Yuriy Malikov

The founder and permanent leader of VIA "Gems" Yuri Malikov, without any doubt, is a man of the era. It is impossible to imagine the stage of the 70s-80s without the hits “No need to be sad”, “I'll take you to the tundra”, “Everything that I have in my life” and many others. Songs that have been listened to for more than one generation, a collective that has not lost popularity for more than 40 years, vouchers to the stage for many famous performers - all this is about People's Artist of Russia Yuri Malikov.

Yuri Malikov was born in the midst of the military events of World War II - on July 6, 1943 on the Chebotovka farm in the Tarasovsky district of the Rostov region.

The boy's childhood was impressed by the war stories of his father Fyodor Mikhailovich, who returned from the front with a serious injury. And also the father taught his son to play the accordion, with which he went through the whole war. These lessons later helped the boy learn to play the accordion.

In 1954, the Malikov family moved to live in the Moscow region. In the new school, Yura organized an accordion trio, the guys took part in all school activities. And in the Podolsk Industrial College, where Malikov entered after school, he is again in the center of amateur performances, only this time he plays in a brass band.

The young man mastered playing many instruments, but true love connected him with the double bass. Malikov first saw the instrument in the film "Serenade of the Sun Valley" and fell in love with its sound. Having persuaded the management of the technical school club to buy a double bass, Yura specially enrolled in an evening music school in order to master the mystery of the game.

Once a symphony orchestra from the Moscow Regional Philharmonic came to Podolsk. And the band's double bass player Vladimir Mikhalev saw a young colleague in a musical instrument at a performance in the park. After meeting Mikhalev, he invited Malikov to Moscow and left his phone number.

Mikhalev arranged for Yura at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Music School, from where the talented guy was taken to study at the Moscow State Conservatory at the orchestral faculty.

Malikov began his professional musical career with work at Mosconcert as a member of the instrumental ensemble of singer Emil Horovets. After graduating from the conservatory in 1969, he continued to work with various collectives of the Mosconcert. Even then, on the Soviet stage, the first VIAs began to be created, groups of musicians who sing not to the accompaniment of the orchestra, as it was before, but to their own playing on electric instruments.

Then the idea arose to organize an ensemble that would play music of a new genre and format. The final decision was ripe after a trip to Japan in 1970. Yuri Malikov worked there for 8 months, played in a pop group. The musician spent the money he earned on the purchase of equipment and instruments, and upon his arrival in Moscow, he immediately announced an audition for the ensemble.

In 1971, the whole country already knew about the new VIA "Gems" thanks to the hits "I'll take you to the tundra" and "I'll go, I'll go out," which were aired on the All-Union radio. And in 1972, the collective represented the country at the hit festival in Dresden.

The songs of "Gems" quickly won the listener's love - they took simple and kind poems by heart, and I wanted to hum the rhythmic melodies endlessly. Before these young and stylish guys, no one imagined that a patriotic or folk song could become a hit and be picked up by literally everyone - from young to old.

The composition of soloists was carefully selected by Malikov, each time paying attention to new talents: in a music school, in amateur performances, on tour, even in a restaurant. So Yuri Fedorovich discovered many new names. Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Alexey Glyzin, Vladimir Vinokur, Vladimir Kuzmin and other performers began to sing in "Gems".

The peak of the band's creativity came in the mid-70s. Songs for "Gems" are written by the masters of the Soviet stage: poets - Leonid Derbenev, Mikhail Plyatskovsky, Robert Rozhdestvensky, composers - Eduard Hanok, Mark Fradkin, Vladimir Shainsky, David Tukhmanov and others.

Malikov and his VIA tour throughout the Union, collecting palaces and stadiums. "Golden" hits "I'll take you to the tundra", "This never happens again", "Good omens", "Don't be sad", "We young people" are invariably performed "for an encore", and each concert opens and ends with the most favorite composition of "Gems" - "My address is the Soviet Union."

However, on this wave of success in 1975, almost the entire main composition of musicians left Malikov. It was a kind of boycott of the ex-members of VIA for the fact that Yuri Fedorovich treated the main soloist Valentin Dyakonov harshly. Malikov also showed character - he did not return the rebels, and in three weeks assembled a new team. So Vladimir and Elena Presnyakovs came to "Gems".

By the early 90s, Malikov was moving away from music a little and even suspending the activities of the ensemble: the popularity of "Gems" was not the same, the new time brought different music and new idols. And only in 1996, after the 25th anniversary of the group, its golden hits sounded again in an updated arrangement. "Gems", headed by the permanent leader Yuri Malikov, united again to give creativity to loyal and new fans.

Yuri Fedorovich met his future wife Lyudmila Vyunkova in 1969. The young musician had just started working at the Mosconcert when he accidentally wandered into the Hermitage garden and saw a charming dancer in the music hall. On the very first evening, Malikov accompanied Lyudmila home, and the couple did not part for a long time.

A few months later they played a wedding, in 1970 the first-born Dmitry was born, and in 1977 - the daughter Inna. Today the large and friendly Malikov family is a famous musical dynasty.

Dmitry Malikov is a popular singer, musician and composer. Daughter Inna is a singer, actress and producer. The People's Artist has four grandchildren. Dmitry's children are Olga (stepdaughter), Stephanie and Mark, who was born from a surrogate mother in 2018. Inna's son is Dmitry Malikov Jr.

Photos of the famous family can often be seen on Instagram and Twitter of Dmitry Malikov.

After its revival in 1996, VIA "Samotsvety" is again in demand and popular. Yuri Fedorovich still leads the team, bringing together the best musicians from different years. And in 2006 Malikov Sr. and his daughter Inna founded the group "New Gems", which makes stylized cover versions of popular Soviet songs.

Today Yuri Fedorovich leads a healthy lifestyle, after in 2006 he had to undergo surgical treatment in Germany. In 2018, for the 75th anniversary of the artist, a documentary biographical film about Yuri Malikov "The Gems of His Life" was shot.

1973 - VIA "Gems" 1974 - "We Have Young" 1981 - "The Way to the Heart" 1985 - "Weather Forecast" 1995 - "There, Behind the Clouds" 1996 - "Everything I Have in Life" 1996 - "Twenty years later "1997 -" We have become different "2003 -" Bell "2003 -" First love "2009 -" Gems "2009 -" NEW Gems "2011 -" Gems "surrounded by stars"

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