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Alexander Borisovich Gradsky

(born
Fradkin
; born November 3, 1949, Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, composer. One of the founders of Russian rock. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997)[1]. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1999)[2]. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)[3]. People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014)[4]. Director of the Gradsky Hall Theater.

Biography

Born on November 3, 1949 in Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk region.

Father - Boris Abramovich Fradkin (1926-2013)[5][6][7][8], mechanical engineer. In 1957, the family moved to Moscow. His mother, GITIS graduate Tamara Pavlovna Gradskaya (1928-1963)[5][9], had a great influence on the development of the future musician. Until the age of 14, he bore his father’s surname Fradkin; the surname Gradsky was taken immediately after his mother’s death in 1963 in memory of her[6]. For several years he lived with his grandmother Gradskaya (Pavlova) Maria Ivanovna in the village of Rastorguevo, Leninsky district, Moscow region. Among the sources of inspiration: Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, The Beatles[10].

The founder of the third Soviet rock group “Slavs” (1965) (after “Brothers” and “Falcon”) and the one that brought him the greatest popularity, “Skomorokhi” (1966)[11]. He also took part in the groups: “Los Panchos”, “Scythians”, a group of Polish students of Moscow State University “Cockroaches”[12], in which he performed songs by Elvis Presley and Arno Babajanyan’s twist “The Best City on Earth”. He collaborated with composer David Tukhmanov, who subsequently invited him to sing several compositions for the album How Beautiful the World is

, released in 1972[10].

In the early 70s, director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky began his work on the film “Romance of Lovers.” The composer of “Romance of Lovers” was supposed to be Murad Kazhlaev, but he refused[13]. Then Arkady Petrov proposed Gradsky's candidacy. Gradsky not only composed the music in this film, but also performed vocal parts[10]. Released in 1974, the film was a significant success and brought fame to the creator of the film's music. The music magazine Billboard declared Gradsky “Star of the Year” (1974) “for his outstanding contribution to world music”[9][10].

Graduate of the Faculty of Academic Singing of the State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after. Gnessins (1974). Studied at the Moscow Conservatory in composition class with T. N. Khrennikov (1976-1977)

In 1976, he recorded the composition “How Young We Were” by Alexandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov for the film “My Love in the Third Year”[14]. The song becomes a laureate of the “Song-77” festival and to this day is the singer’s “calling card”[15].

Author of the rock opera “Stadium” (in memory of Victor Khara) (1985), the main roles in this opera were performed by popular singers and actors of the Soviet Union: Alla Pugacheva, Joseph Kobzon, Elena Kamburova, Mikhail Boyarsky and others.

Since 1987 - member of the Union of Composers.

In 1988, I was able to travel abroad for the first time (to the USA)[9]. The first trips abroad give results. Gradsky works in joint projects and concerts with such “whales” of Western music as Liza Minnelli, Charles Aznavour, John Denver, Kris Kristoffersson, Dionne Warwick, Sammy Davis, Grateful Ded, Cindy Peters in the USA, Germany, Spain, Greece, Sweden. Finally, in 1990, after one of his joint concerts with John Denver in Japan, Gradsky received a contract with VMI (VICTOR), a leading Japanese company. She releases two CDs under her brand (Metamorphoses and The Fruits From The Cemetery) and gives several concerts in Japan with a wide variety of repertoire, from her own songs in Russian to Western hits and Japanese classical romances. His first three rock ballets in the USSR (“Man,” “Rasputin” and “Jewish Ballad”) are staged by the Kiev Ballet Theater (choreographer G. Kovtun), and the last two by the Ice Ballet Theater (artistic director I. Bobrin).

President Putin congratulates Alexander Gradsky on being awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, 2000

Author of music for more than 40 feature films, several dozen documentaries and animated films. He has released more than 18 long-playing discs, is the author of several rock operas and rock ballets, and many songs.

In 1988, he performed the role of the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Golden Cockerel in a performance at the Bolshoi Theater (conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov)[11].

In December 1997, the concert “Hits of the Outgoing Century” took place in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, in which Alexander Gradsky and Larisa Dolina performed popular songs of the 20th century.[ significance of the fact?

]

Participated in the television program “White Parrot”.

He positions himself as a marginal figure, is demanding of his colleagues in the industry, and does not welcome journalists (according to Evgeniy Dodolev, it was Gradsky who launched the words “scoop” and “journalist” into the media [16] [17]).

He took part in the “Time Machine” tribute album “Typewriting”, where he sang the songs “My friend (plays the blues best)” and “Snow”.[ significance of the fact?

] In 2009, Alexander Gradsky released the opera “The Master and Margarita”. The opera was not staged on stage, it exists in the form of a single audio recording of 2009, made with a star cast: the most famous Russian artists and friends of Gradsky took part in the recording: Elena Minina, Nikolai Fomenko, Andrei Makarevich, Andrei Lefler, Joseph Kobzon, Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, Vladimir Zeldin , Grigory Leps, Alexey Petrenko, Valery Zolotukhin, Alexander Rosenbaum, Lolita Milyavskaya, Arkady Arkanov and many others. One of the parts is composed of fragments of phonograms with the voice of Georgy Millyar.

In 2013, the first book about the musician “Alexander Gradsky. The Voice".

In 2014, he opened his own musical theater, Gradsky Hall, in Moscow, the construction of which took more than 20 years. At the moment, all concerts and productions are a success among the audience. The theater troupe consists mainly of participants in the show “The Voice”, however, Gradsky often invites the country’s best artists to the theater to present solo programs.

Project "Voice"

In 2012-2015, he took part in the television project “The Voice” on Channel One as a mentor. At the same time, in the first three seasons of the program, his team members won: Dina Garipova, Sergei Volchkov and Alexandra Vorobyova, respectively. In 2020, his ward, Mikhail Ozerov, took second place in the final. He invited his daughter Masha to the show as an adviser[18]. According to Alexander Borisovich, participation in the project made it much easier for him to find artists for the Gradsky Hall troupe, which opened in 2020.

In September 2020, he again became a mentor in the television project “The Voice” on Channel One. His ward Selim Alakhyarov took first place[19].

Apartment of Alexander Gradsky

The musician has been living in a multi-room apartment at 17K2 Maria Ulyanova Street for more than twenty years. His children were born here, but he did the renovations only in the early 90s. The renovation took a little over a year and the owner took an active part in it, while simultaneously building his own theater.

The interior turned out to be very bright. A snow-white fireplace with soft sofas and the same snow-white grand piano were installed in the living room. The overall design can be described as discreetly luxurious.

According to CIAN, at the address of Maria Ulyanova, 17K2, there are currently two offers for sale at a price of 13 to 16 million rubles.

After the birth of his second son, he bought a second apartment on Mosfilmovskaya Street, which is more likely intended for work and comfortable rest after it. When remodeling a 30 sq.m. kitchen. meters, the owner decided to invite one of the popular programs about repairs to help.

All the rough work had already been done in the room, so the program specialists only had to think through the design project and bring it to life. One common space was divided into three functional areas: kitchen, dining and relaxation area.

The kitchen apron and the floor under it were laid out of black granite, and the rest of the floors here were laid out with marble slabs. The kitchen set, measuring almost six meters, was made in a Russian factory; the light-colored facade is made of oak with a patina effect and milling.

Gradsky chose the Art Nouveau chandelier for himself. At the beginning of the project, he agreed that he would choose one interior object himself.

Parquet boards were laid in the dining and living areas. At the very beginning, the designer proposed a round table for the dining room, but during the work process they decided to replace it with a square-shaped table, since the owner wanted a more masculine space, with clear and simple lines.

The room has three very wide windows, which, at the owner’s request, were not covered with dark curtains, but only two of them were hung with transparent tulle and light-colored curtains, and the third was left open.

The relaxation area was equipped with a soft sofa with high pillows and a plasma with professional sound equipment. This part is convenient not only to relax, but also to work. The sitting area is separated from the dining area by a long cabinet, which can also serve as a bar counter.

According to CIAN, apartments on Mosfilmovskaya Street cost from 12 to 110 million rubles.

Family

Mother - Tamara Pavlovna Gradskaya (1928-1963) - graduated from GITIS (course of N. Plotnikov), actress, director, then literary employee of the magazine "Theater Life". Father - Fradkin Boris Abramovich (1926-2013) - graduated from MAMI, mechanical engineer, worked until he was 83 years old.

Uncle - Boris Pavlovich Gradsky (1930-2002) - mother's brother, soloist of the Igor Moiseev ensemble, dancer, played the button accordion, composed plays for the button accordion, died in 2002.

Alexander Gradsky with Marina Kotashenko (2005)

Alexander Gradsky was married three times.

The first wife is Natalya Mikhailovna Gradskaya. He calls his first marriage “an act of youth”[20].

Second wife - Anastasia Vertinskaya (actress). They were married from 1976 to 1980, although they separated in 1978[21].

Third wife - Olga Semyonovna Gradskaya (born June 7, 1960). They were married from 1980 to 2001. Two children:

• son Daniil Gradsky - (b. March 30, 1981) - businessman, musician;
• daughter Maria Gradskaya - (b. January 14, 1986)[21] - graduated from Moscow State University, TV presenter and art manager.

Since 2003, the actual wife is Marina Vladimirovna Kotashenko (born November 22, 1984) - an actress, graduated from VGIK in 2009)[22][23].

In September 2014, son Alexander was born[22][24].

In October 2020, son Ivan was born[25].

He never married the mother of his youngest children

After the divorce from Olga, very little time passed when 23-year-old Marina Kotashenko appeared in the singer’s life. The girl came to Moscow from Kyiv and worked in one of the modeling agencies in the capital. She was good enough to be Gradsky’s daughter—a full 36 years younger than him.

Gradsky saw her on the street and could not pass by. “I drove up in a car to a girl who seemed to me to be of heavenly beauty,” he said in one interview. “I decided that if I don’t get to know her, I’ll never forgive myself for this.” Although at that moment I was not in the best shape for dating - dirty, returning from a construction site. There was no certainty that she would want to get to know me. And then I said a sacramental phrase: “Girl, you have a chance to touch history.” And he neighed, as if embarrassed. Marina grinned, because not only did she not recognize my face, but she didn’t even know who Gradsky was, but she took my phone. And two weeks later I called back.”

When the 54-year-old musician began to be accompanied everywhere by a young, long-legged blonde, no one took her seriously. However, she is still by his side. Moreover, Gradsky never officially married Marina. Although they have been living in a civil marriage for 15 years and the couple has two sons. Alexander is already 4 years old, and just recently, in October, the 69-year-old musician became a father again. Marina gave her husband a son, Ivan.

Gradsky admits that he is a very complex, restless person, and his horoscope is Scorpio. “I was lucky: Marina is also a Scorpio. And two Scorpios are already a couple, like a female and a male,” Alexander Borisovich smiles. “And I’m far from the richest person Marina could count on.” With her data, she is able to interest a man much richer, younger and more beautiful than me. Therefore, it is more convenient for me to assume that she likes to be close to me.”

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Discography

Alexander Gradsky in 2014 At a concert in Tiraspol Studio albums and minions

• 1973 - Alexander Gradsky sings (poems by R. Burns, N. Aseev, A. Gradsky, V. Sautkin to music by A. Gradsky, recording 1969-1972)
• 1974 - Romance about lovers (poems by N. Konchalovskaya, B. Okudzhava, A. Gradsky, N. Glazkov to music by A. Gradsky, recording 1973)
• 1976 - Alexander Gradsky sings songs from the film “The Sun, the Sun Again” (recording 1976)
• 1977 - Alexander Gradsky sings songs from the film “My Love in the Third Year” (recording 1976)
• 1978 - Alexander Gradsky and the ensemble “Skomorokhs” (poems by R. Burns and A. Voznesensky to music by A. Gradsky, recording 1971-1974)
• 1979 - Alexander Gradsky sings (poems by R. Burns, N. Aseev, A. Gradsky, V. Sautkin to music by A. Gradsky, recording 1969-1972)
• 1979 - Only you trust me (poems and music by A. Gradsky, recording 1972)
• 1980 - Russian songs (vocal suite on the theme of Russian folk songs, music, poetry and arrangement by A. Gradsky, recording 1976-1978)
• 1980 - We can’t live without each other (recorded 1980)
• 1981 - Bird of Happiness (recorded 1980)
• 1984 - Life itself (vocal suite to poems by Paul Eluard, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1981)
• 1985 - Stadium (rock opera in two acts and four scenes, libretto and poems by M. Pushkina and A. Gradsky, music by A. Gradsky, recording 1983-1985)
• 1986 - Star of the Fields (vocal suite based on poems by Nikolai Rubtsov, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1982)
• 1987 - Satires (vocal suite based on the poems of Sasha Cherny, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1980)
• 1987 - Let's begin (music by A. Gradsky and D. Denver, lyrics by D. Denver and S. Tisdale, recording 1985-1986)
• 1987 - Utopia of Alexander Gradsky (vocal suite based on poems by R. Burns, P. Shelley, P. Beranger, music by A. Gradsky, recording 1979)
• 1987 - Reflections of a jester (vocal suite based on poems by W. Shakespeare, R. Burns, N. Aseev, A. Voznesensky, A. Gradsky, V. Sautkin, music by A. Gradsky, recording 1971-1974)
• 1988 - Flute and piano (vocal suite to poems by V. Mayakovsky and B. Pasternak, music by A. Gradsky, recording 1983)
• 1988 - Nostalgia (vocal suite based on poems by Vladimir Nabokov, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1984)
• 1988 - Man (rock ballet, music by A. Gradsky, recording 1987)
• 1989 - Monte Cristo (poems and music by A. Gradsky, recording 1987)
• 1989 - Concert suite (poems and music by A. Gradsky, recorded 1979-1987)
• 1990 - Expedition (poems and music by A. Gradsky, recording 1990)
• 1991 - Metamorphoses (recorded 1991)
• 1994 - Untimely songs (poems and music by A. Gradsky, recording 1990)
• 1994 - Fruits from the cemetery (poems and music by A. Gradsky, recording 1991)
• 1995 — The fruits from the cemetery
• 1996 - Golden junk
• 2003 - Reader (poems by A. Gradsky, N. Oleinikov, D. Lennon, P. McCartney, V. Blake to the music of A. Gradsky, T. Weitz, A. Jackson, K. Brooks, D. Cook, R. Dunn, S. Wonder, recording 2003)
• 2003 - Songs for Ira (Poems by A. Gradsky, V. Blake, N. Oleinikov to music by A. Gradsky, A. Jackson, K. Brooks, D. Cook, R. Dunn, recording 2003)
• 2009 - The Master and Margarita (rock opera in two acts and four scenes, libretto by A. Gradsky based on the novel by M. Bulgakov, poetry and music by A. Gradsky, recording 1979-2009)
• 2011 - Unformatted (poems and music by A. Gradsky, recorded 2010-2011)
• 2014 - Romances (recorded 2010-2011)

Live albums and videos

• 1996 - LIVE in “Russia” (recording on March 17, 1995 at the State Concert Hall “Russia”, Moscow)
• 2000 - LIVE in "Russia" - 2 (recorded on November 3, 1999 at the State Concert Hall "Russia", Moscow)
• 2004 - LIVE at Rossiya - 2. Anniversary video concert (recorded on November 3, 1999 at the Rossiya State Concert Hall, Moscow)
• 2010 - LIVE in “Russia”. Anniversary video concert (recorded on March 17, 1995 at the Rossiya State Concert Hall, Moscow)
• 2010 - Anti-perestroika blues (recording of the 1990 concert film)
• 2014 - Concert 2010 (recording on November 28, 2010 at Crocus City Hall, Moscow)

Collections

• 1996 — Collection of Alexander Gradsky
• 1997 - Legends of Russian rock. Alexander Gradsky and the group “Skomorokhi”
• 2011 — “Favorites” by Alexander Gradsky

Guest performer

• 1972: David Tukhmanov - How beautiful the world is
  (songs: “La Gioconda”, “Once upon a time I”)

Some songs from the repertoire

• “Anti-perestroika blues” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “Cavaradossi’s Aria” (Recondita armonia...) (D. Puccini) from the opera “Tosca”
• “Aria of Calaf” (D. Puccini) from the opera “Turandot”
• “Jose’s Aria” (J. Bizet) from the opera “Carmen”
• “The Ballad of the Fishing Village of Ayu” (Yu. Saulsky - E. Yevtushenko) from the film “The Sun, the Sun Again”
• “God of Rock-N-Roll” (“Epitaph”, music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “There will be gentle rain” (lyrics by S. Tisdale, trans. L. Zhdanov)
• “Waltz” (From this) (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “Return” (lyrics by B. Okudzhava) from the film “Romance of Lovers”
• “In the fields under the snow and rain” (lyrics by R. Burns, trans. S. Marshak)
• “In your eyes” (lyrics by N. Rubtsov) from the vocal suite “Star of the Fields”
• “I go out alone on the road” (E. Shashina - M. Lermontov) Romance
• “Shine, burn, my star” (P. Bulakhov - V. Chuevsky) Romance
• “Let's get started” (music and lyrics by J. Denver) - Spanish. Alexander Gradsky (in English)
• “Double” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “To the end, to the quiet cross” (lyrics by N. Rubtsov) from the vocal suite “Star of the Fields”
• “Road” (lyrics by N. Rubtsov) from the vocal suite “Star of the Fields”
• “Gioconda” (D. Tukhmanov - T. Sashko)
• “Yellow House” (lyrics by S. Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “Once upon a time I was” (D. Tukhmanov - S. Kirsanov)
• “Star of the Fields” (lyrics by N. Rubtsov) from the vocal suite of the same name
• “Winter Morning” (lyrics by B. Pasternak)
• “Winter Night” (“Melo, melo…”) (lyrics by B. Pasternak)
• “How young we were” (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov) from the film “My Love in the Third Year”
• “Lullaby” (lyrics by N. Konchalovskaya) from the film “Romance of Lovers”
• “To Russia” (“Get rid of me, I beg you!”) (lyrics by V. Nabokov)
• “Pressing my face to the glass...” (lyrics by P. Eluard)
• “Lamentations” (lyrics by Sasha Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “Showers at the sea (blues)” (music by T. Waits, lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “Darling, sleep” (music by E. Kolmanovsky, lyrics by E. Yevtushenko)
• “Love” (lyrics by B. Okudzhava) from the film “Romance of Lovers”
• “I’ve dreamed of heights since childhood” (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov) from the film “Oh sport, you are the world!”
• “Prayer” (lyrics by S. Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “Monologue of a loaf for 28 kopecks made from premium flour” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “We poured red wine (hit)” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “We didn’t expect changes” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “We can’t live without each other” (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov) from the film “Oh sport, you are the world!”
• “Our old house” (lyrics by R. Burns, trans. S. Marshak)
• “Don’t sing, beauty” (S. Rachmaninov - A. Pushkin) Romance
• “Nobody’s” (Yu. Saulsky - E. Yevtushenko) from the film “The Sun, the Sun Again”
• “Nothing in Pole” (Russian folk)
• “Night song of a drunkard” (lyrics by Sasha Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “Night” (lyrics by N. Rubtsov) from the vocal suite “Star of the Fields”
• “Situation” (“My son is roaring. Beaten for a D+…”) (lyrics by Sasha Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “About Dogs” (lyrics by N. Rubtsov) from the vocal suite “Star of the Fields”
• “In Memory of the Poet” (about V. S. Vysotsky) (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “Song of the Duke” (G. Verdi) from the opera “Rigoletto”
• “Song of Dolphins” (Yu. Saulsky - E. Yevtushenko) from the film “The Sun, the Sun Again”
• “Song about a friend” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “Song of Friendship” (lyrics by B. Okudzhava) from the film “Romance of Lovers”
• “Song of Gold” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky) from the film “The Prisoner of the Chateau d’If”
• “Song about the ship” or “Grandfather’s boat” (E. Artemyev - N. Konchalovskaya) from the film “One among strangers, a stranger among one’s own”
• “Song about the Mother” (lyrics by N. Konchalovskaya) from the film “Romance of Lovers”
• “Song about the Pendulum” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky) from the film “In August 44th...”
• “Song of Freedom” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky) from the film “The Prisoner of the Chateau d’If”
• “Song about “crazy people”” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky) from the film “The Prisoner of the Chateau d'If”
• “Song of Monte Cristo” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky) from the film “The Prisoner of the Chateau d’If”
• “Farewell” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky) from the film “The Prisoner of the Chateau d’If”
• “Song of Birds” (lyrics by N. Glazkov) from the film “Romance of Lovers”
• “Song of Conscience” (Yu. Saulsky - E. Yevtushenko) from the film “The Sun, the Sun Again”
• “A song similar to all songs” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “The Jester’s Song” (lyrics by R. Burns, trans. S. Marshak)
• “The Coal Miner’s Girlfriend” (lyrics by R. Burns, trans. S. Marshak)
• “On the quiet” (“I want to take a break from satire”) (lyrics by Sasha Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “Descendants” (lyrics by Sasha Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “Santa Lucia” (T. Cottrau) Neapolitan song
• “Blue Forest” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “Buffoons” (lyrics by V. Sautkin)
• “Sonnet” (E. Krylatov - A. Gradsky)
• “Sportivnaya” - a song about the Olympics in Sochi 2014
• “Theater” (lyrics by S. Cherny) from the vocal suite “Satire”
• “There are meetings only once in life” (B. Fomin - P. German) Romance
• "Just trust me"
• “Photo with you and me (rock ballad)” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “Southern Farewell” (music and lyrics by A. Gradsky)
• “I am Goya” (lyrics by A. Voznesensky)
• “Furious Construction Squad” (A. Pakhmutova - N. Dobronravov) from the film “My Love in the Third Year”
• “I will die in the Epiphany frosts” (lyrics by N. Rubtsov) from the vocal suite “Star of the Fields”
• “Closing the circle” (K. Kelmi - M. Pushkin) - Spanish. in a group of rock musicians (Chris Kelmi, Yuri Gorkov, Konstantin Nikolsky, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Vitaly Dubinin, Sergey Minaev, Hovhannes Melik-Pashaev, Andrey Makarevich, Alexander Monin, Grigory Bezugly, Evgeny Margulis, Marina Kapuro, Pavel Smeyan, Zhanna Aguzarova, Anatoly Aleshin, Andrey Davidyan, Valery Syutkin, Yuri Davydov, Alexander Ivanov, Alexander Kutikov, Dmitry Varshavsky, Arthur Berkut)

Family[ | ]

Mother - Tamara Pavlovna Gradskaya (1928-1963) - graduated from GITIS (course of N. Plotnikov), actress, director, then literary employee of the magazine "Theater Life". Father - Boris Abramovich Fradkin (1926-2013) - graduated from MAMI, mechanical engineer, worked until he was 83 years old. In 1941, as a fifteen-year-old teenager, he was evacuated from Kharkov to Chelyabinsk[9] with his parents Abram Semenovich Fradkin (1893-?), assistant[24], and Rosalia Ilyinichna Fradkina (née Chvertkina, 1895-1996), typist[25][26] [27]. Rosalia Ilyinichna Fradkina, who lived with the family of Alexander Gradsky until the end of the 1980s, was called by his musician friends “the grandmother of Russian rock and roll”[12].

Uncle - Boris Pavlovich Gradsky (1930-2002) - mother's brother, soloist of the Igor Moiseev ensemble, dancer, played the button accordion, composed plays for the button accordion, died in 2002.

Alexander Gradsky with Marina Kotashenko (2005)

Alexander Gradsky was married three times.

The first wife is Natalya Mikhailovna Gradskaya. He calls his first marriage “an act of youth”[28].

Second wife - Anastasia Vertinskaya (actress). They were married from 1976 to 1980, although they separated back in 1978[29].

The third wife is Olga Semyonovna Gradskaya (nee Fartysheva, born June 7, 1960). They were married from 1980 to 2001. Two children:

• son Daniil Gradsky - (b. March 30, 1981) - businessman, musician;
• daughter Maria Gradskaya - (b. January 14, 1986)[29] - graduated from Moscow State University, TV presenter and art manager.

Since 2003, the actual wife is Marina Vladimirovna Kotashenko (born November 22, 1984) - an actress, graduated from VGIK in 2009)[30][31].

In September 2014, their son Alexander was born[30][32].

In October 2020, son Ivan was born[33].

Filmography

Film roles

• 1972 - Courtesy visit
• 1975 — Concerto for two violins
• 1979 - Tuning fork - cameo
• 1985 - Stained glass master
• 1991 - Genius
• 2000 - Gangster Petersburg. Film 1. Baron

Vocal parts

• 1974 - One among strangers, a stranger among one's own
• 1974 - Romance about lovers
• 1975 — Concerto for two violins
• 1976 - Sun, sun again
• 1976 - Songs under the clouds
• 1976 - My love in the third year
• 1976 - Blue Puppy (cartoon) - vocals of the Sailor, Sawfish
• 1977 - The Legend of the Old Lighthouse (cartoon)
• 1977 - The Princess and the Ogre (cartoon)
• 1978 - Catch the Wind (cartoon)
• 1978 - Let's talk, brother...
• 1979 - Don’t part with your loved ones
• 1980 - Oh sport, you are the world!
• 1986 - The Life of Klim Samgin
• 1988 - Pass (cartoon)
• 1989 - Prisoner of the Chateau d'If
• 1989 - Stereotypes (cartoon)
• 1989 - The art of living in Odessa
• 2000 - In August '44...

Composer's filmography

• 1974 - Romance about lovers
• 1976 - Sun, sun again
• 1977 - The Legend of the Old Lighthouse (cartoon)
• 1977 - The Princess and the Ogre (cartoon)
• 1978 - Let's talk, brother...
• 1978 - Catch the Wind (cartoon)
• 1978 - Diamond Trail
• 1979 - Tuning fork
• 1979 - Hunt
• 1980 - Boomerang
• 1985 - The investigation is conducted by the Experts. Fire
• 1986 - In one single life
• 1988 - Pass (cartoon)
• 1989 - Prisoner of the Chateau d'If
• 1989 - Rock and Fortune
• 1989 - The art of living in Odessa
• 1989 - Stereotypes (cartoon)
• 2000 - In August '44...
• Heirs of Prometheus (TV)

Documentaries

• 1979 - Alexandra Pakhmutova - “My life is in song...” (for the 50th anniversary of A. Pakhmutova)
• 1979 — “Feat. Code 12080"
• 1989 - “And the line never ends” (cycle of poems by V. Nabokov, music by A. Gradsky)
• 2012 - “Living Soul” (documentary film about the creative path of Alexander Barykin)
• 2014 — “Alexander Gradsky. Turn around" (documentary film dedicated to the 65th anniversary of A. Gradsky)

Notes

1. The honorary title was awarded by Decree of the President of Russia No. 795 of July 29, 1997
2. Famous people of Moscow
3. The honorary title was awarded by Decree of the President of Russia No. 1471 of November 3, 1999
4. Decree of the President of the PMR No. 276 “On awarding the honorary title “People’s Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic” to A.B. GRADSKY”, president.gospmr.ru (September 1, 2014). Retrieved September 1, 2014.
5. ↑ 12
   WE ARE HERE / Publications / Issue # 261 / National Gradsky
6. ↑ 12
   Gradsky.com :: About the family of A. B. Gradsky Archival copy dated November 2, 2013 on the Wayback Machine
7. What do Marx, Zhirinovsky and Gradsky have in common? | Blog Boot
8. City anniversary
9. ↑ 123
   Shit into Eternity
10. ↑ 1234
    Program “In the wake of my memory”, guest - A. Gradsky
11. ↑ 12
    Alexander Gradsky - biography
12. Shit into Eternity
13. Film Romance about lovers - Around TV.
14. Music from the film “My Love in the Third Year” Gradsky, Alexander Borisovich on Discogs
15. Mikhalkov’s “Sunstroke” will be shown on TV (unspecified)
    . Russian newspaper (November 3, 2014). Retrieved April 16, 2015.
16. Bolshoi Novosibirsk - Alexander Gradsky: “I have no enemies. I either eliminate them or turn them into friends” (inaccessible link)
17. Cabaret duet "Academy": "The highest point in art is a tragic farce." Irina KARPINOS
18. Alexander Gradsky - Voice (biography, personal life, photos, children) (unspecified)
    . uchastniki.com. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
19. The winner of the sixth “Voice” was Selim Alakhyarov // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 12/30/2017
20. Uncensored :: The most politically incorrect site on the RuNet
21. ↑ 12
    Publishing House "New Look" City Jubilee
22. ↑ 12
    Marina Kotashenko // Around TV
23. Evgeny Dodolev. Alexander Gradsky: “A man always develops a woman’s brains” WomanHit, July 8, 2013
24. How Alexander Gradsky is raising a newborn son // StarHit, 10.15.2014
25. Maria Kalegina
    .
    On the eve of his 69th birthday, Gradsky became a father for the fourth time (Russian), L!FE News
    (November 1, 2020). Retrieved November 11, 2020.
26. Anatoly Strelyany.
    Russian Resentment (Letter of Twenty-One)
    (unspecified)
    .
    Radio Liberty
    (April 9, 2000).
27. Response to a letter from Europeans to Russian cultural figures (unspecified)
    .
    Index
    (2000).

Alexander Gradsky: I earn more than other famous people!

Anastasia Vertinskaya arrived in a truck to seduce the legendary singer

Musician, poet and composer Alexander GRADSKY became a living legend back in Soviet times. At the same time, managing to never mix with the crowd, even if it is at least three times starry, fashionable and famous. The famous journalist Evgeny DODOLEV was the first to risk writing a book about a rock loner, whom he sincerely considers a genius. It’s called “The VOICE,” which is especially relevant after Alexander Borisovich’s participation in the super-popular Channel One project.

The book by Evgeny Dodolev has a shocking subtitle - “Shit in Eternity.” We asked the author himself to tell us where it came from.

“In 2009, on his 60th birthday, Gradsky finally presented the opera “The Master and Margarita,” which he had been working on for 30 years,” said Dodolev . — After the premiere, Kolya Fomenko , who performed one of the parts (I happened to be nearby at that moment), came up to him and said: “Well, Sasha, congratulations, you shit yourself into eternity!” Gradsky reacted with humor to such a free handling of eternity. And then he even came up with the idea of ​​​​creating a rock band called “Shit”. And let them say after that: “But the group is shit!” It won't be a shame at all.

- But Gradsky has a very high opinion of himself, as follows from his statements, which are published in the book. — Yes, the book, in addition to the author’s observations and essays, contains articles and notes by Alexander Borisovich, as well as various interviews that were recorded over decades by friends, relatives, and so on, including myself. Gradsky knows his worth. But he is not a systematic person. The system as a whole never liked him. If it weren’t for Konchalovsky and Pakhmutova (the “Cossack women” of the piece world sent into the system), who blessed Gradsky with their names, it would have been even more difficult for him.
Then he helped. To many. — You noted the culinary abilities of Alexander Borisovich...

“He goes to the market himself, prepares his own salad and makes great cutlets.” This was the case with all his wives - they are also written about in the book. By the way, Gradsky the culinary specialist is proof of the thesis that it is not so much the ingredients that are important, but the mood with which you cook. He has no ready-made recipes. Neither in creativity, nor in the kitchen.

I bring to the attention of interested readers excerpts from the book, where Alexander Borisovich himself talks about his beloved women, relationships with colleagues and much more.

About colleagues:

“I think they’re all crap, but I never name anyone specifically.” Therefore, each of them thinks that I think this about the other. And that suits everyone. At the same time, they consider me a person not in their circle. And they don’t talk about me even when I do something serious and good to them. In connection with the beginning of her career, Aguzarova Pugacheva , who put on her an idiotic blue dress with white socks at a concert at the Olympic Stadium, in which Zhanna looked very strange. Zhenya Khavtan , whom I sent to work at the Moscow Regional Philharmonic, where they accepted his program, which should not have been accepted, also somehow prefers not to remember this... So I hired Pugacheva to work in “Jolly Fellows” - he sang it, playing along on the piano in Ilyusha Reznik ... We have such a funny neutrality: I don’t touch them, they don’t touch me.

About money:

“Once upon a time, Leva Leshchenko had a good drink, and he said in a cheerful mood: “It’s good, Sanechek, that they don’t show you much.” I asked: why? And he replied: “If you were shown a lot, we would all have to shoot ourselves.” I have been dosed since my first show. But I can explain why this doesn’t bother me much. Those who need to will hear me. And then, 36 years into my career, I still get paid a lot: I earn more than other famous people who are shown all the time. This is one of the indicators for me: if I earn money, it means there is a lot of me.

About the film “Romance of Lovers”:
- At first they signed a contract with me for six songs. I was pleased, because at that time I was earning eighty rubles a month from dancing, well, or a hundred. And then they gave me a fee of six hundred rubles. And I thought: “This is “grandma”, now we’ll go on a spree...” And suddenly my friend, a music editor, calls me and says: “Sanek, they want to deceive you. You will give them songs, from which someone else will make music for a film and receive eight thousand rubles for it.” I immediately dial Andron and ask: “Is this true?” He hesitated, and I realized that this would be the case. Then I said: “Either I will be the author of the music for the film and get all the money, or go to hell!” - and hung up. And then only members of the Union of Composers wrote music for films, and the youngest composer in the entire history of cinema was Mark Minkov . But even he was twenty-nine, not twenty-three like me. It all ended with me going down in history as the youngest composer with whom they signed a contract to write music. It was Andron who broke the deal and explained to everyone that I was crazy and that he couldn’t do anything about me. He also banged his fist somewhere and said (as they told me): “He may be crazy, but I need his songs.” So I became a composer on “Romance...”, received my first big money, bought a car and became a free man.

About marriages:
- It was generally a youth act. We were young, and at first we had a wonderful relationship, which gradually began to disappear. And we decided: now let’s go, get married, and everything will be restored. They went, got married, and three months later, when they realized that nothing was being restored, they shook hands, kissed and parted ways. The second marriage (we are talking about Nastya Vertinskaya - E.D. ) - it was a serious, big romance, almost four years. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten married. Such an affair is sometimes better than marriage. The third time my wife and I lived together for twenty years ( Olga Semyonovna Gradskaya gave birth to Genius both children, Danya and Masha. Gradsky’s “fourth time” continues with Marina for almost ten years to this day. - E. D. ).

About the purchase of the first Zhiguli:

— I bought it by accident, by appointment. In 1975. That’s when they paid me money for the movie. I’m riding a trolleybus from Kievskaya to Mosfilm, and I see a gigantic queue near the ring bridge. I immediately went out and asked: what are they giving? It turned out that the cars were being recorded. And there are already five thousand people. I waved my hand and went back. Suddenly they call out to me: “Sanek!” It turned out that sixth or seventh in this line was an acquaintance of mine - a swimmer, silver medalist of the Olympic Games in swimming. He tells me: stand in front of me, one of us didn’t come here. I got up. An hour later I was signed up. And two weeks later I was driving a car. Third model. It cost 7500 rubles. Red. At twenty-six years old in my own car!

About Anastasia Vertinskaya:

— We met at a party in the same house. I tried to hit on her, but nothing came of it. But six months later I had a concert at the MPEI sports camp near Alushta. Nastya, as it turned out, was vacationing in a neighboring village with her sister and friends, and someone told her about the concert. Well, Crimea, heat, wine, sea - you understand how they work... She went out onto the road, caught a passing truck - a ZIL-130 - and came to my camp. At this time, I, quite refreshed after the night’s libations, was sitting on the seashore, wondering whether I should throw myself into the water to cool off. Suddenly a girl appears nearby in a housecoat, scruffy, with cracked glasses, like those of a Bulgakov character: “This is how we rest, then?” At first I didn’t even understand who she was. And when I realized it, I was very surprised. In a word, we somehow immediately, without tension, without effort on anyone’s part, began a romance. We seemed to merge in Crimean ecstasy. We went to some crazy drinking party in the camp, wandered around the mountains, ate lamb, drank wine, walked quite drunk along forest paths and just became very close... Then I drove off to Moscow - I was in my car, and it was supposed to arrive in a couple of days days. We agreed that I would meet her. However, a little before reaching the Moscow ring road, I smashed the car to smithereens, which turned over from a half-oncoming impact into a truck. After which I had to send Nastya a telegram, warning me that I couldn’t meet her because Annushka spilled the sunflower oil, but I was alive and well. In short, she was met and brought home by Oleg Nikolaevich Efremov , she immediately got into her car and came to pick me up. And my friends and I were just drinking on the occasion of a miraculous rescue from certain death; she put me in the car and took me to her place. So I stayed with her...

About his third wife Olga (they lived together for 23 years):
- I just broke up with Nastya. My friend invited me to a performance at a theater school, where his girlfriend’s friend was performing. “Let’s go,” he says, “to a performance in Shchukinskoye, there are a lot of beautiful girls there. Maybe you’ll find someone for yourself.” I had a lot of beautiful girls I knew, but he said that Shchukinskoye was a flower garden, and I went. And almost immediately, a few places away from me, I saw an absolutely amazingly beautiful eighteen-year-old girl. And he looked at her with all his eyes. Then there was a break, we got to know each other, and after the performance the whole group went to my house for a drink. Olya and I began to communicate, and gradually it turned out that all the other girls I had at that time faded into the background. Then - to the third plan, then - to the fifth. And then we began to spend almost every day and every evening with her; the next morning she didn’t want to go to the university.

I didn’t consider it a romance with the prospect of marriage. And suddenly I find out that Olya is expecting a child. It worked out that way for her physiology: she definitely had to give birth to the first one. I was faced with a question: should I give up the unexpected child, or should I get married? And I finally officially divorced Nastya, I’m finally free, although a bitter aftertaste remained in my soul, and what – back into the yoke?! Olya, however, didn’t “attack” me, although she had a lot of problems: she lived in a Moscow State University dormitory, studied at the Faculty of Economics... My apartment is terrible... One morning we overslept her first couple, I put her in car, we drove out onto Leninsky Prospekt, and I pulled over at the registry office. She came out: “Well, well! Are you thinking about getting married? - “Do you mind?” - “No, I don’t mind.” We got married in November and had a baby in March. I consider all this a wonderful decision and a wonderful action, albeit spontaneous...

On relations with the KGB:

I remember after the concert in Chelyabinsk and following the canceled by Grebenshchikov at the Palace of Culture, Rusakov was summoned to the Lubyanka. During the conversation, I heard an insinuatingly formulated question: “What is your strange song, Comrade Gradsky: “And all around from the Ivanovs the earth is shaking”?” I say: “These are poems by Sasha Cherny . Published in the USSR." The investigator didn’t believe it and asked to bring the book. You know, I answer, order it from Leninka, read it and make sure, but I bought mine on the black market. He told me: “Not everything that is printed in our country can be sung.” At this point I threw up my hands: well, number the poems that are allowed to become songs and which are not. In short, a strange conversation took place. As a result, they let me go, making a written promise not to perform unfilled songs in the future. And I never sang them. I left the KGB building, two young lieutenants were standing on the porch, smoking and looking sideways in my direction. Then one says: “Don’t be stupid, Borisych. Everything will be alright. Our boss greets you a little, but we love you, we won’t let you be offended.” Why, I ask, such an honor? He answers: “And you threw a BBC correspondent down the stairs.” A couple of years before, an Englishman came, said nasty things about Russia and demanded it from me. I endured and endured, and then I kicked this goat out. I hate it when foreigners trash my country.

About the “Voice” project and singer Sevara:

— There was no “quarrel” with Lenya and Dima. It was just an attack on my part that was too harsh FOR THIS PROJECT, which I later regretted, which I confirmed live, because I myself believed and still believe that the format of the project is, first of all, GOOD and to violate it for anyone, including me yourself, it's just not worth it. And Sevara was “set aside” by Lenya for a reason - apparently because he decided that it was better for her to leave at the “peak” of success than to just “show off” in the remaining tours...

Literature

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  Who is who in Russian rock music. - M.: AST: Astrel: Harvest, 2009. - P. 132, 133. - ISBN 978-5-17-048654-0 (AST). — ISBN 978-5-271-24160-4 (Astrel). — ISBN 978-985-16-7343-4 (Harvest).
• Evgeny Dodolev. Alexander Gradsky. The Voice. — Ripol-classic, 2013, ISBN 978-5-386-05582-0
• Marina Lesko.
  “Alexander Gradsky: Kamburova has always been more interesting to me than Pugacheva” // Interlocutor: newspaper. - Moscow, 2002. - No. 49. - P. 09.
• Evgeny Dodolev.
  “Gradsky couldn’t stand it” // Musical Truth: newspaper. - Moscow, 2000. - No. 12. - P. 01.
• Elena Shakhmatova.
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