Vladislav Kosarev is a singer, baritone, laureate of various competitions, guest soloist of the ensemble named after L. Zykina "Russia". The artist performs romances, classics, Soviet and folk songs, folklore This is very difficult in the conditions of the dominance of pop and chanson.
Biography
Vladislav Kosarev was born in the city of Smolensk. When he was six years old, his mother took him to a music school, where he sang in the boys' choir. Then Vladislav graduated from the M. I. Glinka Music College in hometown. At that time it was one of the best in the country. Many outstanding people are graduates of this very educational institution. The music school provided a strong base for continuing education and developing talent. Vladislav was advised by his conducting teacher, Lyudmila Borisovna Zaitseva, to go to Moscow and continue his studies at the Gnessin Academy.
Creative path
Vladislav Kosarev began studying music at the age of 6. The baritone dreamed of becoming a singer since childhood. In 2001, the artist graduated from the choral conducting class. Vladislav began his career in a team called “Peresvet”. This male choir. First he worked there as a soloist, and then as a conductor.
V. Kosarev is the winner of the International Yurlov Competition. It is held among conductors.
The artist began his solo career in 2009. At one of the concerts of the Peresvet choir, when Vladislav was still working in this group, Alla Goncharova (chief editor of the Romance of Romance program) came to him backstage. It was she who advised V. Kosarev to start a solo career.
The artist still does not stop studying vocals with teachers in order to improve his skills.
Vladislav believes that his parents made a great contribution to his development as a vocalist. Mom and Dad worked in a factory, but were endowed with abilities. It was they who instilled the artist’s taste and taught him to love only good music.
Repertoire
Vladislav Kosarev has a fairly extensive repertoire. He sings Russian folk and Soviet songs, romances, arias from operas and operettas, as well as from musicals, as he considers them beautiful and high-quality music, which is so lacking on the stage today. Although these works were written many decades ago, they will never grow old, they are destined eternal life. They are honest, sincere and real. And what is heard today every day on TV screens are songs that in a couple of years everyone will forget. Today Vladislav is in search. He is looking for quality songs written in the 21st century. But he finds very few of them, unfortunately. And to sing romances, works by A. Babajanyan and A. Pakhmutova together with low-grade pop music in one concert is, in his opinion, blasphemy.
Personal life and musical preferences
Vladislav Kosarev loves classics and music very much Soviet era. His favorite composers of the 20th century are A. Babajanyan, I. Dunaevsky, A. Pakhmutova, E. Ptichkin and many others. The performers whom the singer reveres are Yuri Gulyaev, Muslim Magomayev, Lyudmila Zykina, Andrea Bocelli, Tom Jones, Georg Ots, Eduard Khil, Freddie Mercury, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and so on. Vladislav’s favorite artist is V. Kosarev, who honors him because he performed every song as a small performance. He may not have had much vocal ability, but he demonstrated an exemplary approach to the performing arts.
Vladislav Kosarev does not advertise his personal life and avoids this topic in all interviews. As the artist himself says, he does not do this in order to create an aura of mystery around himself. The singer simply believes that personal life should not be in the public domain.
Professional artist and singer (baritone) Vladislav Kosarev has a clear and soulful voice. The performer's repertoire is very diverse: romances, opera, foreign pop music, Russian folk songs. In his songs there lives the love that is in the heart of any Russian person when he thinks about his mother, about his grandfather - a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, or about his beloved. However, neither Vladislav Kosarev’s wife nor his personal life are ever put on display by the artist.
About the personal life of Vladislav Kosarev
In one of his interviews, Vladislav Kosarev honestly admitted that he tries to avoid issues related to his personal life. “This sensitive topic has been and will be difficult for any artist, so I don’t discuss it,” he says. — The personal life of Vladislav Kosarev should always remain personal, and this is important for any person, and not just for an artist; therefore, my personal relationships cannot be made public by discussing them throughout the country.”
The life of an artist, according to the deep conviction of Vladislav Kosarev, should always be dedicated to the people. He had to travel half the country, performing in various cities and villages. This requires enormous dedication, which is why singers and musicians who devote their lives to creativity, most often, when asked about their personal lives, with their characteristic sense of humor, answer that they are married on stage. And this is not bravado, but rather the inner state of the artist’s soul.
Vladislav Kosarev's wife, his parents
The singer speaks about his family with great warmth and love. Vladislav Kosarev’s wife is not a myth, but if the singer himself does not want to talk about this topic, then fans of his talent, paying tribute to their idol, should understand the artist. Everyone in the friendly Kosarev family sings. Parents played a big role in the singer’s creative destiny. Both Vladislav’s mother and father worked at the factory, but they themselves sang beautifully, often performed on the stage of their native cultural center and taught their son to sing.
“To be honest, I don’t remember how or when I started singing, but there were always songs around me. My beloved granny sang, she is a wonderful teacher, and led amateur performances for a long time. I learned war songs from my grandfather, and my mother loved listening to the songs of such wonderful singers as Muslim Magomayev, Georg Ots and Eduard Khil,” recalls Kosarev.
“We often sang on holidays. Once, when I was six, during a concert I sang the famous “Cruiser Aurora”, while experiencing a deep feeling of delight, which did not escape my mother’s attention. Soon she sent me to a music school, where I learned to play the piano and sang in the choir.”
In the repertoire children's choir there were many songs by the wonderful composer Alexandra Pakhmutova from her famous musical cycle"Constellation of Gagarin". Now, many years later, Vladislav Kosarev often performs the same, his favorite songs. This was the case, for example, in Saratov in 2011, when the singer received an invitation to perform at a gala concert in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space.
Creative biography of the singer and artist
Vladislav's musical studies began at the age of six, every day for several hours. In 2001, Kosarev received an academic education and began performing in the Peresvet group. This is the famous choir, where the future singer is eight many years grew up not only as a performer, but also as a choral conductor. Since 2009, Vladislav Kosarev begins his solo career.
Now he is a performer of pop songs. The audience at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall applauds him, Great Hall Conservatories, etc. He performs throughout the country. Vladislav records songs for films, he is a welcome guest television shows and holiday concerts on TV.
The artist selects his concert program very carefully and rehearses for a long time. The performer's extraordinary charm and talent help him find his way to the viewer's heart. For his work, Vladislav Kosarev was awarded the First Prize and the title of Laureate at the First International Yurlov Conducting Competition, awarded the Golden Order “Service to Art” and the Order “Faith, Hope, Love”.
I bring to your attention an interview with my favorite artist, a wonderful baritone, our fellow countryman - Vladislav KOSAREV.
Exclusive material was published on the Smolenskaya Gazeta website, and I am happy to borrow it from there. The author is art critic Natalia KRASILNIKOVA. Thank her very much!
For everyone who is interested: Vladislav Kosarev will sing for Smolensk on March 8 concert hall named after Glinka. We will see the program “Music of the Heart” with the Smolensk Russian Folk Orchestra named after Dubrovsky (artistic director and chief conductor - Artyom Belov).
A year ago I attended Kosarev’s concert, and the musician made an indelible impression on me. Therefore, there is only one piece of advice: don’t miss it!
Every journalist has heroes who become part of his destiny. When you grow into the personality of the person you are writing about, so much so that the boundaries between profession and life blur. Singer Vladislav Kosarev is one of these heroes for me.
Why is Vladislav’s art so captivating and captivating? A voice of rare, amazing beauty? Yes, no doubt. But surely there are singers with more beautiful voices! Dramatic skill? And this is true, but today singers without acting talent simply cannot survive in the music market! I think the phenomenon of Kosarev is in that inexhaustible LIGHT OF THE SOUL, which flows from his eyes, saturates the timbre of his voice and his entire stage behavior. After the concerts Vl. Kosarev and communication with him, the world is seen through different eyes, and you begin to understand that there is always a way out - even from the most seemingly hopeless situations. What a powerful charge of positive energy you need to have in order to create light at the end of the tunnel! Honestly, I don’t know any praise for the Artist higher than this!
Vladislav Kosarev - Personality. He is a smart, deep, extraordinary conversationalist. I am sure that Smolensk listeners, who are rightfully proud that this unique artist is their fellow countryman, will find Kosarev’s thoughts on life and work interesting and useful.
Start
- Vladislav, you are the winner of the First international competition choral conductors named after Alexander Yurlov. I have not found any detailed information about this competition anywhere. Meanwhile, this is the start of your career. Can you tell us more about the competition?
- The competition was held in Yekaterinburg in 2001. I completed my assistant internship at Russian Academy music named after the Gnessins and for a year already worked as a choirmaster in the men's chamber choir "Peresvet". I had, one might say, a fighting feeling that was not fully realized: in 1999, while studying in my fifth year at Gnesinka, I went to a choir conducting competition in the city of Salavat in Bashkortostan and received a diploma
IIdegrees. However, I wanted more.
The Yurlov competition had traditional structure and took place in three rounds: the first - conducting; the second is working with the choir; the third is a concert performance of the piece with the choir with whom we worked in the second round. For me, this competition is interesting because for the first time in the history of choral conductor competitions, the first places were shared by graduates of the same educational institution - the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. The Grand Prix was awarded to Alexander Solovyov, who then worked as a choirmaster in the Vladimir Minin Chamber Choir (he is now a conductor Bolshoi Theater), and the first prize is yours truly. Sasha and I studied in Gnesinka with the same professor - Vladimir Onufrievich Semenyuk.
At the Yurlov competition, I worked with the chamber choir “Lik” of the city of Yekaterinburg. I conducted Rachmaninov's "Spring", Taneyev's "On the Ship", and in the third round - one number from Rachmaninov's "Liturgy".
The chairman of the jury in Yekaterinburg was Vladimir Nikolaevich Minin, and it was he who presented me with the laureate’s diploma
I awards. Victory at the Yurlov competition gave me the opportunity to become the conductor of the Peresvet choir after a year of working there as a choirmaster.
Be an artist
- How important is it for you to appreciate the people around you - both your creativity and your personal qualities?
- There is a circle of people whose opinion is extremely important to me. These are my parents, teachers, close friends and some of my viewers. I really value the trust of the audience, who constantly come to my concerts in anticipation of something new, interesting, in anticipation of a miracle. But I cannot say that I monitor information about myself on the Internet - in particular, blog posts, comments on social networks. I try to live according to Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, he, in my opinion, gave universal advice: “To the command of God, O Muse, be obedient! Without fear of insult, without demanding a crown, you accepted praise and slander indifferently and do not challenge the fool!”
As for assessing my personal qualities, I again focus on a group of people whose opinions are very important to me. I am not an antisocial person and, it seems to me, I do not violate generally accepted moral standards. I do what I think is right and I live what I think is right.
- By the way, about the rules! Recently I heard on one of the TV programs: “The most terrible things on the planet happen because people follow the rules.” How do you feel about RULES?
- I fundamentally disagree with this statement! By breaking certain rules, going against their conscience, people create for themselves and those around them huge amount problems. I believe that the question is not whether people follow the rules, but what guides them in doing certain things. According to my observations, people commit a huge number of unseemly, often vile, acts precisely because they DO NOT FOLLOW any rules, but live without any moral guidelines.
- What impulses do you need for creativity - besides women, of course?
- I try to find these impulses in all manifestations of life - even in the most, at first glance, everyday ones. It could be watching the cat, a terrible bully, living in my house; rustle of leaves; a random glance from a stranger on the street; a fragment of some phrase that I accidentally saw over the shoulder of a man reading on the subway. Usually, while walking down the street or riding the subway, you try to take a break from work, but after such unexpected impulses, on the contrary, you want to plunge into creativity with renewed vigor!
I try to constantly expand the range of sources of my inspiration. Recently in once again I was rewatching the film “Three Poplars on Plyushchikha”. For several weeks now, I have had the look of Oleg Efremov before my eyes, when his hero is sitting in the Volga, leaning his elbows on the steering wheel... In this look is the Universe, it’s GENIUS!!! Now I often remember this scene when I work on the Soviet pop repertoire.
- In the interview you talk quite a lot about your self-criticism. At the same time, on Radio Petersburg, answering host Natalya Zavyalova, you literally said the following: “I’m a terrible Samoyed!” What do you think is the difference between self-criticism and self-criticism?
- It’s very simple - a self-critical person does not have to be a Samoyed at all: he can see both positive and negative traits of himself and outline effective ways to correct shortcomings. The Samoyed is busy with eternal self-abasement, searching for qualities that he may not have. At the same time, he mainly blames himself for all the troubles in the world. This is destructive to the individual. It is very difficult for Samoyeds to survive in our reality, so I believe that a person must fight such manifestations.
If we talk about ourselves, in the first years solo career I was hampered by my self-criticism, but gradually I overcame it.
- What personality type do you think artists are at risk of star fever?
- People who were not loved in childhood and who, for various reasons, feel like second-class citizens. Then, as compensation, “ star fever" - as a way of false self-affirmation. I say this based on my own observations: life gave me meetings with real titans - Svyatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sergei Skripka and many other Creators. They are unusually simple and natural, because they don’t have to prove anything to anyone. The personality on stage is always visible - even if it is a student.
I believe that stardom is a kind of disorder, when you elevate yourself to the rank of an idol, an idol.
- In one of the conversations, in response to my question: “What quality do you value most in people?” you answered: “Cheerfulness.” But even a scoundrel can be cheerful. Moreover, according to my observations, scoundrels are often very charming. How to differentiate?
- I don’t think that a scoundrel is capable of being a cheerful person! He is deprived of the gift of loving life, the world, people; he is, in principle, incapable of being open and sincere. How can he enjoy life if by his actions and actions he demonstrates hatred towards it??
Minkov's masterpiece
- In the summer of 2013, “Culture” showed “Romance of a Romance”, dedicated to the memory of Mark Minkov. You performed Minkov’s composition based on the poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko “Listening to Solveig’s Song.” I consider this piece one of your most significant creative victories in recent times. Can you find out the history of the appearance of Minkov's masterpiece - Yevtushenko in your repertoire?
- The editor-in-chief of “Romance of Romance” Alla Sergeevna Goncharova called me and offered to perform this piece. She said that the song is practically unknown, although at one time it was sung by Muslim Magomayev and Lev Leshchenko. When preparing new material, I never listen to recordings of other singers or watch videos, so as not to absorb other people's intonations. I looked at the notes of “Solveig” and realized that I was sick of this composition! The song is complex not vocally, but emotionally and figuratively: in three minutes you need to be able to convey the turn from life to death.
While working on the song, I wondered: WHAT can pierce a person so that death loses its horror for him? And I found the answer: only conviction, unshakable faith that our departure to another world is not the end. Minkov's song has a very clear sequence of events: a man lies and dies. Remember the very first words: “I’m lying with my eyes closed in a deserted room. And the pain is the bitterest, and the pain is the sweetest...” The hero’s pain is so terrible that it becomes sweet! And next to it is another world, where there are pine trees, where the sun is, where there is life, light, love. "Solveig's Song" by Grieg, in my opinion, in in this case becomes the voice of an angel, a saving thread for the hero. A person is on the verge of death: he is devastated, exhausted, sick. And a miracle happens that pushes this darkness away from him and brings him back to life. It seems to me that Grieg’s “Solveig’s Song” by itself cannot have such power. Only the Will of God, revealed through some event, can become this force.
In the finale (“When I die - and I will die, and I will die: it will have to be so!”) I did not hear hopelessness and doom. The hero matures to the point of understanding: it’s not scary to leave this life when you know that there is another world, where there is no pain and suffering, where you will be accepted and forgiven!
Fame and luxury
- I once heard from Dmitry Dibrov that a person’s life is modern world is based on four pillars: success, fame, money, luxury. What content do you put into each of these concepts? How significant is each of them to you?
- Of these concepts, only one is valuable to me - LUXURY. I put into it the meaning that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry spoke about: “The only luxury is luxury human communication" MONEY for me is just a tool that allows me to solve various life and creative problems. Money comes to a person, as a rule, when he does his job professionally and efficiently. I understand that my view is somewhat idealistic, and many would argue with me - especially in our country! In our country, unfortunately, people who do their job masterfully do not always receive a decent reward for it. This is especially noticeable, alas, in the spheres of culture, medicine and education.
SUCCESS for me is an integral part of the fact that you are doing something very necessary, important and meaningful for people. For me, the concept of “success” is somewhat synonymous with the concept of “in demand”. In the end, only the person himself can evaluate whether he is successful or not. Both you and I probably know people who live in luxury houses, drive prestigious foreign cars, relax in five-star hotels... But if such a person gets up in the morning with the thought that he will have to go back to a job he doesn’t like, even if it brings a solid income, can he be considered successful? From the point of view of society - most likely, yes. From my point of view - definitely not. Such a person does not experience JOY, which cannot be bought with money. I am convinced that joy is born when a person is busy doing what he loves and communicates with like-minded people. I recently read from a psychologist: “Joy is a byproduct of right organized activities" I think it's brilliant! I would say the same about success. As for FAME, again, for me it is not a goal, but a consequence. When people need your creativity - on the one hand; on the other hand, the quality of your musical product will be modern and in the best sense commercial - then fame will come. This is ideal. Although I often see that fame does not always come to truly gifted and worthy people.
- Admit it honestly: aren’t you annoyed that you don’t have the media exposure that some artists less talented than you have?
- What does media have to do with it? For me, only one thing is important: most of my concerts are sold out. I also have a goal that I am moving towards. This is the only thing that matters to me!
Natalia KRASILNIKOVA
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– Vladislav, when did you realize that you wanted to make music?
“I always wanted this, I just didn’t think it would become my profession.” I have very musical family, my parents worked at the factory all their lives, but when they came home, my mother began to hum something. Thank God, she is alive, and, despite her serious age, her voice has retained its beauty and brightness. And my grandmother led a Russian song club in a rural club.
June 19, 2015 | I sing what I believe in
- In one of your interviews, you said that since childhood you grew up listening to the works of Soviet baritones, whom your mother listened to, and Western ones, whom your father listened to. Were your parents somehow connected with the artistic environment?
My parents worked at the factory all their lives, but they loved music very much. And everyone in my family sang and sings. When we all get together, then powerful voice dads block everyone. He has a gorgeous dramatic tenor.
June 19, 2015 | I sing what I believe in
- In Orel you are performing a military program.
The topic of war is special, and this is very responsible. As a child, I sang the songs “Victory Day”, “In the Dugout”, “In the Sunny Meadow” with my grandfather Georgy Andreevich Labuzov.
June 27, 2014 |
- Judging by your appearance, you also had aristocrats in your family.
- We all came out of the people.
- Are there no Cossack ancestors listed?
- I wish there were! Recently I became interested in the history of the Cossacks. Trotsky wrote: “Cossacks are the only class of the Russian people capable of self-realization. That is why they must be destroyed." I remember the phrase attributed to Napoleon: “Give me two hundred Cossacks, and I will conquer the whole world.”
June 27, 2014 | Today we need to sing better than yesterday
- How do you feel about Cossack songs?
- I am a Russian person in spirit. The love for folk songs was passed down from my grandmother. In our Smolensk region, she led a Russian song club. She gathered not old women, but young girls, dressed them up in Russian costumes and learned with them spring chants, ritual songs, including Cossack songs. Compared to the Russians, they are completely different. Lengthy, marching... They have intonations, rhythm... The spirit of the Cossack song itself is simply stunning. Slowly I began to include them in my repertoire. I experiment, do stylization, achieve a modern sound, but without pop... Unfortunately, people who feel the spirit of the song are engaged in folk culture not to show off your kokoshnik or playfully twirl your skirt, not so much. In Moscow, for example, every year an interesting festival “Ethnosphere” is held, which attracts jazz, rock musicians, contemporary performers folk songs. In my opinion, this is a very interesting and promising project.
March 5, 2014 | Meet baritone Vladislav Kosarev!
About personal life
– I always avoid the topic of personal life – in any interview. I always answer: “I’m married to the stage.” Not because I strive to maintain some kind of mystery, to be desired by everyone - no, I don’t use such tricks. Personal life is private to be with a person, but not to become public knowledge. Personal relationships are a difficult topic, especially for an artist, so in principle I don’t discuss it. Never.
January 7, 2014 | Singing means flying!
Life is like a song
To be honest, I don’t remember the first time I started singing. But I remember exactly that I was born... and everyone around me was already singing! My grandmother sang all her life, led a Russian song club at the village school, heard many war songs from my grandfather, my mother adored the work of Magomayev, Ots, Khil, Gulyaev... At the age of 6, he first appeared on the stage of a village club, where the whole family organized big concert, sang lines from “Cruiser Aurora” and... experienced an incomparable feeling of happiness, flight... it’s hard to explain! And immediately after this “incident,” my mother took me to a music school. There was a wonderful boys' choir led by Gennady Barykin! In this choir we performed many songs from Alexandra Pakhmutova’s cycle “Gagarin’s Constellation”. Many years have passed and I sang the same songs in Saratov in 2011 at a festive concert dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s space flight! Alexandra Nikolaevna herself was sitting at the piano, and Nikolai Dobronravov was standing in the wings... This is how interesting life is.
November 6, 2013 | I want to find my composer
– Do you dedicate your concerts to anyone? For example, songs of the war years?
All my concerts are dedicated to my audience! As for war songs... Mine began with them solo activity. I first heard many of them from my grandfather. He was one of the very significant people in my life, a person from whom I learned a lot...
When I’m preparing for a concert where I perform war songs, it’s very important for me to remember my grandfather, his stories about the war, his intonations... Watching a movie about the war is one thing, but communicating with a person who was there and knows the value of every word in a war song , is completely different.
February 22, 2013 | You just have to be honest. On stage and in life
- Did you have a moment when you fully felt like a real singer?
- Yes, I remember it very well. I was six years old, and all our big family organized a concert in a village club. I went on stage for the first time, sang and... it seemed to me that wings grew behind my back!
I also remember my first very well solo concert, which took place in May 2009 at the Moscow cultural center "Harmony". Together with the accordion player, I performed songs of the war years for war veterans. For me, Victory Day is a holy holiday. My grandfather went to the front as a very young boy, and after the end of the war he fought with Bandera in Western Ukraine for a year and a half. I first heard almost all the military songs that I perform now in my concerts from him, and... not just heard. My soul is imprinted with the feelings and emotions of a man who went through all the hell of the Great Patriotic War. Four years ago, at my concert, there were people in the hall who, like my grandfather, knew about the war firsthand. And when I saw that they believed me, I realized that I had the right to go on stage.
March 13, 2012 | What does Love know about Love?
- So it turns out that there were singers in your family?
- There were no professionals. It’s just that everyone in the family, especially on the maternal side, sang very well. My father has an amazing lyric-dramatic tenor. When we gather at the same table, you can’t hear me - he drowns out my voice twice. My father worked at the factory all his life, he went from a machine operator to a shop manager. The hands are huge! And he could become a very good singer.
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SONGS OF THE HEART
- Vladislav, is the name of the program not accidental?
- Nothing is accidental. All my songs are addressed to my listener, no matter what age - whether he is young, mature or has entered a more mature age. In my program, each of them will find something consonant with their soul, will hear something intimate.
-Are you nervous before a performance?
- Am I worried? No. This is something different. I got used to the stage: I was on it from the age of six, and started as a student at a children's music school in my native Smolensk. The main thing is to go out to people with a warm heart, to sincerely love those for whom you sing - each and every one. I admit, I have my own little secret: before the concert starts, I quietly watch the audience entering the hall, and mentally, with my eyes, I say hello to everyone, and then I go out into the hall to people I already know - nice, intelligent people, while others don’t go to the Philharmonic!
- Do you know that most of your listeners are women?
- Well! I think that I embody not the worst male images on stage.
The concert program of two parts includes more than twenty numbers, designed for a wide variety of tastes - Russian romances, folk songs, Soviet and foreign pop music of the 20th century. There is an elegant romance, not without ironic coquetry, “But I still love you!”, and the daring tunes of “Along the Piterskaya” with “Peddlers”, and emotional, captivating compositions by Arno Babajanyan from the repertoire of Muslim Magomayev - one of his favorites singers Vladislav, and soulful melodies of Soviet and foreign pop music of the last century, popular among the people.
In total, Kosarev has more than seven programs for folk orchestra, and in the artist’s general “reserve” there are over four hundred works ready for performance, in his permanent “asset”. And now the audience has emotionally connected to the singer. Applauds gratefully. Chants "bravo". He claps his hands to the beat. Explodes with delight and, finally, at the singer’s request, sings along with him... Admiring spectators rush to the stage with flowers and gifts, trying to express their personal words of recognition to him.
Do you charge your listeners with your powerful energy so much that it apparently takes a long time to restore it? Do you have any rules of conduct on the day of the concert?
- Yes, sure. I try to somehow concentrate, be alone, and, of course, no fuss and unbridled fun on this day, in order to go out to people with a pure, warm heart, full of love for those for whom I will sing. Remember how in Bulat Okudzhava’s song? “I will set my heart on love.” And then, looking into the hall, communicate with them through song, interact with both the stalls and the balcony, without bypassing anyone with your attention.
I want to know everything about my idol. And Vladislav Kosarev, over the six years of his solo career, became an idol for his listeners. I will not hide that I have been one of the artist’s admirers since I became acquainted with his work and heard his unique baritone - warm, soft, full-voiced, with an enveloping velvet low end and noble, pure notes in the upper register. This is not just a professional upper class, he is a very bright and sincere person - both in his creativity and in his attitude towards people.
Vladislav Kosarev has a very clean and honest biography. Music school and college in his native Smolensk, the famous Russian Gnessin Academy of Music, graduated with honors in 2001, and then - successful work conductor of the Moscow men's chamber choir "Peresvet", a prestigious award - first prize at the First International Competition of Choral Conductors named after A. Yurlov. But it is human nature to dream. And Vladislav dreamed of solo singing and fulfilled his dream, one day turning to face the audience, and since then, now in his seventh season, he has been singing and enjoying full recognition from your listeners. The artist’s solo career was crowned with two high awards - the Order of Faith. Hope. Love" and the golden order "Service to Art". I would like to know how he fuels his creativity, what leisure activities he prefers...
Vladislav admits how important unity with nature is for him, without which he cannot sing. He is ready to communicate with nature in any weather and at any time of the year. Especially close to him native nature The Smolensk region, with which his childhood and adolescence are connected. In the Moscow region, which is not far from his native place, the smell of the earth is completely different, the energy is different, and the herbs are not the same. And Vladislav is fond of collecting medicinal herbs, of which he knows many: among them - medicinal yarrow, universal St. John's wort, fragrant meadowsweet, rare for Russian places heather... All of them not only soothe and heal, but also return to carefree and happy time childhood, and this state is necessary for creativity.
When in the summer, on a fine day, you wander across a field, you again feel like a child who is open to the whole world and does as he wants at that moment - rejoices, cries, screams. I need this pure spontaneity, which helps me find myself again and put myself together,” Kosarev admits. - On a rainy day, it’s good to just climb into a tent and immerse yourself in reading one of your favorite writers - Turgenev, Leskov, Kuprin, Chekhov. I’m not talking about Pushkin: that goes without saying. I can’t imagine my life without communication with nature.
- I’m curious, does the profession of a conductor somehow influence your current activities? Does it help?
- I think no knowledge in life is superfluous. For example, I immediately realized what a magnificent and amazing orchestra in Novosibirsk I had to sing with! I had heard before from fellow musicians about the high professional level of the Russian Academic in your city, and now I had the honor of singing with him. This is such a joy! Sometimes it hurts me to hear some disdain for the populists: what can these button accordions and balalaikas do!.. But this is not about your orchestra, which can work with both classical and pop music, and generally afford a lot! Sometimes you can play pranks and play pranks! Chief conductor orchestra maestro Vladimir Polikarpovich Gusev - People's Artist Russia, a musician with high taste and understanding, and I am not surprised that in your city they love the orchestra so much and go to it, which is very rare. And I was especially pleased to work with such a group and a conductor of such a class, to understand that we have a common goal with him: so that a person leaves the concert with a feeling of celebration in his soul. I think we succeeded together.
- Magomayev is your idol, are there any other favorite singers?
- Yes, of course, and there are many of them. Among foreigners, I love the high vocals of the Italians Titta Ruffo, Tito Gobbi, Lauri Volpi. By the way, unfortunately, I haven’t gotten around to Lauri Volpi’s magnificent book “Vocal Parallels” yet. How much beautiful voices in the history of the Russian opera school!.. I love it pop singers the Soviet period of our country, when they valued real, soulful song, which was understandable to the people and deeply loved. These are Yuri Gulyaev, Mark Bernes, Evgeniy Martynov, Anna German, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Petr Leshchenko, Georg Ots... There have been many of them in history national stage, then they worked professionally and with true love to the song genre, which, unfortunately, does not exist now, just as there are no composers of the level that was in Soviet times.
- But where did you listen to all these songs? Many of your peers prefer something completely different!
- My parents loved these songs, and they were constantly played at home. Yes and music school She developed my taste in the right direction, taught me to distinguish good from bad.
- I had a chance to hear several wartime songs performed by you. They all sound with such warmth, so convincingly that they cannot help but excite. How do you tune yourself into the right wave?
- And I don’t need to tune myself to the right wave. For me, the past war is part of the history of my country, which also affected my family: my grandfather fought and experienced all the sorrows of war and the hard-won happiness of victory. And when I sing the great songs “Enemies burned my home,” “Katyusha,” “We haven’t been home for a long time,” “In the dugout” and other songs from the front, I always remember my grandfather...
- Family values important to you?
- Undoubtedly. Yes, and my participation in events, dedicated to the Day family, love and fidelity are direct confirmation of this.
- Your zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and these people, as a rule, are avid travelers. Are you one of them?
- Who doesn’t like to travel?.. But over the years of my work as a conductor, I have traveled to so many countries during tours, and home country remained unknown, now I’m catching up. I travel around the country with such pleasure and curiosity, never ceasing to be amazed by its vastness, diversity and beauty!
-You are so popular that social networks There are even communities of your friends and fans on VKontakte and Facebook. Do you communicate with them?
- These groups live an independent life, independent of me and my creativity.
- Vladislav, both your profession and the environment in which you have to move give rise to difficult relationships, sometimes give unnecessary negativity, and spoil your mood. How do you maintain cheerfulness and a good attitude?
- I know how to abstract myself and disconnect from everything unpleasant, get away from the negative - otherwise I won’t have enough nerves - and set myself up for joy. My life philosophy is to be happy, no matter what, and enjoy life!
- Is there politics in your life?
- Everyone in life needs to be engaged professionally – including politics. My profession is to sing, and may God grant me to do my job well!
-What is the soul for you?
- The soul is a real substance, and its place is in our heart, which is why it hurts, and worries, and is torn to pieces from grief or happiness.
- It is human nature not to stop there. In your genre, you have reached, as they say, the ceiling. Over time, your voice noticeably gains even greater strength, flight, beauty and perfection of sound; great potential is hidden in it. Have you ever thought about opera?
- Opera is my love and my secret passion. And I am working in this direction - I study with an experienced teacher, learn opera parts, and master the bel canto technique. So anything is possible. As they say, never say never. And I don’t rule out an opera career for myself in the future.
- With your thorough approach to any business, I have no doubt about success in your new field. Have you heard that we will soon see you as one of the hosts of your favorite program “Romance of Romance”?
- Well, this is a one-time project for a New Year’s program, where I will be one of the four presenters.
- Your attitude to the recent project “Creative Schools “Art Workshops” through the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives, which is headed by Svetlana Medvedeva, with a trip to Plyos, Ivanovo region, where you, together with the singer Yan Osin, gave master classes to Ivanovsky students music school
?
- Well, it’s a good thing to help young people, and these are not exactly master classes, rather, just conversations on professional topics, answers to questions, advice, consultations. All future musicians really need this, we need to cultivate such useful initiatives more widely.
- You stood up to face the audience six years ago - this is the time when your solo career began. Do you remember that first feeling on stage in a new role for you?
- Yes, I remember very well. It was a feeling of happiness, euphoria and a wonderful flight.
- What else makes you happy?
- The eyes of my audience after the concert.
- What about “stardom”? Do you feel it?
Vladislav laughs. And this laughter contains everything: the awareness of his power over the hearts of the audience, and the modesty characteristic of the singer, which does not allow him to admit it, and the completely understandable joy of life and accomplished creativity.
Margarita DANILOVA,
member of the Union of Journalists of Russia
Photo by Maya VOYCHENKO and Sergei YASYUKEVICH
A big one awaits Smolensk residents on March 8 festive concert Vladislav Kosarev,
a baritone of rare beauty and strength, an artist of rare stage charm.
Vladislav Kosarev does not perform in Smolensk very often, but he is our fellow countryman!..
The career of a musician is developing quite successfully, but at home, how is it
It often happens that his talent has not received due recognition. I think
It’s time for Smolensk residents not only to recognize the wonderful artist by sight, but also
be proud of his origins. After all, everyone who has heard OUR
Kosareva will agree: his performance does not leave you indifferent!
"Smolenskaya Gazeta" presents to your attention exclusive interview singer,
prepared by art critic Natalya Krasilnikova (online version).
Every journalist has heroes who become part of him
fate. When you grow into the personality of the person you are writing about so much that
The boundaries between profession and life are blurring. Singer Vladislav Kosarev for
I am one of these heroes. Why is art so captivating and captivating?
Vladislav? A voice of rare, amazing beauty? Yes, no doubt. But
There are certainly singers with more beautiful voices! Dramatic
skill? And this is true, but today singers without acting talent simply cannot
survive in the music market! I think the Kosarev phenomenon is
the inexhaustible LIGHT of the SOUL, which flows from his eyes, saturates the timbre
his voices and his whole stage presence. After the concerts Vl. Kosareva
and communication with him, the world is seen through different eyes, and you begin to understand that
There is always a way out – even from the most seemingly hopeless situations.
What a powerful charge of positive energy one must have in order to give birth
light at the end of the tunnel! Honestly, I don’t know the artist’s praise higher
this one! Vladislav Kosarev – Personality. He is smart, deep, extraordinary
companion. I am sure that the Smolensk listeners, who are rightfully proud,
that this unique artist is their fellow countryman will be interesting and useful
Kosarev's reflections on life and creativity.
Start
- Vladislav, you are the winner of the First International Choir Competition
conductors named after Alexander Yurlov. I haven't found it anywhere
detailed information about this competition. Meanwhile, this is the start of your
careers. Can you tell us more about the competition?
- The competition was held in Yekaterinburg in 2001. I was finishing
assistant internship at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and
For a year now he has been working as a choirmaster in the Peresvet men's chamber choir. I have
there was, one might say, a fighting feeling that was not fully realized: in
In 1999, while studying in my fifth year at Gnesinka, I went to a choir competition
conductors to the city of Salavat in Bashkortostan and received a II degree diploma.
However, I wanted more. The competition named after Yurlov had a traditional
structure and took place in three rounds: the first – conducting; second – work
with choir; the third is a concert performance of the play with a choir, with whom we
worked in the second round. For me, this competition is interesting because
for the first time in the history of choral conductor competitions, first place
shared by graduates of the same educational institution - RAM named after
Gnesins. The Grand Prix was awarded to Alexander Solovyov, who was then working
choirmaster in the Chamber Choir of Vladimir Minin (now he is the conductor
Bolshoi Theater), and the first prize goes to your humble servant. Sasha and I
studied in Gnesinka with one professor - Vladimir Onufrievich Semenyuk.
At the Yurlov competition, I worked with the chamber choir “Lik” of the city of Yekaterinburg. I
conducted “Spring” by Rachmaninov, “On the Ship” by Taneyev, and in the third round
– one number from Rachmaninov’s “Liturgy”. Chairman of the jury in
Vladimir Nikolaevich Minin was in Yekaterinburg, and it was he who gave me
1st Prize Laureate Diploma. Victory at the Yurlov competition gave me
opportunity to become a conductor of the Peresvet choir after a year of working there
choirmaster.
Be an artist
- How important is the assessment of people around you?
both your creativity and your personal qualities?
- There is a circle of people whose opinion is extremely important to me. These are my parents
teachers, close friends and some of my viewers. I value it very much
the trust of the audience who constantly go to my concerts in anticipation
something new, interesting, waiting for a miracle. But to say that I
I track information about myself on the Internet - in particular,
blog posts, comments on social networks - I can’t. I try to live
according to Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, he, in my opinion, gave a universal
advice: “By the command of God, O Muse, be obedient! Without fear of offense, not
demanding a crown, accept praise and slander indifferently and do not challenge the fool!”
As for assessing my personal qualities, I again
I focus on a group of people whose opinions are very important to me. I
I am not an antisocial person and, it seems to me, I do not violate
generally accepted moral standards. I do what I think is necessary and I live like that
as I think is correct.
- By the way, about the rules! Recently in one of the TV programs I heard:
“The most terrible things on the planet happen because people
follow the rules." How do you feel about RULES?
- I fundamentally disagree with this statement! Violating certain
rules, going against their conscience, people create for themselves and those around them
a huge number of problems. I believe that the question is not whether
people follow the rules, but what they are generally guided by when doing certain
other actions. According to my observations, people commit a huge amount
unseemly, often vile, actions precisely because there is no
They DO NOT FOLLOW the rules, but live without any moral guidelines.
- What impulses do you need for creativity - besides women, of course?
- I try to find these impulses in all manifestations of life - even in
the most, at first glance, everyday ones. It could be watching a cat,
a terrible hooligan living in my house; rustle of leaves; casual glance
strangers on the street; a fragment of some phrase that I accidentally saw
over the shoulder of a man reading on the subway. Usually while walking around
on the street or on the subway, you try to take a break from work, and then
such unexpected impulses, on the contrary, make you want to immerse yourself in
creativity with renewed vigor! I try to constantly expand the spectrum
sources of your inspiration. I recently rewatched it again
film "Three Poplars on Plyushchikha". For several weeks now I have
the eyes of Oleg Efremov when his hero sits in the Volga,
leaning your elbows on the steering wheel... In this look is the Universe, it’s GENIUS!!!
Now I often remember this scene when I work on the Soviet
pop repertoire.
- In the interview you talk quite a lot about your self-criticism.
At the same time, on Radio Petersburg, answering host Natalya Zavyalova,
you literally said the following: “I’m a terrible Samoyed!” What do you think
the difference between self-criticism and self-criticism?
- It’s very simple - a self-critical person does not have to be a Samoyed:
he can see both positive and negative own
features and outline effective ways to correct shortcomings. Samoyed
busy with eternal self-abasement, searching for qualities that he can and
not to be. At the same time, he mainly blames himself for all the troubles in the world. This
destructive to the individual. It is very difficult for Samoyeds to survive in our
reality, so I believe that with such manifestations a person
must fight. Speaking about myself, in the first years of my solo career
I was hampered by my self-criticism, but gradually I overcame it.
- What personality type do you think artists are at risk of star fever?
- People who were disliked in childhood and who, for various reasons,
feel like second-class citizens. Then as compensation
“star fever” arises as a way of false self-affirmation. I am this
I say based on my own observations: life gave me meetings with
real titans - Svyatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich,
Sergei Skripka and many other Creators. They are extremely simple and
natural because they don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Personality on
the stage is always visible - even if it is a student. I believe that “stardom” is
It’s a kind of disorder when you elevate yourself to the rank of an idol, an idol.
- In one of the conversations, in response to my question: “What quality do you value most in
people? you answered: “Cheerfulness.” But capable of cheerfulness
be a scoundrel. Moreover, according to my observations, scoundrels are often
very charming. How to differentiate?
- I don’t think that a scoundrel is capable of being a cheerful person! He is deprived
the gift of loving life, the world, people, he is basically incapable of being open
and sincere. How can he enjoy life if by his actions and
is he showing hatred towards her??
Minkov's masterpiece
- In the summer of 2013, “Culture” showed “Romance of Romance”, dedicated to
in memory of Mark Minkov. You performed Minkov's composition based on Evgeniy's poems
Yevtushenko “Listening to Solveig’s song.” I think this is one of the most
your significant creative victories of recent times. You can find out
the history of the appearance of Minkov's masterpiece - Yevtushenko in your repertoire?
- The editor-in-chief of “Romance of Romance” Alla Sergeevna Goncharova called me
and offered to perform this thing. She said that the song is practically not
is known, although at one time it was sung by Muslim Magomayev and Lev Leshchenko. At
When preparing new material, I never listen to recordings of other singers and
I don’t watch videos so as not to absorb other people’s intonations. I looked at the notes
“Solveig” and realized that I was sick of this composition! The song is not complicated
vocally, but emotionally and figuratively: in three minutes you need to be able to convey
turn from life to death. While working on the song, I wondered:
WHAT can pierce a person so that death loses its
horror? And I found the answer: only conviction, unshakable faith that our departure to
the other world is not the end. Minkov's song has a very clear sequence of events:
the man lies and dies. Remember the very first words: “I’m lying with my eyes closed,
in a deserted room. And the pain is the bitterest, and the pain is the sweetest..."
The hero's pain is so terrible that it becomes sweet! And next to it is another
a world where there are pine trees, where the sun is, where there is life, light, love. "Solveig's Song"
Griga, in my opinion, in this case becomes the voice of an angel, a saving
thread for the hero. A man is on the verge of death: he is devastated,
exhausted, sick. And a miracle happens that pushes this darkness away from him and
brings him back to life. It seems to me that Grieg’s “Song of Solveig” itself
He cannot have such power for himself. Only Will can become this force
God, revealed through some event. In the finale (“When I die - and
after all, I will die, but I will die: that’s how it will have to be!”) I didn’t hear
hopelessness and doom. The hero matures to understand: it’s not scary
leaving this life when you know that there is another world where there is no
pain and suffering, where you will be accepted and forgiven!
Fame and luxury
- I once heard from Dmitry Dibrov that human life in modern
world is based on four pillars: success, fame, money, luxury. Which
What content do you put into each of these concepts? To what extent each
are they meaningful to you?
- Of these concepts, only one is valuable to me – LUXURY. I'm investing in it
the meaning that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry spoke about: “The only luxury is
it’s the luxury of human interaction.” MONEY is just a tool for me,
allowing you to solve various life and creative problems. Money to a person
come, as a rule, when he does his job professionally and efficiently
case. I understand that my view is somewhat idealistic, and many would
They argued with me - especially in our country! Unfortunately, we are far from
always people who do their job masterfully receive what they deserve for it
reward. This is especially noticeable, alas, in the spheres of culture, medicine and
education. SUCCESS for me is an integral part of what you do
something very necessary, important and meaningful for people. For me the concept
“success” is somewhat synonymous with the concept of “in demand”. In the end,
Only the person himself can evaluate whether he is successful or not. Both me and you
we probably know people who live in luxury houses, drive
prestigious foreign cars, relax in five-star hotels... But if such
a person gets up in the morning with the thought that he will have to go back to his unloved job,
Even if it brings in a solid income, can it be considered successful? WITH
from the point of view of society - most likely, yes. From my point of view -
definitely not. Such a person does not experience JOY that is impossible
buy for money. I am convinced that joy is born when a person
busy with what he loves and communicates with like-minded people. Recently I
I read from one psychologist: “Joy is a byproduct of the right
organized activities." I think it's brilliant! I would do the same
spoke about success. As for FAME, again, for me it is not a goal, but
consequence. When people need your creativity - with one
sides; on the other hand, the quality of your musical product will be
modern and commercial in the best sense - then fame will come. This is in
ideal. Although I often see that fame does not always come to true
gifted and worthy people.
- Admit it honestly: you’re never annoyed that you don’t have the media exposure
which some artists less talented than you have?
- What does media have to do with it? Only one thing is important to me: most of my concerts
is sold out. I also have a goal that I am moving towards. This is the only thing for me
matters!
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