Lucky Kesoglu: biography and creativity

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In this material we will present to your attention the biography of the singer Lucky Kesoglu. This well-known Kazakh pop performer and teacher was awarded the title of People's Artist. He is called "the most popular Greek of Kazakhstan". The performer comes from the Greek family of Panaila Isaakovna Yanokidi and Konstantin Apostolovich Kesoglu.

Biography

The biography of Lucky Kesoglu is closely connected with Batumi, since it was in this city that the future singer was born. His paternal relatives, grandmother Eutychius and grandfather Apostol, due to the persecution of the Greek Christians, which were carried out by the Turkish authorities in the mid-twenties, were forced to flee from the persecution of the authorities of the Turkish Trebizond.

They moved to the city of Batumi, where Greek settlements already existed in the nineteenth century. Greek settlers, as well as members of their families who did not accept citizenship of the USSR, could be there for a long period of time in the position of foreign subjects. They had the right to immigrate to Greece at any time.

According to the current agreements, Greeks who had Turkish citizenship automatically acquired Greek citizenship if they were holders of the then provided Greek visas. In 1949, the Greek population of Georgia was forcibly deported to the regions of Kazakhstan. The liberated lands were settled by Georgians.

They were also mainly forcibly relocated from their native places. The Lucky Kesoglu family first settled in a village called Suli-Kesik. There were no conditions for normal living. Later, the family of the future performer moved to the city of Turkestan. It was a difficult post-war time, but the Greeks did not despair. In the house of the Kesoglu family, Pontic music often sounded.

Young Lucky sang a lot already in his childhood and took part in amateur performances. In the period from 1958 to 1962 he was educated at the Chimkent Musical College. The performer graduated from this educational institution with honors and was sent to the Alma-Ata Conservatory. There he studied from 1962 to 1967.

The performer was trained in classical vocals, as a tenor. I got into Orlenin's class. There were five opera parts in his repertoire. At the same time, in 1964, Lucky joined the variety and symphony orchestra of the Kazakh radio and television. There he began to perform pop songs. In 1970, he became a diploma winner of the IV All-Union Variety Artists Competition, which was held in Moscow.

In 1972, the performer performed for the first time on the stage of the Hall of Columns. Thanks to this, he gained all-Union fame. His song was especially successful."Bouzouki". In the film "Old Walls" by V. Tregubovich, which was released in 1973, he performed the tango song "Waves" with tact and feeling, which became famous in the USSR.

The composer was G. Portnov, the cameraman E. Rozovsky played the role of a singer on the dance floor of the sanatorium. Kesoglu is a permanent participant of numerous festivals taking place in Kazakhstan. For a quarter of a century of collaboration with the musicians of the Kazakh State Radio and Television Orchestra, the musician has made more than 400 recordings.

About two million of his records were released at the Melodiya company, this is a record for Kazakhstan. Since 2000 he has been teaching. Lucky is a professor. He is the head of the pop department at the Kazakh Academy of Arts named after Zhurgenov.

Honor

Lucky Kesoglu has various titles and awards. In 1989 he became the People's Artist of Kazakhstan. In 2003, he received the Tarlan Independent Patrons Award. Thus, his long-term bright creative and pedagogical activity was noted.

In 2004 he was awarded the Order of Friendship, and in 2014 he became the Laureate of the State Prize. The composer released two books: in 2002 - the "Pop Vocal" manual, and in 2004 "The Collection of Songs of Kazakhstan".

Discography

Lucky Kesoglu's songs, both Soviet and Greek, were released on several giant records. Separately, it is necessary to single out the collection "Cranky Weather", it includes works performed by the musician by Kazakh authors Eduard Bogushevsky, Almas Serkebaev, TlesKazhgaliev and others.

Family

Lucky Kesoglu is married to a teacher and pianist named Eugenia. Son Konstantin became a doctor. Two daughters of Lucky Kesoglu live in Greece. The first Elizabeth realized herself as a radio journalist, and the second, Elena, became a musician.