Yevgeniy Martynov
{{Short description|Soviet composer (1948–1990)}}
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| image = Eugene Martynov.jpg
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| birth_name = Yevgeniy Grigorievich Martynov
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|5|22}}
| birth_place = Kamyshin, Stalingrad Oblast, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|9|3|1948|5|22}}
| death_place =Moscow, USSR
| othername =
| occupation = composer, singer
| yearsactive =
| spouse =Evelina Starenchenko
| partner =
| awards = Lenin Komsomol Prize (1987)
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Yevgeniy Grigorievich Martynov ({{langx|ru|link=no|Евге́ний Григо́рьевич Марты́нов}}; May 22, 1948 – September 3, 1990) was a Soviet pop singer and composer, the older brother of the composer {{Interlanguage link multi|Yuri Martynov|ru|3=Мартынов, Юрий Григорьевич}}.{{Cite web |url=http://evgenymartynov.narod.ru/biografy/kniga.htm |title=Фрагменты очерка Юрия Мартынова о жизни и творчестве брата |access-date=August 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712012823/http://evgenymartynov.narod.ru/biografy/kniga.htm |archive-date=July 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Martynov was born on May 22, 1948, in Kamyshin (now in Russia's Volgograd Oblast).[http://www.kamishin.ru/wiki/martynov Информационный сайт города Камышин] His father was the commander of an infantry platoon, and was wounded during World War II, his mother was a nurse.{{Cite web|url=http://vmiremusiki.ru/evgenij-martynov.html|title=Евгений Мартынов – биография и творчество}} The family moved to the Donbas region (Martynov's father's homeland), and settled in Artyomovsk. Yevgeniy displayed a musical talent since an early age. His father taught him to play the accordion.
Martynov graduated from local music school as a clarinet player. In 1967 he was accepted to the Kiev Conservatory, but was soon transferred to the Donetsk Music and Pedagogical Institute (now the Prokofiev Conservatory), from which he graduated early in 1971. In 1972, while working as a composer in Moscow, he met Maya Kristalinskaya, from whom he composed the song "Birch" to Sergey Yesenin's lyrics. Later that year, his song "My Love" was performed by Gyulli Chokheli. Martynov lived in Moscow and worked first at the State Concert Association as a vocalist, and then at the publishing houses "Young Guard" and "Pravda" as a musical editor-consultant. In 1978 he played the role of a romance singer in Oleg Biyma's musical {{Interlanguage link multi|Just a Fairy Tale...|ru|3=Сказка как сказка...}}.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20130418003911/http://video.yandex.ru/users/serv1989/view/68/|title=Фильм «Сказка как сказка»}}
Yevgeniy Martynov was a member of the Union of Soviet Composers since 1984.{{Cite web|url=https://russian7.ru/post/evgeniy-martynov-strannaya-smert-sov/|title=Евгений Мартынов: странная смерть советского певца|first=Без Лица Без Лица|last=Пишет|date=February 14, 2018|website=Русская семерка}} In his work, Martynov used the most successful lyrical or civic poems by Ilya Reznik, Andrey Dementyev, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Mikhail Plyatskovsky and other outstanding Soviet poets. Martynov's songs were performed by prominent Soviet singers of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Sofia Rotaru, Iosif Kobzon, Anna German, Vadim Mulerman, Aleksander Serov, Georgy Minasyan, Maria Codreanu, Mikhail Chuev, Eduard Khil and others. After Martynov's death, some of his songs were sung and recorded by Yulian, Nikolai Baskov, Philipp Kirkorov, Ani Lorak, and Tina Karol, among others.
Death
Yevgeniy Martynov died on September 3, 1990. The official cause of death is acute heart failure.{{Cite web|url=https://chtoby-pomnili.net/page.php?id=539|title=Мартынов Евгений Григорьевич|website=Библиографический ресурс «Чтобы Помнили»}} He was buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery in Moscow. Shortly before his death, on August 27, 1990, he had performed for the last time .{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/doc/pro-zhizn-zamechatelnyh-lyudey/evgeniy-martynov-ty-prosti-menya-lyubimaya-dokumentalnyy-film|title=«Евгений Мартынов. Ты прости меня, любимая...» Документальный фильм|via=www.1tv.ru}}
Personal life
Martynov had a wife Evelina, whom he married in 1978. Together they had a son Sergei (named after Rachmaninoff and Yesenin).
Awards
- Laureate of the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students, Berlin (1973)
- Second prize winner of the Golden Orpheus contest (1976)
- Lenin Komsomol Prize (1987) for creation of works for children and youths, and work on the aesthetic education of youths
Popular songs
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQFE5ilIXk The Loyalty of Swans]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pSBfdLfBtE A Ballad about Mother]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s87AfnKh6Wk Apple Тrees in Blossom]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJy18pQc2no Alyonushka]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXiP6Jpb-8 Cherry]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Insj3gL2hvQ Father's Letter]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5R1Jw4hlI The Curse]
References
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External links
- [http://emartynov.ru/ Клуб Евгения Мартынова]
- {{IMDb name|9109524}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121128121415/http://evgenymartynov.narod.ru/work/work.htm Тексты песен Евгения Мартынова]
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