Oleg Gazmanov is known to everyone as a talented singer. But his abilities extend much further: he composes melodies, writes words to them, and produces, and also plays in films! Let's take a closer look at the biography of this amazing person.
Gazmanov Oleg Mikhailovich was born a few years after the end of the war, in 1951 in the Kaliningrad region. His parents are people who went through the war: his father defended the territory of Belarus and took Koenigsberg, his mother was a nurse in a hospital.
The childhood of little Oleg is permeated through with the echo of the war - the boys all over the city are looking for shells and weapons. Once Oleg even finds an old machine gun, which he “shoots” from the window, and which then falls on his little finger.
Another time, the future singer decides to dismantle a mine, trying to break through its shell with a stone. It's good that the military is passing nearby and manage to drag the child away.
Like any boy, Oleg is a mischievous and fidget. Somehow, he accidentally starts a fire: from a match in his hands, a curtain is lit, from a curtain - armchairs. But the child just wanted to make a house and furniture and turn on the light inside!
Although the future singer and a tomboy, he does not hold purposefulness and will. Despite the murmurs in the heart and the prohibitions of the mother, he secretly from his parents comes to the gymnastics section and persuades him to take it. Oleg is in the 6th grade, it's too late to start training, but this is not the case. Soon the boy is already performing in the national team. And the heart, oddly enough, calms down!
Oleg Gazmanov spends all his childhood and youth in Kaliningrad. He is not distinguished by discipline, but he cannot be called a real robber either. Although, as the singer himself admits, he received the status of a pioneer and Komsomol member with a creak.
Like many talented people, Oleg Gazmanov begins to sing as a child. But not everything turns out so well right away: in childhood, the boy is forcibly taken to a music school, where he has no luck with teachers.
After graduating from school, he received the specialty of a mining engineer and served near Riga in mine depots. The profession is connected with the sea, so Gazmanov often goes on voyages. After returning to his native Kaliningrad, the young man works as a teacher and enters graduate school.
It would seem that a career on stage is not meant, but suddenly, without defending his dissertation, Oleg enters a music school. At the age of 20 he finishes it in his specialty. It turns out that the young man did not forget about music: his songs with a guitar were always welcome both at sea and in the service in warehouses.
His musical activity begins. So far, everything is modest: Oleg works in small ensembles, performing in cafes and restaurants. But soon the idea to conquer the capital appeared - and in the 80s the young man moved to Moscow.
He has to earn money at two jobs, in ensembles and as a loader, and eat almost bread alone. But Oleg believes in himself. Believes, writes songs and sings.
The career of Oleg Gazmanov as a composer and author begins to rise unexpectedly. At one of the concerts, he is going to perform the song "Lucy", dedicated to the girl, but suddenly loses his voice. Oleg has to rewrite the words of the song, and his five-year-old son has to sing it. So there is a song about a lost dog.
At first, Oleg wants to make a star out of his son Rodion, but then he changes his mind and begins his own take-off. He creates the group "Squadron" and writes songs for her that get to the top of the charts. The creation of compositions brings him popularity, and not his voice and hearing, since the first time the song is performed by the pianist of the group, Galina Romanova.
Gradually, Oleg Gazmanov appears on stage and, as a soloist, his debut album, vinyl records, is released. He decorates his performances with gymnastic tricks: jumps and somersaults.
All this takes place at the turn of the 80s and 90s. And in 1991, the USSR collapsed, and the airs of Russian radio stations were filled with foreign songs. They are crowding out domestic ones, and Oleg Gazmanov even writes an appeal to the newspaper about this.
Fortunately, young people are returning to the songs of national performers. Although Gazmanov's songs in the 90s cannot be affected by any crisis: they are already firmly seated in the status of hits.
Oleg Gazmanov has earned fame not only as a singer. He is a famous composer, many of his songs have become popular hits.
Until now, hits that Oleg Gazmanov wrote at the beginning of his career, being a member of the Squadron group, remain popular songs. These are the famous "Esaul", "Sailor", "Putana", "Wait", "Jamaica".
One of his most beloved and famous songs, the unofficial anthem was "Moscow". Yes, yes, the one where “bells ring” and “golden domes”.
The iconic song was "Lord Officers", dedicated to the events of August 1991. It is now performed on almost all military holidays.
And, of course, you can't forget your favorite catchy songs "My Clear Days" and "I Love Girls".
Forever known songs were those performed by his son Rodion: "Jamaica", "Lucy".
Many songs were recorded by Gazmanov and other singers almost simultaneously. For example, the famous "Putana" was first performed by Alexander Kalyanov, and literally in the same year was recorded in the voice of the author himself.
Oleg Gazmanov has long ceased to be just a popular singer. Now he often performs at state concerts and in front of the military in order to raise morale.
His awards include:
The intimate life of Oleg Gazmanov remains far from public scandals and high-profile lawsuits. Even at the beginning of his career, the singer decided that he would become famous not due to family and intrigues, but due to talent. Of course, he had one divorce proceedings ... But first things first.
In 1975, 24-year-old Gazmanov marries his peer Irina. The young man teaches, and his wife, a chemist by education, gives birth to his son Rodion and devotes herself to the family.
Everything goes well. First, Oleg Gazmanov, in search of popularity, leaves for Moscow alone, then transports his wife and son to the capital.
The singer's fame is growing, and with this growth, his marriage is collapsing. She and Irina have been together for more than 15 years by the time of the crisis, but this does not save the family. And in 1997 they get divorced.
The reasons for the collapse will remain a mystery. Did Irina support his aspirations and popularity? Did you tolerate fans? Did they break up because of the friendship of Oleg and Marina? Nobody will know for sure. Oleg will quietly divorce Irina, providing her with a decent living.
And he will start a new life with Marina Mavrodi. They met in the 90s, and from then on they will be friends until fate brings them together. In 1997, Marina's husband, the brother of the founder of MMM, was imprisoned, and Oleg Gazmanov would take her from the hospital with the newborn son of her ex-husband.
The son of Mavrodi Philip at the age of 7 himself wants to bear the name of his adoptive father. Although the child met his biological father at the age of 5, his love was not shaken.
In 2003, their daughter Marianna will be born.
In all interviews, the singer talks about his happiness with Marina. Their marriage is over 20 years old and they still love each other. In an interview, Oleg admits that he always got along well with children. While the children were small, he loved to play with them, and mother Marina had to set them up in a serious way.
Oleg Gazmanov sent his eldest son, Rodion, to study in England in an institution with Spartan rules. He tried several times to escape from there, but such attempts at the university are simply impossible - passports are taken away. As a result, Rodion received a real strict English education, as his father wanted.
Now the famous singer lives in a country house in Sosnovy Bor with his wife, collects weapons and drives around in his mini-truck, which was presented to him at one of the concerts. Despite the fact that Oleg Gazmanov is already over 65 years old, he is still in good shape, dissecting on a board in the sea and traveling with his wife.
As in the 90s, Oleg Gazmanov still respects Russian music. He considers even some rap artists talented, for example, Guf and Basta. True, he does not recognize rap battles and Buzovism.
In March 2018, a not very pleasant incident occurred in Ukraine because of the song “Lord Officers”. The restaurant turned on the Russian version, and the Ukrainian police danced to it. As a result, they were sent from Ternopil to Donbass. The songs of some Russian performers have long been banned in the country because of the threat to its integrity.
In May 2018, Vladimir Putin solemnly presented Gazmanov, along with Vinokur, Bezrukov and Tsiskaridze, with the Order of Friendship.
Gazmanov played in the Fan Zone of the World Cup, cheered for ours and even attended several matches.
Oleg Gazmanov is still an idol, and his songs are popular. And although the pop singer can no longer be called young, he still lives a vibrant life, collecting his “clear days”.
Today I would like to talk about a popular, well-known throughout the CIS singer - Oleg Gazmanov. He has a huge number of fans and listeners in his arsenal. And for sure, all of them are eager to find out if Oleg Gazmanov is in VKontakte.
By tradition, in the first part we will tell you about the biography of the artist, and we will devote the second part of the article to a discussion about whether there is Gazmanov VK, or only fakes await you.
Oleg spent his childhood in post-war Kaliningrad. His father was a professional soldier, he fought, and even reached Berlin. Mother was a doctor and ended the war in the Far East. Little Olezhek studied violin at a music school. In 1968 he graduated from high school, and entered the Kaliningrad Higher Marine Engineering School and graduated in 1973 with honors.
In 1977, the future artist entered the Kaliningrad Regional Music College, which he graduated in 1981. After that, he worked as part of the VIA Galaxy and Blue Bird. On July 3, 1981, the song "Squadron" was recorded, which instantly became mega popular. For 18 months, she held on to the first positions of the most prestigious hit parade of the Moskovsky Komsomolets magazine at that time.
Oleg is a People's Artist of Russia, a seven-time winner of the Ovation national award, a fifteen-time laureate of the Song of the Year festival, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF Youth Foundation in Russia, and a laureate of the authoritative international festival The World Music Awards. The artist was awarded many public awards: the winner of the Moscow City Prize and the winner of the Prize of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
In 1998, on May 9, at the entrance to the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall, on the Square of Stars, a nominal Star was laid in honor of Oleg Gazmanov. This artist is so diverse that he is even a member of the Moscow Writers' Union and the Public Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. And also Gazmanov is a member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This is not youth for you.
In Gazmanov's repertoire, you can find absolutely everything, because his repertoire is thematically diverse. Starting with lyrics and cheerful songs and ending with deeply patriotic, civic musical compositions. In his compositions, he boldly uses folk, rock and pop music.
Songs such as “Officers”, “Mom”, “My Clear Days”, “Moscow”, “The Only One”, “Made in the USSR”, “My Temple” and many others have already lived a long time and have practically become popular favorites. All songs in their own way unite different categories of people, people of any age and nationality. Songs teach kindness, help to live and, of course, bring up love for the motherland. More than one generation of Russian citizens grew up on his songs.
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Recall a few facts from the biography of Oleg. He was born in the small town of Gusev, Kaliningrad Region, on July 22, 1951. He began his singing career with the creation of the Squadron group in 1989. But, truly famous, he was made by the then six-year-old son Rodion, after performing the hit of that time, the song "Lucy".
Photo in his youth: with his son Rodion
Now Gazmanov is a successful singer, his songs "Squadron", "Seaman", "Esaul", "Made in the USSR", "Come on Russia" are familiar to almost everyone. He has a huge number of prizes and awards, winner of numerous competitions and festivals. He is a member of the Writers' Union of Moscow, a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. And this is only a small part of his merits.
Photo from the family archive: with his wife Marina and children
Oleg Gazmanov has a second marriage. With his first wife, Irina, he lived together for about twenty years. They have a common son. Oleg's current wife is 18 years younger than her husband. They have a common daughter, as well as Marina's son from her first marriage,
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A fit, energetic, athletic young man in 1989 formed a team called Squadron. At the end of the 80s, he spoke with his little son, which caused a furor among the public and in the union they started talking about two stars of the Gazmanovs at once.
Oleg Mikhailovich is always in excellent physical shape and does not miss the opportunity to show it at his concerts. He was professionally engaged in gymnastics and now carefully monitors his health.
Tracks and videos of Oleg Gazmanov were awarded various prizes, awards, prizes. The compositions became super popular: the fast “Sailor”, the patriotic “Lord Officers”, as well as the well-known song about Yesaul and “Squadron”. The musical composition called "Moscow" was perceived as an unspoken anthem of the capital of Russia. In 2010, Oleg Mikhailovich was offered to write an anthem for the city of Sochi.
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The artist travels a lot around the country, takes part in group concerts, city events, and performs solo. He already has 14 albums in his arsenal. Many songs of the singer and composer are performed by the first stars of the national stage. Today we offer the opportunity to order a performance by Oleg Gazmanov for holidays of various formats. Directly on our website there is an online application that will allow you to invite Oleg Gazmanov to a concert.
Gazmanov Oleg Mikhailovich (b. 1951) is a Russian singer, poet and composer, producer and actor. He has the title of People's Artist of Russia.
Oleg Gazmanov was born on July 22, 1951 in the city of Gusev, which is located in the Kaliningrad region. His parents were frontline soldiers. Dad, Gazmanov Mikhail Semyonovich, is a professional military man, had the rank of major. Mom, Zinaida Abramovna, went through the war as a nurse in a hospital, then received a higher medical education and became a cardiologist.
Both Oleg's father and mother were from Belarus, but after demobilization they ended up in the Kaliningrad region. His grandmother lived in the city of Minsk for a long time. Gazmanov is very fond of the beautiful country of Belarus, with its open people and wonderful nature, with huge BelAZ trucks and amazing potato pancakes. When he comes to Minsk with concerts, a picture from childhood clearly pops up in his memory - grandmother's cherry garden.
Oleg was the only son of his parents. He began to show a good voice and hearing very early, mom and dad decided to give the child a musical education, at the age of 5 they enrolled him in school to learn to play the violin. But the instrument aroused hostility in little Oleg, he preferred the company of yard friends to music.
His childhood years were spent in the Kaliningrad region, but not in the yards with a soccer ball. The post-war boys were only engaged in looking for echoes of the war years in the form of ammunition or weapons in abandoned places.
Everyone boasted to each other about their combat collection, Gazmanov had one too. Of course, such boyish fun sometimes ended sadly, Oleg had injuries and cases when life hung in the balance.
Once a machine gun fell on his little finger, fortunately, his mother was nearby and gave her son first aid. The second case was much more serious, when Oleg, out of interest, began to open an anti-tank mine that he had found. Luckily for him, the military passed by, they instantly dragged the curious boy away from the ammunition.
Oleg went to school in the city of Kaliningrad, where the family had moved by this time.
He was released from physical education, as doctors discovered a congenital heart defect in the child. But he could not accept this and enrolled in the gymnastics section after his school friends. The boy liked to hang on the rings or swing on the bars, but he did all this in secret from his parents.
Gazmanov not only went to training, but also took part in competitions. When the parents found out the truth, at first they were shocked by all this gymnastics, physical activity, training and competitions. However, over time, doctors discovered that congenital heart murmurs began to disappear, and mom and dad resigned themselves to their son's sports passion.
However, in the ninth grade, Oleg fell from a gymnastic apparatus and received a fracture in both legs. I had to part with the dream of a career as a great athlete, but Oleg soon found himself another hobby to his liking. He was taken to the school musical ensemble, the guys sang at parties and discos. It turned out well for them and the ensemble began to be invited to clubs and dance floors in Kaliningrad. So Oleg Gazmanov began to earn his first money. But my mother didn’t even want to hear about the career of a musician; she didn’t want such a future for her son.
Respecting his parents, Gazmanov did not argue and entered the Kaliningrad Higher Marine Engineering School, began to study the promising profession of a refrigeration specialist. Starting from the third year, Oleg took up science, he had occasion to go to sea on ships. After graduating from college, at the invitation of the leadership of the educational institution, Gazmanov remained at the department, wrote a dissertation, and lectured.
But having completed his scientific work, he suddenly realized that he would not be able to realize himself as a scientist.
And Oleg again became a student, this time at the Kaliningrad College of Music, guitar class.
While still a student, he began his career in an ensemble that sang in the restaurant of the Kaliningrad Hotel, later he was a member of the VIA:
But the main income was still brought by performances in restaurants. Moreover, being a student at a music school, Oleg got married. His first wife was a girl named Irina, who gave birth to Gazmanov in 1981, the son of Rodion.
In 1986, Oleg Gazmanov and his family moved to Moscow. By this time, he not only sang songs and played the guitar, but also composed music. As a composer, the country recognized him after the song about the dog "Lucy", which was sung by his five-year-old son. Soviet listeners liked the unpretentious song and the little performer. It turns out that the name Gazmanov was first glorified by Rodion. The father wrote several children's songs, the son performed them, an album was recorded, and tours around the country began.
1989 became a truly stellar year for Oleg himself. He created the Squadron group, wrote and performed the songs Putana and Squadron. In an instant, these musical compositions became popular; they stayed at the top of the domestic hit parade for almost 18 months. Gazmanov released a solo album under the same name "Squadron", it went platinum in one month. The whole country sang along with Oleg at the concerts with which he traveled through the disintegrating Soviet Union.
In 1990, Oleg Gazmanov took part in the final of "Song of the Year", and in 1991, 70 thousand spectators gathered at his concert in Luzhniki.
Each of his new songs certainly became a hit:
His composition "Gentlemen Officers" has become an indispensable attribute of all festive concerts dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day and Victory Day.
The work of Oleg Gazmanov has been repeatedly awarded with prizes and awards:
In 1995, Oleg Gazmanov was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia, in 2001 - People's Artist of Russia.
He lived with his first wife Irina Gazmanov for 20 years, she was a chemist by education, but did not work, she was engaged in housekeeping and raising her son Rodion.
The boy, who became popular throughout the country thanks to the song about the dog Lucy, grew up a long time ago, graduated from the financial academy. In a large Russian company that deals with nanotechnology, Rodion works as a financial director. He did not abandon his passion for music, he has his own group "DNA".
Oleg's second wife, Marina Muravyova, is 18 years younger than the singer. They met in Voronezh in 1988. Oleg was there with a concert, but the acquaintance took place in a restaurant. Marina at that time was married to the brother of Sergei Mavrodi, the head of the legendary MMM, and had a son. She was not a fan of Oleg Gazmanov, moreover, she was not even interested in his work at all. But the singer liked the girl in that Voronezh restaurant at first sight, and he invited her to his concert.
Both were not free, but sympathy arose between Oleg and Marina, which grew into strong feelings. Since the mid-90s, they left their families and began to live together, the couple officially signed in 2003.
In December 2003, Oleg and Marina had a daughter, Marianna.
The mother of Oleg Gazmanov, Zinaida Abramovna, considered only the first Irina to be her only daughter-in-law; relations with the second Marina did not work out. But Oleg's son Rodion gets along well with his father's second wife, with her son from his first marriage Philip and sister. He often visits the Gazmanovs in Serebryany Bor.
Oleg Gazmanov supported the actions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in relation to the Crimea and Donbass. For this, sanctions were imposed against him, the singer was banned from entering the territory of Ukraine and Latvia. In response to this, he wrote the song "Forward, Russia!" as a symbol of love for the motherland and the unity of the Russian people.
Oleg Gazmanov is an Honorary Citizen of the cities of Kaliningrad and Saratov.
In 2104, he took an active part in the preparation and holding of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
In 2105, he participated in the Channel One project “Together with Dolphins”, where he demonstrated an excellent sports form for his age.
Singer Oleg Gazmanov has an award - the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.
He loves life in all its manifestations, like a real man, considers honor, dignity and independence, the ability to keep his word as true values.
