In this article we will consider the biography of Yevgeny Klyachkin. This performer achieved fame as a poet. He was born in Leningrad on March 23, 1934. The father of the future performer worked at the weaving factory as an assistant to the master. His mother worked in a pharmacy. The main genre of the artist is the author’s song.
Biography
Yevgeny Klyachkin's mother died in 1942 (April) when the then Leningrad was undergoing a blockade. Father fought at the front, so the boy from the besieged city was evacuated to the Yaroslavl region. There he was brought up in an orphanage. The father took his son to Leningrad. In 1952, Yevgeny Klyachkin became a student at the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute.
In 1957, the young man graduated from this educational institution and received a diploma in the specialty "Urban Construction". Eugene was a design engineer in several construction organizations of Leningrad, including Lenproekt, GSPI-1.
In the summer of 1957, the future performer was a participant in the World Festival of Youth and Students, which was held in Moscow. The young man wrote his poem to the poems of Kuzminsky in October 1961. The work was called "Fog". At this point, begins the path of Eugene in the world of creativity as a bard.
Like most of his peers, Eugene played the traditional seven-string guitar. At first, this man composed music to verses by famous poets - Gorbovsky, Voznesensky, Kuzminsky, Brodsky. Then he began to create an increasing number of works on his own poems.
Many residents of the Soviet Union, thanks to the songs of Klyachkin, got acquainted with the works of Joseph Brodsky, for the poet himself in the 60s the official publication opportunities in the country were closed.
Klyachkin’s works “No Country, No Graveyard”, “Christmas Romance”, “Pilgrims”, the romances of Devil, Columbine, Harlequin, Myshkin and other characters of Joseph Brodsky’s poem “Procession” still remain recognized values ​​of the author’s song. In the period from 1963 to 1964, the musician attended a seminar on working with amateur composers.
The seminar was part of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Composers of the USSR. In the mid-80s, Eugene devoted himself to the professional scene. He acted as an artist of the Rosconcert and Lenconcert. Eugene repatriated with his family to Israel. There he lived in the city of Ariel.
At the new place, he worked in the specialty that he received back in his homeland, and also performed with various concerts and went on tour in the USA. On his 60th birthday, Eugene came to Russia, this was in March 1994. He gave a number of concerts in Tula, St. Petersburg and Moscow. Eugene died July 30, 1994 while swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.
The artist's heart stopped. Klyachkin’s song heritage contains more than 300 works. At the same time, about 70 songs are written on poems by other authors.
Editions
Evgeny Klyachkin has published several books. In 1994, the work "Do not look back." Also, his work can be found in the following works: “I look back at everything that I lived”, “Alive, as long as we love!”, “Autumn romance”.
Discography
Yevgeny Klyachkin’s songs were published on vinyl records. In total, three disks entered this series, and the Melody company was engaged in publishing. Yevgeny Klyachkin’s album “Autumn Motive” was released in 1987. The songs, which are based on the verses of Joseph Brodsky, made up the album "Pilgrims", which was released in 1990.
In 1995, Moscow Windows released audio cassettes Melody in the Rhythm of a Boat and Wet Waltz. Also released in the cassette "My Peers" in 1996. In 1999, the collection "Do not regret anything" appeared. In addition, this author owns the following albums “Towards Russia”, “To My Peers”, “Ends and Beginnings”, “Best Songs”, “Evgeny Klyachkin. Russian bards. "
Interesting Facts
In 1987, Eugene Klyachkin was the chairman of the jury at the author’s song contest, which took place in Tver. At this event, Mikhail Vorobyov won the Audience Choice Award. Subsequently, the latter achieved fame under the pseudonym Michael Krug. Klyachkin then said the phrase: "Misha, you need to work."
This desire influenced Vorobyov and prompted him to actively engage in creativity. Mikhail Krug devoted his second album, entitled “The Green Prosecutor,” to the memory of Yevgeny Klyachkin.
One of the central songs of this album is the composition “Day as Day”. Some time after the recording of the album, Krug accidentally found out that the last lifetime poem created by Klyachkin ends this way.