Alexander Malinin
Encyclopedia
Aleksandr Malinin, in Russian Александр Малинин (born Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vyguzov, Александр Николаевич Выгузов; November 16, 1958) is a Russian singer who was named a People's Artist of Russia
in 1997.
(then Sverdlovsk) as Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vyguzov. He studied music in his hometown, then in 1981 he was selected to be part of the music ensemble Poyut Gitary (Поют гитары). He moved to Moscow
to further his studies and was a member of two other enslembles, the Golubye Gitary and Gruppa Stas Namina.
At the end of the 1980s he toured the United States
and made a duet with David Pomeranz
, becoming the first Soviet singer to collaborate with an American musician since the breakout of the Cold War
.
Between 1990 and 1996 he gave several sold-out concerts named Балы с Александром Малининым (Dances with Aleksandr Malinin), breaking attendance records. The series of concerts were also broadcasted on television. In 1994 he received the World Music Award
as best selling Russian artist.
Malinin is married and has a son named Anton (born in 1982).
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...
in 1997.
Career
Malinin was born in YekaterinburgYekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
(then Sverdlovsk) as Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vyguzov. He studied music in his hometown, then in 1981 he was selected to be part of the music ensemble Poyut Gitary (Поют гитары). He moved to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
to further his studies and was a member of two other enslembles, the Golubye Gitary and Gruppa Stas Namina.
At the end of the 1980s he toured the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and made a duet with David Pomeranz
David Pomeranz
David Pomeranz is an American singer, composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theatre. He is also ambassador for Operation SmileBorn in Reno and raised on Long Island, Pomeranz expressed interest in music from an early age, singing in the synagogue choir, learning to play the piano, guitar, and...
, becoming the first Soviet singer to collaborate with an American musician since the breakout of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
.
Between 1990 and 1996 he gave several sold-out concerts named Балы с Александром Малининым (Dances with Aleksandr Malinin), breaking attendance records. The series of concerts were also broadcasted on television. In 1994 he received the World Music Award
World Music Awards
The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...
as best selling Russian artist.
Malinin is married and has a son named Anton (born in 1982).