Leading "Music Kiosk" Eleonora Belyaeva: photo, biography

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Eleonora Belyaeva, who for more than thirty years was the permanent host of the TV show "Music Kiosk", remained in the memory of Soviet and Russian viewers as a gentle, intelligent person who brought to the public both eternal classical music and modern novelties.

Biography

The birthplace of Belyaeva Eleonora Valerianovna was the small village of Ramon, Voronezh Region. Her father served in the military. The childhood years of the future television celebrity coincided with the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period, which was not easy for the entire USSR. In her interviews, Belyaeva often recalled the difficulties that befell them when people were forced to actually live on the street.

Young years

At the insistence of her mother, who dreamed of a musical career for her beloved daughter, Eleonora graduated from the Voronezh Music School in piano. And then she successively received diplomas from the Voronezh Musical College and the famous metropolitan Gnesinka, where the girl was persuaded to enter by her relatives (she was going to study at the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory). And they did not fail - Belyaeva was taken to the vocal department immediately after the 1st round.

However, Eleanor's singing career did not work outdue to severe loss of voice. The reasons for this were the worries about the divorce from the first spouse, as well as the incorrect definition of Belyaeva's vocals by the Gnessin teachers. With a lyrical range, she was given a coloratura soprano, because of which the training was initially conducted incorrectly, and turned into such fatal consequences.

Loss of voice - what could be worse for a singer? This blow for Belyaeva was supplemented by everyday troubles: in order to survive alone with her little daughter, she copied notes for some time and taught piano lessons at home.

Lucky occasion

It was he, or rather fellow student Vladimir Fedoseev, who accidentally found out about the plight of Eleonora Belyaeva, helped her get on television. He found the girl a job as an editor in the department of mass genres. After that, she worked in various departments: folk art, classical music, before Nina Zotova gave Eleanor a chance and "wrote out a pass" to the world of TV.

Favorite job

In 1960, according to the idea of A. Gabrilovich, the Music Kiosk project was created as an addition to the Blue Light program. Eleonora Belyaeva became the editor of this program, where her education and impeccable musical taste were very useful to her. After six months of work, by chance (due to the presenter suddenly ill), Eleanor, in order to fill a gap in the air, held one release of the program. This attempt was successful and Belyaeva was appointed host, which she remained for many years.

The "Music Kiosk" with Eleonora Belyaeva was the main source of musical information for music lovers of those years. Here the audience was presented with the next musical novelties. Preparing material for one half-hour issue a week took almost all of the main time. Belyaeva painstakingly listened to all the performances of the thematic concert piece in order to choose the best one.

As you know, censorship was everywhere at that time, it also touched the Kiosk. The TV presenter was strongly advised not to talk on the air about S. Rachmaninov and F. Chaliapin, who had once left the USSR. But censorship had practically no effect on the quality of the TV program itself, the painstaking preparation and personal charm of Eleonora Belyaeva were the key success factors.

The appearance of TV presenters was also limited by censorship. For example, due to the ban for female announcers to appear on the air in trousers, one New Year's edition was rewritten. This looks especially absurd, given that Belyaeva usually led the program while sitting and the audience was only half visible. A big negative resonance happened when the TV presenter changed her image, getting rid of her long braid: the editors of the program were inundated with indignant letters from viewers. Although this moment rather refers to the great popularity of Eleonora Valerianovna herself.

Presenter style

Despite the severe restrictions in the appearance of Soviet TV presenters, Eleonora Belyaeva, whose photo is available above, managed to get out of the boring standard. She achieved this with the help of bright accents: a rose necklace on a dress, a voluminous“golden” jewelry, scarves with colored polka dots and bright glossy shadows that made the beautiful blonde very spectacular. According to the TV presenter herself, there were cases when, at the request of the publishing editors, Belyaeva had to change clothes because of too toxic fashion colors for the Soviet air. But even here scarves, headbands and hairpins came to the rescue.

All the fashionable novelties of the magazine "Burda-moden" (dresses laced at the shoulders, gathered on the bodice, outfits made of "wet asph alt" fabric or lurex in delicate tones) immediately appeared in the wardrobe of the famous presenter.

Achievements

In 1968, E. Belyaeva was awarded the Golden Pen of Russia award for her active participation in the cultural sphere, and 14 years later she received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

End of TV career

In 1992, Eleonora Belyaeva and actor Alexander Shirvindt held the 30th anniversary edition of the Music Kiosk. And three years later, the transfer was closed due to unprofitability. They wanted to do this before, but they put it off because of its nationwide popularity. When the program stopped broadcasting, millions of Soviet viewers were bitterly disappointed.

Film roles

The biography of Eleonora Belyaeva is marked by participation in several films, one of which is “The Woman Who Sings” (dir. A. Orlov, 1978), where she appeared in a small episodic role. Four years later, Belyaeva starred in the melodrama The Journey Will Be Pleasant, playing a TV presenter.

But the further film career of Eleonora Valerianovna is notwas formed due to the lack of acting ambitions and sincere devotion to the "Music Kiosk". When it ceased to exist, Belyaeva for some time acted as the host of various festivals and concerts.

Private life

Despite her wild popularity, Eleonora Belyaeva always kept her personal life closed from her fans. Even in her old age, she tactfully evaded questions on this subject.

It is known that the TV presenter got married three times and in all cases the husbands had the same name - Anatoly. From her first marriage, Belyaeva had a daughter, Maria. In her free time, she enjoyed crocheting and reading detective stories. In recent years, the woman spent mainly with her family.

Eleonora Belyaeva passed away on April 20, 2015, she died in Moscow due to a detached blood clot. The closest friends and relatives came to say goodbye to the legend of Soviet television: daughter, granddaughter Anastasia and ex-husband Anatoly Belyaev. Eleonora Belyaeva was buried at the Kotlyakovsky cemetery in Moscow.

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AfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamM alteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSerbianSesothoSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshYiddishYorubaZulu

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