The songs “How delightful evenings in Russia” and “Because you can't be beautiful like that” became the visiting card of the singer and composer Alexander Yagya. The ex-soloist of the "White Eagle" group does not consider his participation in the popular ensemble to be something outstanding, and therefore is successfully implemented in other projects.
Alexander Georgievich is known as a saxophonist. He is also involved in production and teaching activities.
The path to recognition
The biography of the future celebrity began in 1974. The child was born in Zaporozhye on May 3 in a creative family. His mother was a singer. The boy inherited both charisma and excellent vocal abilities.
Soon the Yagya moved to Tashkent. From an early age, parents have been studying music with their son. From the age of four, the baby sang in the republican choir of radio and television. Lessons in an ordinary school were combined with attending classes in a music school. Sasha studied singing and playing the guitar. Later he mastered the flute and saxophone.
In the boys' choir, the talented student was a permanent soloist. Alexander took part in almost all music competitions. He regularly won prizes. In addition to music, the talented teenager went in for sports, received a youth category in water polo. Sasha also liked the art of cooking.
There were no doubts when choosing a profession. Yagya continued his education at the Tashkent School of Music. After completing his studies, he was drafted into the army. In Novosibirsk, the young man was a soloist of the song and dance ensemble of the Siberian Military District.
Successes
After the service, the aspiring artist performed with many groups. In 1990 he was invited to the famous foreign rock group "Marathon", which worked with the famous team "The Scorpions". Together the ensembles performed the hit songs "Rock On The Night", "Down On The Road". Alexander Georgievich performed in Norway, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria. He worked in the Hollywood variety show in Africa.
The musician returned to his homeland in 1997. In 1998 he took part in the "Slavianski Bazar" competition. There, Yagya won the Audience Award. He founded a group that successfully covered the hits of popular Russian bands and vocalists. At the same time, work was underway to record backing vocals for Alsou and Baskov.
Alexander Georgievich also tried his hand at being a teacher. In 2000 he studied vocal with students of the famous "Gnesinka" and the Moscow Musical University on Taganka. As music director, the vocalist represented the domestic side of the Millennium production company.
In 2002, the singer's debut album entitled "Remember" was released. A new take-off The turning point in his career was the beginning of cooperation with the "White Eagle" group. The young musician was invited to the team in 2006 by businessman Vladimir Zhechkov. The new soloist managed to return the group to its former popularity. With concert tours, the team traveled to many cities, the disc "How We Love" was recorded. It was thanks to the participation of Yagya that the then composition of the ensemble was later named golden by both the vocalist's colleagues and his fans.
A world tour took place in 2007. The ensemble, which celebrated its tenth anniversary, performed with the program "How Delightful Evenings in Russia". In 2008, a video was shot for the composition "Unique", which became a new hit. At the same time, Alexander acted as a co-founder of the Podium group. In 2009 the group at a concert in memory of Lyudmila Zykina. Yagya performed the song "My Motherland" in an original interpretation. It combined the performance of the singer on stage with the broadcast of the video where the song was sung by Lyudmila Georgievna. In 2010, the vocalist recorded a remake of "Conversation at the New Year Tree" with Valentina Tolkunova.
In 2010, there were many concerts with the "Unique" program abroad. At the same time, the band's anniversary concert was held at the Variety Theater. The composition “How delightful evenings in Russia are” performed by Yagya entered the top 10.
Solo swimming
The singer left the group at the end of the year. By the end of 2011, a concert tour of the vocalist across Russia “Meeting of Friends” took place. The legendary Smokie team took part in it. The artists also performed the co-recorded "I’ll Meet You At Midnight", a duet version of "WhatCan I Do". In 2012, his new collection "Let love rule the world" was released.
A year later, fans first heard the duet of Alexander Yagya and Viktor Saltykov “Give me this night”. The musicians began their collaboration with composition. The Academy of Arts became their joint project. Schools were opened in many domestic cities. In addition to music, they taught dancing, acting, journalism. Alexander Georgievich gave master-classes in vocal, guitar and saxophone.
August 2016 was marked by the release of the new single "You have presented". In early autumn 2017, the musician took part in the next qualifying season of the Voice show. In 2018, a new song "Chance out of 100" was presented. It sounded as the title song in the vocalist's concert of the same name on November 16. Yagya is engaged in charity work.
The singer and composer does not like to talk about his personal life. However, he is not going to hide family life either. Svetlana Yanina, the concert director, became his wife. The family has five children. The musician devotes his free time to communication with them and education.
Alexander Georgievich cannot clearly define his preferences in terms of genres: he likes different directions. The only selection criterion is the professionalism of the performance. The vocalist calls his favorite singers Freddie Mercury, Tom Jones and Michael Bolton.
