Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum is an iconic figure in Russian show business. In the post-Soviet period, fans noted him as the author and performer of many songs of the thieves genre, nowadays it is best known as a bard. He writes and performs music and lyrics himself.
Briefly about the most important of the biographies of Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum will be described in the article.
Biography
A brief biography of Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum, we will start from the very beginning. He was born in 1951 in Soviet Leningrad. Leningrad, and now St. Petersburg, is often the main character in the songs of Alexander Rosenbaum.
Mom and dad of the singer met at school, and then studied at the same medical school. As students, they got married. Alexander Yakovlevich was also born during the student days of his parents. The Institute, Yakov Shmarievich and Sofya Semenovna Rosenbaum, graduated only a year after the birth of their first son.
After graduation, they left with little Sasha to live in a small Kazakhstan city. Yakov worked as a urologist, then became the head doctor of a local hospital, Sofia worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist. In Zyryanovsk appeared the second son of the Rosenbaumov - Vladimir.
A little later, after the birth of the second child, Rosenbaum returned to his native St. Petersburg. At about five years old (as he himself later said that he had been working on stage since 5 years old), Alexander Rosenbaum began to become interested in music. The singer studied at school number 209, in which both his parents studied earlier, and then the artist’s daughter graduated from the same school. At the same time, the poet went to the music school, where he studied piano and violin. In the neighborhood with the grandmother of the young composer, there was a famous musician Mikhail Minin, who taught schoolchildren Sasha the basics of guitar mastery. But the musician learned exactly the guitar game himself. And he entered the evening department at the music school, which he successfully graduated from.
In 1968, Alexander Rosenbaum began his studies at a medical university, in the same where his relatives studied. The musician had the warmest memories of that student time, and now every year he organizes his concerts at his own university. And this despite the fact that he was ridiculously accidentally once kicked out of the institute. True, then Rosenbaum was restored to school. Rosenbaum graduated with honors from Alma Mater and became a certified general practitioner. He immediately went to work as a doctor in the ambulance team, and in his free time he rehearsed at the jazz school. In 1968, in his first year, he began to write songs for his medical institute. At any holidays and evenings, the texts of Rosenbaum sounded.
In 1980, Alexander Rosenbaum came to the big stage as a professional and began to play in various groups. But the first solo performance happened in 1983. And since then began the solo career of the artist, which continues to this day. The singer lives and works in his native St. Petersburg.
Creative line
Initially, Rosenbaum’s repertoire was dominated by thieves songs. Thanks to them, the singer became a popular solo artist. However, in the eighties, Rosenbaum thought about the need to move on and grow in his own work. The songs of Alexander Rosenbaum ceased to be thieves and became more lyrical. In them, the poet sang his beloved hometown, raised the theme of his country, talked about war, love, friendship, talked about books that had been read before. In the song “Black Tulip” the theme of the war in Afghanistan was touched upon, Alexander Rosenbaum participated in combat raids himself. In those days, the singer constantly arranged performances in front of military people, as well as in front of prisoners.
In the early nineties, Rosenbaum Alexander Yakovlevich, whose photos are posted in the article, tried his hand at acting. He was given the role of a very influential member of the mafia in the movie "To Survive." The film became famous and received many prestigious film awards.
The mid-nineties was marked by great creative upsurge for the artist - he began to give concerts abroad, his songs were now very often performed by Mikhail Shufutinsky. At the same time, in the hands of Alexander Yakovlevich was his first figurine of the then popular “Golden Gramophone” for the cult composition “Au”.
In 2002, one of the songs of Rosenbaum, namely, “The Chief of the Detective”, became the soundtrack of the popular series “The Brigade”. The multi-series project, which won the frenzied success of the audience, became for Rosenbaum another jerk.
The last album of Alexander Rosenbaum at the moment is “Metaphysics” of 2015. But the energetic author tirelessly continues to give concerts and promises to release more than one album.
Most often, in Rosenbaum's hands, one can notice a six-string or twelve-string guitar in performances . The guitar also more than once becomes the heroine of the poet's songs. Rosenbaum's guitar playing style is special, rich, thanks to the use of paired strings.
Rosenbaum very rarely shoots clips of his songs. Most often, only high-quality recordings or excerpts of speeches can be found on the Internet. Therefore, for fans was a pleasant surprise his recent clip, "Evening table". Alexander Rosenbaum recorded the song together with Grigory Leps and Joseph Kobzon. This is not the only fruit of their joint cooperation. Alexander Rosenbaum and Grigory Leps also recorded the whole album together. All the songs included in it were written by Rosenbaum himself.
At the moment, the singer's discography has 32 collections of songs. The most beloved for listeners to this day are such albums by Alexander Rosenbaum: “In memory of Arkady Severny” (1982), “Gop-stop” (1993), “Trans-Siberian Railway” (1999), “I See the Light” (2005). The best fans most often call the songs “Duck Hunt”, “Au”, “Gop-stop”, “Waltz-Boston”, “Foal”, “Maroussia” and many others.
Petersburg in the songs of Rosenbaum
Alexander Rosenbaum for many of his fans became the personification of St. Petersburg. Fans of his work, by their own admission, visited Petersburg only in order to look at him through the eyes of his beloved poet. The artist is part of the city on the Neva, and St. Petersburg is part of Alexander Yakovlevich himself. The image of the city in the verses of Rosenbaum is intertwined with the image of his soul. Leningrad educated him, shaped the personality of the poet.
Quiet streets of the city, courtyards and windows, rivers, canals, monuments, Neva, granite, bridges, architecture - all this is sung by the artist. Each line about a rainy city is shrouded in Rosenbaum’s childhood memories. That is why he never leaves his native Peter for long. The author often sings that he dreams of making his city even better. Alexander Rosenbaum wants for many more years to walk along the Neva streets and reflect on his life and the life of his native country.
Brother's death
Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum has always been very close with his younger brother. Words about the brother are often heard in the poet’s songs. They both once learned to be doctors, just like their parents. The Rosenbaum brothers were always very close. They both worked as ambulance doctors, but the eldest at thirty decided to become a singer, while the younger continued to work by profession until the last day.
According to the artist, he still considers his brother’s death one of the most severe shocks in his life. Vladimir Rosenbaum died of a serious illness at the age of forty-nine. Until the last moment, Alexander hoped that the doctors would be able to save him. However, death came suddenly, after a month and a half of merciless struggle with cirrhosis of the liver, Vladimir was gone. Rosenbaum said he lost a dozen kilograms after his brother’s death. And the point is not that Alexander did not eat, just the nerves took their toll. The singer confessed that he still communicates with his own echo over the phone, as if with Vladimir. He said that their voices were similar, and with poor telephone communication, when Alexander hears the echo of his voice, he imagines he hears the voice of his younger brother. The most famous song that the senior Rosenbaum dedicated to Vladimir is “My Brother”.
Parents
Often, when interviewed at home at Rosenbaum, the singer's parents appeared in the frame. Jacob and Sophia eagerly talked about their own youth, their family, and Sasha’s childhood. Rosenbaum loved his parents very much and always gladly gave them the floor in the frame. According to him, the parents' love for each other has always served as an example of an artist strong family. Images of father and mother often appear in his songs. Rosenbaum's father was a participant in the Great Patriotic War. He became a real hero: he saved the lives of 28 people after the battle, taking them out of the field and providing the necessary medical care in 1943. In 1945, he again saved 39 people from death and again carried them out under machine-gun fire.
After the death of his younger brother, Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum thought that fate would be merciful to his parents. They experienced many difficulties, including moving to Kazakhstan in their student years with a one-year-old baby in their arms, and the loss of their forty-nine-year-old son. But in 2009, Sophia Rosenbaum died. Yakov Shmarievich most difficult was experiencing the death of his wife. In 2018, the father of the artist also died. However, now Alexander Rosenbaum, who has lost both his brother and his parents, is philosophical about death. He said in an interview that we all come to this world as guests and leave, not staying long.
Wife and daughter
Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum, who loves his wife very much, never hid the fact that he had already been married to her once before the wedding. He was 19 years old, and his first wife was 24 years old when they got married. However, the age difference did the trick. Sasha’s parents were against their relationship, and 9 months after the wedding, Alexander himself realized that all this was a big mistake. They got divorced. And soon after that, Rosenbaum married a second time to his classmate Elena. Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum devoted many songs to his wife. Love and lyrics in his songs are firmly connected with the family, with his beloved woman Elena. He devotes to her not only songs, but also just poetry. As he himself admits, every day he feels her support, she helped him overcome all the trials of life, she always inspired him in a creative way. When at the age of thirty he decided to leave a well-coordinated career as a doctor and ventured to become a singer, Elena supported him and did not say a word against. She herself is still a doctor. Alexander and Elena have a single daughter, Anna, who works as a linguist-translator. Anna gave Rosenbaum and his wife four grandchildren.
Rosenbaum dogs
The passion of Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum has always been dogs. It started back in childhood. Rosenbaum admits that when he was a child, he wanted to become a zoologist or the head of a zoo.
He considers them as equal creatures as humans. Rosenbaum often talks about the fact that they were best friends with their favorite bull terrier Lucky. Moreover, all 14 years of Lucky's life, they slept literally on the same bed. Rosenbaum always liked fighting dogs. The singer denies that they are dangerous. He believes that representatives of such breeds can be evil only if they were raised by a bad person.
Lucky brought for Rosenbaum from German breeders. The dog was always very homesick for the poet when Rosenbaum was away. The singer dedicated songs to his beloved dog. Once the dog got into a fight, and when Rosenbaum began to separate the dogs, his favorite bit the artist. But Rosenbaum was not offended, he calmly admitted that he had done the wrong thing, intervening in the dog showdown. On the road, Rosenbaum loved talking to the dog on the phone. The singer was going through a heavy death, dug up a grave, planted a tree there, dedicated a song - “Lucky”. And even his autobiographical book called his Bull Terrier. An embroidered white dog is visible on the guitar strap at the artist’s performances - this is Lucky. And on one of the guitars there is even a photo of the bull terrier.
Now the artist has a bulldog Don. Rosenbaum spends a lot of time with his dog and says that he also long ago became a close friend and constant companion on walks along the bay. The poet’s family calls the dog Don Aleksandrovich and considers him another Rosenbaum child.
The singer dreams that in extreme old age he will build himself a wooden house of oak, a stable with horses and lead at least six dogs. He loves Rosenbaum and horses, it is worth recalling at least his cult song “Foal”. But in the near future he is not ready to start a horse because of tours and concerts, he says that a horse is a big responsibility.
House of Alexander Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum lives in a two-story apartment on Vasilyevsky Island. His apartment is not glamorous. The singer does not like shocking and does not consider it necessary to chase fashion or useless things in the interior of the house. He only has a study room, in which you can find many collections, one way or another related to marine subjects. The artist says that he does not have a summer residence yet, because he is too attached to the city and cannot leave Petersburg for a long time.
Hobbies of the singer
Alexander Rosenbaum loves sports very much. He was fond of boxing since childhood, but now has no opportunity to devote more time to him. Nevertheless, Rosenbaum made sport an integral part of his life. He even became the president of one of the basketball clubs in St. Petersburg.
The singer loves to hunt, he always takes his dog with him. Many songs of Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum are devoted to hunting, for example, the most famous is Duck Hunt.
Interesting facts from the life of Rosenbaum
The singer collects guitars - he has about a damn dozen of them.
Among zoodefenders and just dog lovers who may not even be fans of Alexander Rosenbaum’s work, the song about the dead dog of Rosenbaum - “Lucky” became very popular.
Rosenbaum asked for a passport of a new type with number 13. The singer considers the damn dozen a lucky number for himself.
The artist was from 2003 to 2005. member of the United Russia party.
Alexander Rosenbaum now
Now the singer continues to tour actively, gives many concerts. But now he is trying to spend more time with his family. Most recently, his father died, and Rosenbaum stoically suffered another tragedy in his life. He admits that he wants to spend more time with his grandchildren, because they grow too fast and need a grandfather.