Albert Asadullin - biography and personal life

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The person we are talking about today has earned many honorary titles. Albert Asadullin (photo below) was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of Tatarstan, he is loved and revered in all countries of the former Soviet Union. In 1970-1980, his tenor- altino sounded in all corners of the USSR. Today, many have forgotten about him.

At present, Albert Asadullin, whose biography is, in fact, the subject of our conversation, does not perform as often as at the peak of his creative career. But non-replaceable fans of his talent can always hear him singing at the State Concert and Philharmonic Institution "Petersburg Concert", where he has been a soloist for many years.

The start of the journey

Albert Asadullin was born on the first day of autumn, September 1, 1948, in Kazan. Albert's father is a former officer, a participant in the battles of the Great Patriotic War. Mom - Nagima - sang very well, all her friends told her that she should perform at the Philharmonic. But the woman could notabandon seven children (three of his own and four sisters who died young) and devote himself to creativity. Fortunately, the son inherited his mother's vocal abilities and made her dream come true. Parents saw the boy's future as bright and joyful, therefore they did not interfere with Albert's aspirations to devote his life to art. At first he was a student of the Kazan Art School, then entered the Academy of Arts. As a student, he participated in the ensemble "Ghosts", proved to be a talented performer.

Final career choice

After graduating from the Art Academy in 1975, Albert Asadullin changed his intention to become an artist-architect to the desire to connect his life with the stage and music. He had a firm conviction that this was his path, on which he would certainly achieve success. His debut was the main role in a rock opera called "Orpheus and Eurydice" by composer Zhurbin Alexander Borisovich. For this work, Asadullin was awarded a diploma from the British magazine Music Week.

Artist's career as part of VIA

The successful performance of the part of Orpheus did not go unnoticed in his native country - the head of the ensemble "Singing Guitars" Anatoly Vasilyev invited the artist to his team. With him, Albert Asadullin traveled all over the Soviet Union in five years of touring. In 1978, the artist also sang brilliantly in the opera "Race" by Y. Dimitrin and A. Vasiliev. In the same year, Albert Asadullin performed the role of Til Ulenspiegel in the opera The Flemish Legend by Y. Kim and R. Greenblat.

Solo career

1979 brought the singer a real success - he became a laureate of the Golden Orpheus competition. This allowed him to temporarily leave cooperation with vocal and instrumental ensembles and pursue a solo career. Later he became the winner and laureate of many competitions, collaborated with such eminent composers as D. Tukhmanov, V. Matetsky, A. Petrov, I. Kornelyuk, Yu. Saulsky, V. Gavrilin, S. Banevich. In 1982, Albert Narulovich performed his main - for his entire musical career - composition, which was called "The Road Without End". This song was featured in Menaker Leonid's biographical drama Niccolo Paganini.

Riding the wave of success

In 1980, Albert Narulovich Asadullin created his own ensemble "Pulse" at the Lenconcert. "Pulse" toured the cities of the entire Soviet Union and was a resounding success everywhere. The popular performer Alexander Rosenbaum also grew up in this musical group, whose songs were performed by Asadullin himself.

In 1987, the artist's first vinyl disc was released under the title "All this was with us." The collection includes all the most popular songs of Albert Asadullin, including "Forest-Field", written by Vyacheslav Malezhik and Mikhail Tanich, and "Boy and Girl were Friends" by Igor Kornelyuk and Sergey Mikhalkov.

In the period from 1980 to 1984, the artist successfully collaborated with A. S. Badkhen and his orchestra, takes part in various government concerts dedicated to public holidays, and actively performs abroad with Garanyan's orchestra.

In 1984, Albert Narulovich became a soloist of the regional philharmonic society in Lipetsk. And already in 1988 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Rebuild Time

In the early nineties, Asadullin mainly sang Tatar songs, and in 1989 he returned to rock operas. He performs the main role in a rock suite called "Magdi" in Tatar. In 1990-1992 Magdi was presented in Moscow, Tatarstan and Leningrad.

1993 gave fans of Asadullin's work a concert, which took place in St. Petersburg in the Oktyabrsky concert hall. In 1995, the artist's CD with his best songs was released.

In 2003, Albert Asadullin took part (voiced one of the characters) in the animated film "Dwarf Nose", which was shot by Maximov Ilya based on the fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff.

Creativity of recent years

In 2008, in honor of his sixtieth birthday, Albert Narulovich presented his fans with a stunning benefit performance, where he showed himself to be a versatile artist. The performance program included classical works, rock operas, Tatar folk songs, rock potpourri, and even romances. Anniversary concerts were held in Kazan (the artist's hometown), Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the same year, a concert tour of Albert Asadullin (with the assistance of the government) took place in Tatarstan.

In 2010, the artist played the role of Maureen Miroyu in the famous musical "Nameless Star" based on the play by Sebastian Mikhail. ATApril of the same year in the Palace of Culture. Gorky Albert Narulovich presented to the audience a new program called "Music of the Soul". Together with the NEVIO team, the artist prepared a unique acoustic music project. The concert was also attended by singer Victoria VITA and vocal group FEEL'ARMONIA.

In April 2012, the artist performed at the concert of the Minus Trill group at the Avrora Central Concert Hall, where he announced his new program “With Song Around the World”. The new project includes folk songs from around the world.

Albert Asadullin: personal life

What happens to the artist behind the scenes has never been a secret to the press. Albert Narulovich willingly shares some details of his personal life with journalists. It is known that in 2006 the Asadullin family moved to the Vsevolozhsk district, the village of Voeykovo, for permanent residence. Albert Narulovich with his wife Alena and two daughters Alina and Alisa finally began to live in their own house. It was here, during construction, that the artist's skills as an architect, which he received at the institute, came in handy. By the way, Albert Narulovich has an older son who works as an artist. The artist wants to see his daughters, one of whom is nine and the other seven, just good people. “If one of them becomes an artist, I will be very happy,” Asadullin Albert noted. The artist's family is a real fortress, where he draws his strength and inspiration.