The famous chansonnier, whose songs are performed by Laima Vaikule, Irina Allegrova, Boris Moiseev and other pop stars, gave exclusive interview Dmitry Gordon.

*"Believe in male friendship", - says Evgeny Kemerovsky (in the photo - with Dmitry Gordon). Photo by Alexander Lazarenko

Evgeny Kemerovsky was brought to show business by a tragedy: in 1992, his twin brother, the champion of the USSR and Russia in freestyle wrestling, died in a terrible car accident. Music, according to Evgeny, literally pulled him out of the next world, brought him out of shock and stupor - Kemerovsky (then still Yakovlev - such real name artist) realized that he was simply obliged to record an album in memory of his brother, and the listener also sincerely responded to those sincere feelings that the novice singer-songwriter put into his first disc called “My Brother”. The songs “Cold Morning”, “Give Me an Evening in Moscow”, “Nostalgia” became popular, and “Brothers, Don’t Shoot Each Other”, so relevant in the 90s, is a landmark.

- Zhenya, I know that you were born in the village New Town not far from the town of Belovo in the Kemerovo region - this is Kuzbass, mines ... Have you ever descended into a mine yourself?

- I think we all went through this school there. We had excursions - the miners were preparing their shift. Previously, vocational schools were held in high esteem, because a working profession, a mining dynasty, you understand? For the communist time in which we lived, it was natural.

Is it hard in the mine?

- Incredible!

Was it scary to go down?

- Of course - there are 500 meters, a kilometer, two underground ...

— Is it true that miners, as a rule, do not live up to 70 years old?

- My father is 83, and, thank God, is still alive ...

Is he also a miner?

- He worked at the mine for 35 years, in the face, and his pension is about 200 dollars. For such hard work!

- You were engaged in freestyle wrestling. Were you a bully as a child?

The rules were...

- Well, yes. That generation was pure, because there were three television channels, several radio channels, a dozen magazines ... I remember everyone loved Ogonyok, they read the Pravda newspaper, “ Komsomol truth"... We were waiting for hockey and football, listened to what the elders would say, and wanted there to be no war - this is how my youth passed ...

- There is bread on the table - and thank God ...

- Yes Yes. Father received from 500 to a thousand rubles ...

- ... for those times the money is huge!

- ... my mother worked as a doctor, she earned 150 rubles. It seemed like we had everything New Year- tangerines and sweets: it was a great holiday. On the street, I remember, they disappeared, then my brother and I started training.

- You and your brother were born mirror twins - his heart was on the right ...

- They were born unusually - they were located facing each other. Then there were no modern devices, and when my mother decided to give birth, they got scared in the village maternity hospital: two heads below ... But we were born very quickly - with a difference of 20 minutes: healthy, everything is fine.

- The feeling that you have a brother and that he is the same as you, with almost the same face and figure, when it came to you?

- As a child, we always stuck together, and from the age of 12 we began to scatter. Realizing everything that had happened in my life, I began to scroll the events back like a film, and now I reached the age of 12 and realized: even then fate gave me signs.

- Were you friends with Alexander or fought?

- And fought, and were friends - we are brothers. He has always been a leader. Wrestled better, became a champion Soviet Union and Russia in freestyle wrestling ... He was a serious guy, but his heart was on the right side, and he was practically not taken to international competitions. There was such a professor Smolensky, and he was afraid: suddenly something would go wrong, although then the struggle was very strong, in any weight there were literally 100 applicants from literally all the republics. Until now, I meet these guys on tour, we have a very warm relationship.

- When perestroika was announced, the first cooperatives went, and racketeering immediately began - the fighters received offers one after another ...

- Both wrestlers and boxers, but I was not in Russia then - I graduated higher school coaches and went to Germany.

— And brother?

My brother joined me later. He lived in Siberia, got married early, the child was small ... When the child grew up, the family moved, and on December 1, 1992, Sasha died. Came to Moscow with a friend - Kostya from Kyiv. We were driving in a car, a police colonel and his wife raced towards me - a terrible blow, it was not clear who was to blame, two cars flew off the road and lay on the side of the road, torn to shreds. There was no chance of survival. I was just in Berlin - I found out, flew in, buried him and began new life. We were doing business, everything seemed to be going well ...

Is it true that your brother once said he would die at 30?

- Yes, but in general, everything turned out strange - before his death. He always had some incredible dreams ...

And did he tell them?

- Yes, but all the dreams came true at the same time! Once he told me that he had a dream about how I crashed in a car. “You,” he asked, “hide in the hotel, don’t even go outside, let breakfast, lunch and dinner be brought to your room.” This was in November, a few weeks before his death. And I suddenly realize that everything is fine with me, I do not feel the danger. And he himself came to Moscow, took my passport - and died in a car accident with my documents ...

- That is, the dream was still prophetic ...

He saw his death in him.

Why did he take your passport?

- I lost mine. I also asked him: “Why did you decide that it was me who crashed?” - and he answered: “I saw the traffic cop coming up, pulling out a passport, and it says:“ Evgeny. What was the whole point of this dream? He definitely saw my passport! - in the end he took it and died himself.

* "The death of Sasha unsettled me for eight years," Evgeny Kemerovsky admitted. (In the photo - with his twin brother Alexander. Moscow, 1980s)

- This tragedy unsettled you for three years ...

- For eight, Dima ...

- You, I know, locked yourself at home, watched five or six films a day, could not work, and suddenly at one fine moment you went to the studio ...

- I was drawn to the studio three months later, on March 1 - I even remember the day. I was brought to the hospital in a state of fainting - shock. I think everyone experiences it when loved one lose. And suddenly I saw Sasha's spirit, he said: "Go sing, I'll help you." From that day on, I began to live in the studio (literally - not in an apartment, but in a studio) ... I promised myself: "Until I write an album in memory of my brother, I will not leave." And on December 1, 1995, exactly three years later, I presented this album at the then fashionable Arlekino club in Moscow. Then my clips were already spinning, the sensational song “Brothers, do not shoot at each other” was - I wrote it, because I felt sorry for these boys who sneered at each other ...

- They said then that your brother was crime boss…

- No, no, he was a sports authority who was listened to - he was strong, fair, very honest, he was friends with everyone, and all of Moscow buried him. I don’t think that he stepped over any line ... “Everyone has their own destiny, their own road ...”, as it is sung in one of my songs. It is a pity that his path ended so quickly. Sasha was very smart: in a day, for example, he could earn a million dollars…

- Did you earn money?

- Earned!

- It turns out that he had money?

- Yes, but in general, he was so unearthly! He sang unrealistically, wrote unrealistic songs - I shot the clips “Nostalgia”, “Cold Morning”, “Evening in Moscow” on them. Before he died, he sang them to me with a guitar, and I remembered everything - can you imagine?

- Do you miss him now? Can you imagine what would happen if he were alive?

“I would give anything for this!” More than 20 years have passed, and I didn’t get used to it or put up with it - I just began to live as if I had been born alone. Of course, I dream about him sometimes... Helps, prompts, teaches - it feels like he sees everything. But I did not expect that my path in show business would be so difficult. After all, no one has ever promoted me, there was no musical “roof”, I did not turn to anyone. I was never particularly invited to “Song of the Year”, I was not invited to perform in “Ogonyok”, although stars of the first magnitude sing my songs today.

- Your real name is Yakovlev. And Kemerovo - because from the Kemerovo region?

- So Sasha called himself - I took this pseudonym in memory of him. Once I filmed a clip in New York, and the Americans could not pronounce: “Ia-ko-vlyev”. The translator asked: “Can’t you have a slightly simpler name?” I immediately: "Kemerovsky!" They: "OK!"

- I remember the year 1995 and your song “Brothers, don’t shoot each other” - it was a powerful debut, bright ... Brothers, I wonder if you noticed this song?

- Well, of course(smiles).

- What kind of relationship did you have with the brothers then?

- I still have good ones - I know many people from this circle. By and large, there are no stupid people there - everyone is smart. Just as I understand, they are all from simple families and did not want to live in poverty. The communists have brought us to the handle. And the Democrats began to privatize the factories, invent vouchers - they wanted to grab everything, and the guys began to defend their business.

I am not judging anyone and have no right to be. I am an artist, I chose this profession - and I sing for everyone the same way: for the people, and for presidents, and for doctors, and for miners ... I had my thousand concerts, and now it’s completely new program from three records "Fate" comes out. So many new songs, Dima!

- Zhenya, have you had to speak in front of many oligarchs?

- Of course.

— What kind of people are they?

I haven't met a single stupid one. I realized that it is not so easy to be a public person, and even more so an oligarch. Their brain works 24 hours a day, and I think music allows them to relax a little, to rest. To save the empire, it is necessary to develop. It's like in our profession: if you stop, nobody needs you. So it is here: money must work, people in factories must receive wages - this is serious, I'll tell you, karma.

- What are the oligarchs in everyday life?

- Well, I saw different ones ... Of course, someone wants to live to the maximum: a private jet, security ...

- No one wants to walk in bast shoes ...

“Of course they won’t, but in essence, I think they ordinary people: watching movies, news ...

Were there any philosophers among them?

- Of course!

— Were there any interesting situations connected with the oligarchs?

- Flights, helicopters, planes, boats, submarines - everything was. Oligarchs sometimes like concerts on some islands... I repeat, there were many things, but it was never boring. And if a poster concert, an ordinary one, goes on for two hours - you can’t do it anymore, then there is no time there: we can start at seven in the evening and finish at five in the morning. This is a completely different story - here you are completely relaxed! It is harder to speak in front of the people: the audience is looking at you, they say, come on, come on, show us, surprise us! And there is no need to surprise anyone, people just relax, for them music is a rest after work.

Siberia, where are you from, is it another planet?

Yes, but I think that over these 20 years Russia has lost a little both Siberia and the Far East. If I were the head of Siberia, I would take some right steps. First, you need to rebuild cities ...

“…are they in decline?”

- Well, of course, there are some restored buildings, local businesses are trying, but the cities themselves ...

Are Siberians a special breed of people?

- Well, if Moscow was defended in 1941, what do you think? Special, you're right, there are no wimps: both men and women are all strong. Their constant frosts hardened, the feeling that they do not live in the center, but, as it were, on the outskirts. hardy and hardworking people!

Are all Chinese in Siberia already or not?

- Not…

- That is, the Russians still come across?

- Well, Siberia is not the Far East, besides, there are few large cities: Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk ...

- ... well, Yakutsk is also Siberia ...

- No, Dima, this is no longer Siberia, Yakutsk is Yakutia(smiles). I also sang there, and I saw these huge diamond mines ...

- ... and felt minus 50 ...

- …certainly. I am sure that our people are hardworking, only laws are needed so that they feel that they finally have the right to choose.

- An impossible dream...

- Of course, the two main tasks are roads and housing. Well, I just arrived from Vienna - the ceilings are four meters there: let them build it for people here too - why do they need two forty?

- Well, you know how Zadornov said: “Earlier in Russia there were two problems - roads and fools, and now there are also two - fools and fools” ...

— (Laughs.) Actually, this main question. What is important to a person? Where to live, right? His home, and the rest will follow...

- You, a simple Siberian boy, could imagine that some years will pass, you will travel around the whole world and see how people in different countries live?

- At the age of 13-14, I dreamed of becoming an artist - I played at dances, with honors music school graduated, but chose between sports and music. I chose the first one at first, but later I realized that the sport ends by 30, and decided that I would still leave for music. True, I went through business: the death of my brother prompted drastic changes - everything depreciated for me.

Would I like to take this path differently? Don't know. If, say, I signed a contract with some company, but it turned out that I was so free man that I can't be under someone. In short, I don’t regret anything: you can’t regret anything. You can, only if you married the wrong woman ...

— …and not for long, right?

- Well, yes - if she didn’t drag you up, but pushed you down.

Life shows everything. Not right away, though: we usually evaluate it in stages. Youth - up to 30 years, then a period, maybe up to 42, then up to 50, 50 I have long turned ... These segments of my life, like films, I review, ponder, evaluate, but nothing can be changed. If you're smart, you learn from your mistakes.

- What, in your opinion, the future of Russia - your homeland - expects?

— (Sighs). Dima, I'm not a politician...

But you are a feeling person...

- As anyone who travels around the country sees her ...

— … communicates a lot…

- ... and with different people, I can say: it seems to me that we have passed all the stages ...

“…except for a happy life…”

“We have a democracy here. BUT happy life... It is - I'm sure that many live happily. But, as it was sung in The Internationale, “who was nobody, he will become everything,” is no longer possible. Now everything is according to labor and intelligence - this is the first thing. Secondly, it turned out that the financial distribution became ...

“… unfair…

- Yes, as it turned out, three revolutions took place in the world: economic, sexual (when everything is possible!) And religious - they gave impetus to many who just at some point next to power were lucky. Let's be honest: maybe no one even thought about the people ...

- …what for?

“There was a time of accumulation, but it must end, a time of creation must come!” It seems to me that not adult guys who already have everything should lead the country, but young smart guys, and they need to be found.

- Where can I get them?

We have people, we always have: remember! Both astronauts and Olympic champions - well, the same?

This is what is needed first of all, and the second thing that is needed is to build youth centers. In every city, so that young people do not hang out anywhere. These are the things that young people need: they are already different. My son is 17 years old - he is different. I try to explain something to him, and he tells me: “Dad, why are you soaring?” He is on the Internet like a fish in water, speaks perfect English, knows what an iPod, iPad and so on are. We are used to writing poetry with a pen, but they are already different.

- About "writing poetry with a pen." How do you write songs?

- The first sentence is important! I remember that Lyme approached me - she had the Tango program, all of Moscow was plastered with posters. “Zhenya,” she asked, “write me about tango.” I was surprised: “Well, where am I, and where is the tango? This is Argentina." And she: “Zhen, well, I beg you, solo concert in a month!" I watched the film "Evita", which then came out, and imagined that she was dancing with a shadow: this is how the song " Your name- Tango ”for the first time they gave me the Song of the Year award, they didn’t give it anymore(smiles).

- Are your songs born quickly?

- It happens that someone sends a signal from heaven: you didn’t even think about this topic, and suddenly ... “Brothers ...” was born in five minutes, “My brother” was born for a year, “Unknown ferry” I, having got off the ferry, for a couple minutes wrote.

- Awesome!

- And “Train to Magadan” is a very popular thing in America, I was born in the heat, when I was lying on the beach in Evpatoria. “Unforgiven” appeared in three minutes, and I thought about “Destiny” for a week. This is a very responsible, important song: a new program, a hit was needed. I can’t sing some simple songs, I need depth ...

- Original words or music?

- I have them at the same time ...

- Everyone is used to the fact that you write songs yourself and sing them yourself. And very few people know that whole line other people fulfill your brilliant things. “Deaf-mute love”, for example (Borya Moiseev sings it), a grandiose song, and also “I miss you” performed by Katya Lel ...

- ... and "Palms" ...

- ... Ira Allegrova sings. Do you give away songs without regret that you could easily perform yourself?

Well, I told you, I never regret anything. I am very glad that the performers shot clips for these works, and Laima called the program “Your name is Tango” in general. So, I did everything right.

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Evgeny Kemerovsky was born on August 8, 1962 in the mining village "Novy Gorodok" near the town of Belovo, Kemerovo Region. He was taught to play the guitar and piano by his grandmother, and as a child from 1974 to 1979 he studied at the children's music school in the class classical guitar, which he graduated with honors, and from the age of 14 he played dance

in self-employed groups.

Education:

1980 - 1984 - Institute of Physical Culture and Sports (Smolensk), specialization - freestyle wrestling

1988 - 1990 - Academy of Sports (Moscow)

1991 - 1992 - School of the Arts (Berlin), specialty - directing and script

Success and public recognition came in 1995 after the presentation of the debut disc "My Brother". This album was dedicated to the deceased twin brother Alexander. Alexander Yakovlev was a well-known athlete, Champion of the USSR in freestyle wrestling. On December 1, 1992, he tragically died in a car accident near Moscow. This unsettled Eugene for 3 years. He could not do anything, watched 5-6 films a day, and then he came to the studio and began to make an album in memory of his brother. The songs from this album - "Give me an evening in Moscow" and "Brothers, do not shoot each other" - instantly became famous.

He writes songs not only for himself - his "Deaf and Mute Love" is performed by Boris Moiseev, "I miss you", "Winter Rains", "Dad and Mom", "Talisman" and others - Katya Lel, "Your name is tango" - Laima Vaikule and many other performers. Nobody brought him to the stage, only thanks to his unthinkable workaholism he became famous. “You either obey show business, or you dictate your own,” Eugene once said in an interview, “I don’t know how to obey and I achieve everything in this life myself.”

The clips of Yevgeny Kemerovsky are artistic, very eventful and emotional. Each of them is like a separate small movie. Moreover, some of the clips were filmed in the USA and Germany and were made in the best Hollywood traditions.

Since 1996, Kemerovsky has been supported by PolyGram Russia, which ensures the release of his releases and the demonstration of clips on BIZ-TV, which significantly contributes to the popularity of the artist.

This is also helped by the eternal cap, in which the artist constantly appears at parties, becoming even more recognizable by the public from this outfit. His popularity becomes more widespread when, from the end of 1997, the musician also turned to the rhythms of boogie-woogie and rock and roll of the 60s and 70s. Kemerovsky makes some very sincere dashing hits. By that time, he had already left PolyGram. With new material, Kemerovsky successfully tours, collecting three to five thousand people across the country.

In 1998, the artist was busy selling the accumulated song material, releasing another disc, and in the summer he began the big All-Russian "Over the Siberian Taiga", which ended with concerts at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall in March 1999.

Today Kemerovo also continues to work. In the near future, 3 albums are being prepared for release at once, work on which lasted more than 5 years - "Butterflies" ("Butterflies", "Don't Leave", " white winter", "Summer", "Yes-yes-yes", "Awakening", "I've been waiting for you all my life", "Petersburg", "Loneliness"), "Shores" ("It's not autumn yet", "Over night Berlin" , "Once Upon a Time in America", "Jerusalem", "Australia", " white guard", "Paris", "Nobody's fault", "Mulatto girl"), "Hunting for wolves" ("Way to your heart", "Hunting for wolves", "Stay with me", "Farewell to youth", "Here and hello", "Find me", "Century", "Mother throne", "Family matters", "Let go", "Give back your city"). Also, Eugene is a screenwriter for the film "Gallery" (Olga Palidis), helps as a producer Katya Lel (album "Talisman"), helps the aspiring singer Liza in recording the album "The Last Century", the budget of the video of which was $ 150,000, acts as an art director with his good friend Igor Korzh - a famous chanson performer in Ukraine.

He plans to make a tour with his tours in more than 20 countries of the world.

The popular Russian chansonnier Evgeny Kemerovsky was born in 1962. He comes from the mining town of Novy Gorodok, Kemerovo region. The grandmother was a great help to the parents in the upbringing of the boy. She noticed musical ability grandson and taught to play the musical instruments. At the age of 12, Zhenya enrolled in a music school in the guitar class, and two years later he was already performing as part of an amateur group on dance floors. The second hobby in the boy's life was sports. It was to him that he gave preference when choosing a specialty and after graduating from school, he became a student at the Institute of Physical Education in Smolensk. The Moscow Academy of Sports became a new step in education, where he received the title of Master of Sports of the USSR in freestyle wrestling.

The beginning of the creative path

The soul of Eugene was drawn to the beautiful. In 1991, he went to Berlin to study directing and screenwriting. A year later in his life happened terrible tragedy, which became turning point biographies. A car accident took the life of Alexander's brother, famous sportsman. Like all twins, the brothers were very close. Sasha started playing sports earlier and introduced his brother to the lessons, together they graduated from the same university. For three years, the young man was “unsettled” by the event, but served as an impetus in his creative career.

Solo performances of the artist, which began on December 1, 1995, coincided with the premiere debut album"My brother". It consisted of two parts, on one Eugene collected eight songs, dedicated to the memory brother, the other sounded works, the author of which was Alexander himself. The album received wide recognition from listeners, video clips appeared for many compositions, the song "Brotherhood, do not shoot each other" became calling card singer. During the video filming of the video in New York for the song "Cold Morning", the translator suggested that the musician, for the director's convenience, give a simpler surname, since "Yakovlev" turned out to be difficult to pronounce. Eugene instantly answered: "Kemerovo." So unexpected from the name small homeland the pseudonym of the artist appeared.

First contract

In 1996, the artist concluded important treaty with Poly Gram Russia. The company was engaged in showing his video clips on the BIZ-TV channel. Each clip was like a small film, extremely emotional and eventful.

Soon the artist released the second album "Stolypin's car", which was dedicated to the victims Stalinist repressions. The popularity of the performer grew every day. An invariable detail of his image was a plaid cap, which the artist wore on the set and every time he went on stage.

At the end of 1997, the musician decided to try his hand at other genres: boogie-woogie and rock and roll. Experiment with rhythmic music The 60s and 70s were crowned with success, Kemerovsky released a third album called "Godfather". On this, his collaboration with Poly Gram Russia ended, and the period of touring began. Everywhere the artist was met full auditoriums, he was accompanied by success and recognition.

Later career

The material accumulated over several years was realized in the new collection "Siberian Taiga". Presenting his work, the performer traveled most countries: Siberia, Urals, Far East and central regions. The trip covered four dozen Russian cities, in addition to that he visited the USA and Israel. The finale of a long tour in the spring of 1999 was a performance in the capital concert hall"Russia".

The next album was released a decade later and was called "So we will live." The musician Igor Korzh took part in its creation. In the same period, a collection of songs by Vladimir Vysotsky "Hunting for wolves" was released. Eugene regarded his release as his contribution to the preservation of memory famous artist. His next disc, Don't Try to Break, is also dedicated to Vysotsky. The collection contains compositions created by the author over a quarter of a century. Soon the songs "Unknown ferry" and "Call me to the sky" reached the top of the Radio Chanson chart. Kemerovsky won the Chanson of the Year award six times. The musician became a regular guest of the festival "Ehh, Razgulyay!"

Kemerovsky is known not only as a singer, but also the author of numerous hits for representatives of the Russian musical Olympus. Lyubov Uspenskaya, an unsurpassed chanson performer, he presented the song "Mistress of Fate", his composition "Palms" sounded at the concerts of Irina Allegrova. The song "Deaf-Mute Love" performed by Boris Moiseev became a real hit. Katya Lel added to the popularity of his works "Winter Rains" and "I miss you." The author of Laima Vaikule's song "Your name is tango" was awarded the prestigious national award "Song 2002".

Personal life

The artist tells little about his life outside the stage, modestly answering the question: "I'm fine." Wife Tamara says that her husband always fulfills her requests, and she supports him in all endeavors. For twenty years family life the spouses learned to understand each other at a glance. Ten years ago they got married, they chose an unusual date for their celebration - 08/08/08. The couple has a son, Arseniy.

Except musical activity Kemerovsky tried himself as a director and writer. In 2008, he released the poetry collection Happiness. The author collected his poems for fifteen years. Happiness, in the understanding of the author, is “when you don’t owe anything to anyone.” And each reader has his own answer to this question. Currently, the second book of poems "Infinity" is ready for publication.

The songs of Evgeny Kemerovsky are simple and sincere. He has never been in prison and was not a thug. Nobody took him to the stage. All that he has achieved in life is the result of great hard work. He did not obey the laws of show business and achieves everything on his own. The musician continues to record songs and perform, and in return receives big love listeners. At the beginning of each concert, the chansonnier asks the audience to "feel at home" and invites them to listen to "a story called life."

Advice 2: Evgeny Valerievich Grishkovets: biography, career and personal life

Evgeny Grishkovets is a man-theatre. And no matter what he does on stage, he immediately attracts the attention of the viewer. And he often says plain language things are very important, philosophical, about love and friendship, about the value of this life. Sometimes after his speeches you want to cry.

Childhood

Evgeny Grishkovets was born in 1967 in Kemerovo. He had a friendly family, his parents were still studying at the university, but at the same time they always took little Zhenya with them. The boy was very sensitive to reality and even then collected impressions about life into his piggy bank.

Soon the parents moved to Leningrad, and Evgeny recalls that he missed his native Kemerovo very much. However, when the family returned to Siberia, Zhenya began to miss Leningrad already.

Education and military service

After school, Eugene entered Faculty of Philology Kemerovo state university. But the studies dragged on for a long time, since Yevgeny was taken into the army from the second year. Service in the armed forces seemed useless to the young man, but later he appreciated her contribution to his life when he dedicated one of his solo performances to this topic.

Theater and literature

Evgeny Grishkovets is a diverse personality. In almost all areas of art, he left his mark. But still, the theater has always remained the main thing in his work. Grishkovets stands alone in the crowd Russian directors and actors. His favorite genre is a one-man show, which he performs in a manner peculiar only to him. Evgeny Grishkovets is the winner of several theatrical awards.

In literature, Eugene also left his contribution. He is the author of several novels and also a playwright. In writing, Grishkovets is as original as in other genres of creativity.

Music and cinema

Music has always interested Eugene, although he himself admitted that he did not know how to sing at all. But along with some musical groups Grishkovets managed to create a unique genre, where Eugene reads a monologue against the background of music and singing, and moreover, the main meaning of the work is precisely in his words. An example is the well-known musical composition"My mood has improved."

Evgeny Grishkovets also acts in films, and his filmography is steadily growing. His roles are usually small, but played very brightly, in the manner inherent in Grishkovets.

Personal life

Evgeny Grishkovets has been happily married for many years. His wife's name is Elena, and she is best friend and companion of her husband. Evgeny's family lives in Kaliningrad. Together, the couple has three children - two daughters and a son. Evgeny Grishkovets does not like to talk about his personal life, so the details of the playwright's family life are unknown. However, it does not matter, because all happy families happy equally.

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Kemerovsky, Evgeny Ivanovich(real name - Yakovlev, August 8, Novy Gorodok, Kemerovo region) - singer of the Russian chanson genre, musician, songwriter.

Biography

His grandmother taught him to play guitar and piano. At the age of 12, Kemerovsky went to a music school, and at the age of 14 he played on dance floors in amateur groups.

In parallel with the songs for his repertoire, Kemerovsky began to write for other performers - Boris Moiseev performs his "Deaf and Dumb Love", "I miss you", "Winter Rains" - Katya Lel, "My name is tango" - Laima Vaikule and many other performers.

In 1996, Kemerovsky signed a contract with the PolyGram Russia company, which ensures the release of his releases and the demonstration of clips on BIZ-TV, which significantly contributes to the artist's popularity. At this company, he releases his second album "Stolypin's Carriage", dedicated to the victims Stalinist repressions.

In addition to songs and videos, his constant cap contributes to popularity, in which the artist constantly appears at parties, becoming even more recognizable by the public from this image.

The next album by Evgeny Kemerovsky was released only 9 years after the release of "Over the Siberian Taiga": the album "We Will Live" was recorded in collaboration with Igor Korzh. In 2008 he released a cover album of songs by Vladimir Vysotsky "Hunting for wolves". In 2009, Kemerovsky planned to release three new albums at once: "Don't try to break" last love”, “Fate”, but by a strange coincidence, this circumstance could not be realized.