Clown, singer, parodist, TV presenter - all this is the beloved artist Yuri Galtsev. His talent is multifaceted, a popular comedian can transform into anyone. This is a "man-orchestra" capable of bringing something new, special and bright, therefore his performances are always different.
Biography
Yuri was born into a simple working-class family of Nikolai Afanasyevich and Raisa Grigorievna Galtsev on April 12, 1961, the day when Gagarin flew into space. As the actor says, that is why his parents named him Yuri.
At school, the boy studied well, was educated at a music school in the accordion class, learned to play the guitar. In the ninth grade, the future artist began to compose his own songs.
His name should have predetermined the fate of the guy. After all, a person named after an astronaut simply had to become a pilot. However, fate decreed otherwise. For health reasons, Yuri did not go to the flight school, but entered the Kurgan Machine-Building Institute, where he created a propaganda team and began to take an active part in its activities. Already at that time Galtsev decided to devote himself to musical creativity.
Artistic career of Yuri Galtsev
After graduating from a mechanical engineering university, he went to the northern capital and entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. While still a second year student, he began performing at the Buff Theater. After graduation, he worked in the theaters "Farsy", "On Liteiny", "Litsedei". He played in such performances as "Ball of Thieves", "Black Cat", "Nadezhda Station", "Gahan and Friends", "Striptease", "Three Musketeers", "Waiting for the Wind", "Catastrophe", "Doctor Pirogoff "," Assistant "and others. And in 1999 the actor founded his own theater called "UTYUG" (Yuri Galtsev's Universal Theater).
Gaining popularity, the artist became a media person and a frequent guest in such TV programs as "Full House", "Smehopanorama", "Izmailovsky Park", "Yurmalina" and so on. The actor has starred in several films. Among them are "Jack Vosmerkin - American", "Schizophrenia", "Streets of Broken Lanterns", "Deadly Force".
In 2000, Galtsev received the A. Raikin Cup at the MORE SMEHA international festival and the Golden Nose international clown prize at the Riga festival. In 2000 and 2001, the residents of St. Petersburg chose him as the best actor of the year. Yuri Galtsev was awarded many awards and for his services the actor received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 2003.
In 2008, Yuri Galtsev headed the Variety Theater in the city on the Neva. In addition, the artist transfers his knowledge and skills to future clowns, he teaches at the Academy of Theater Arts. He also tries himself in the role of a presenter on television. Together with his friend and colleague Grigory Vetrov, Yuri Nikolayevich worked as the host of the television humorous program "Two Merry Goose". In 2014, the artist participated in the show "Just the same", where he appeared before the audience in the images of Louis Armstrong, Boris Moiseev, Lyudmila Zykina, Toto Cutugno and others.
