Restrained but memorable manner of performance, warm baritone, beautiful appearance of Leonid Serebrennikov conquer from the first meeting.
The beginning of the biography
Serebrennikov Leonid Fedorovich was born on October 2, 1947 in the capital of Russia - Moscow. Leni's family had nothing to do with the field of art, her mother was a specialist in geodetic surveys of mining, then the secretary of the scientific council of the mining institute. In her free time, she painted pictures that adorn the walls of Leonid's apartment to this day.
Father Fyodor Dmitrievich, who went through the war as an artilleryman, gun commander, was deputy director for economic affairs, all at the same Mining Institute. Both had good voices. The love for the song was passed on to their son. The elder brother Vladimir worked for many years on the central television as an international journalist, then as an announcer.
Study
As a child, Leonid began to dream of an acting profession, so without much hesitation he tried to enter a theater school, but for two years in a row he could not realize his dream. Between acquisitions, he worked at a factory, never ceasing to think about the theatrical stage. The third attempt was successful - finally, he became a student at the Schepkin Theater School.
While still in his second year, during the rehearsal of the play, he sang the lyric song "Hands", which was performed by Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko, to the guitar. At the request of Nikolai Alexandrovich Annenkov, who taught Serebrennikov's course, he repeated this song several times in his performance. After listening carefully, the professor advised to focus on vocal creativity - singing best revealed his talent.
With two graduation performances, Leonid successfully completes his studies at Sliver. Having listened to the opinion of the teacher, he begins to sing in the pop orchestra of the city of Lyubertsy near Moscow. While serving in the armed forces, he organized a vocal and instrumental ensemble, where Serebrennikov successfully performed solo.
Creation
Having finally parted with the idea of an actor's career, Leonid Serebrennikov goes to work at the Mosconcert, where he continues to serve his beloved profession. Arriving in Sochi, for the song contest, which had the All-Union status, without the slightest support from the outside, Leonid set himself the maximum task - participation only in the first round. Perhaps it was this psychological attitude that allowed the singer to relax and overcome all three steps of this competition in one fell swoop. A year later, he again became a diploma winner, but already at the TV contest "With a song through life." Artistry combined with musicality allowed Serebrennikov to star in the film "Melodies of one operetta", made in the musical genre. The director of the film "It Was Behind the Narva Outpost" entrusted the main role to Leonid Serebrennikov.
The composers could not pass by the owner of several octaves. Perfectly able to feel the material, Leonid Serebrennikov in a wonderful way brought to life the idea of the creators of pop songs. The leading figures of the Soviet composer elite trusted him with their musical creations. The artist constantly took part in the author's musical creative evenings.
The Soviet stage existed according to certain strict rules and Leonid found his own place in it. At one time he successfully sang in duets with the famous Moldovan singer Nadezhda Chepraga (the song was dedicated to the cosmonauts) and Valentina Tolkunova with the song from the movie "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears." Both works entered the final "Song of the Year". The range of Serebrennikov's voice allows performing musical works in a variety of genres - from arias from operettas to bard songs.
The active touring activity allowed the singer not only to travel around the entire Soviet Union, but to visit many countries of the world. Serebrennikov is known as a participant in several musical programs on Soviet television dedicated to the genre of romance and operetta. The artist is one of the organizers of the "Two Guitars" romance club. He is a member of the jury at competitions of romance performers. Serebrennikov has voiced more than seventy feature films, where his movie characters performed musical episodes. For five years on the Kultura TV channel he hosted the program "Romance of Romance". With great pleasure she accepts invitations to all kinds of celebrations. Since 1982 he has been awarded the honorary title "Honored Artist of Dagestan". From the two thousand sixth "People's Artist of Russia". In the 2000th, the name of Leonid Fedorovich Serebrennikov was included in the encyclopedia of pop art in Russia of the twentieth century.
Personal life
After his first unsuccessful ten-year marriage, Leonid Fedorovich met on the set of a music program with his current life partner Valentina Petrovna, who worked as an illuminator in the film crew. The common-law husband and wife officially registered their relationship. In two thousand and five, on the eve of the anniversary of family relations, they got married in the Holy Land. A son, Vladimir, was born in a happy family. Now the artist enjoys family life and grandchildren.
