Mikhail Turetskiy

How much does personal life affect creativity, and how much does creativity affect personal life? It is difficult to answer unequivocally, but no one dares to deny this relationship. A striking example of an affirmation is writers who use elements of autobiography in their novels, and musicians who find life partners for themselves during rehearsals or performances. The latter include Mikhail Borisovich Turetsky.

The future musician and conductor was born on April 12, 1962. It happened in Moscow. Boris Borisovich Epstein - the boy's father - tried to dissuade his wife from giving birth to her second child in every possible way, arguing this by difficult times, middle age and painful first-born Alexander. But his wife Bella Semyonovna insisted on her decision. So little Misha Turetsky (this is his mother's real surname, not a pseudonym) and was born.

Misha's parents spent their days at work, and the boy was raised by his brother, who was fifteen years older. However, Sasha was not happy with such an occupation, so he often left Misha with the radio or TV turned on. Later, the parents found out about this, but did not punish Sasha, because they noticed how easily their youngest son sings along to the songs that sound on the air. The hit was Lilac Mist.

Boris Borisovich worked as a workshop foreman, and Bella Semyonovna worked as a kindergarten teacher. They received little, but over time they managed to save money in order to buy another room in a communal apartment near the Belorusskaya metro station, where they lived, and also to buy an old piano. This was done so that Misha could study with an invited music teacher. Six months later, the tutor refused to continue his studies, saying that the baby had no hearing.

Such a statement upset the parents, but Misha managed to convince them to give him another chance. So he entered a music school for a piccolo flute course, because learning on this instrument was the cheapest option.

In 1973, an important event happened for the boy. A cousin came to visit his father, whom Boris Borisovich saw extremely rarely. This cousin's name was Rudolf Barshai, and he was a world-renowned viola player and conductor. Upon learning that Misha is studying at a music school, and also sings well, Barshai asked him to perform something. Delighted with the boy's vocals, through friends Rudolf Borisovich managed to attach Misha to the Alexander Vasilyevich Sveshnikov Choral School.

After graduating from college, Mikhail entered the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, from which he graduated in 1985 with honors. By this time, the guy had already managed to get married, have a daughter, and also take part in several major performances under the leadership of Mravinsky and Sherling.

After graduation, Mikhail remained at the Academy of Music for postgraduate studies. While practicing at the rehearsals of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society and at the Theater of Musical Art, the guy is forced to earn extra money as a bombila on an old Zhiguli and as a loader in a supermarket in order to somehow feed his family. But even hard everyday life does not distract Turetsky from thinking about his own musical project.

In 1987 Mikhail collaborated with the church choir and the political song ensemble. This work helps to formulate the basic principles of the future project. In 1989, Mikhail announces the recruitment of soloists for the male choir of the capital's choir synagogue (Turkish nationality is a Jew). The idea is original: to revive the Jewish sacred music in the vastness of the Soviet Union.

Having compiled and rehearsed a program that included Jewish liturgical songs, the choir performs at home and abroad - in Israel, Germany, France and Great Britain. While performing with Vladimir Semenyuk in Lithuania, Mikhail Turetsky receives terrible news from home - his wife Elena crashed with her father and brother on the 71 kilometer of the Minsk-Moscow highway. They were returning from a relative's birthday celebration.

This news ends the tour. Mikhail becomes depressed. Zoya Ivanovna - the mother of the deceased Elena - is trying to help Turetsky, and also offers to arrange custody of the daughter of Mikhail and Elena for herself. Turkish rejects this option. Instead, he takes his daughter Natasha and goes on a two-year contract to America.

Having got acquainted with the world of American show business, Mikhail and his choir decide to change the repertoire and format of performances, adding more spectacles, more colors and more dynamics. In many ways, this was facilitated by the numerous Broadway musicals, which Mikhail and his daughter loved so much to attend. In 1994 and 1995 Turetsky was awarded the "Golden Crown of World Cantors".

With an updated program and a fully formed collective, the art group "Turetsky Choir" returns to the national stage in 1997, during a joint tour with Joseph Kobzon. The audience accepts the new format with a bang. From 1999 to 2002 the choir has performed with the performance "Mikhail Turetsky's Vocal Show" at the Moscow State Variety Theater. In 2002, Mikhail was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

In 2003 the collective is finally formed: 10 soloists with voices from bass-profundo to tenor-altino. The repertoire goes beyond the national Jewish culture. Critics give a new name to the style that characterizes the manner in which the songs are performed by the Turetsky Choir - a classic crossover.

The next year, the choir thunders at major concert venues around the world: the Olympic Sports Complex and the Ice Palace at home, as well as the Albert Hall, George Hall and Carnegie Hall abroad. In 2005, Mikhail publishes an autobiography, in which he shares the history of his personal life and the secrets of the Turetsky Choir. In 2008, there was a furor - 4 sold out houses in the State Kremlin Palace. But this is not enough for Mikhail.

In 2010, as a producer, he created a new project - "SOPRANO", which became the female version of "Turetsky Choir". The girls from SOPRANO quickly gained popularity, performing at festivals like Slavianski Bazaar, New Wave and Song of the Year. In the same year, Mikhail received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation and the Order of Honor.

In 1984, Mikhail married for the first time. His classmate Elena became his chosen one. In the same year, the couple had a daughter, whom it was decided to call Natasha. In 1989, Elena with her brother and father had an accident and died. Mikhail and his daughter left for the USA.

In America, the girl liked it - she even performed on stage, but her father managed to persuade her to abandon the idea of ​​connecting her career with the stage, arguing that this would completely deprive the girl of her personal life. Today Natasha works as a lawyer in the office of Turetsky Choir. In 2014, her son Ivan was born, and in 2016, her daughter Elena.

However, there were other women in Mikhail's life. In 2001, his illegitimate daughter Isabelle was born from a short romance with Tatyana Borodovskaya.

A year later, Turetsky's second wedding took place. His wife was an Armenian woman Liana, whom Mikhail met during a tour to the United States, organized by the girl's father. Like Mikhail, Liana already had one child - daughter Sarina. Nevertheless, the couple decided to have joint children - daughters Emmanuelle in 2005 and Beata in 2009.

The guys from the Turetsky Choir (and Mikhail Borisovich himself in particular) are still workaholics. For a year, they manage to hold more than 200 performances - not everyone can boast of that. It is surprising how artists still manage to publish photos on their Instagram account.

In 2017, Mikhail managed to find time for significant events. The first was the wedding of the daughter of Sarina and Tornik Tsertsvadze. The second is the awarding of the Order of Friendship for the development of culture.

1999 - "High Holidays" 2001 - "Bravissimo" 2003 - "Turetsky's Choir Presents" 2004 - "When Men Sing" 2006 - "Born to Sing" 2007 - "Moscow-Jerusalem" 2009 - "Music of All Times" 2010 - "The Show Must continue"

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