The biography and work of Alexander Ivanov is a vivid example of a faithful family man and elegant rocker. For more than 30 years, he has been professionally and quite successfully engaged in music, speaking simultaneously as a singer, composer and songwriter. In this article we will get acquainted with the details of the musician’s life and career.
Childhood and youth
The biography of Alexander Ivanov began in Moscow on March 3, 1961. He was born in a simple family and was the second child. At the age of eight, he enrolled in the sambo section. Three years later, Alexander began to engage in judo, and soon his sporting achievements were marked with a black belt. Frequent victories at city and regional competitions pushed young Alexander to the decision to become an athlete. However, he had another hobby - rock music. Parents presented their son with a Jupiter tape recorder, on which he constantly “played” records of their favorite bands - Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. Later, the boy mastered playing the guitar. The tool went to Alexander from his older brother. Passion for music turned out to be serious and decisive in choosing a future profession.
But first, Ivanov had to finish school and then serve in the ranks of the Soviet army. By distribution, he ended up in the armored forces of Plauen (Germany). There, Alexander managed to create his own rock band. Its participants were musicians from the army orchestra. The group performed at military holidays and festivals. It was she who became the starting point of the creative biography of singer Alexander Ivanov.
Carier start
After demobilization, the young musician returned to Moscow. Here he tries himself as a vocalist in the ensembles "Rainbow", "Hello" and "Airport". When Ivanov was 23 years old, he created the group "Crater". His colleagues were Alexander Ryzhov and Alexander Firsov. The musicians successfully performed with tours around the Soviet Union and at national concerts, festivals in Moscow. However, Ivanov understood that this was not the professional level he was striving for. A year later, he joined the Monitor team. It was here that the musician received invaluable stage experience. The busy concert schedule and the many thousands of fans had a positive impact on the future creative biography of singer Alexander Ivanov.
Rondo Group
And the next important step was the Rondo group. The musician got into it in 1986. Although the team was created two years earlier, its leader Mikhail Litvin continued to form a strong team. Ivanov became a successful "find."
At that time, the group had already released one album entitled Turnip, which approved the glam rock style for Rondo. For concert performances, colorful scenery, make-up and theater techniques were used. Later, Stas Namin began to collaborate with the group . He helped organize tours abroad (USA, Japan, European countries), participate in international festivals, forums. At that time, Rondo musicians first used a rhythm computer.
For two years, the group achieved stunning success. They knew and wrote about it in the publications of the Soviet Union and abroad. Her videos were broadcast on MTV. Rondo musicians took part in the Teleconference with America and recorded a record in the Melody studio. At the same time, a split occurred in the group. Alexander Ivanov and other participants separated from the leader Mikhail Litvin, while retaining the original name of the group.
Solo work
After 10 years of successful work in the team, the biography of singer Alexander Ivanov takes a new turn. Since 1997, the musician decides to start a solo career. And for Rondo since 2003 he has become the artistic director.
Recognition and glory do not leave Ivanov. His solo songs immediately become hits. Their author is Sergey Trofimov. However, by 2000, cooperation with him, due to commercial disagreements, ceased for a long time. Currently, texts for the musician are written by Alexander Dzyubin, Oleg Mityaev, Mikhail Shelega.
Today
Today, rock singer Alexander Ivanov is actively working, touring, taking part in national concerts and television shows. September 2016 marked the premiere of the song “Forgotten”. And in March 2017, another solo album “This Spring” was presented. Ivanov was also present as a laureate at the Radio Mania 2017 Awards Ceremony. It took place on June 30 at Crocus City Hall. Together with the musician, the concert was attended by the Rondo band, Valeria, Leonid Agutin, Valery Meladze, Valery Syutkin and others.
Personal life
Despite the great employment and popularity, in the biography of the singer Alexander Ivanov, the family always occupied an important place. With his first wife, Elena, he met at the dawn of his creative career. The couple married in 1987. Elena is a choreographer by education. She works as a choreographer in the children's groups “Periwinkle” and Color Ballet. In 1988, the Ivanovs had a daughter, Karina. To date, she graduated from the acting department of GITIS and won the competitions "Miss Moscow" and "Miss Capital" (2004). Karina Ivanova is actively acting in Russian and foreign cinema.
In 2007, by mutual decision, Alexander and Elena divorced. A year later, the musician remarried. His chosen one was Svetlana Fedorovskaya. She gave the wife a son Alexander (born in 2009) and daughter Svetlana (born in 2015).
Discography
A rare musician remains on the wave of success and popularity for such a long time. Today, many young rock singers are guided by the creative biography of Alexander Ivanov. His discography has 13 solo albums. The most successful of them were: “Sinful Sin of Sorrow” (1997), “Neformat” (2008), Drive (2014). The hit song “Rain” became a hit from the collection “It Was Me”. An animation clip was shot on it. And the album itself was recognized as the sales leader by the Soyuz chain of stores.
Another important event is the release of video discs with recordings of live concerts in the creative biography of Alexander Ivanov. The Passenger album and musician’s clips along with these discs are included in the Golden Collection.
The disc “Space”, released in 2013, introduced listeners to previously unreleased songs. Among them: “A little sorry”, “February”, “Gone moments”. The collection turned out to be symbolic for the musician. The author of the compositions was the former colleague of the rock singer - Sergey Trofimov.
A lot of high-quality and popular music was created and performed as part of the Rondo collective. So, in 1989, the song "The Pale Bartender" was recorded. Later, a video came out for her. The composition is recognized as a visiting card of the group.
In 1991, two albums were presented at once: "I will remember" and "Kill me with your love." The main hit of the first was the song of the same name, performed in a duet with Vladimir Presnyakov. The second album was recorded in English in the style of rockapops.
In 1996, in honor of the jubilee of the collective, the collection “The Best Rondo Ballads” was released. It includes 10 lyric compositions. A festive concert was also held. The guest of honor was the Gorky Park group.
Achievements
In the first year of his solo career, the rock singer became the winner of the Golden Gramophone award. The composition “God, what a trifle” got into the nomination of the best song. The tracks “Night” and “I will lay the sky under your feet” got all-Russian fame. They entered the musician's first solo album. The list of popular songs also includes the following songs: “Moscow Autumn”, “Circles on the Water”, “My Unkind Rus”, “It is also a part of the Universe” and “I did not like you”.
Interesting Facts
- Since childhood, Alexander Ivanov was in poor health. To help his son, his father began to accustom him to sports, temper. The boy was jogging, skiing and playing football.
- In 1984-1986 the young musician led a youth experimental studio. Its base was located in the Palace of Culture "Commune". It was there that he met guitarist and singer Eugene Havtan, who recommended him to the Rondo band.
- Being already a member of the rock band, in 1989 Ivanov was on tour in Japan. All performances were held within the framework of the “Help to Armenia” festival. The artists sent the fees they received to support the victims of the earthquake in Armenia.
- During a tour in Thailand in 1994, members of the Rondo band were arrested by local authorities and detained for several hours in prison. The circumstances of the incident are unknown.
- In the early years of the solo biography of the singer Alexander Ivanov, they were accused of abuse of the phonogram. It was discovered in several editions at once.
- In 2005, a rock musician acted as a host on MTV's Older Morning Program. Then he created the record label A&I.
- In 2008, Alexander Ivanov from the Russian team participated in the show “Superstar. The dream Team".
- In 2015, the musician was a jury member at the New Wave children's contest.
- The rock singer is an active user of the Instagram social network. In a personal account, he places concert photos, posters.