Alexander Vedernikov is a Soviet Russian chamber and opera singer-bass. People's Artist and laureate of the USSR State Prize was also engaged in teaching activities.
Connoisseurs of music know Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov as a famous performer of arias. The opera singer was an outstanding teacher, he was a full member of the Academy of Folk Music.
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The biography of the future soloist began in 1927 in the village of Mokino. Sometimes the village of Vorobyov Gora is called the small homeland of a celebrity. The child was born on December 23 in a large peasant family. Philip Sergeevich and Anna Dmitrievna raised four more sons.
The family business was the manufacture of carriages according to customer orders. Together with his father and brothers, Alexander took part in the work. The fellow villagers have always been attracted by the boy's singing, which has become an obligatory attribute of labor creativity.
Soon the Vedernikovs moved to Kopeisk. In a new place, my father took up the carpentry trade. The head of a large family entered the workers' school, successfully graduated from it and received a construction education. He was now engaged in the construction of houses and mine facilities. Mom finished nursing courses and worked in the future in this specialty.
Alexander loved singing since childhood, he was fond of painting. The boy's real dream was the violin. In 1943 Vedernikov Jr. entered the Korkinsky Mining College. All the talented youth of the city were united by the club at the educational institution. The student hoped to join the choir. However, on listening, a breaking voice prevented the wish from being fulfilled. The young man chose a circle of fine arts.
After completing his studies, the graduate became a mining foreman. In an effort to pursue art, he decided to enter an art school in Sverdlovsk. Acceptance of documents has been completed. Then Vedernikov went to the nearby Tchaikovsky Music School.
The path to the heights
The young man passed the singing exam without difficulty. The study began. In 1955, studies began at the Moscow Conservatory. Until 1958, the young performer was a soloist at the Kirov Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. Vedernikov subsequently sang at the Bolshoi Theater. He became an artist of the famous collective in 1958. Until 1990 Vedernikov appeared on stage. In 1960-1961 studying Alexander Filippovich got the opportunity of an internship in Italy with the famous maestro Barr.
The singer's uniqueness was the amazing ability to combine a voice of striking beauty with an excellent command of it. The singer's artistry and masterly skill of reincarnation conquered the audience from the first moments. In one person, a musician, artist and artist got along harmoniously.
The soloist's repertoire includes almost all the leading bass parts, from classical Russian to modern. Simultaneously with his work in the theater, Vedernikov often gave concerts, took part in philharmonic concerts, and recorded CDs. The number of the latter has exceeded three dozen.
He performed romances, arias, oratorios, songs by foreign and domestic authors. A special place in the singer's work is given to Georgy Sviridov. In collaboration with him, Vedernikov performed many classical pieces. The most striking is the cycle of nine songs on poems by Burns. The work turned out to be philosophical, truthful and powerful, surprisingly expressive.
On the text of Mayakovsky, Sviridov wrote "Pathetic Oratorio". One of the most important stages of the singer's activity was the incarnation of the Poet in it. The soloist received a gold medal and a prize at the International Competition in Berlin.
All facets of talent
In 1956, Alexander Filippovich was nominated for the first prize of the All-Union competition. The performer became a member of the Russian Academy of Arts and Music, received many titles, was awarded medals and orders.
The talented performer described many years of work in his book "So that the soul does not become scarce." The work was published in 1989.
A renowned expert in the art of music, the singer consulted from 2006 to 2009 on vocals. Many soloists of the Bolshoi Theater became his students. While combining the activities of a teacher and a singer, Vedernikov also did not refuse numerous interviews, participated in television projects as an invited guest.
The singer performed vocal parts in several films-operas. He sang the part of Sobakin in The Tsar's Bride, was Leporello in The Stone Guest, Boris Timofeevich in Katerina Izmailova.
Vedernikov starred in the film-play "Unfinished Symphony", and also took part in the musical film "Sunday Musician".
In 2008, the singer headed the Russian Opera Theater in the capital as artistic director.
The artist did not leave his passion for painting. On canvas, he created real masterpieces, portraits of loved ones. Vedernikov loved to be in nature. Fishing became his favorite form of recreation. The singer really liked to work in the garden, to take care of the garden, the beds. The famous singer passed away in 2018, January 9.
Family and vocation
The personal life of Alexander Filippovich was also happy. The pop singer Maya Golovnya became his first choice. In 1959, a child appeared in the family, daughter Marina. She chose a teaching career as a music teacher.
The bass's second wife was organist and pianist Natalia Gureeva, professor at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1964, a son, Alexander, was born, who became a conductor. He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 1967, the youngest son of a celebrity, Boris, was born. He became an artist.
The documentary films “Alexander Vedernikov. My Quiet Homeland”, as well as“The Golden Bass of Russia”. The singer took part in the work on documentary projects “Sergei Prokofiev. Suite of Life "and" Blue Sea … White Steamer … Valery Gavrilin ".
