The Belarusian ensemble "Pesnyary" was created in the capital of the country in the second half of the 20th century. The composition of the Pesnyary group, as well as their work, was widely known not only in the Soviet Union, but also abroad. The latter was facilitated by numerous tours in countries such as America, Germany, Bulgaria and many others. To this day, the work of this team finds its fans and a response in the hearts of the people.
Group formation history
The history of the well-known creative team began in a very non-trivial way. Ironically, the main members of the group repaid their homeland, playing in a military band. So there was an acquaintance at once of three musicians of the future composition of the Pesnyary group. These were V. G. Mulyavin, A. S. Demeshko and V. L. Misevich, who later became the core of the famous creative team.
The work of the musical group began at the Belarusian Philharmonic, where they were engaged in accompanying the then-famous singer. Gradually, the creative team began to perform with their own compositions, and the name "Songs" appeared. The composition of the group actively began the search for its own style and direction, as discussed below.
Creative direction
From the very beginning of the creation of the creative team, the idea was to unite the Slavic folk song, which would include the folklore of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and even Poland. But due to the abundance of material and language differences, the choice was stopped on the Belarusian folk song. So a unique ensemble appeared, which was engaged in pop processing of folk art. Basically, the creative team in their songs told about the history of the country, its culture and the life of the common people.
The main highlight of the stage image of the group "Pesnyary" was a mustache. They decided on their first performance in the cinema building before the movie show. All listeners were delighted, asked to perform all the compositions again. The next day, the media was full of headlines about the Pesnyary VIA and the first line-up of the group.
The founder of the ensemble
The fame of the founder and ideological inspirer of the Pesnyary creative team , which later became its director, belongs to the talented musician - Vladimir Georgievich Mulyavin. It was he who convinced the leadership of the Belarusian Philharmonic that they needed a new group of performers. He also made an invaluable contribution to the selection and establishment of the stylistic direction of the first composition of the Pesnyary group.
V. G. Mulyavin studied guitar playing at a music school in Sverdlovsk. From there he was expelled for his passion for jazz, in the Soviet Union it was forbidden. True, then the school leadership reversed the decision, and Vladimir was restored.
Later Vladimir Mulyavin played in various cities and creative groups, and later was drafted into the army, where he met with the main participants of the ensemble.
Pesnyary: composition of the group
The initially widely known creative team consisted of V. G. Mulyavin and his brother Valery, A. S. Demeshko, V. L. Misevich, V. K. Yashkin. A little later, L. L. Bortkevich and A. E. Kasheparov joined them. These great musicians became VIA "Pesnyary", the first composition of the group.
Due to the rich and diverse composition of the musicians who played the saxophone, violin, flute, keyboards, percussion and many others, as well as wrote poems, composed compositions, arranged and staged, the ensemble quickly gained wide fame and popular love not only in their homeland, but also abroad.
Alexander Demeshko
Alexander Sergeevich Demeshko is one of the founders and main members of the Pesnyary group. He gained wide fame thanks to the virtuoso performance of drum parts, which so far have not been able to be repeated by many graduates of the Philharmonic.
Born and received a musical education in the small city of Brest, which is located in the south-west of Belarus. Among the members of the creative team was famous for its cheerful disposition and light character. The general public is known for the peculiar satirical performance of some well-known songs of the musical group.
Alexander was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic along with other members of the creative team.
It is worth a separate comment that in those days such a high rank was almost impossible to get by playing the drums.
Vladislav Misevich
Misevich Vladislav Ludwigovich is another extraordinary member of the Pesnyary group of the old convocation. He was called the pearl of the ensemble, thanks to the inimitable talented playing of wind instruments.
Vladislav was born in the multinational city of Orenburg in a family of musicians. According to him, since childhood, he dreamed of making music and has never changed his mind in his entire life.
Vladislav began his professional career with playing the piano, then, thanks to his participation in various orchestras, he began to play wind instruments. The future member of the famous group received higher education in the capital of Belarus, the city of Minsk. Later he got a job at the Philharmonic, where he met with the ideological inspirer of the future-known creative team, Vladimir Mulyavin. Thus began the formation of the famous composition of the group "Pesnyary" in 1975.
Leonid Tyshko
Leonid Borisovich Tyshko belongs to the glory of the founder of VIA "Pesnyary" (the first composition of the group), he is also credited with creating the famous name of the creative team.
Leonid was born in the small town of Brest, which is located in the southwestern part of Belarus. There he graduated from a music school in the dombra class. Later he served in the army, playing in a military band, where he met with Vladimir Mulyavin. He invited him to take part in the creation of a musical group that will gain unprecedented fame in the future.
Leonid as a member of the group played bass parts, played the guitar and wrote poetry. In all this, the multifaceted talent of the musician and creative approach were felt. It is worth mentioning that currently Leonid Borisovich lives with his family in Israel, but he comes to stay in Minsk and takes part in the celebration of the group's anniversaries.
Anatoly Kasheparov
Anatoly Efimovich Kasheparov occupies a separate place among all members of the popular group "Songs" due to its unique vocal data.
Anatoly graduated from the Minsk Polytechnic Institute, where he played in a local music group. Then he entered the Institute of Culture in Moscow. As part of the famous group "Pesnyary" was a non-trivial way. He was noticed by Vladimir Mulyavin when he performed with his program on the stage of the Intourist restaurant. Thus began the career of Anatoly as part of the famous creative team. It is worth noting that he was awarded, along with other members of the group, the high title of Honored Artist of the Belarusian SSR.
This image is a photo of the composition of the group "Pesnyary".
A little later, Anatoly decided to refuse to participate in a musical group in favor of a diploma of the director of the famous Moscow higher educational institution GITIS. He admits that this has always been his dream.
Currently, Anatoly, together with his wife and three children, lives in Florida, USA. He works as a director and makes music. But he comes to Belarus on the anniversaries of the musical ensemble "Pesnyary".
Leonid Bortkevich
Leonid Leonidovich Bortkevich is another legendary vocalist of the famous musical group Pesnyary. His unique vocal abilities appeared in childhood.
Leonid was born in the city of Minsk in Belarus. The boy’s father died early, his mother was engaged in upbringing. Even in his youth, he sang in the choir, was the soloist of various ensembles and received a musical education in the trumpet class. After graduation, he entered the architectural college. According to his diploma project, one of the buildings of the city was built.
Later, Leonid created the Golden Apples ensemble under his leadership . Thanks to his creative activity, he was noticed by Vladimir Mulyavin and invited to the Pesnyary vocal-instrumental ensemble.
As a result, Leonid left his musical career in the group in order to get a diploma of the director of the popular Moscow educational institution GITIS. Then the famous vocalist with his wife and son leave Belarus and move to America. But after a long stay abroad, Leonid decides to return to his homeland. At the beginning of the two thousandth he again became the vocalist of "Pesnyarov". But after the death of the founder and ideological inspirer of the group, Vladimir Muliavin, he creates his own ensemble with the same name, which he leads to this day.
Awards and Achievements
The ensemble "Pesnyary" participated and became a laureate in many competitions and nominations not only in the Soviet Union, but also abroad. All this is due to the unique authorial performance of folk songs on the theme of the culture of the Belarusian SSR, the history and life of the common people. Also, in addition to folklore, the group "Pesnyary" performed several interesting rock operas and ballads in terms of creativity. In general, we can conclude that this extraordinary creative team made an invaluable contribution to the development of culture.