Evgeny Kliachkin
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Evgeny Isaakovich Kliachkin (Russian: Евгений Клячкин; March 23, 1934 in Leningrad, USSR – July 30, 1994 in Israel
) was a Soviet and Russia
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, singer, and composer
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at various building organizations in Leningrad
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He began to compose songs in 1961. At first his songs were based upon other poets' lyrics, but he soon began to write his own as well, accompanying himself on a Russian seven-stringed guitar
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In total, Evgeny Kliachkin composed more than 300 songs, 70 of them set to other poets' lyrics. In 1990, Evgeny Kliachkin emigrate
d to Israel
with his family. He gave concerts in Israel and in the USA. In 1994, he toured in Russia.
His songs "Don't look back", "A song about the morning city", "Pskov", "Child's picture", "Coming back", "Wet waltz", "To my contemporaries" are some of his more notable songs.
Israel
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) was a Soviet and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Bard (Soviet Union)
The term bard came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and continues to be used in Russia today, to refer to singer-songwriters who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment, similarly to beatnik folk singers of the United States...
, singer, and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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Biography
Kliachkin graduated from the Leningrad Engineering and Building Institute in 1957 and began working as an engineerEngineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
at various building organizations in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
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He began to compose songs in 1961. At first his songs were based upon other poets' lyrics, but he soon began to write his own as well, accompanying himself on a Russian seven-stringed guitar
Russian guitar
The Russian guitar is a seven-string acoustic guitar that arrived in Russia toward the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, most probably as an evolution of the cittern, kobza, and torban...
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In total, Evgeny Kliachkin composed more than 300 songs, 70 of them set to other poets' lyrics. In 1990, Evgeny Kliachkin emigrate
Emigrate
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d to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
with his family. He gave concerts in Israel and in the USA. In 1994, he toured in Russia.
Awards
- Amateur Singers and Composers contest in Leningrad - laureateLaureateIn English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize.-History:...
of the first and the second. (1965, 1967) - Tourist songs contest in Brest, BelarusBrest, BelarusBrest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...
- laureate. (1965) - All-Russia tourist songs contest in MoscowMoscowMoscow 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...
- laureate of the second (1969)
Books
- "Don't Look Back" song book collection (1994)
- "Looking Back at My Life" (1999)
- "We live till we are loved" (2000)
Discography
- "Autumn motif" (1987)
- "Pilgrims" (1990)
- "To Russia" (1995)
- "To my contemporaries" (1995)
- "Wet waltz" and "Melody to the boat's rhythm" (1995)
- "To my contemporaries" (1996)
- "Beginnings and ends" (1996)
- "Nothing to feel sorry for". (1999)
- "The best songs" (2000)
- "Evgeny Kliachkin. Russian bards" (2001)
His songs "Don't look back", "A song about the morning city", "Pskov", "Child's picture", "Coming back", "Wet waltz", "To my contemporaries" are some of his more notable songs.