Evgeny Martynov’s wife Evelina lives in Spain. Biography

Evgeny Martynov - famous Soviet crooner and composer. The velvety timbre of the musician’s voice is still remembered by the middle generation Soviet people. The songs “And Mother’s Eyes” and “Apple Trees in Blossom” by Evgeniy Martynov were sung by everyone who has ever heard these songs. Melodious, kind and pure, these compositions gave bright joy and the desire to live in harmony with oneself and the world.

Evgeny Grigorievich Martynov was born in post-war 1948. And the fact that the future musician was born in May, when the “apple trees were in blossom” and the nightingales were singing with all their might, is very consistent with the image and creativity of this wonderful person.

The family of the future singer and composer Evgeny Martynov was badly burned by the war. My father came from the front as a disabled person, my mother also experienced the sorrows of war - she worked as a front-line nurse. But the main thing is that both survived. After the war, they gave birth to two children: first Evgeniy, and 9 years later Yuri.

At first, the family lived in the town of Kamyshin, Volgograd region, but after the birth of their first child they moved to the Donbass, to the city of Artemovsk. This is the birthplace of the head of the family, Grigory Martynov.

Evgeniy was drawn to music early. Songs were always playing in the house of the musician’s parents. Dad played the button accordion and accordion. In addition, Grigory Martynov worked as a singing teacher and led an amateur group. The boy went with his father to holidays and matinees - he loved music so much. But the child was also interested in other creative hobbies: Evgeniy loved to memorize and quote monologues heard in films, he drew talentedly, and became interested in magic tricks, which he enjoyed performing at school events.

As a result, music gradually replaced other hobbies, and the boy also received musical education: in Artemovsk, Evgeniy graduated from the Pyotr Tchaikovsky School and learned to play the clarinet. Evgeniy's parents did not force him to study music. The boy himself gladly went to classes at the music school, despite the fact that because of two schools the child did not have enough time to really take a walk and play. Teachers in music school spoke warmly about the student, one teacher even stated: “I would like more students like this, and not those who study music under pressure...”

In 1967, Evgeny Martynov went to Kyiv and entered the Conservatory named after. But soon the future composer moved closer to home: to Donetsk pedagogical institute(today the Conservatory named after) for the conducting and brass department. Martynov left the university, having received a diploma of higher education, ahead of schedule.

The passion for composing music awoke in the young man while still at university. During his studies, Evgeny Martynov already wrote his own romance for clarinet and piano, a scherzo for clarinet and piano, and a prelude for piano.

After graduation, the young man immediately began working in his profession - he led the pop orchestra of the Donetsk All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Explosive Equipment.

Music

The creative biography of Evgeny Martynov dates back to 1972. After graduating from college, Martynov goes to Moscow. At that time, the composer had been writing music based on poetry for several years. The composer set one of his melodies to poetry. She sang the song “Berezka”, which Evgeniy’s friends introduced her to. The composition was performed at the Moscow Variety Theater and was liked by the audience. In the same 1972, the second song “My Love” appeared to the music of Evgeny Martynov. This song was performed by Georgian singer Gyulli Chokheli.

In 1973, Martynov finally moved to the capital and got a job as a soloist-vocalist at Rosconcert. In addition, Evgeny Grigorievich is hired as a music editor, first at the Molodaya Gvardiya publishing house, and then at Pravda.

In 1978, Evgeny Martynov starred in the feature musical film “A Fairy Tale as a Fairy Tale,” in which he played the role of a romantic groom. But that's it actor career musician and ended.

In 1984, Evgeny Martynov was admitted to the Union of Composers of the USSR.

From that moment on, Martynov’s songs enjoyed enormous popularity throughout the Soviet Union. Typically, Evgeny Martynov writes compositions for other performers and sings his own songs. The number of awards and prizes is pouring in talented singer and the composer, as if from a cornucopia. Evgeny Martynov becomes a popular favorite. “Young Voices”, “Bratislava Lyre”, “Golden Orpheus” - at all these festivals Evgeny Martynov received first awards. The musician toured a lot, including abroad.

The best songwriters of the USSR, such as Alla Dementieva, Robert Rozhdestvensky and others, collaborated with the talented composer. The singer’s baritone timbre flowed from all screens and radio broadcasts. It was pleasant to hear and see Martynov: Evgeny Grigorievich had incredible charm and simplicity. To Soviet people, the musician seemed close, almost like family.

The range of Evgeny Martynov's voice was very wide. The musician’s baritone tenor, soft and at the same time sonorous, was also suitable for opera performance. The musician was even offered to change his profile and perform in operas. But Martynov chose for himself a stage that was closer to the majority of Soviet people.

Contemporaries sincerely loved the singer, because Martynov’s wonderful songs gave positive emotions even in difficult times. At the same time, Evgeny Martynov knew how to hit the nerve. The musician’s composition “Swan Fidelity” brought sincere tears to many. Like the heartfelt song “Mom’s Eyes.”

The most popular songs, besides those named, “Nightingales sing, pour out...”, “ Father's house", "Alyonushka", "Seagulls over the Water", "White Lilac" were sung with pleasure by many generations of Soviet people. And even now these compositions are known. They are covered by many contemporaries. But no one managed to achieve such sincerity, tenderness and strength with which everyone’s beloved Evgeny Martynov sang them.

Martynov's songs were in the repertoire of a number of Soviet stars stage. For each of them, these compositions were the best, because these songs immediately became hits. , as well as , are just a few names famous performers, who gladly collaborated with the composer.

Personal life

Evgeny Martynov got married when he was already 30 years old. The personal life of Evgeny Martynov was happy. Kiev resident Evelina, who became the singer’s wife, gave her husband a son, Sergei. The couple named the boy in honor of two Sergei - Yesenin and, whose work was adored in the musician’s family.

A few years after Martynov’s death, Evelina married a second time. Together with her son and new husband, the woman immigrated to Spain.

Death

Life of a famous pop performer and the composer’s life ended at the age of 43.

Fans did not immediately believe it when they heard about sudden death young and full of strength and creative ideas, Evgeny Martynov. This happened in early September 1990. It seems that a whole era has gone with him, memorable, ringing, bright and pure.

The cause of death was acute heart failure. The death of Evgeny Martynov was surrounded by many rumors. It is now impossible to establish which of them took place. Eyewitnesses of the incident said that Martynov became ill when the musician was rising in the elevator. Medical help arrived too late. Some fans believe that the singer could have been saved if Martynov had received qualified medical care in a timely manner, but doctors do not confirm this theory.

Evgeny Grigorievich Martynov found his last refuge at the Kuntsevo cemetery in the capital. The last song performed by the musician and sounded on August 27, 1990 at the “Song of the Year 1990”. It turned out to be “Maryina Roshcha”, the last hit and a farewell gift to fans from the composer and singer.

But even now, in the new century, the musician is not forgotten. In 2000, the First Donetsk open festival-competition of lyrical songs named after E. G. Martynov “Father's House” was held. The song “I’m Flying to You” was performed for the first time at the festival.

In 2015, the Chestnut Alley named after Evgeniy Martynov was opened in Kamyshin, on which a monument to the singer was also erected.

Discography

1975 - “Evgeny Martynov sings”
1976 - “Evgeny Martynov sings his songs”
1977 - “Evgeny Martynov sings his songs”
1980 - “Evgeny Martynov sings his songs”
1982 - “Songs by E. Martynov to the poems of Mikhail Plyatskovsky”
1982 - “The Spell/Don’t Hope”
1983 - “The Song Where You’re In”
1986 - “Evgeny Martynov sings his songs”
1989 - “And love is right. Songs of Evgeny and Yuri Martynov"

Best songs

"Swan Loyalty"
"Father's house"
"Apple trees in bloom"
"Alyonushka"
"Seagulls over the water"
"Start from the beginning"
“I will give you the whole world”
"Natalie"
"Mom's eyes"
"Nightingales sing, sing..."
"White lilac"
"Tell me, cherry..."

His mother Nina Trofimovna served in the evacuation hospitals of the 3rd Ukrainian Front from June 1942 to September 1945, and met the wounded soldier Grigory Martynov in the hospital. She married him and married him, after which the newlyweds settled in the city of Kamyshin, where they raised two sons - Evgeniy and Yuri - in love and harmony.

Evgeniy spent his childhood and youth in Donbass. Evgeny’s mother Nina Martynova later said: “We lived then on the Volga, in the city of Kamyshin, and then moved to Artyomovsk. Little Zhenya was very sick, even in kindergarten did not go. At home we always sang Russian and Ukrainian songs in two voices, my father played the button accordion, and so Zhenya spent all the children’s matinees with him and spent all the holidays. And he loved music so much that we bought him an accordion. In essence, he had no childhood: two schools - no time to eat, no time to go for a walk. I remember teacher Zhenin said: “I would like more such students, and not those who study music under pressure...” And it’s true, I never forced either Zhenya or Yura to study. Then Zhenya entered the Kyiv Conservatory. But my father and I are disabled people of the second group, from the war, and he had to move closer to us.”

Before his injury, Evgeniy’s father Grigory Martynov was the commander of a rifle platoon of the 333rd division, and after arriving in Artemovsk he began working as a singing teacher in the Artemovsk high school and led amateur performances. He talked about Evgeniy: “He loved our house in Artyomovsk, and it’s beautiful there... He sent us telegrams from every city on tour, always with a return address, he was always afraid for his mother and me... She kept them all : here is Ukraine, and Belarus, and the Urals, and Kamchatka...” But it began music career the future famous composer from his father's accordion, whose sound forced Eugene to stop his games and listen to the music with delight. The boy quickly memorized the melodies he heard, and later he sang and danced, tapping out the rhythms of the remembered songs. He also loved to recite poems and monologues heard in the club, cinema and on the radio. At school, Evgeniy discovered a gift for drawing, then he became interested in magic tricks and willingly showed them at school concerts. Zhenya studied well, without much difficulty, but music gradually replaced other hobbies and passions, including football, which he loved to play since childhood. His father taught Evgeniy to play the button accordion, then the accordion, and when Evgeniy was 11 years old, his parents bought him his own professional accordion, and he enjoyed playing music on it in front of his classmates and neighbors. Thanks to his father and constant studies, Evgeniy received good professional skills in musical improvisation and mastered the basics of accompaniment techniques in different keys, which in the future allowed him to easily adapt to any singing and immediately play along with the singer, even in cases where the material was unknown to him. After eight years, Evgeny Martynov entered Artyomovskoe School of Music to the conducting and wind department, where his passion for composing manifested itself, and he wrote a romance for clarinet and piano, a scherzo for clarinet and piano, and a prelude for piano.

After graduating from college, Evgeniy entered the Kyiv Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and completed his education at the Donetsk Musical Pedagogical Institute. His first two ballad songs were written based on the poems of his fellow students L. Zhidel and T. Kireeva - “The Ballad of the Komsomol Members of Donbass” and “Song of the Motherland.” When Martynov was studying at the conservatory to become a professional clarinetist, someone said about him: “This is a gift of fate.” This is how he received the student nickname “Gift” for his extraordinary abilities.

After completing his studies, Evgeniy led the pop orchestra of the Donetsk All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Explosive Equipment for a year, and in 1972 he came to Moscow with letter of recommendation Donetsk conductor to the popular pop singer Maya Kristalinskaya, who very warmly greeted the charming young man from Donbass. It was Maya Kristalinskaya, whose pop authority was very high, who sent the “well-singing composer” to Rosconcert, having previously given Martynov the most flattering recommendation. The audition at Rosconcert was successful, and they decided to test Evgenia as a soloist-vocalist in a national pop program, offering to work for a couple of months for free, which was common for newcomers from the provinces. On his first tour of Siberia and Far East Evgeny Martynov went in June 1972 along with others rising stars Soviet stage: young Lev Leshchenko, Valentina Tolkunova, Svetlana Morgunova, Gennady Khazanov and the newly created jazz ensemble “Melody” by Vladimir Chizhik.

In 1973, he was enrolled in the staff of Rosconcert, and fate immediately connected Evgeny with the Moscow poets Pavel Leonidov and David Usmanov, with whom he wrote his first songs in Moscow, which were added to the songs composed earlier in Donetsk - “Lullaby to the Ashes” on poems by Martsinkevičius, “The Ballad of a Mother” based on poems by Dementiev, “Birch Tree” based on poems by Yesenin and “The Song Has a Name and Patronymic” based on poems by Lisyansky.

In June 1973, Martynov won the title of laureate of the All-Union Performers Competition Soviet song in Minsk, performing there the songs “ Dark night", "Flying migratory birds"and his "Ballad of Mother", for the performance of which he received a prize audience choice.

Very soon, the song “Ballad of Mother” was featured at the All-Union television festival “Song-74”, and made the name of Evgeny Martynov popularly known. Composer Oleg Ivanov said: “Like many, I was struck by Zhenya’s first song. It was “The Ballad of a Mother,” which literally swept across the country in those years. I was struck by the music, the poetry, and the passionate performance... And what’s interesting is that a year before I was shown poems by Andrei Dementyev, but I felt that I couldn’t write a song based on them. The poems seemed to be waiting for Martynov. Then we met him on X World Festival youth and students in Berlin. It was wonderful to sit next to Zhenya and listen to him sing. Just happiness. He combined in himself a composer, a singer, and a musician who masterfully played the piano: his instrument sounded bright and orchestral. A brilliant pianist, Martynov played claviers of any complexity from sight. Once he demonstrated a musical joke - he played a piece on an upside-down clavier. Zhenya had a bright melodic talent. He never played in the middle class. In two or three years he became one of the most popular composers. His compositions attracted the most famous performers. The composer’s creative palette combines two Slavic cultures: Zhenya, Russian, lived in Ukraine, which gave his melodies a special melodiousness. His songs were beautiful with the beauty that comes from generous sunny land. And he sang them with such emotional intensity, as if for the first time last time, burned and gave this burning to people.”

Despite the good start creative career, the personal life of Evgeny Martynov did not work out for a long time. Initially, he was forced to arrange a fictitious marriage in order to obtain Moscow registration. Pianist Leonty Atalyan spoke about this: “At one time, Zhenya arranged a fictitious marriage in order to get a Moscow registration for himself. We had a costume designer, Alena Abrosimova. Good girl. She herself suggested to Zhenya: “Let’s sign!” Why are you suffering?" Many musicians did this back then. We worked from Rosconcert. Our base was in Moscow. And when we came to Moscow, every time we had to think about where to spend the night. Zhenya often joked about this. “Leon, which station are you spending the night at today? - he asked loudly so that the director of the team could hear. “I’m on Kursk” “You know, I prefer the air terminal on Leningradka,” I answered. “There’s a good buffet there.”

In 1975, after performing the songs “Swan Fidelity” and “Apple Trees in Blossom,” Evgeny Martynov’s popularity strengthened even more, and in the same year he won the “Grand Prix” international festival pop song "Bratislava Lyre". Moreover, it should be noted that a performer from the USSR received an award at this competition for the first time.

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Soon, Martynov’s debut EP was released with three songs performed by him, and it broke all circulation records, being repeatedly re-released at the Melodiya Company record factories for almost two years. The poet Vladimir Kudryavtsev said: “Fate brought me together with Evgeny in the early 70s in Moscow, in the apartment of the poet Andrei Dementyev... I will never forget that evening. In a home environment, Martynov’s songs performed by him sounded especially confidential and very touching, full of drama and incredible soulfulness. Andrei's wife Galina, having probably listened to these confessional songs more than once, could not stand it and burst into tears. And we, men, were excited and touched. And for a long time they were impressed by what they heard. And for Evgeny, probably, the very homely atmosphere in the Dementiev family’s living room was special. He was drawn to the family light. It turns out that he then, without Moscow registration or any kind of housing, spent the night at the Kursky railway station. He joked then: “My address: the left bench to the right of the policeman. Just don’t tell Andrey this address. I don't like it when people feel sorry for me. He will definitely invite me to live with them...” I stayed in Moscow for a few more days, and he and I lived in a hotel, in the same room. Evgeniy's intelligence, humor and cheerfulness were captivating. He had many acquaintances in Moscow, and to the traditional question: “How is life?” - he invariably answered: “Better than live like this, God forbid you die.” - “What are you talking about?! – not understanding the play on words, they told him. “You still have to live and live.”

Over the years of his composing and performing activities, Martynov was awarded many laureate titles and honorary diplomas. He was awarded in 1973 at the All-Union Competition of Soviet Song Performers in Minsk and the World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. In 1974, he was noted at the All-Union television festival of Soviet songs “Young Voices”. In 1975 he received an award for international competition pop songs"Bratislava Lyre" in Czechoslovakia, and in 1976 - at the international competition of pop song performers "Golden Orpheus" in Bulgaria. In 1976, Martynov received an award at the international pop song festival “Melodies of Friends” in Kyiv, and in 1977 at the “Dechinsky Yakor” in Czechoslovakia. Unexpectedly for Martynov, foreign artists began to perform his songs. Notifications began to arrive from the All-Union Copyright Agency about the performance of his songs in various parts of the world: in all socialist countries, in Finland, Spain, England, Canada, USA and Japan.

In 1978, Evgeniy married a Kiev woman named Evelina, with whom he had a son, Sergei, in 1984, who was named after the composer Sergei Rachmaninov and the poet Sergei Yesenin.

In 1980, the composer was awarded the honorary title of laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize; from 1974 to 1990, Martynov was regularly recognized as a laureate of the All-Union television festivals “Song of the Year”, and since 1984 he became a member of the Union of Composers. His colleague, composer Georgy Movsesyan said: “Yuri Gulyaev, Zhenya and I always met on happy occasions and performed together. We were welcome guests among sailors, astronauts, and athletes. I am grateful to Zhenya for the fact that, unlike the “unicorns”, he did not put an earring on his ear and always appeared on stage smart and elegant, respecting his listeners. He wanted an attitude towards the song that parents have towards their children. And he wrote the claviers of his songs with care, like a student taking an exam, although he was both a specialist and a master. In general, he was stupefyingly conscientious and treated work as something sacred, and not as a trade. Many of us rushed to another “religion”; he remained with his god...” Receiving laureate titles was accompanied by the presentation special diplomas and prizes “For Elegance”, “For Artistic Charm” and “For Telegenicity”. This success with capital letters changed the atmosphere around the name of Evgeniy Martynov, but not Evgeniy himself.

The most inspired and fruitful was the creative alliance between Martynov and Andrei Dementiev. The Martynov-Dementyev collaboration led to the appearance of the songs “Father’s House”, “Natalie”, “Yesenin’s Birthday”, “Sorry” and “Swallows Have Returned Home”. However, other famous songwriters willingly collaborated with Evgeny Martynov - Robert Rozhdestvensky, Andrei Voznesensky, Ilya Reznik, Igor Shaferan, Mikhail Tanich, Leonid Derbenev, Nikolai Dobronravov, Rimma Kazakova and many other authors.

Martynov’s songs sounded everywhere: “I’ll give you the whole world”, “Nightingales are singing, singing...”, “Start over”, “Seagulls over the water”, “Cheerful umbrella”, “Song of my love”. After 1975, Martynov released 5 original minions with the title “Evgeny Martynov sings his songs.” The editions of these minions immediately sold out, and often the composer himself, who generously gave away records to fans, was unable to purchase them in stores. In 1979, his large album went on sale.

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Martynov toured a lot with success in different countries world - USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Finland, India and Switzerland. Classmate Evgenia Martynova Professor T.I. Kireeva said: “Zhenya was an unusually cheerful, bright person. Both as a friend and as a musician he was amazing. He always exuded love of life and joy. He generously gave his sun rays each individual and our entire student fraternity. I never lost heart. When I came to the conservatory or dormitory, I always joked and laughed. Where Zhenya was, there was always fun, laughter and, of course, song. We were amazed at his resourcefulness; he knew how to stir up anyone. Usually he would sit down at the piano and play, and then start singing.”

The fact that Evgeny Martynov loved to joke was also confirmed by Leonty Atalyan: “Martynov kept his first fees - 400-500 rubles ... in his swimming trunks, wrapped in a plastic bag. For him it was wealth. Sometimes on trips Zhenya took out fifty dollars and stolniki, sculpted them on the window of the bus and had fun watching how people passing nearby reacted. He generally loved to joke.”

Until 1990, which became his last, Evgeny Martynov was one of the most popular and beloved authors and performers in the USSR. Yuri Martynov said: “Evgeny Martynov, in my opinion, is one of latest composers, who was accepted with open arms solely for his talent. “Maybe you and I really don’t understand something? - Zhenya said. - I'm already tired of all this. My nerves can’t stand it... And most importantly, I’m ashamed. It’s a shame to push, almost with fists, defending the right of your creativity to have a place on the air.”

The poet Vladimir Kudryavtsev said: “Over time, Evgeny came to me in Kyiv. It was blooming May, and suddenly it began to rain mushrooms. And when it was over, we... went to Hydropark. We stood on the banks of the Dnieper, and just at that time a rainbow bloomed. And Zhenya tells me: “Write about it. I even have a chorus.” And he sang: “Marcephali, marcephali...” This was his favorite word, the meaning of which he himself did not know. When I called him later, I said: “Hello, Marcefali!” However, on the same day he was already humming the first lines of a song that had not yet been written:

"Grant me for joy
Kolyori travnevih raydug..."

We met with Evgeniy many more times - in Moscow and Kiev. But this song remained the only one. I mean: the song is in Ukrainian... And now the last one. (We are talking about the song “Colori Kohannya”, in Russian - “Colors of Love”). He promised me to come to Yalta in October, where I moved for permanent residence. And so..."

On September 3, 1990, at about 10 a.m., Evgeniy Martynov entered the 180th police station, with whom he had long supported friendly relations(I spoke to police officers several times and introduced them to my work). He was cheerful and cheerful. An hour later, citizens called the police and reported that the lifeless body of a man was lying at the entrance. Police officers urgently went to the scene of the incident and recognized the singer and composer Yevgeny Martynov in the dead man lying there. As it became known, he was walking home, and suddenly he felt bad with his heart. He sat down on the steps at the entrance, but the pain apparently did not go away. Passersby tried to help him, and an ambulance was called. But Martynov’s mouth began to bleed, his face began to turn black, and soon he died suddenly. The cause of death was acute heart failure. The called ambulance, which arrived 40 minutes later, could no longer help.

“I’ll give you the whole world” was the title of one of the songs by composer Evgeny Martynov, and this could be the title of his entire work. For Evgeny Martynov really gave his admirers the vast world of Beauty, Flight, Spring and Love, forever remaining in our memory as a symbol of light, fidelity and inspiration.

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Evgeny Martynov is buried at the Novo-Kuntsevo cemetery.

Evgeniy Martynov’s wife remarried and moved with her son to Spain. In recognition of the composer’s merits, in 1992 one of the streets of Artyomovsk in Donbass was named after Evgeniy Martynov. On the initiative of cultural figures and friends of the artist in Moscow in 1993, the Moscow cultural society"Evgeniy Martynov Club", which dealt with cultural and charitable activities, and propagated creative heritage a wonderful composer and singer. In 1995, a tombstone monument was unveiled at the grave of Evgeny Martynov at the Novo-Kuntsevo cemetery.

In 1998, Yuri Martynov’s book “The Swan Loyalty of Evgeny Martynov” was published, in which, based on factual material, official documents, publications different years, statements from colleagues, archival photographic materials, and based on memories sibling the composer's life and creative path the brightest representative of professional song art Soviet Union 70-80s of the XX century.

Both during the life and after the death of Evgeniy Martynov, many popular domestic and foreign artists included his songs in their repertoire: Michel (Spain), K. Gott (Czech Republic), A. German (Poland), D. Marjanovich, M. Ungar, I. Sherfezi (Yugoslavia), L. Ivanova (Bulgaria), M. Dauer (Romania), M. Chavez (Cuba), J. Joala, A. Veski, M. Kristalinskaya, G. Nenasheva, L. Kesoglu, A. Vedishcheva, T. Miansarova, G. Chokheli, M. Codreanu, I. Kobzon, L. Zykina, O. Voronets, S. Zakharov, S. Rotaru, V. Tolkunova, L. Leshchenko, L. Senchina, Y. Bogatikov, E. Shavrina, G. Belov, K. Georgiadi, A. Serov, I. Ponarovskaya, N. Chepraga, L. Serebrennikov, I. Otieva, N. Gnatyuk, L. Uspenskaya, V. Vuyachich, N. Brodskaya, performers of the new (for the composer) generations - F. Kirkorov, N. Baskov, S. Pavliashvili, A. Malinin, I. Shvedova, I. Demarin, V. Gotovtseva, M. Evdokimov, Anastasia, Yulian, Tanya Ostryagina; as well as such famous groups as the Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet (Russian) Army named after A. Alexandrov, Academic ensemble songs and dances of the Military Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (RF), State Russian folk ensemble“Russia”, vocal and instrumental ensembles – “Orera”, “Gems”, “Flame”, “Gaya”, “Nadezhda”, “Chervona Ruta”, “Seven Young” (Yugoslavia), “Blue Jeans” (Japan), vocal ensembles– “Russian Song”, “Indian Summer”, “Voronezh Girls”, duet “Romen”... The composer’s works were also successfully performed (and are being performed) by symphonic and pop music orchestras of the All-Union (Russian) Radio and Television, and the State Brass Band of Russia , pop and dance music orchestras of Bratislava and Ostrava radio (Slovakia and Czech Republic), Moscow pop orchestra "Melody", Orchestra conducted by Claude Caravelli (France).

While sorting through Evgeniy Martynov’s papers, his brother Yuri found notes that can be considered the musician’s creative testament. There are the following lines: “Civic lyrics are close to me - a continuation of the traditions of Soviet song. It is important to preserve all the best that was written by composers in this genre. We must continue the traditions, otherwise we will destroy our national Russian song culture. Now girls aged 14 to 17 have begun to dictate fashion. For them, the main thing is dance rhythm. Hence the poems with the corresponding content. People have forgotten how to sing. What is more important – entertainment in music or its educational value? The song has authors. Nowadays the culture is nameless, unbridled, there is no responsibility for writing. Members of the Composers' Union are not respected. And professionals must be respected, we strived so hard to become them! A member of the creative union is almost the personification of stagnation, but the guy with the guitar is the foreman of perestroika!.. The song should unite people of all ages!”

About Evgeny Martynov was filmed documentary"A swan song".

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Text prepared by Andrey Goncharov

Used materials:

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20 years ago, on September 3, 1990, at the age of 42, the wonderful singer and composer Evgeny MARTYNOV, the author of the songs “Swan Fidelity”, “Apple Trees in Blossom”, “Alyonushka”, etc., passed away. According to the official version, his heart gave out entrance of your own home, and help came too late. However younger brother Evgenia, Honored Artist of Russia, composer Yuri MARTYNOV, believes that the circumstances of the singer’s death are far from clear.

- Yuri Grigorievich, before his death, your brother led litigation with people who cheated him out of a large sum...

These were the organizers of his tour Ryazan region, who did not pay their brother a fee. Zhenya entered into an agreement with their company, so he was sure that he would win the case. However, it turned out that the company was registered to fake people, and their documents were used to cover up repeat offenders. The next court hearing was supposed to take place on September 4, 1990, but due to the death of the plaintiff, the case was closed.

Last year on a TV program Andrey Malakhov dedicated to memory Martynova, allegedly a representative of that company came. He began to make excuses, saying that an unscrupulous partner had used his seal and signature. He stated that he felt guilty before Martynov and asked for forgiveness from his mother. Baby talk! They owed Zhenya 10 thousand rubles. This is in Soviet time, when the Volga cost 15 thousand, and a three-room apartment could be bought for nine! Get your money back taking into account the refinancing rate! Otherwise, what kind of forgiveness can we talk about?!

- At first, your brother’s death was associated with the trial...

Speculation arose after erroneous information about a bandit attack on the composer Martynov, published in MK two weeks before his death. In fact, they attacked another Martynov, an actor at the Mayakovsky Theater. My brother wasn’t even in Moscow at that time. Nevertheless, there were rumors for a long time that Zhenya was beaten because of the trial with criminals. In principle, legal rights are inherited.

And I was ready to continue the litigation on behalf of the heirs. But Zhenya's widow Ella ( Evelina Starenchenko. -M.F.) fell into hysterics. “My child is growing, he is more valuable to me than money,” she said. “I forbid you to engage in this matter.”

- But the police conducted an investigation?

If, in the opinion of the police, there are no signs of a crime, an incident report is written and the matter is closed. They interviewed the grandmother who found her brother in the entrance and other residents. They established that Zhenya came to the entrance with two men. Later they said that Martynov gave them money for vodka and they drank with him. There are many questions, but no one bothered to ask them. What exactly did you drink? Is it all from the same bottle? According to the men, when they entered the entrance, the brother became ill and fell in the elevator. Why did they leave him and run away? Why did one man enter the elevator with Zhenya, while the other remained below? Next comes the crime itself. The police arrived and began to bring Zhenya to her senses - slapping her on the cheeks and letting her smell ammonia. A certain doctor from a children's hospital located opposite came and gave his brother an injection. After that he died. As they said at the Sklifosovsky Institute, Evgeniy was found to have a large number of ammonia. But they don’t drink ammonia. To bring a person to his senses, a moistened cotton wool is enough. And Zhenya’s clothes all smelled like that alcohol. But this fact was not studied. The cause of death was announced as heart failure.

The archives have disappeared

- What do you think really happened?

Apparently, Zhenya became ill due to poisoning. Either the vodka was “scorched”, or they poured something on him to “knock him out” and rob him. When the police arrived, my brother was breathing; there was no need to touch him. And they began to “help” him. It seems that ammonia was not just given to snort, but was literally poured into him. But this drug, once on the mucous membrane, immediately causes swelling, and the person cannot inhale. Most likely, the death was caused by negligence.

- You didn’t try to get an additional check?

We need a resolution from the prosecutor's office. But the case did not reach the prosecutor, since according to the police documents there were no signs of a crime. Naturally, it is to everyone's advantage to present this as an accident. And at that moment I psychologically could not do this. Then we began a confrontation with Zhenya’s widow Ella. I had to share something, including copyrights.

There was another double situation - shortly after Evgeniy’s death, Ella asked me to help her have an abortion. For a long time I was tormented by doubts: who is the child from? In the end I brought her together the right people. And a month later she was already with another dude, with whom she now lives in Spain.

I took the circumstances of Zhenya’s death seriously several years later, when I began writing a book about him. But it was no longer possible to resume the case. In the early 90s, all Moscow districts and the corresponding police departments were reorganized. And all the materials on the circumstances of Zhenya’s death disappeared without a trace.

- I know you are currently suing someone?

There was a dispute with my wife Yanukovych. The International Evgeny Martynov Festival has been held in Ukraine nine times. At the first, Yanukovych himself was the chairman of the organizing committee, and I was the chairman of the jury. The most stellar artists and jury members were invited. But no one was paid any money. After that, I refused to cooperate with them and demanded that the further holding of the festival be stopped. But the Ukrainians continued to hold the Yevgeny Martynov festival. Without transferring a penny for his songs and without asking permission to perform them. The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine took control of the issue, but nothing was achieved. And since last fall, on behalf of Martynov’s mother, I have been waging a legal battle with the creators of the television program “PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC.” In one of the episodes, the song “Apple Trees in Blossom” was played in a mutilated form. They called me and were indignant at how I allowed this. And they didn’t even contact me! Under the Copyright Act, any performance of a work with a new orchestration requires permission from the authors or their heirs.

Fake robbery

Maybe the creators of the show are not to blame? The song could be reworked by the performer.

- “Apple Trees in Blossom” was performed in the program Sergey Zakharov. Of course, he also participated in the creation of illegal processing. But it was broadcast by Channel One, which should bear responsibility. Its representatives shift responsibility to the producers of the program - the Red Square company. Representatives of Kvadrat say that they paid the Russian Authors' Society and do not owe anyone else. And on February 22 of this year I was attacked near my house. They beat me severely and took away my briefcase. But it didn't look like a robbery. They took not my money or my cell phone, but two floppy disks with documents related to my court cases. A criminal case has been opened. But as the investigator admitted to me: “You see, animals of this color are not for our mouth.”

At first he supported me. He said: “These bastards take all the best and crap.” But on trial Reznik did not come. Martynov’s other co-author did not support me either - Andrey Dementyev. “You shouldn’t have started this,” he said. “And because of this, they were angry not only with you, but also with me.” This is despite the fact that it is generally impossible to reach an agreement with Dementiev on copyright. He asks for a huge fee. “I’m not against releasing a disc,” he justifies himself. “But my wife Anya deals with such issues.” And Anna’s conversation is short: “Either they pay us the amount we are interested in, or we don’t need it.” Reznik is asking for the same exorbitant money. Personally, when someone wants to release another CD or DVD with Martynov’s songs, I give permission on symbolic terms. But everything is not enough for these two. Because of this in last years CDs with my brother's songs are not being released at all.

Brothers Yura and Zhenya had one common passion - music.

Evgeny Martynov - Soviet pop singer, composer, musician (May 22, 1948 - September 3, 1990)
The wife of the author of “Swan Fidelity” immediately after his death had an abortion and got together with another man.

24 years ago, on September 3, 1990, at the age of 42, the wonderful singer and composer Evgeny MARTYNOV, the author of the songs “Swan Fidelity”, “Apple Trees in Bloom”, “Alyonushka”, etc., passed away.

According to the official version, his heart failed at the entrance to his own house, and help came too late. However, Evgeny’s younger brother, Honored Artist of Russia, composer Yuri MARTYNOV, believes that the circumstances of the singer’s death are far from so clear.

Yuri Grigorievich, before his death, your brother was in a legal battle with people who cheated him out of a large sum...
- These were the organizers of his tour in the Ryazan region, who did not pay his brother the fee. Zhenya entered into an agreement with their company, so he was sure that he would win the case. However, it turned out that the company was registered to fake people, and their documents were used to cover up repeat offenders. The next court hearing was supposed to take place on September 4, 1990, but due to the death of the plaintiff, the case was closed.

MARTYNOV named his only son Sergei in honor of YESENIN and RACHMANINOV.

Last year, an alleged representative of that company came to Andrei Malakhov’s television program dedicated to the memory of Martynov. He began to make excuses, saying that an unscrupulous partner had used his seal and signature. He stated that he felt guilty before Martynov and asked for forgiveness from his mother. Baby talk! They owed Zhenya 10 thousand rubles. This was in Soviet times, when a Volga car cost 15 thousand, and a three-room apartment could be bought for nine! Get your money back taking into account the refinancing rate! Otherwise, what kind of forgiveness can we talk about?!

At first, your brother’s death was associated with the trial...
- Assumptions arose after erroneous information about a bandit attack on the composer Martynov, published in MK two weeks before his death. In fact, they attacked another Martynov, an actor at the Mayakovsky Theater. My brother wasn’t even in Moscow at that time. Nevertheless, there were rumors for a long time that Zhenya was beaten because of the trial with criminals. In principle, legal rights are inherited.

And I was ready to continue the litigation on behalf of the heirs. But Zhenya’s widow Ella (Evelina Starenchenko) fell into hysterics. “My child is growing, he is more valuable to me than money,” she said. “I forbid you to engage in this matter.”

But the police were investigating?
- If, in the opinion of the police, there are no signs of a crime, an incident report is written and the matter is closed. They interviewed the grandmother who found her brother in the entrance and other residents. They established that Zhenya came to the entrance with two men. Later they said that Martynov gave them money for vodka and they drank with him. There are many questions, but no one bothered to ask them. What exactly did you drink? Is it all from the same bottle? According to the men, when they entered the entrance, the brother became ill and fell in the elevator. Why did they leave him and run away? Why did one man enter the elevator with Zhenya, while the other remained below?

Next comes the crime itself. The police arrived and began to bring Zhenya to her senses - slapping her on the cheeks and letting her smell ammonia. A certain doctor from a children's hospital located opposite came and gave his brother an injection. After that he died. As they said at the Sklifosovsky Institute, a large amount of ammonia was found in Evgeniy’s mouth. But they don’t drink ammonia. To bring a person to his senses, a moistened cotton wool is enough. And Zhenya’s clothes all smelled like that alcohol. But this fact was not studied. The cause of death was announced as heart failure.

The archives have disappeared

Evgeniy with Valentina TOKKUNOVA and Andrey DEMENTYEV.

What do you think really happened?
- Apparently, Zhenya became ill due to poisoning. Either the vodka was “scorched”, or they poured something on him to “knock him out” and rob him. When the police arrived, my brother was breathing; there was no need to touch him. And they began to “help” him. It seems that ammonia was not just given to snort, but was literally poured into him. But this drug, once on the mucous membrane, immediately causes swelling, and the person cannot inhale. Most likely, the death was caused by negligence.

MARTINOV's songs were performed by many Soviet stars:
for Lyudmila ZYKINA he wrote such hits as “Tell me, Mom” and “Don’t stop loving me”

Have you tried to get additional verification done?
- We need a resolution from the prosecutor's office. But the case did not reach the prosecutor, since according to the police documents there were no signs of a crime. Naturally, it is to everyone's advantage to present this as an accident. And at that moment I psychologically could not do this. Then we began a confrontation with Zhenya’s widow Ella. I had to share something, including copyrights.

There was another double situation - shortly after Evgeniy’s death, Ella asked me to help her have an abortion. For a long time I was tormented by doubts: who is the child from? As a result, I brought her together with the right people. And a month later she was already with another dude, with whom she now lives in Spain.

The artist’s grave at the Novo-Kuntsevo cemetery in Moscow is always buried in flowers.

I know you are currently suing someone?
- There was a lawsuit with Yanukovych’s wife. The International Evgeny Martynov Festival has been held in Ukraine nine times. At the first, Yanukovych himself was the chairman of the organizing committee, and I was the chairman of the jury. The most stellar artists and jury members were invited. But no one was paid any money. After that, I refused to cooperate with them and demanded that the further holding of the festival be stopped. But the Ukrainians continued to hold the Yevgeny Martynov festival. Without transferring a penny for his songs and without asking permission to perform them.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine took control of the issue, but nothing was achieved. And since last fall, on behalf of Martynov’s mother, I have been waging a legal battle with the creators of the television program “PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC.” In one of the episodes, the song “Apple Trees in Blossom” was played in a mutilated form. They called me and were indignant at how I allowed this. And they didn’t even contact me! Under the Copyright Act, any performance of a work with a new orchestration requires permission from the authors or their heirs.

Fake robbery

Maybe the creators of the show are not to blame? The song could be reworked by the performer.
- “Apple Trees in Bloom” was performed by Sergei Zakharov in the program. Of course, he also participated in the creation of illegal processing. But it was broadcast by Channel One, which should bear responsibility. Its representatives shift responsibility to the producers of the program - the Red Square company. Representatives of Kvadrat say that they paid the Russian Authors' Society and do not owe anyone else.
And on February 22 of this year I was attacked near my house. They beat me severely and took away my briefcase. But it didn't look like a robbery. They took not my money or my cell phone, but two floppy disks with documents related to my court cases. A criminal case has been opened. But as the investigator admitted to me: “You see, animals of this color are not for our mouths.”

The song “Apple Trees in Blossom” also has a lyricist - Ilya Reznik. Is he also suing the “Property of the Republic”?
- At first he supported me. He said: “These bastards take all the best and crap.” But Reznik did not come to the trial. Martynov’s other co-author, Andrey Dementyev, did not support me either. “You shouldn’t have started this,” he said. “And because of this, they were angry not only with you, but also with me.” This is despite the fact that it is generally impossible to reach an agreement with Dementiev on copyright. He asks for a huge fee.

“I’m not against releasing a disc,” he justifies himself. “But my wife Anya deals with such issues.” And Anna’s conversation is short: “Either they pay us the amount we are interested in, or we don’t need it.” Reznik is asking for the same exorbitant money. Personally, when someone wants to release another CD or DVD with Martynov’s songs, I give permission on symbolic terms. But everything is not enough for these two. Because of this, in recent years, CDs with my brother’s songs have not been released at all.

The family life of Ella and Evgeny began with Great love, but ended in scandals and mutual reproaches. According to the singer’s brother, Zhenya sometimes complained to him: “I know that all Elkin’s love for me rests only on material comfort.”

Mikhail FILIMONOV

Taken from here: liveinternet.ru/community/for_women_only/post327274950/

Composer and performer

Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1980)

Ten-time winner of the “Songs of the Year” program

Evgeny Martynov was born on May 22, 1948 in the city of Kamyshin in the Volgograd region.

Evgeniy spent his childhood and youth in Donbass. Evgeny’s mother Nina Martynova later said: “We lived then on the Volga, in the city of Kamyshin, and then moved to Artyomovsk. Little Zhenya was very sick, he didn’t even go to kindergarten. At home we always sang Russian and Ukrainian songs in two voices, my father played the button accordion, and so Zhenya spent all the children’s matinees with him and spent all the holidays. And he loved music so much that we bought him an accordion. In essence, he had no childhood: two schools - no time to eat, no time to go for a walk. I remember teacher Zhenin said: “I would like more such students, and not those who study music under pressure...” And it’s true, I never forced either Zhenya or Yura to study. Then Zhenya entered the Kyiv Conservatory. But my father and I are disabled people of the second group, from the war, and he had to move closer to us.”

Before his injury, Evgeny’s father, Grigory Martynov, was the commander of a rifle platoon of the 333rd division, and after arriving in Artemovsk he began working as a singing teacher at the Artemovsk secondary school and directed amateur performances. He talked about Evgeniy: “He loved our house in Artyomovsk, and it’s beautiful there... He sent us telegrams from every city on tour, always with a return address, he was always afraid for us and his mother... She saved them all : here is Ukraine, and Belarus, and the Urals, and Kamchatka...” But the musical career of the future famous composer began with his father’s accordion, whose sound forced Evgeniy to leave his games and listen to the music with delight. The boy quickly memorized the melodies he heard, and later he sang and danced, tapping out the rhythms of the remembered songs. He also loved to recite poems and monologues heard in the club, cinema and on the radio. At school, Evgeniy discovered a gift for drawing, then he became interested in magic tricks and willingly showed them at school concerts. Zhenya studied well, without much difficulty, but music gradually replaced other hobbies and passions, including football, which he loved to play since childhood. His father taught Evgeniy to play the button accordion, then the accordion, and when Evgeniy was 11 years old, his parents bought him his own professional accordion, and he enjoyed playing music on it in front of his classmates and neighbors. Thanks to his father and constant studies, Evgeniy received good professional skills in musical improvisation and mastered the basics of accompaniment techniques in different keys, which in the future allowed him to easily adapt to any singing and immediately play along with the singer, even in cases where the material was unknown to him. After eight years of age, Evgeny Martynov entered the Artyomovsk Music School for the conducting and wind department, where he developed a passion for composing, and he wrote a romance for clarinet and piano, a scherzo for clarinet and piano, and a prelude for piano.

After completing his studies, for a year Evgeniy led the pop orchestra of the Donetsk All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Explosive Equipment, and in 1972 he came to Moscow with a letter of recommendation from the Donetsk conductor to the popular pop singer Maya Kristalinskaya, who very warmly greeted the charming young man from Donbass. It was Maya Kristalinskaya, whose pop authority was very high, who sent the “well-singing composer” to Rosconcert, having previously given Martynov the most flattering recommendation. The audition at Rosconcert was successful, and they decided to test Evgenia as a soloist-vocalist in a national pop program, offering to work for a couple of months for free, which was common for newcomers from the provinces. Evgeny Martynov went on his first tour of Siberia and the Far East in June 1972 with other rising Soviet pop stars: young Lev Leshchenko, Valentina Tolkunova, Svetlana Morgunova, Gennady Khazanov and the newly created jazz ensemble “Melody” by Vladimir Chizhik.

In June 1973, Martynov won the title of laureate of the All-Union Competition of Soviet Song Performers in Minsk, performing there the songs “Dark Night”, “Migratory Birds Are Flying” and his “Ballad of Mother”, for the performance of which he received the Audience Award.

Very soon, the song “Ballad of Mother” was featured at the All-Union television festival “Song-74”, and made the name of Evgeny Martynov popularly known. Composer Oleg Ivanov said: “Like many, I was struck by Zhenya’s first song. It was “The Ballad of a Mother,” which literally swept across the country in those years. I was struck by the music, the poetry, and the passionate performance... And what’s interesting is that a year before I was shown poems by Andrei Dementyev, but I felt that I couldn’t write a song based on them. The poems seemed to be waiting for Martynov. Then we met him at the X World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. It was wonderful to sit next to Zhenya and listen to him sing. Just happiness. He combined in himself a composer, a singer, and a musician who masterfully played the piano: his instrument sounded bright and orchestral. A brilliant pianist, Martynov played claviers of any complexity from sight. Once he demonstrated a musical joke - he played a piece on an upside-down clavier. Zhenya had a bright melodic talent. He never played in the middle class. In two or three years he became one of the most popular composers. His compositions attracted the most famous performers. Two Slavic cultures merged in the composer’s creative palette: Zhenya, a Russian, lived in Ukraine, which gave his melodies a special melodiousness. His songs were beautiful with the beauty that comes from the generous sunny earth. And he sang them with such emotional intensity, as if for the first and last time, he was burning and giving this burning to people.”

Despite the successful start of his creative career, Evgeny Martynov’s personal life did not work out for a long time. Initially, he was forced to arrange a fictitious marriage in order to obtain Moscow registration. Pianist Leonty Atalyan spoke about this: “At one time, Zhenya arranged a fictitious marriage in order to get a Moscow registration for himself. We had a costume designer, Alena Abrosimova. Good girl. She herself suggested to Zhenya: “Let’s sign!” Why are you suffering?" Many musicians did this back then. We worked from Rosconcert. Our base was in Moscow. And when we came to Moscow, every time we had to think about where to spend the night. Zhenya often joked about this. “Leon, which station are you spending the night at today? - he asked loudly so that the director of the team could hear. “I’m on Kursk” “You know, I prefer the air terminal on Leningradka,” I answered. “There’s a good buffet there.”

In 1975, after the performance of the songs “Swan Fidelity” and “Apple Trees in Blossom”, Evgeny Martynov’s popularity strengthened even more, and in the same year he became the winner of the “Grand Prix” of the international pop song festival “Bratislava Lyre”. Moreover, it should be noted that a performer from the USSR received an award at this competition for the first time.

Soon, Martynov’s debut EP was released with three songs performed by him, and it broke all circulation records, being repeatedly re-released at the Melodiya Company record factories for almost two years. The poet Vladimir Kudryavtsev said: “Fate brought me together with Evgeny in the early 70s in Moscow, in the apartment of the poet Andrei Dementyev... I will never forget that evening. In a home environment, Martynov’s songs performed by him sounded especially confidential and very touching, full of drama and incredible soulfulness. Andrei's wife Galina, having probably listened to these confessional songs more than once, could not stand it and burst into tears. And we, men, were excited and touched. And for a long time they were impressed by what they heard. And for Evgeny, probably, the very homely atmosphere in the Dementiev family’s living room was special. He was drawn to the family light. It turns out that he then, without Moscow registration or any kind of housing, spent the night at the Kursk station. He joked then: “My address: the left bench to the right of the policeman. Just don’t tell Andrey this address. I don't like it when people feel sorry for me. He will definitely invite me to live with them...” I stayed in Moscow for a few more days, and he and I lived in a hotel, in the same room. Evgeniy's intelligence, humor and cheerfulness were captivating. He had many acquaintances in Moscow, and to the traditional question: “How is life?” - he invariably answered: “It’s better than to live like this, God forbid you die.” - “What are you talking about?! - not understanding the play on words, they told him. “You still have to live and live.”

Over the years of his composing and performing activities, Martynov was awarded many laureate titles and honorary diplomas. He was awarded in 1973 at the All-Union Competition of Soviet Song Performers in Minsk and the World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. In 1974, he was noted at the All-Union television festival of Soviet songs “Young Voices”. In 1975, he received an award at the international pop song competition "Bratislava Lyre" in Czechoslovakia, and in 1976 - at the international pop song competition "Golden Orpheus" in Bulgaria. In 1976, Martynov received an award at the international pop song festival “Melodies of Friends” in Kyiv, and in 1977 at the “Dechinsky Yakor” in Czechoslovakia. Unexpectedly for Martynov, foreign artists began to perform his songs. Notifications began to arrive from the All-Union Copyright Agency about the performance of his songs in various parts of the world: in all socialist countries, in Finland, Spain, England, Canada, the USA and Japan.

In 1978, Evgeniy married a Kiev woman named Evelina, with whom he had a son, Sergei, in 1984, who was named after the composer Sergei Rachmaninov and the poet Sergei Yesenin.

In 1980, the composer was awarded the honorary title of laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize; from 1974 to 1990, Martynov was regularly recognized as a laureate of the All-Union television festivals “Song of the Year”, and since 1984 he became a member of the Union of Composers. His colleague, composer Georgy Movsesyan said: “Yuri Gulyaev, Zhenya and I always met on happy occasions and performed together. We were welcome guests among sailors, astronauts, and athletes. I am grateful to Zhenya for the fact that, unlike the “unicorns”, he did not put an earring on his ear and always appeared on stage smart and elegant, respecting his listeners. He wanted an attitude towards the song that parents have towards their children. And he wrote the claviers of his songs with care, like a student taking an exam, although he was both a specialist and a master. In general, he was stupefyingly conscientious and treated work as something sacred, and not as a trade. Many of us rushed to another “religion,” but he remained with his god...” Receiving laureate titles was accompanied by the presentation of special diplomas and prizes “For Elegance,” “For Artistic Charm,” and “For Telegenicity.” This success with a capital S changed the atmosphere around the name of Evgeny Martynov, but not Evgeny himself.

The most inspired and fruitful was the creative alliance between Martynov and Andrei Dementiev. The Martynov-Dementyev collaboration led to the appearance of the songs “Father’s House”, “Natalie”, “Yesenin’s Birthday”, “Sorry” and “Swallows Have Returned Home”. However, other famous songwriters - Robert Rozhdestvensky, Andrei Voznesensky, Ilya Reznik, Igor Shaferan, Mikhail Tanich, Leonid Derbenev, Nikolai Dobronravov, Rimma Kazakova and many other authors willingly collaborated with Evgeny Martynov.

Martynov toured extensively and successfully in different countries of the world - the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Finland, India and Switzerland. Classmate Evgenia Martynova Professor T.I. Kireeva said: “Zhenya was an unusually cheerful, bright person. Both as a friend and as a musician he was amazing. He always exuded love of life and joy. He generously bestowed his rays of sunshine on each individual and our entire student fraternity. I never lost heart. When I came to the conservatory or dormitory, I always joked and laughed. Where Zhenya was, there was always fun, laughter and, of course, song. We were amazed at his resourcefulness; he knew how to stir up anyone. Usually he would sit down at the piano and play, and then start singing.”

Until 1990, which became his last, Evgeny Martynov was one of the most popular and beloved authors and performers in the USSR. Yuri Martynov said: “Evgeny Martynov, in my opinion, is one of the last composers who was accepted with open arms solely for his talent. “Maybe you and I really don’t understand something? - Zhenya said. - I'm already tired of all this. My nerves can’t stand it... And most importantly, I’m ashamed. It’s a shame to push, almost with fists, defending the right of your creativity to have a place on the air.”

"Grant me for joy

Kolyori travnevih raydug..."

We met with Evgeniy many more times - in Moscow and Kiev. But this song remained the only one. I mean: the song is in Ukrainian... And now the last one. (We are talking about the song “Kolori Kohannya”, in Russian - “Colors of Love”). He promised me to come to Yalta in October, where I moved for permanent residence. And so..."

On September 3, 1990, at about 10 a.m., Evgeniy Martynov entered the 180th police station, with whom he had long maintained friendly relations (he repeatedly spoke to police officers and introduced him to his work). He was cheerful and cheerful. An hour later, citizens called the police and reported that the lifeless body of a man was lying at the entrance. Police officers urgently went to the scene of the incident and recognized the singer and composer Yevgeny Martynov in the dead man lying there. As it became known, he was walking home, and suddenly he felt bad with his heart. He sat down on the steps at the entrance, but the pain apparently did not go away. Passersby tried to help him, and an ambulance was called. But Martynov’s mouth began to bleed, his face began to turn black, and soon he died suddenly. The cause of death was acute heart failure. The called ambulance, which arrived 40 minutes later, could no longer help.

Evgeny Martynov is buried at the Novo-Kuntsevo cemetery.

Evgeniy Martynov’s wife remarried and moved with her son to Spain. In recognition of the composer’s merits, in 1992 one of the streets of Artyomovsk in Donbass was named after Evgeniy Martynov. On the initiative of cultural figures and friends of the artist, the Moscow cultural society “Evgeny Martynov Club” was created in Moscow in 1993, engaged in cultural and charitable activities, and promoting the creative heritage of the wonderful composer and singer. In 1995, a tombstone monument was unveiled at the grave of Evgeny Martynov at the Novo-Kuntsevo cemetery.

In 1998, Yuri Martynov’s book “The Swan Loyalty of Evgeny Martynov” was published, in which, based on factual material, official documents, publications from different years, statements of colleagues, archival photographic materials, and based on the memories of the composer’s brother, the life and creative path of the brightest representative of professional songwriting was revealed. art of the Soviet Union of the 70-80s of the XX century.

Afterword...

Both during the life and after the death of Evgeniy Martynov, many popular domestic and foreign artists included his songs in their repertoire: Michel (Spain), K. Gott (Czech Republic), A. German (Poland), D. Marjanovich, M. Ungar, I. Sherfezi (Yugoslavia), L. Ivanova (Bulgaria), M. Dauer (Romania), M. Chavez (Cuba), J. Joala, A. Veski, M. Kristalinskaya, G. Nenasheva, L. Kesoglu, A. Vedishcheva, T. Miansarova, G. Chokheli, M. Codreanu, I. Kobzon, L. Zykina, O. Voronets, S. Zakharov, S. Rotaru, V. Tolkunova, L. Leshchenko, L. Senchina, Y. Bogatikov, E. Shavrina, G. Belov, K. Georgiadi, A. Serov, I. Ponarovskaya, N. Chepraga, L. Serebrennikov, I. Otieva, N. Gnatyuk, L. Uspenskaya, V. Vuyachich, N. Brodskaya, performers of the new (for the composer) generations - F. Kirkorov, N. Baskov, S. Pavliashvili, A. Malinin, I. Shvedova, I. Demarin, V. Gotovtseva, M. Evdokimov, Anastasia, Yulian, Tanya Ostryagina; as well as such well-known groups as the Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet (Russian) Army named after A. Alexandrov, the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Military Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (RF), the State Russian Folk Ensemble “Russia”, vocal and instrumental ensembles - “Orera” "", "Gems", "Flame", "Gaya", "Nadezhda", "Chervona Ruta", "Seven Young" (Yugoslavia), "Blue Jeans" (Japan), vocal ensembles - "Russian Song", "Indian Summer" ", "Voronezh Girls", duet "Romen"... The composer's works have also been successfully performed (and are being performed) by symphonic and pop music orchestras of the All-Union (Russian) Radio and Television, the State Brass Band of Russia, pop and dance music orchestras of Bratislava and Ostrava radio (Slovakia and Czech Republic), Moscow pop orchestra "Melody", Orchestra conducted by Claude Caravelli (France).

While sorting through Evgeniy Martynov’s papers, his brother Yuri found notes that can be considered the musician’s creative testament. There are the following lines: “Civic lyrics are close to me - a continuation of the traditions of Soviet song. It is important to preserve all the best that was written by composers in this genre. We must continue the traditions, otherwise we will destroy our national Russian song culture. Now girls aged 14 - 17 have begun to dictate fashion. For them, the main thing is the dance rhythm. Hence the poems with the corresponding content. People have forgotten how to sing. What is more important - entertainment in music or its educational value? The song has authors. Nowadays the culture is nameless, unbridled, there is no responsibility for writing. Members of the Composers' Union are not respected. And professionals must be respected, we strived so hard to become them! A member of the creative union is almost the personification of stagnation, but the guy with the guitar is the foreman of perestroika!.. The song should unite people of all ages!”
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