One of the most popular entertainers in our country is the singer Yuri Antonov, whose biography is full of interesting events. Yuri Mikhailovich was born on 19/02/1945 in Tashkent. His father was a soldier and saw his son rarely. After moving to Belarus, the family finally reunited.
Childhood and youth
The childhood of Yuri Antonov was held in the regional town of Molodechno, near Minsk. It was here that he began to study music. It was not just a whim of the parents. Yuri plunged into a new element for himself. Successfully graduated from music school. Then he entered the music school. But the boring provincial life was not for him. Antonov still in his youth tried to organize a small orchestra in the City House of Culture. But the idea was not very successful. In those years there was a tense with instruments and notes.
After graduating from college, Yuri Antonov received a distribution for work as a teacher at the Minsk Music School. However, the work of the teacher did not interest him. He went to work in the State Philharmonic of Belarus. Then there was compulsory service in the army, after which the future national artist returned to his native philharmonic society. This time he repeated the attempt to organize a variety band. And this time his zeal and perseverance yielded results. In 1967, Yury Antonov became the head of the pop group Victor Vuyachich.
Birth of a star
After two years of active work of Yuri Antonov invited to Leningrad as a vocalist in the legendary ensemble "Singing Guitars". But in addition to the role of the vocalist, Antonov appeared as the author and composer of his own songs. His songs became unconditional hits, and the song "For me, no you are more beautiful" became a classics of variety genre.
In 1971, singer Yuri Antonov moved to the capital - Moscow. He was invited to work at the prestigious concert concert "Rosconcert". His new collective is the ensemble "Good fellows". With this collective songs "Yesterday", "Why", "Summer ends" and a number of others are recorded. Then Antonov performed with the band "Magistral" as part of the Music Hall. This is the time of gaining all-Union popularity. Real tours throughout the country began. Yuri Antonov becomes a megastar, his concerts do not get tickets, and the number of fans and fans will envy and modern pop stars. Success recorded records of a number of songs and release of records at the firm "Melody".
After the breakthrough to the all-Union scene, Antonov's thirst for creativity became even more evident. Some hits were replaced by others, and popularity becomes even more. With the collective "Araks" Yuri Mikhailovich writes songs "Sea", "Twenty years later", "I remember". With the group "Aerobus" - the classic songs "I'm going to meet you", "White boat".
At the request of the Odessa film studio, Yury Antonov wrote a composition for the film "Take care of women." He liked the work in a new direction, and he wrote music for other movies: "Unknown Song", "Before Parting", "Order", "Beauty Salon" and others. The next popular hit was the song for the musical "The Adventures of the Grasshopper Kuzi", which is called "The Roof of Your Home". The copies of Yury Antonov's records beat all conceivable records, at times causing envy among honored and popular representatives of the song elite. But this does not prevent to gather at concerts for 10 thousand spectators. Fans of truths and crooks sought to get to concerts, sometimes doing reckless acts.
Coming from a busy schedule and crowds of fans, Yuri Antonov moved to Finland, where he recorded a music album at the firm "Polarvorks Music". Since that time, Yury Antonov has been working at his own studio, recording discs, collaborating with other artists, helping young people.
Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov for the whole biography deserved not only national recognition. He has many official awards and titles. Among them: People's Artist of Russia, People's Artist of Chechen-Ingushetia, Honored Art Worker, several "Ovation" awards and several others in his record.