wore a naval uniform.

In 1977 he entered and in 1981 graduated from the Chelyabinsk Institute of Physical Education with honors. Speciality

- swimming coach. From 1981 - 85 he worked as a teacher at the institute and head. club in the boarding house "Sosnovaya Gorka" near Chelyabinsk. We met Petya Startsev at the Institute of Physical Education, when we were harvesting potatoes, and began to sing a duet.

After listening to Mityaev’s first songs, Okudzhava will say: “Oleg Mityaev has an indomitable desire to improve, to work on himself. And this is sometimes more important than a consistently even, average, good level. When work doesn’t stop, it means a discovery is brewing.”

In 1985 invited to work at the Chelyabinsk Philharmonic as an artist. From 1986 to 1991 he graduated from GITIS. Lunacharsky. And none of the education received has been useful so far.

Oleg Mityaev starred in several films: the film “Two Hours with the Bards” (Mosfilm), the film “Game with the Unknown” (A. Dovzhenko Film Studio), the film “Safari Number Six” and “The Killer” (Sverdlovskaya studio). Mityaev has been writing songs based on his poems since 1979.

In 1987, Mityaev met Konstantin Tarasov, and they began performing together. With him as an arranger and second guitarist, three Mityaev records and three CDs were recorded.

Until the age of sixteen, Konstantin Tarasov lived with his parents in a small Kolyma village, and always played something. In 1972, as part of the ensemble

Tarasov became a laureate of the All-Union Festival of Amateur Creativity.

“After we moved to Moscow, I played in small orchestras and studied guitar, and composed a little,” says K. Tarasov. — I still treat composers as celestial beings... I graduated from the history department of the pedagogical institute, deciding not to study music. But everything returned to normal. We met with Oleg Mityaev, and I went to work at the Chelyabinsk Philharmonic...”

In 1992, with a group of actors from the Theater. Mossovet O. Mityaev and K. Tarasov participated in the play “Big Vladimir” (Mityaev in the role of V. Mayakovsky, Tarasov as an actor and author of music for the play). The play premiered in Italy.

In recent years, Oleg Mityaev has been working with accompanist and arranger Leonid Margolin, with whom he recorded 3 albums, including the album “Be strong, people! Summer is coming soon!". S. Manukyan and the group “Ariel” took part in the recording of the album - this is Mityaev’s ninth album. Also with Leonid Margolin, Oleg Mityaev recorded the album “ZhZL” and an album based on poems by I. Brodsky and music by Leonid Margolin, which were released in 2002.

To such songs by Oleg Mityaev as “Summer is a little life”, “Good morning, darling”, “Road” and “Be strong, people! Summer is coming soon!" Video clips were shot and included in a videotape recording of the concert at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall.

Oleg Mityaev’s concerts usually last from two and a half to three hours, although the word “concert” in the usual sense does not quite fit Mityaev’s performance. His concert is pure improvisation, the songs depend on the mood of the audience, and jokes and memories depend on the intonation of a word spoken by someone in the audience. Despite the fact that Mityaev’s songs are often sad, Mityaev is very cheerful on stage, the audience reacts well to his jokes, although there is sadness in the songs.

On tour, Mityaev traveled all over Russia and many countries: he was in Germany and the USA, France and Israel, Italy and South Africa (twice), where he recorded a disc in the hall of the National Theater in Pretoria, and the disc was also released in Cologne (Germany).

Oleg Mityaev has published several collections of songs, including the book “Songs” - to date the most complete collection of his works: poems, notes, notebooks, a collection of notes from the audience, many photographs, a new book “The Bright Past” is being prepared, the compiler of which is R.A. Shipov. It included 18 unreleased songs: very early ones that were never

were recorded on any disc, and very late, not yet recorded.

In 2001, the Russian Poetry Foundation awarded Mityaev the Petropol Prize for the poetry collection “Non-Holiday Things.”

Oleg Mityaev came from Chelyabinsk and instantly made friends, including artists, cosmonauts, doctors - people of different nations and different professions. They are drawn to him. It's warm and light next to him. Oleg built a large house and placed a large table on the plot. And everyone comes and sits down - that very case when “let’s raise our glasses, let’s move them together” or “It’s great that we’ve all gathered here today...” There is some kind of magic in these Mityaevsky words. It would seem, what kind of phrase?.. Elementary, like “A Christmas tree was born in the forest, it grew in the forest”... Just to the point of primitivism. And so this Christmas tree lives - from year to year, from decade to decade. And Mityaev’s line is of the same fate.

For tourists and the sociable public, Mityaev means “It’s great that we are all gathered here today.” For the restaurant public it is “Unsharpened Knives” and other songs from the repertoire of M. Shufutinsky. Of those who love the art song, some unconditionally assign him first place in the “new wave” of bard song, others just as unconditionally declare that Mityaev is not an art song at all.

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The song, first performed for a wide audience at the bard song festival in 1978, immediately made Oleg Mityaev popular. And he doesn’t get tired of singing the lines over and over again today:

“It’s great that we are all here today.”

His second song appeared the next year; the poet wrote it in honor of the birth of his son. He then composed songs on a variety of topics, from politics to love. Interestingly, the musical composition “Be strong, people, summer is coming” was even heard in space during the six-month stay of Russian and American cosmonauts in orbit.

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Oleg Mityaev in his youth
Every year the songwriter tries to expand his discography with a new album or collection. His songs are still heard on television and radio, proven hits and new songs are performed by pop stars.

In addition to his musical work, the artist is known for his participation in many documentaries dedicated to the bard song movement and various TV series. Mityaev made his debut as an actor in the action film Safari No. 6 and the drama The Killer, where he appeared in episodic roles.

Concerts in honor of Oleg Mityaev attract full houses, honored performers of Russia perform at them, recordings of performances are broadcast on federal channels. Discs with video recordings of the singer and composer's performances are also being bought up by devoted fans of his work.

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During his career, the musician managed to perform in many countries, his songs have been translated into many languages, including German and Hebrew. Oleg’s work has become a kind of window into Russia for European listeners.

The composer’s concerts are held in a unique way - to some extent, they are a singer’s performance, a creative evening, and a one-man performance. The artist communicates with the audience in an improvisational style, captures the general mood and performs his sometimes sad songs with a smile on his face.

Creation

Discography

Official (non-pirated) discs are listed.

• 1990 - Let's talk to you
• 1992 - Now they are talking about money (songs by Yuri Vizbor)
• 1994 - Letter from Africa (actually a collection: out of 19 issues, 8 songs by O. Mityaev, one of which was published on CD for the first time, 7 again; 11 songs - by other authors or folk)
• 1995 - Bright Past (considered an album, with 8 songs published for the first time, 9 re-released)
• 1996 - Summer is a little life
• 1998 - Brace yourself, people, summer is coming!
• 1999 - Best songs (collection with one new song)
• 2000 - Not the best songs (collection with two new songs)
• 2002 - Neither country, nor graveyard... (Oleg Mityaev sings Leonid Margolin’s song to the verses of Joseph Brodsky)
• 2002 - Heavenly calculator or the lives of wonderful people
• 2003 - Concert in the Kremlin (2 CDs)
• 2005 - How great it is that we are all here today! A quarter of a century later (actually the 2nd edition of the album “Let’s Talk to You” with a slightly different sequence of numbers and two new songs)
• 2005 - The Smell of Snow
• 2006 - Mityaevsky songs (in two parts)
• 2007 - Brace yourself, people, summer is coming! (second edition)
• 2007 - Oleg Mityaev visiting Eldar Ryazanov (2 CDs)
• 2008 - New collection. The best songs of Oleg Mityaev
• 2008 - There will be no more romance (CD + DVD)
• 2009 - Long live the muses! (CD + DVD) (project idea by O. Mityaev, poems by Alexander Pushkin, music by David Tukhmanov. Oleg Mityaev performs 3 songs and participates in two more among other performers)
• 2011 - Mityaevsky songs (third part)
• 2011 - A Forgotten Feeling (CD + DVD) (a video released on a VHS cassette was rewritten on DVD. Be strong, people, summer is coming! as a video film Theater of Communication: Songs of Oleg Mityaev / producer S. Fomintsev was identified, G. Khomchik was not named as the director. The cassette was published by Familia Publishing LLC.

Bibliography

• 1992 - Let's talk to you. Songs of Oleg Mityaev
• 1997 - Songs
• 2000 - Songs
• 2000 - Non-holiday things
• 2001 - Herbalist
• 2003 - Bright past: poems and songs with music supplement
• 2003 - Eternal history: poems and songs with music supplement
• 2004 - Let's talk to you: poems, songs
• 2004 - Summer is a little life: poems and songs
• 2005 - Songs-2
• 2006 - Songs
• 2009 — Heavenly calculator
• 2009 - Identical dreams
• 2009 - Poems about love
• 2010 — Along the veins of a leafy hand
• 2012 - Songs. Book three

Filmography

Acting works

• “Two hours with the bards” (Mosfilm)
• "Playing with the Unknown" dir. Pyotr Soldatenkov, (Dovzhenko Film Studio)
• “Safari No. 6 (film)” (Sverdlovsk Film Studio).
• “The Killer” (Sverdlovsk Film Studio).

Videotapes and concert DVDs

• ? - It’s great that we are all here... (on 2 cassettes)
• 1998 - It’s great that we are all here...
• 1999 - Songs of our century
• 2001 - Brace yourself, people, summer is coming! (Concert at the State Central Concert Hall “Russia” on February 28, 1999; Video film Theater of Communication: Songs of Oleg Mityaev, + 4 videos
• 2002 - Why haven’t we seen each other for so long? (in 2 parts)
• 2003 - Concert in the Kremlin
• 2004 - “Out of doing nothing.” Concert in the Kremlin. /Recording from concerts on February 28 and 29, 2004 at the State Kremlin Palace. Supplemented with video and photos/
• 2006 - Oleg Mityaev and Vladimir Kristovsky. Concert at the Ilmen Festival June 10, 2005
• 2007 - Mityaevsky songs. Anniversary concert in the Kremlin. /Recording of the concert on February 19, 2006, dedicated to the artist’s 50th anniversary/
• 2008 - There will be no more romance (DVD + CD)
• 2009 - Long live the muses! (DVD + CD) /Includes the video clip “Bacchic Song” (dir. I. Mironova) and a film about the filming of the video/
• 2011 - ...who is over 50 (DVD) /Video version of Oleg Mityaev’s anniversary concert with the participation of invited guests/
• 2011 - Songs of Oleg Mityaev. Archive recording 1992 (DVD) /Published as a bonus DVD with CD Forgotten Feeling. See commentary in Discography/
• 2012 - Almost all of Mityaev. Three evenings at the Eldar film club" (on 3 DVDs)

Personal life

As Oleg Mityaev stated in an interview, love is a certain substance that is not subject to planning and prediction. The singer said this based on personal experience. In his youth, he dreamed of getting married and living his whole life in love with one woman, but this desire was not destined to come true. He is currently married to his third marriage.

Oleg Mityaev does not like to talk about his personal life, and if he has to, he speaks reluctantly and sparingly. Oleg’s first wife was a girl named Svetlana, who studied with him at the university. She did rhythmic gymnastics and amazed her chosen one with her beauty. The young couple became the parents of a son, Sergei.

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Soon Oleg fell in love with another woman, which he honestly told his wife about. After the divorce, he took his second chosen one, Marina, to the registry office, but continued to help the first family financially. The second marriage produced sons Philip and Savva. Together with Marina, who was fond of bard songs, Mityaev often performed at festivals and concerts. The woman has not given up her artistic path even today.

The union with Marina was long-lasting, but the wife rarely saw her husband, because he disappeared on tour, where he fell in love again, this time with the actress Marina Esipenko. After much mental anguish, they left their families and began to live together, and then got married.

The character of the famous composer is perfectly reflected in his work; by nature, Oleg Mityaev is a soft, calm, kind person. Although the man has moved to Moscow many years ago, he is still attached to his small homeland - the poet visits Chelyabinsk with concerts several times a year.

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Oleg Mityaev is a social activist. He initiated the creation of a special public fund, which supports all kinds of cultural projects. The bard acts as a kind of patron of several music festivals and cultural initiatives.

Mityaev does not maintain a personal profile on Instagram, but he has an official website, from the pages of which the singer introduces fans to news from his creative life and posts photos of concerts and meetings with lovers of bard song.

Oleg Mityaev now

Now Oleg Mityaev continues to collaborate with guitarists Leonid Margolin and Rodion Marchenko, who work on stage as the bard’s accompanists. As the author-performer admits, during his creative biography he has never been able to master the instrument perfectly, so at concerts he needs the help of professionals.

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Oleg Mityaev in 2020
Musicians are participating in the recording of Mityaev’s new discs. In 2020, the album “Nobody Needs Love” appeared on the shelves, and in 2019, Oleg released his own collection, which included 22 previously published songs.

Oleg Mityaev Foundation

In 2000, on the initiative of Oleg Mityaev, a charitable foundation was created to support projects in the field of culture, and in 2012, the Association “Everything Present for Children” was created.

The Foundation supports: the Ilmen Festival, the people's award "Bright Past", the youth program "Discoveries", the national public award in the field of art songs "Gratitude". The Foundation provides assistance to the organizers of other events: the children's city festival of art song "Singing Yards", the program "Bards for Children" (concerts for children from orphanages and disabled children), the II Festival of Guitar Music named after Ivan Kuznetsov, the I city open festival of art song " Chelyabinsk - Ilmen. The Foundation finances, co-finances and assists in organizing the publication of audio, video recordings and books of various authors and performers (Anatoly Kireev, the Ariel ensemble, Lev Rakhlis, etc.).