Aleksandr Zatsepin

Alexander Zatsepin is a Soviet and Russian composer who, over the decades of his musical career, managed to do a lot for Russian and world art. His songs, written for films, became popular hits, which do not lose popularity even after decades. For his creative longevity and hard work, his colleagues called him "the iron Shurik". Zatsepin himself considers work, movement and moderation in everything to be the secret of his success.

The future composer was born in the capital of Siberia - Novosibirsk. His parents had nothing to do with art. Father Sergei Dmitrievich was a surgeon, but he was repressed when Sasha was still in school, so his son was raised by one mother, Valentina Boleslavovna, who worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature.

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Back in the war years, Zatsepin entered the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers, but in 1945 he was expelled from the university and drafted into the ranks of the armed forces. Then this event seemed to the young man a tragedy, but in fact everything turned out as well as possible.

In the army, he independently learned to play musical instruments, and his talent manifested itself so brightly that Private Zatsepin was transferred to the Novosibirsk Army Song and Dance Ensemble. The musical experience was not in vain, and after being retired, Alexander became an employee of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic.

But since he was tormented by the lack of professional education, Zatsepin submits documents to a music school. He was not accepted there for an original reason. The examination committee considered that the young man had already outgrown the level of a secondary educational institution, and sent Alexander Sergeevich to the Alma-Ata Conservatory.

In 1956 Zatsepin defended his thesis, which turned out to be the ballet "Old Man Hottabych", performed on the stage of the Alma-Ata Opera and Ballet Theater. By distribution, he ended up at the Kazakhfilm film studio, and since then his career will be inextricably linked with the world of cinema and television.

The first film, for which Alexander Zatsepin wrote music, was the comedy Our Dear Doctor. This was followed by about 10 more soundtracks, and the composer worked in the capital of Kazakhstan, and went to Moscow to record the finished compositions, since the equipment on the ground did not meet the required standards. As a result, Zatsepin decided to move to the capital for good.

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At first, it was difficult for Alexander in Moscow, he even worked part-time in restaurants as an accordionist. But then fate brought him together with director Leonid Gaidai, who was gaining momentum, and this meeting turned out to be significant for both men. The acquaintance took place thanks to the song of Alexander Sergeevich "The sky is blue above me", which Nina Grebeshkova heard and advised her husband to meet with a talented composer.

Zatsepin wrote a number of songs for the new films "Operation Y" and "Prisoner of the Caucasus", as a result of which he bursts into the musical Olympus. More than 50 years have passed since then, and people still listen with pleasure and sing light songs "Wait, steam locomotive", "Song about bears" and "If I were a sultan."

Later Zatsepin continued his collaboration with Leonid Gaidai in the films "The Diamond Arm", "Private detective, or Operation" Cooperation "" and others. According to the composer, the director, like no one else, took the musical accompaniment of each picture seriously. Gaidai selected songs that later "went to the people."

Later, the composer was credited with working on a number of popular paintings. But there were also difficulties. For example, the song from the film “Sannikov's Land” “There is only a moment” was not approved for a long time in the artistic council: the critics thought the words of the composition were too pessimistic.

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It is impossible not to mention the creative unions of Alexander Sergeevich. Since 1965, he collaborated with the songwriter Leonid Derbenev. Together they wrote more than 100 hits, and most of them became so popular that the listener got used to seeing the names of Zatsepin and Derbenev standing next to each other and no longer perceived one without the other.

From the early period of his creative biography, one can single out the cheerful "Song of Cupid" from the comedy "It Can't Be!"

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The collaboration of Alexander Zatsepin with Ennio Morricone in the joint project of the filmmakers of the Soviet Union and Italy "Red tent" turned out to be interesting. Each of the authors created their own version of the film score for their country.

Later, the composer's repertoire included the romantic song "Looking for You" from the movie "June 31", the appealing song "You hear, the sea" from "Whistle All Up!", The lyrical "Only Love" from the comedy "Sportloto-82".

Another striking union took place when Alexander Zatsepin met singer Alla Pugacheva. Their interest in each other was not accidental. Pugacheva was already a very popular performer, and Zatsepin was famous not only for bright melodies, but also for modern arrangements, which he did on his own equipment. By the way, Alexander Sergeevich is an inveterate radio amateur and collected all the equipment on his own.

The tandem Zatsepin + Pugacheva gave the world such hits as “Where does childhood go”, “This world”, “Magician-dropout” and many others. Their collaboration continued until the release of the melodrama The Woman Who Sings. The author of the songs that thundered all over the country in this picture was Alexander Sergeevich, but after the film, disagreements arose between the singer and the composer, and their joint work ended there.

In 1982, Alexander Zatsepin moved to France permanently, after which attacks began on him at home. The print media criticized all those favorite songs that had recently been praised to the skies. They began to be called vulgar, meaningless and superficial.

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Only at the very end of the 1980s did the composer return both to Russia and to domestic cinema. He wrote soundtracks for new films "Where is the nofelet?" Of the last works of the creator, the music for the military drama "In June 1941" and the detective series "The Red Chapel" stand out.

During his creative life, Alexander Zatsepin wrote over 300 songs and became the author of over 120 soundtracks. For his contribution to the country's culture in 2003, he was awarded the title "People's Artist of the Russian Federation". Zatsepin's songs sound not only in Russian. In France, Alexander Sergeevich once heard the performance of the composition "Just like everyone else", in which the text was completely changed. The translation sounded the words about a magic taxi.

Alexander Zatsepin was married four times. With his first wife, actress Revmira Sokolova, he met in Novosibirsk. In the family in 1954, a son, Eugene, was born, who followed in the footsteps of his father - he wrote music and poetry, but at the age of 24 the young man died suddenly.

With Revmira Zatsepin lived a little and soon married a second time to the pianist Svetlana, with whom he lived until her death in 1982. They had a daughter, Elena. There were no more children in the composer's family.

After the death of his second wife, Alexander left for Paris, as he married the French artist Genevieve. The composer decided on an alliance with a foreigner for a banal reason: Zatsepin was not allowed abroad, and such a marriage solved the problem. But this relationship was not happy, and after 4 years the couple separated.

Upon his return to Moscow, the personal life of Alexander Sergeevich improved. The composer met his last wife Svetlana Morozovskaya, whom he was introduced to by his own grandson, the son of his daughter Elena. Svetlana was a piano teacher for a boy who was being prepared to enter a music school. Alexander and Svetlana lived for over 20 years, but in 2014 Zatsepin was widowed again.

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Despite his age, the musician does not experience major health problems, and in the photo he looks quite cheerful. Alexander Sergeevich sees the reason for such a strong physical form in the fact that he does exercises every day, which includes exercises from yoga. His diet contains fish and lean meat.

But above all, creativity makes him live. The composer devotes several hours in the morning and evening to writing music every day. Zatsepin is also interested in new technologies: he masters music programs on a computer, subscribes publications about science and technology.

Now the composer lives in a French town near the border with Switzerland with his daughter's family. Elena owns a three-story mansion, one floor of which is reserved for the composer's use. The woman herself works in Geneva.

Alexander Sergeevich notes in an interview that he decided to move to his daughter after the death of his wife: the composer could no longer be in a Paris apartment, where he spent many years with his last wife. The musician comes to Moscow for rehearsals and concerts. The profession allows Alexander Sergeevich to remain in the ranks even after his 90th birthday.

In 2019, with his participation, the author's documentary film "I'm not afraid anymore ..." was prepared. Later, the composer completed work on the animation film "Orange Cow", which was presented on the Soyuzmultfilm channel. Alexander Sergeevich claims that he is not used to writing on the table, therefore, as much as he can, he will create works for the audience.

"Song about hares" "Wizard-dropout" "There is only a moment" "Looking for you" "Where childhood goes" "Love alone is to blame" "The island of bad luck" "Song of bears" "Wait, a steam train" "This world was not invented by us" "Castle on the Sand"

1965 - "Operation Y" and other adventures of Shurik "1966 -" Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures "1968 -" The Diamond Arm "1968 -" Film, Film, Film "1971 -" Twelve Chairs "1973 -" Sannikov Land " 1973 - "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession" 1978 - "The woman who sings" 1978 - "June 31" 1981 - "The Mystery of the Third Planet"

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