At a certain chronological interval, the names of pop performers are recognized in all parts of the country. Songs performed by stars are pouring from all TVs and radio sets. Yuri Gulyaev's voice still sounds today, although the singer has long been dead.
Childhood and youth
During school years, many people took part in amateur performances. Inspections were held, and are currently being held every year. Long-term practice shows that very few students become actors or singers. For the most part, graduates strive to get a profession in demand. However, there are also unexpected exceptions. Yuri Alexandrovich Gulyaev was born on August 9, 1930 as the eldest child in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the famous city of Tyumen. My father worked at a sawmill. Mother is a nurse at a local clinic.
The house had a gramophone and a button accordion. My father played the button accordion well, not knowing the musical notation at all. Aurally. The head of the family played and the hostess sang. In their free time, everyone sat down at the table and listened to gramophone records. From an early age Yura knew the songs of Vary Panina, the romances of Lyalya Cherna and arias from operas performed by Sergei Lemeshev. When the boy was seven years old, he was enrolled in a comprehensive school and in a music school. Gulyaev studied well. I did well in all subjects. He willingly participated in amateur art shows.
At one of the school evenings, Yuri performed Lensky's aria from the opera "Eugene Onegin". He learned this work a long time ago, but decided to perform on stage after much persuasion. The performance made a positive impression on both peers and teachers. The girls looked at him with wide eyes and whispered behind their backs. Many of his acquaintances advised Gulyaev to study music and vocals. However, the future singer treated his musical pursuits as a hobby. A serious young man, he decided to pursue a medical degree.
Having received a certificate of maturity in 1947, Gulyaev entered the Sverdlovsk Medical Institute. In this educational institution, cultural work was put on a solid foundation. Yuri found himself in a familiar environment, since he was immediately attracted to participate in a vocal and instrumental ensemble. I had to attend lectures from time to time. The student soon realized that the chosen specialty did not attract him at all. And then he made a difficult decision for himself - he took the documents and entered the vocal department of the Ural Conservatory.
Professional activity
In 1954, the certified singer received a referral to the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater. Gulyaev's career as an opera singer was quite successful. After a short period of time he was invited to Donetsk. The receiving party offered attractive conditions, which Yuri did not refuse. Gulyaev's work on stage received friendly responses from spectators and critics. In 1961, the singer was invited to the Kiev Shevchenko Theater. Gulyaev worked on this stage for over ten years. During this period, he began to perform pop songs.
In the early 70s, Gulyaev was invited several times to Moscow to the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. He took part in the performances "Carmen", "The Queen of Spades", "Faust". The metropolitan public had pleasant impressions. Then the singer was accepted into the troupe. The final move took place in 1975. However, the real situation in the famous theater did not please Yuri. There was a line in which the performers stood to get a role in the play. Gulyaev did not become upset and went to the stage. It was in the role of a pop singer that he received popular love and recognition.
Awards and achievements
Yuri Gulyaev won his first international prize at the 1959 World Festival of Youth and Students in Vienna. The singer's contribution to the development of solo singing was duly appreciated in Ukraine. In 1960 he was awarded the title of Honored, and five years later - People's Artist of Ukraine. Gulyaev devoted a lot of time to touring. When he became interested in performing pop songs, famous poets and composers began to collaborate with him. Yuri brilliantly performed and recorded the popular cycle of songs "Gagarin's Constellation", which was created by the composer Alexandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov.
In 1964, Gulyaev was invited to perform at the legendary Paris Theater "Olympia". Only a few of the Soviet performers were awarded this honor. The Party and the Government also duly noted the singer's contribution to the country's cultural discourse. In 1975, Yuri became a laureate of the State Prize for his fruitful concert activity. Over the next years he was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner of Labor and Friendship of Peoples.
Personal life score
Unfortunately for many fans, Yuri Gulyaev married once and for the rest of his life. The future husband and wife maintained a relationship for four years before they formalized the marriage. Wife Larisa Mikhailovna worked as an editor on the radio. The wedding was modest. The best gift for the newlyweds was a separate apartment, which Gulyaev received in Donetsk.
In 1964, a son appeared in the family. He was named, like his father, Yura. The child was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which is almost impossible to treat. But the parents put all their efforts into rectifying the situation. Currently, Gulyaev Jr. has the title of candidate of philosophical sciences and teaches at Moscow State University.
Concerns about the fate of his beloved son and excessive stress on the stage undermined the health of Yuri Gulyaev. He died of a heart attack on April 23, 1986. Buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.
