Vladimir Vinokur: biography, personal life, creativity

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The hero of our article is a Soviet and Russian comedian, singer and TV presenter, teacher, and Honored and People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Vladimir Vinokur, biography

Vladimir Natanovich Vinokur was born on March 31, 1948 in the city of Kursk. Coming from a simple family, he was very smart from an early age. His mother taught him, and his father worked at a construction site. Vladimir's older brother was a businessman.

Introducing the stage

From an early age, Volodya was fond of singing. At first he performed at home on holidays, sang for himself and alone. Later, during his school years, he was engaged in amateur performances in a circle, not forgetting about singing. Noticing his passion in time, the mother decided to enroll her son in a specialized circle. In the Palace of Pioneers, he performs on stage for the first time and falls in love with her.

At the age of 14, he goes on vacation to the famous summer camp "Artek". There, Vladimir takes part in an international competition, where he performs the Buchenwald alarm. Young Vinokur wins it. For this victory, he receives a gold medal, which is presented to him by the first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. While at a summer camp, Vinokur meets Semyon Dunayevsky, whosaw the ability of a teenager. Dunaevsky gave him very good advice - not to practice vocals until a turning point for a teenager passes and the voice is established. Vladimir listened and, despite the misunderstanding of his parents, stopped singing.

Student years

Young Vladimir was very drawn to the stage, but at the insistence of his parents, he enters a construction college. In parallel, he enrolls in the evening department of the music school, choosing the conductor-choir department. Having not yet received a secondary education, Vladimir decides to try his hand at the entrance exams at GITIS. The first three examination rounds were easy for Vinokur, but it soon became clear that the young man had no documents, and he was denied admission.

After graduating in 1967, a young man is drafted into the army, where he is enrolled in a song and dance ensemble. Simultaneously with the performance of military duties, Vladimir tries himself as an entertainer, soloist, sings in the choir. During the service, the ensemble often traveled to perform in hospitals. Two years later, while in the military, Vinokur decided to try again to apply for admission to GITIS, and this time he succeeded. He was accepted.

Stage work

Since 1973, Vladimir has been working in the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. A little later, he receives an invitation from the director of the Moscow Operetta Theater Anisimov G. P., where Vinokur has been working for two years. In 1975, having received the recommendation of the pianist M. Bank, hegets into the famous at that time ensemble "Gems", where he performs with parodies of recognizable personalities, singers and actors. Vladimir Vinokur, whose parodies became more and more famous and loved, understands that his career began to grow rapidly. Two years later, Vinokur becomes a laureate of the All-Russian Competition of Variety Artists, where he performs with the famous monologue about foreman Kovalchuk, authored by Leonid Yakubovich. After this victory, Vladimir for the first time seriously thinks about the stage and the beginning of a solo career.

Soon, Vinokur Vladimir Natanovich gets a job as a soloist at the Moskontsert. Now he performs at large venues with a huge number of spectators, such as the Rossiya Concert Hall, the Variety Theater, the Kremlin Palace and others. He also takes part in a concert dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of the formation of the USSR. Its popularity and demand is growing. Vinokur begins to be invited to holidays and concerts. He travels with foreign tours. Vladimir Vinokur, whose biography began in the city of Kursk, performs in the USA, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Germany, Havana.

Theatre

In 1989, at the age of 41, Vinokur decides to open his own theater. It receives the name of Vladimir Vinokur's Parody Theatre. A huge number of performances were played within its walls, such as “I’m leaving alone …”, “Wine-Show-Cours”, “Is there an extra ticket?” and others. The parodist has been working with such well-known comedians as Lion Izmailov, Sergey Drobotenko, Semyon Altov, Arkady Arkanov for many years now. TheatreVladimir Vinokur is still popular today.

Films and TV

But Vinokur Vladimir Natanovich did not get into the cinema right away. At first he worked on the voice acting of the short films The Wolf and the Calf and The Last Wizards. In parallel, they begin to invite him to film in television programs. He took part in such well-known programs as "Around Laughter", "New Year's Attraction". At the same time, the artist begins to perform in the Full House program with numerous parodies. After the release of the program, humorist Vladimir Vinokur is becoming more and more popular and recognizable on the streets. It was a resounding success.

In 1986, Vladimir Vinokur, whose monologues were parsed into catchphrases and expressions, became the co-host of the programs “Once Upon a Fall” and “Once Upon a Winter”. It was a new experience for him. In 2003, the artist takes part in the filming of the musical fairy tale "The Snow Queen". The musical was filmed by director Maxim Papernik based on the fairy tale of the same name, which has not lost its popularity over the years. In the new adaptation of the story, Vinokur played the ataman of the robbers. "The Snow Queen" is a musical that was being prepared for the celebration of the New Year, it premiered in December 2003. At the same time, Vladimir Natanovich Vinokur was invited to the jury of the Voting KiViN program, held in Jurmala.

Radio

Vladimir Vinokur, whose monologues are often heard on the radio, participates as a guest in the Good Morning! program. As a radio presenter, he worked on the Baby Monitor and You, Me and the Song programs.

VladimirVinokur: movies

In 1993, the first film was released - "A Pistol with a Silencer", in which Vladimir Natanovich played. Later, he starred in other, no less striking films. The humorist's filmography includes more than ten different roles in the cinema. The actor remains true to his role, so his roles are mostly humorous.

How do we remember Vladimir Vinokur? His films have become popularly loved:

• "Check on the roads";
• "The Snow Queen";
• "Pistol with silencer";
• "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors";
• Goldfish;
• "Military field romance";
• "Wow!";
• "New Year sms".

Political activities

At the age of 44, Vinokur was appointed adviser to the vice-president of the RSFSR for cultural affairs. However, during this period, a misfortune happens to the artist - he gets into a serious accident while in Germany. Two of his close friends die, and he himself miraculously survives, but receives serious leg injuries. Doctors are even considering amputation.

But at this moment, his close friend, Iosif Kobzon, comes to his aid, who facilitates the transfer of the artist to a Russian clinic, where Vladimir is put on his feet. After this incident, Vinokur begins to love life even more and devotes himself entirely to the profession.

Awards

Vladimir Vinokur, whose biography began rather modestly, in 1984 received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and five years later, in 1989 - People's Artist of the RSFSR. Also humoristawarded the Order of Honor (2000), the Order of Friendship, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd and 4th degrees, and 8 medals. In 1998, a star named after Vladimir Vinokur was laid on the square of stars near the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall. The event was timed to coincide with the celebration of the comedian's fiftieth birthday.

Private life

For many years Vladimir Natanovich has been a happy family man. With his future wife, ballerina Tamara Pervakova, the humorist met in 1973, when he was 25 years old. Vinokur's chosen one is 5 years younger than him (she was 20). Vladimir fell in love at first sight, but Tamara did not immediately reciprocate.

The couple met at work. They both played in the play for children "Do not beat the girls." Tamara was in the role of a clockwork doll, and Vladimir was in the role of a loser. The comedian immediately liked the girl, but Tamara did not pay attention to her colleague. Despite the courtship of Vladimir Natanovich, the girl remained impregnable. Chance decided the case.

Vladimir received an offer to work in one of the theaters in Moscow, and he happily agreed, but the question arose about the comedian's lack of registration. Tamara, who at that time was caring for her sick grandmother, also had problems with housing. Soon the girl herself invited Vinokur to sign, but the marriage was supposed to be fictitious. This option did not suit the comedian in love, and at his insistence, Tamara nevertheless agreed to register their relationship and try to create a real family. In June 1974, the couple got married. The celebration took place inconcert hall "Russia".

However, the newly-made spouses faced another problem - the lack of children. After twelve years of trying and waiting, the couple finally had a daughter. Tamara was 32 years old, and Vladimir was 37. For the sake of raising her long-awaited daughter, Pervakova decided to leave her career and said goodbye to ballet forever.

Over time, the artist, as promised to his future wife, became a famous humorist. The daughter of Tamara and Vladimir decided to follow the example of her mother. In 2003 she graduated from the Choreographic Academy and began working at the Bolshoi Theatre. And in 2015, Anastasia gave birth to a son, Fedor, and Vladimir Natanovich finally became a grandfather.

Friendship

Vladimir's close friend and colleague has been Lev Leshchenko for a long time. Their acquaintance took place more than thirty years ago. After a while, they created a joint issue "Levchik and Vovchik", the author of which is Arkady Khait. The premiere of the number took place at the birthday party of Gennady Khazanov, since that moment their pop duet has been popular.

Interesting facts from the life of V. N. Vinokur

• The expression "He who does not smoke or drink will die he althy" was first used by Vinokur in the issue about A. Papanov. The author of the catchphrase was Leonid Yakubovich.
• On the advice of Vladimir Natanovich, Ilya Klyaver began to use his wife's surname as a pseudonym.
• Inviting Vinokur to the ensemble "Gems", the Minister of Culture set a fairly high salary for the artist, which was unusual for that time. Atthe prosecutor's office became interested in conducting checks on illegal income in the entertainment sector, and he had to give explanations on this issue.

So Vladimir Vinokur, whose biography began in the small town of Kursk in a simple family of a teacher and a builder, having passed a long and difficult path of professional development, found the love of the public and became a world famous person.