Alexander Ivanov: biography
Alexander Yulievich Ivanov is a Russian rock singer, leader of the group “Rondo”, performer of the hits “God, what a trifle”, “My unkind Rus'”, “I will remember”, “I will lay the sky under your feet”. Alexander was born on March 3, 1961 in Moscow. Since childhood, he was in poor health, so his father began to teach his son early in sports and hardening. The boy was engaged in physical education, jogging, playing football, and skiing.
Alexander Ivanov
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In second grade, Sasha joined the “Youth” sports section, where he began practicing sambo. At the age of 12 he switched to the judo section and soon received a black belt. The boy regularly became a winner at competitions in Moscow and the region, so he planned to become an athlete. In his youth, Alexander developed another hobby - rock music. On the Jupiter tape recorder, Sasha regularly listened to his favorite compositions by foreign groups Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, after which he decided to start learning to play the guitar on his own, which he inherited from his older brother, who had gone to the army.
Alexander Ivanov in his youth
After graduating from school, Ivanov also went to serve in the ranks of the SA. The young man was assigned to tank forces located in Germany in the city of Plauen. A year later, on the basis of the army orchestra, Alexander created his own musical group, which specialized in performing rock compositions.
Young Alexander Ivanov
In the army, the musician met Nikolai Safonov, with whom he later worked for a long time in the Rondo group. The soldiers' ensemble often played at formations, holidays and festivals that were held between the military bands of the garrisons. During this period of his musical biography, Alexander understands that he wants to connect his life only with music.
Music
Having been demobilized, Alexander Ivanov got a job as a vocalist in the Moscow ensemble “Rainbow”, and then moved to the groups “Allo” and “Airport”. In 1984, Alexander formed the group “Krater” together with musicians Alexander Ryzhov and Alexander Firsov. The ensemble performed at concerts in the capital and cities of the Soviet Union.
Alexander Ivanov in the group “Monitor”
In 1985, “Krater” participated in the XII World Youth Festival. In the same year, Alexander left the ensemble and joined Vladimir Miguly’s group “Monitor”, which gave concerts almost every day for an audience of 10-20 thousand. Intense concert activity served Ivanov as an excellent stage school, which was useful to him in his future career.
Biography
Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov was born in Moscow into the family of an artist. In 1960 he graduated from the Faculty of Drawing and Drawing at the Moscow Correspondence Pedagogical Institute. He worked as a teacher of drawing and descriptive geometry.
His fame was brought to him by his poetic parodies. In 1962, his creative career began. Ivanov is the author of a number of articles, pamphlets, and notes. In 1968, his first book of parodies was published - “Love and Mustard”, then the collections “Laughing and Crying”, “Not in Your Own Voice”, “Where does that come from ...”, “Little Red Pashechka”, “Pegasus is not a luxury”, “ With Pushkin on friendly terms”, “Fruits of inspiration”, “Favorites from others”, “Word is not deed”, “Double edges”. In 1970 he was accepted as a member of the Writers' Union. Alexander Ivanov performed on stage for many years with his satirical works, played several small roles in films, and worked closely with Literaturnaya Gazeta (16th page, 12 Chairs Club).
Group "Rondo"
In 1986, Alexander Ivanov, on the recommendation of his colleague Evgeniy Khavtan, became a member of the Rondo group of jazzman and saxophonist Mikhail Litvin. Together with Ivanov, Evgeniy Rubanov came to Litvin’s team. The team was created in 1984, but the leader was still forming a strong composition.
Alexander Ivanov in the group "Rondo"
Two years before this, the group managed to release the album “Turnips”, in which the glam rock style of music was established. At the concerts, a large number of bright decorations, theatrical techniques, and makeup were used. For the first time, the musicians of the Rondo group used a rhythm computer. Stas Namin began collaborating with the bright team, helping the group travel abroad to international festivals and forums.
“Rondo” clips appear in rotation on the MTV channel, and foreign publications, The New York Times and The Daily News, write about Soviet musicians. In two years, the group manages to take part in the rock panoramas of Central Television, performs in the program “Teleconference with America”, records the record “Rondo” on. The band's musicians officially become artists of the Moscow Philharmonic.
Alexander Ivanov on stage
In 1987, Alexander Ivanov and other members of the group separated from the leader and began working on their own projects, while leaving the original name. Mikhail Litvin, having not achieved his former glory with the new line-up of the group, emigrated to the USA in 1989.
In 1989, Ivanov and his colleagues went to Japan for the Armenia Aid festival, the proceeds from which went to support earthquake victims in Armenia. The group’s first hits, which appeared in 1989, were the song “Also Part of the Universe” and the duet of Alexander Ivanov with Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. “I will remember.” During these years, the tracks “Inflatable Ship” and “Get the Bucks” were created.
Alexander Ivanov and the Rondo group
In 1991, two albums were released - the lyrical “I Will Remember” and the English-language disc in the rock-pop style “Kill Me with Your Love,” which was inspired by a tour in the USA. In 1994, after visiting Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, the Rondo group recorded a new album, “Welcome to Paradise,” in Alla Pugacheva’s studio. The sound of the songs is maintained in a cheerful, energetic style, despite the fact that in Thailand the musicians had to visit a local prison.
For its tenth anniversary, which was supposed to take place in 1996, the group released the disc “The Best Ballads of Rondo,” which included 10 lyrical compositions. A festive concert with the participation of Rondo’s friends, the Gorky Park group, was held at the Moscow Youth Palace.
Solo career
In 1997, having started his solo career, Alexander Ivanov immediately became a laureate of the Golden Gramophone award for his performance of the hit “God, what a trifle.” In the same year, the musician released his first solo album, “The Sorrow of a Sinful Soul,” with the tracks “Night” and “I will lay the sky under your feet,” which gained all-Russian fame.
All hits for the new album were written by Sergei Trofimov, whom the former frontman met back in 1995. The singer's solo album quickly took the first line of music ratings and was a box office success. But commercial disagreements arose between the author and the performer, after which the collaboration ceased.
Singer Alexander Ivanov
In 2000, Alexander published the album “When Wings Grow,” which includes another of Trofimov’s hits “My Unkind Rus',” Mikhail Sheleg’s songs “My Bright Angel,” “Moscow Autumn,” “Nevsky Prospect,” “Above the Bell Towers,” cover version of the group "Lotos" "Happiness for Two".
In 2003, together with the musicians of the group "Rondo", Alexander recorded the disc "Coda", which became the final one for the group. In 2005, Ivanov created his own record label A&I. A year later, the premiere of the disc “Passenger” took place, the songwriter for which was Alexander Dzyubin. The album includes the musical compositions “Dreams”, “She’s Bluffing”, “Permanent Residence”, “Birthday”, “Fifth Avenue”. The record was included in the “Golden Collection” collection along with two DVD recordings of live concerts and video clips of the singer.
In 2008, Ivanov released the disc “Neformat” with the tracks “I will not meet again”, “Circles on the water”, “Moscow”, “I believe in fire”, “First snow”, “Merry Christmas”. In 2011, the album “It Was Me” was released with the hits “Rain” and “The City is Waiting.” Later, the collections “Space” and “Drive” appeared. In 2020, the premiere of the single “In the Clouds at the Waterfall” took place.
Polina - Alexandra Florinskaya: friends with ex
A still from the series “Ivanovs-Ivanovs”
Alexandra Florinskaya played in the series the role of the wife of the “rich” Ivanov - Polina, a socialite who creates designer clay pots in her free time.
Back in 1997, Alexandra became the wife of her classmate, actor Sergei Gorobchenko. , Gleb, appeared in the family but they still separated.
For the second time, the actress married producer Nikolai Bilyk . The couple are raising a son, Nicholas Jr., and a daughter, Agatha .
It is interesting that the time of pregnancy with the second child coincided with the pregnancy of the heroine Alexandra in the film “The Captain's Children”. Moreover, the heroine Eva is visited in the maternity hospital by a character played by Alexandra’s ex-husband, Sergei Gorobchenko.
Personal life
Alexander Ivanov was married twice. The singer met his first wife Elena Ivanova, a choreographer by training, at the beginning of his musical career. In 1987, the young people got married, and a year later a daughter, Karina, was born into the family. In 2004, the girl entered the acting department of the Russian Academy of Theater Arts and became the winner of the Miss Moscow beauty contest. Now Karina acts in Russian cinema and works abroad.
Alexander Ivanov with his wife and son
In 2007, the first family broke up, but a year later Ivanov married a second time to Svetlana Fedorovskaya, who gave her husband two children: a son, Alexander, was born in 2009, and a daughter, Svetlana, was born in 2020. Alexander Ivanov maintains his own account on Instagram, where he posts concert photos and posters of upcoming performances.
Karina Ivanova: films and TV series
Ivanova's film debut took place in 2004. In the Russian TV series “Sins of the Fathers” she successfully got used to the image of Grand Duchess Olga. In the same 2004, two more films with her participation were released - the melodrama “Dear Masha Berezina” (Katya at a young age) and the fairy tale film “The Forest Princess” (episode).
Many viewers remember Karina from filming the sitcom “My Fair Nanny.” The young actress played Katya, a classmate of Maria Prutkovskaya.
Let us list other film works of K. Ivanova for 2006-2017:
- comedy series “Taxi Driver” (season 3) (2006) - Zoya Semina (in episode No. 9);
- youth film “Kilometer Zero” (2007) – blonde;
- American melodrama “The Right to Love” (2012) - Ksyusha;
- science fiction film “Dancing to Death” (2017) – Chris;
- Russian adventure thriller “Project Gemini” (2017) – Veronica Lane.
Alexander Ivanov now
In September 2020, the premiere of Alexander Ivanov’s song “Forgotten” took place, and at the end of March 2020, the singer’s latest solo album, “This Spring,” was released. On June 30, the Radiomania 2017 award ceremony took place at Crocus City Hall, at which Alexander Ivanov was present among the laureates.
Alexander Ivanov in 2020
At the festive concert, in addition to the musicians of the Rondo group, Valery Meladze, Valeria, Mikhail Shufutinsky, Valery Syutkin, Leonid Agutin also performed.
