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Viktor Korolev (musician)

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Viktor Korolev
Ви́ктор Ива́нович Королёв
BornTayshet, Irkutsk Oblast, U.S.S.R.
GenresRussian chanson, pop, Russian rock
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, actor
Instrument(s)Singing, piano
Years active1992–present
Websiteviktor-korolev.ru
youtube.com/MrKorolevViktor

Viktor Ivanovich Korolev[a] (born July 26, 1961) is a Russian singer and songwriter specializing in the Russian chanson music genre.

He won the Chanson of the Year [ru] award in both 2011 and 2019.

In 1992, he was awarded a diploma at the Golden Stag International Pop Song Festival in Brașov, Romania.[1]

Early life

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Korolev was born in Tayshet, USSR on July 26, 1961.[1] His mother, Alexandra Vasilievna, was a teacher in Siberia, and his father worked at the construction site of the Abakan-Taishet Railway.[2] Korolev attended public school from 1968 to 1976.[2]

From 1977 to 1981, Victor studied at the S. I. Taneyev Musical Institute of Kaluga [ru] majoring in piano.[2] In 1981, he tried to attend theater school but did not succeed. By 1982, Korolev had been drafted to the Soviet Army, where he was stationed in Belarus as a private in missile forces,[1][3] where he considered himself "fortunate" to participate in the military orchestra.[2] According to Korolev, army musicians in the orchestra had special privileges including time off and the ability to see films in theater. Korolev has described the army musician life as a type of "army bohemia".[2]

In 1984, he was accepted to Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1988.[1] After graduating, he worked with theatrical director Yuri Sherling [ru] and was featured in films, mostly prominently in 1990 Soviet-Italian-Spanish-Moroccan film The Battle of the Three Kings as well as 1993's Силуэт в окне напротив (lit.'Silhouette in the opposite window') and 1993's Играем "Зомби", или Жизнь после битв (lit.'Playing "Zombies": or, Life After the Battles').

He began recording albums from 1992 onwards.

The comedic claymation music video for Korolev's song "Базар-Вокзал" (lit.'Bazaar Station') was released in 1997, which Korolev referred to as the first animated music video in Russia.[1][4]

Discography

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  • 1992 — «Бродвей на Тверской» (LP)
  • 1994 — «Бродвей на Тверской» (CD)
  • 1995 — «Наливай!»<
  • 1997 — «Базар-вокзал»
  • 1998 — «Любовь окаянная»
  • 1998 — «Пьяная вишня»
  • 1999 — «А я бухой»
  • 2000 — «За любовь»
  • 2002 — «Белая сирень»
  • 2003 — «Укушу»
  • 2004 — «Ля-ля-тополя»
  • 2004 — «Московский озорной гуляка!» (DVD)
  • 2005 — «Здравствуйте, гости!»
  • 2006 — «Лимончики»
  • 2006 — «Чёрным вороном»
  • 2007 — «Шумел камыш»
  • 2008 — «Горячий поцелуй»
  • 2010 — «За твою красивую улыбку»
  • 2011 — «Хрустальный замок»
  • 2012 — «Я брошу жизнь к твоим ногам…»
  • 2013 — «SMS»
  • 2014 — «Я буду скучать…» (CD, DVD, LP)[5]
  • 2016 — «55!»
  • 2018 — «На сердце белыми нитями»

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Salve Music - Viktor Korolev Biography". Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Виктор Королёв :: Артисты от А до Я :: Официальный сайт "Радио Шансон"". 2010-12-14. Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  3. ^ "Биография – Рассказывает Виктор Королёв". korolev-viktor.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. ^ StarPro (2013-11-13). Виктор Королев - Базар - вокзал. Retrieved 2024-07-28 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Альбом «Я буду скучать…» — Большой форум Виктора Королёва[dead link]
  1. ^ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Korolev.