In the 70s of the last century, there was no person in the Soviet Union who was not touched by the talent of Serezha Paramonov. He was called "Russian Robertino Loretti". A sonorous boyish voice chilled to the chills and engraved in memory.
Childhood
Seryozha was born on June 25, 1961 in a Muscovite family. Father worked as a locksmith, mother worked as a cleaner. The only child in the family grew up weak and sickly. The boy celebrated his tenth birthday in a communal apartment where the Paramonov family lived, but already the next birthday he met with his parents in a new two-room apartment in Perovo.
From early childhood, the boy had a desire to sing. He eagerly performed at kindergarten holidays. The teacher who lived nearby often took Seryozha to home rehearsals. She accompanied on the piano, he sang children's songs. During school holidays, the boy went to a summer camp, where a music worker noted his abilities. After the shift, she personally came to the Paramonovs and presented an accordion. Sergey began his studies in a music circle.
The beginning of the way
In 1971, the grandmother took the grandson of the fourth-grader to the children's choir of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting under the direction of V. S. Popov. The newly created team was recruiting talented children. The choir received the prefix Bolshoi to its name only later, when it became clear how many children dream of joining it. At the audition, the aspiring singer passed all the tests easily and was enrolled in the younger group. Unlike other children, he studied with pleasure, therefore, despite his poor health, he was chosen as a soloist. The debut recording was the song "Antoshka", after which Paramonov's success began.
Moment of glory
During his work in the team, Sergey was the leading performer in three dozen musical compositions. The choir was invited to perform in the best concert halls of the capital. The collective toured the country a lot, traveled abroad. The guys were warmly greeted at the annual song festivals in "Artek" and "Orlenok". Soloist Paramonov was listened to, loved, admired. In addition to songs from popular cartoons and films for children, his repertoire included serious adult works: "Goodbye, Rocky Mountains", "Comrade Song", "Old Drummer". The composer Alexandra Pakhmutova entrusted the young singer to perform a new song "Request". During the premiere in 1975, Seryozha realized that he was not able to control his own voice. What every soloist was so afraid of happened - a fifteen-year-old child began to grow up, a mutation of his voice began. The place of the soloist in the choir was taken by a new boy, the teenager was transferred to other parties, and soon he left the band altogether. While the voice was breaking, it was impossible to sing. The teachers took advantage of this break and advised Paramonov to get a musical education, which he did not have.
Musical education
At the music school, the eminent young man was offered to create his own ensemble. The offer flattered him, he gladly responded, forgetting about the ban on vocal activities. All summer VIA toured the pioneer camps, gave several concerts a day. Too much stress on the vocal cords was not in vain, a good adult voice did not work out.
After three classes in the piano department, Seryozha graduated from the preparatory department of the Ippolitov-Ivanov Music College. Very soon he was enrolled as a freshman of the conductor-choir department. Studying was hard, Paramonov was not used to working. Popularity and success, so unexpectedly arose, got to him all this time quite easily. A year later, the unsuccessful student left the walls of the educational institution.
Adulthood
A difficult adult life began. Sergey continued his work as a musician. He played keyboards in different groups, hosted a program at the Yunost radio station, made folk arrangements for the Rusichi ensemble and even composed. In the capital's Sokolniki park he spent evenings for the elderly. It was the most grateful audience, they remembered and loved the pioneer Seryozha Paramonov.
The artist almost did not perform solo. He remembered the times when he was the first, and now he did not agree to a supporting role. Like-minded people and friends gathered in a small Moscow apartment. Together with them, Paramonov released an audio cassette with recordings of children's songs, where instead of the real name was the pseudonym "Sergei Bidonov".
During these years, cooperation with the poet Alexander Shaganov and work on the project of Sergei Chumakov began. Part of the solo album of Vladimir Asimov was the song "Mother", written by the musician, together with Andrei Borisov, he released a collection of compositions by the team "77". I helped my classmate Igor Matvienko to make arrangements for the Lube and Ivanushki International groups. Their collaboration lasted five years.
A family
Remaining in the shadow of his own glory, the artist often fell into depression, and drowned his dissatisfaction with his own fate in a bottle. Many wanted to drink with a star, though it descended from the sky. Periods of creativity alternated with bouts of terrible apathy. Even great love could not help the artist find his place in life. For the first time he married at the age of 30 the singer Olga Boborykina. A year later, the marriage broke up. In 1994, Paramonov made a new attempt to start a family. Saratov singer Maria Porokh became the chosen one of the musician. Shaganov was a witness at their wedding. Soon the couple had a son, Matvienko agreed to be the godfather. But personal life did not work out. The wife could hardly bear her husband's mood swings. After years of sober life, he returned to his addiction again. Having recovered from tuberculosis, he received a disability, and this was followed by a new disease - pneumonia. The last six months he spent very lonely in a capital apartment, everyone turned away from him. Sergei Paramonov quietly passed away on May 15, 1998 from cardiac arrest, he was 36 years old.
The biography of Sergei Vladimirovich Paramonov turned out to be difficult and tragic. They predicted a great future for him, but life decreed otherwise. In other circumstances, perhaps, the glory of a young talented boy would not have been so fleeting, and the famous soloist could have made a great musical career. Today, only old records and the love of loyal fans keep the memory of him.
