Vladislav Kosarev - singer, baritone, winner of various competitions, guest soloist of the ensemble named after L. Zykina "Russia". The artist performs romances, classics, Soviet and folk songs, folklore. This is very difficult in conditions of dominance of pop and chanson.
Biography
Vladislav Kosarev was born in the city of Smolensk. When he was six years old, his mother took him to a music school, where he sang in the boys' choir. Then Vladislav graduated from the M.I. Glinka College of Music in his hometown. At that time it was one of the best in the country. Many prominent people are graduates of this particular institution. The College of Music has provided a strong foundation for continuing education and developing talent. To go to Moscow and continue his studies at the Gnesins Academy, his conducting teacher, Lyudmila Borisovna Zaitseva, advised Vladislav.
Creative way
From 6 years old, Vladislav Kosarev started making music. Since childhood, Baritone dreamed of becoming a singer. In 2001, the artist graduated from the Gnesins Academy in the class of choral conducting. Vladislav began his career in a team called "Relight". This is a male choir. At first he worked in it as a soloist, and then - as a conductor.
V. Kosarev is the winner of the Yurlov International Competition. It is held among the conductors.
The artist began his solo career in 2009. At one of the concerts of the Peresvet choir, when Vladislav was still working in this group, Alla Goncharova (chief editor of the Romance of the Romance program) came to him backstage. It was she who advised V. Kosarev to begin a solo career.
The artist still does not stop playing vocals with teachers to improve his skills.
Vladislav believes that his parents made a great contribution to his formation as a vocalist. Mom and Dad worked at the factory, but were endowed with abilities. It was they who instilled in the artist a taste and taught to love only good music.
Repertoire
Vladislav Kosarev has a fairly extensive repertoire. He sings Russian folk and Soviet songs, romances, arias from operas and operettas, as well as from musicals, as he considers them beautiful and high-quality music, which is so lacking on the stage today. Although these works were written many decades ago, they never grow old, they are destined for eternal life. They are honest, sincere and genuine. And what sounds today every day from the TV screens are songs that in a couple of years will already be forgotten by everyone. Today Vladislav is in search. He is looking for quality songs written in the 21st century. But he finds them very few, unfortunately. And in one concert to sing romances, the works of A. Babajanyan and A. Pakhmutova together with the base pop-song - this, in his opinion, is sacrilege.
Personal life and musical preferences
Vladislav Kosarev is very fond of the classics and music of the Soviet era. His favorite composers of the 20th century are M. Fradkin, A. Babajanyan, I. Dunaevsky, A. Pakhmutova, E. Ptichkin and many others. The performers whom the singer respects are Yuri Gulyaev, Muslim Magomayev, Lyudmila Zykina, Andrea Bocelli, Tom Jones, Georg Ots, Sarah Brightman, Eduard Gil, Freddie Mercury, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and so on. The most favorite artist of Vladislav is Andrei Mironov. V. Kosarev honors him for the fact that he performed each song as a small performance. Although he did not have any special vocal abilities, he showed an exemplary approach to performing arts.
Vladislav Kosarev does not advertise his personal life and bypasses this topic in all interviews. As the artist himself says, he does not do this in order to create an aura of mystery around himself. The singer simply believes that personal life should not be in the public domain.