Yuri Antonov
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Yuri Antonov | |
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Юрий Антонов | |
_(2015-12-10)_04.jpg) Antonov in 2015 | |
| Born | Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov 19 February 1945 |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, sound engineer |
| Years active | 1965–nowadays |
| Title | People's Artist of Russia (1997) |
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Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Антонов; born 19 February 1945) is a Soviet and Russian composer, singer and musician, People's Artist of Russia (1997).[1]
Biography
Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov was born into the family of an officer of the Soviet Army, Mikhail Vasilievich Antonov, who after World War II stayed to serve in the military administration of Berlin.[2] Yuri's sister, Zhanna (Jane) was born there. His mother, Natalya Mikhailovna (Litovchenko), who was from Kremenchuk (Poltava Region), died in 2008 at age 85. Antonov is one of the most popular and successful artists on Soviet 70's-80's pop scene[2] despite the fact that some of his songs (especially in early period) were banned by Soviet censorship. He appeared to an international television audience as a performer in the opening ceremony of the Moscow 1986 Goodwill Games.
Awards
- Distinguished Artist of Chechnya-Ingushetia (1983)
- People's Artist of Russia (1997)[3]
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (3rd class)[3]
- Order of Honour (Russia)[3]
- Order of Friendship (Russia)[3]
- Order of Francysk Skaryna
In 1997 Yuri Antonov received a star on the Star Square in Moscow. He also received the Living Legend Award at the Ovation Awards in 2000.
Discography
- Yuri Antonov (1979)
- Krysha doma tvoyego (1983)
- Pover v mechtu (1985)
- Dolgozhdannyy samolyot (1986)
- Ot pechali do radosti (1987)
- Lunnaya dorozhka (1990)
- Nesyot menya techeniye (1993)
- Net tebya prekrsney (2008)
He wrote music for the films "Take Care of Women" (1981), "Beauty Salon" (1985), "Fools Die on Fridays" (1990) and others.
Filmography
- ''Why don't we sing!'' (1968)
- ''Where will he go!'' (1981)
- "An unfamiliar song" (1983)
- ''Before we break up'' (1984)
References
- ↑ Biography (in Russian)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Звёздный журнал: биография Юрия Антонова
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Юрий Антонов биография, фото, карьера, личная жизнь". РБК (in русский). Retrieved 2025-02-22.
External links
Media related to Yuri Antonov (musician) at Wikimedia Commons- Yuri Antonov at IMDb
- Official site (in Russian)
- Official page on Youtube
- Yuri Antonov at the Forbes
- Yuri Antonov discography at Discogs
- Popular songs
- Net tebya prekrasnei on YouTube
- Kryusha doma tvoego on YouTube
- Ne zabyvai (Mechta sbyvaetsya) on YouTube
- Ot pechali do radosti on YouTube
- U berez i sosen on YouTube
- More on YouTube
- Beliy teplohod on YouTube
- Ya vspominaiu on YouTube
- Zerkalo on YouTube
- Na vysokom beregu on YouTube
- Ne govorite mne proschai on YouTube
- Neset Menya Techenie on YouTube
- 20 let spustya on YouTube
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Russian male singers
- 21st-century accordionists
- 21st-century Russian male musicians
- Musicians from Tashkent
- People's Artists of Russia
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Russian accordionists
- Russian film score composers
- Russian male film score composers
- Russian National Music Award winners
- Russian new wave musicians
- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- Soviet composers
- Soviet male composers
- Soviet male singers
- Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award