Mihail Sufutinskiy

Mikhail Shufutinsky is a Russian pop singer, music producer, composer and pianist, multiple winner of the Chanson of the Year award. The author managed to combine the features of urban romance and bardic song in his works, leaving the most important thing in music - sincerity.

Mikhail Shufutinsky was born in Moscow on April 13, 1948 into a Jewish family. The musician's father, Zakhar Davidovich, was a participant in the Great Patriotic War, later worked as a doctor and devoted a lot of time to work. He turned out to be a musical person - he played the trumpet, guitar, sang well. The mother of the future chansonnier died suddenly when the boy was five years old, so the singer remembers her little.

In connection with the difficult shift work of the father, grandmother Berta Davidovna and grandfather David Yakovlevich began to raise the child, who not only taught and guided Misha, but also developed a taste and love for art in the child. Noticing the grandson's craving for music, the grandfather began to teach the child to play the accordion.

At the age of seven, Mikhail entered a music school. But due to the fact that at that time the accordion was not taught in Soviet music schools, considering this instrument an echo of bourgeois culture, Misha went to the button accordion class - a folk instrument somewhat similar to the one on which the boy began his musical education.

The future singer loved and appreciated the lessons at the music school, after a few years he was already fluent in the instrument and was a regular participant in school orchestras and ensembles. Weekly, together with his grandfather, the young man arranged impromptu concerts in the courtyard of the house where his family lived. Mikhail enjoyed playing the repertoire that he liked.

From the age of fifteen, Misha became seriously interested in a new direction in music - jazz, which was just beginning to appear on Soviet stages, and very informally. Thus, being only a teenager, Mikhail chose his own path in life. Therefore, after graduating from a comprehensive school, Shufutinsky, without hesitation, submitted documents to the Moscow Music School named after Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.

After graduating from a music school, having received the specialty of a conductor, choirmaster, teacher of music and singing, the musician, together with the orchestra, leaves for Magadan to perform at the Severny restaurant. There Shufutinsky first approached the microphone in the role of a vocal performer, albeit out of necessity - replacing the main singers. Shufutinsky's favorite authors were Alexander Vertinsky and Petr Leshchenko, whose songs were included in the repertoire of the novice artist.

Later, Mikhail Zakharovich returned to Moscow and worked in several musical groups, for example, in the then popular "Accord" and "Leisya, song". The last ensemble was a success: the guys recorded records at the Melodiya studio, traveled around the cities of Russia, where the musicians were warmly received by enthusiastic fans.

Shufutinsky's conflict with the Soviet regime was growing, therefore, in the early 80s, the musician immigrated with his family and moved to New York through Austria and Italy.

At first in the USA, the musician works as an accompanist, playing mainly the piano. Later he creates his own orchestra "Ataman", with which he regularly performs in New York restaurants "Pearl", "Paradise" and "National"

In 1983, Shufutinsky presented his first album entitled "Escape". The album includes 13 compositions: "Taganka", "Farewell letter", "You are far from me", "Winter evening" and others.

When the Ataman ensemble gained popularity in immigrant circles, Shufutinsky received an offer to perform in Los Angeles, where at that moment there was a boom for a Russian chanson song. Then the glory of Shufutinsky reached its peak.

Shufutinsky's music was listened to and loved not only in immigration, but also in the Soviet Union, which was confirmed by the first tours in his homeland, when the audience filled even large halls and stadiums.

In the 90s, Shufutinsky returned to Russia and after that he permanently lives in Moscow. In 1997, the artist published the book "And here I stand at the line ...", in which Mikhail introduced the fans to the facts of his biography. Later, the collection “Best Songs. Texts and chords ".

In 2002, the musician received the first Chanson of the Year award in his career for the songs Alenka, Nakolochka and Poplar. From that moment on, Shufutinsky receives this award every year.

During his creative career, Mikhail Shufutinsky wrote, performed and produced many famous hits. Songs such as "Two Candles", "Third September", "Palma de Mallorca", "The Night Guest", which paradoxically gained popularity under the name "Knives Not Sharpened", "Khreshchatyk", "Left Bank of the Don" , "Come to our light", "Duck hunting", "For lovely ladies" and others.

The song "Third September" is so popular that with the spread of the Internet and social networks, September 3 became the unofficial day of Shufutinsky, flash mobs are held on this day, and groups on social networks are massively posting memes and quotes from this song.

Shufutinsky also shot 26 music videos for his songs, as it appears on the musician's official YouTube channel. The videos were made on the composition "Soul hurts", "Mom", "New Year in the cabin of the plane", "Love is alive" and others. In total, for his performing biography, Shufutinsky released twenty-eight albums and a huge variety of various collections of songs. The singer's repertoire also includes several popular duet recordings. In addition, Shufutinsky produced records of other musicians - Mikhail Gulko, Lyubov Uspenskaya, Maya Rozova, Anatoly Mogilevsky.

In addition to the main musical creativity, Mikhail Shufutinsky is engaged in dubbing animated films, has experience in filming a feature film, however, in a cameo role.

In 2009, Mikhail Shufutinsky became a participant in the music show "Two Stars", where he performed in tandem with Alika Smekhova. The duet performed the songs "White Roses", "Drop of Warmth", "Taganka" and other popular hits of both Shufutinsky and other musicians.

On April 13, 2013 Mikhail Zakharovich in honor of his anniversary gave a concert at Crocus City Hall, which was called “Birthday Concert”. Shufutinsky sang popular songs of past years: "September Third", "For lovely ladies", "I love", "Jewish tailor", "Marjanja", "Nakolochka" and others.

In April 2016, Shufutinsky presented a new album "I just love slowly", which included 14 songs. In addition to the title song of the same name, the disc includes solo compositions "We Wait and See", "Tanya, Tanechka", "Provincial Jazz", a duet with Eteri Beriashvili "I value you", joint with Varya Demidova "Snow" and others.

On September 27, 2016, the musician was invited to become a part of the Russian Academy of Music and accept the post of academician. On December 2, 2016, Mikhail Zakharovich gave a solo concert "Chanson before Christmas" at the Moscow State Variety Theater.

By 2016, the discography of the "king of chanson" reached 29 albums, including collaborations with Suzanne Tepper (1989) and Irina Allegrova (2004). For 15 years, Shufutinsky won the Chanson of the Year award every year.

On April 8, 2017, the singer took part in the "Chanson of the Year" award ceremony in the Kremlin.

In April and May 2017, the musician toured the country and gave recitals in Moscow, Sevastopol, Korolev, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Kolomna, St. Petersburg and other cities.

A stately imposing man (Mikhail's height - 187 cm, weight - 100 kg) always attracted the attention of the opposite sex. But unlike many public people, Mikhail Shufutinsky is an excellent family man. The musician was married only once. In 1971, he married Margarita Mikhailovna, whom he had known for several years. In this marriage, Shufutinsky had two sons - David, born in 1972, and Anton, who was born two years later.

Now the brothers are separated by the ocean. Anton lives in Philadelphia with his wife and four children, where he teaches at a local university and writes his doctoral dissertation. David with his wife and three children permanently live in Moscow, being engaged in production activities.

To be closer to Anton, Shufutinsky bought a house not far from him. Together with his wife, Mikhail started a renovation in the mansion, which took a long time. It was assumed that the couple would live there together, visiting relatives. But the intention was not realized.

In early 2015, grief happened in the singer's family - Shufutinsky buried his faithful life partner Margarita, who died in America while visiting the family of her youngest son. The cause of Margarita's death was heart failure, which the woman suffered from for many years.

At the time of her departure, Mikhail was on tour in Israel. Nothing foreshadowed tragedy. When the woman stopped answering her husband's calls, he did not attach any importance to this, because the difference in time zones was significant. After a while, the sons also noticed the loss of the mother. They could only get into the apartment with the help of the police.

Mikhail considers the death of his wife to be the most difficult loss in his life; for the singer, Margarita has always remained the keeper of the hearth and his personal guardian angel. The couple lived happily together for 44 years.

2018 turned out to be an anniversary year for the artist - in April Mikhail Shufutinsky celebrated his 70th birthday. The artist met the beginning of the year by performing at the “Chanson of the Year” concert with the song “She was just a girl” and a duet with Anastasia Spiridonova “Peter-Moscow”. Thanks to these compositions, the singer again became a laureate of the prestigious award.

On the eve of the celebration, the singer visited the studio of the humorous program "Evening Urgant", became a guest of Boris Korchevnikov's show "The Fate of a Man" and the release of the program "Once" on the NTV channel. For the anniversary concert, Mikhail Shufutinsky gathered fans in the Crocus City Hall. Stas Mikhailov and Elena Vorobei appeared on the stage that evening. An old friend of Shufutinsky, Vyacheslav Dobrynin, also arrived at the celebration.

In May, the singer attended the filming of the program "Tonight", which was named "Legends of Chanson". Igor Krutoy, Vladimir Vinokur, Alexander Rosenbaum, Lyubov Uspenskaya and others also became guests of the Channel One studio. Now Mikhail Shufutinsky plans to visit Israel with a tour, and in the fall he will continue his tour of Russia.

On the eve of the anniversary, changes were outlined in the personal life of Mikhail Shufutinsky. In the spring, the artist introduced his beloved to the public - the dancer Svetlana Urazova, who was 30 years younger than the singer. Such a difference in age does not prevent Mikhail and Svetlana from being happy, but when asked about the wedding, the singer jokes that he is still too young to get married. The couple has already appeared in public, as evidenced by joint photos of lovers in the media.

1982 - "Escape" 1983 - "Ataman" 1984 - "Gulliver" 1985 - "Amnesty" 1987 - "White Stork" 1993 - "Kisa-kita" 1994 - "Walk, Soul" 1995 - "Oh, Women" 1996 - " Good evening, gentlemen "2006 -" Duets of different years "2009 -" Brother "2013 -" Love story "2016 -" I just love slowly "

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