The famous comedian Vladimir Vinokur is talented in many ways. He sings, hosts television programs, plays in films, and also runs his own parody theater and shares his experience with students.
Talent from birth
Vladimir Natanovich Vinokur was born on March 31, 1948 in the city of Kursk. His parents were Natan Lvovich Vinokur, who worked as a builder, and Anna Yulievna, who taught Russian language and literature at school.
As the humorist's relatives say, he began to "perform" from early childhood. They put him on a chair, and the boy with pleasure recited poems and sang songs. During his school years, Vladimir began to sing in the choir, where he soon became a soloist. In 1962 he was sent as the best soloist of the choir to the pioneer camp "Artek". There he performed at an international competition and received the title of laureate.
After finishing eight grades of high school, Vladimir, at the insistence of his father, entered the Kursk Editing College, but simultaneously with obtaining the profession of an installer in the evenings, he studied at the Music College at the conductor's and choral department. After graduating from college, the future artist worked for some time at a construction site and was drafted into the army. Vladimir served in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Moscow Military District.
Creative career
While still in military service, the young man entered GITIS. He began to combine his studies at the institute with work in the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, where the young man sang songs. During his senior year, the young artist was invited to work at the Moscow Operetta Theater.
In 1974, Yuri Malikov invited Vinokur to the popular VIA "Gems", at concerts he performed with a parody monologue. Two years later, Vladimir became a laureate of the All-Russian Contest of Variety Artists, at which he read the monologue "About Sergeant Major Kovalchuk." Since then, the artist has thought about a solo career. He was admitted to the "Mosconcert" and began performing at the Variety Theater with parodies and humoresques.
In 1989, he created his own Theater of Parodies of Vladimir Vinokur, which he directs to this day. Currently, the artist continues to perform in the popular humorous programs "Humorina" and "Crooked Mirror".
Personal life
Vinokur's wife - Tamara Viktorovna Pervakova - in the past was a ballet dancer and worked in the same Moscow Operetta Theater, in which Vladimir also performed. They both played in the play Don't Hit the Girls. The girl immediately attracted the attention of the young man, but did not reciprocate. The family was formed by chance. The distiller needed a residence permit in the city of Moscow and Tamara invited him to enter into a fictitious marriage with her. But Vladimir replied that he loved her, and offered to create a real family.
The couple have an only daughter. Her name is Anastasia Vinokur. She is a ballerina and works in the troupe of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater. Anastasia is married to music producer Grigory Matveevichev. Their son Fedor was born in 2015.
