Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist

Alexander Malinin is a singer, composer and part-time teacher.

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In addition to the fact that he brilliantly performs romances, the singer is also a People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

Alexander is the author of unique concert programs. Those who were able to attend the artist's concert know that they take place in the form of a ball. Malinin is the owner of a unique voice.

Many say that the singer passes romances through his heart.

Childhood and youth of Alexander Malinin

Russian singer Alexander Malinin was born back in 1957, in the heart of the Middle Urals. In addition to Sasha himself, another boy was brought up in the family, whose name sounds like Oleg.

The parents of the future star of the Russian stage have nothing to do with creativity. Mom and dad worked as railroad workers.

Alexander recalls that they lived quite poorly. Sweets were rarely seen, and in general, delicious food was exclusively on the festive table.

Later, Malinin's father left the family. Mom went alone to pull two sons at once. Alexander admitted to reporters that he had a rather strained relationship with his dad.

He will later return to the family, and even remarry his mother, but a good relationship between father and son will not work out that way.

Alexander Malinin was a very mobile child. He was average in school. However, he simply adored sports. Little Sasha attended hockey and football clubs.

He was not indifferent to music either. But still, sports in my youth were ahead of music.

Malinin, thanks the teacher Nikolai Petrovich Sidorov for his love of music, who organized the detachment of the "Young Lazarev" in the House of the Railwayman. Since then, little Sasha began to explore the world of music more and more actively.

He did not feel constrained on stage. And Nikolai Petrovich himself said that the guy has a natural ability to perform musical compositions.

Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist
Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist

Together with the team of "Young Lazarevets", Malinin traveled with concerts almost the entire Soviet Union. The musical group was awarded all kinds of awards.

In addition to singing, Sasha mastered playing the horn and horn.

After grade 9, Malinin decides to follow in the footsteps of his parents. The boy enters the railway technical school. Interestingly, Sasha studied there for only a week.

This time was enough for him to understand that studying is not his, and he wants to study at a technical school.

With the help of the aforementioned teacher Sidorov, Malinin became a student of the pop performance studio, which operated at the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic. The future star studied here the basics of classical and folk singing. 

And some time later, Alexander became a soloist of the Ural Academic Choir. However, he did not stay long as a soloist of the choir, since he was called up for military service.

In the military registration and enlistment office, Malinin was assigned to a regiment that was formed to hold army musical events.

After returning to civilian life, the matured Alexander decides to move to the capital of the Russian Federation - Moscow.

Musical career of Alexander Malinin

Unlike many visitors, Alexander did not notice that Moscow was too harsh. Malinin, in the first year of his stay in the capital of Russia, changed several musical groups.

So, he was a member of the VIA "Guitar Sing", "Fantasy", "Metronome", he also worked in the Moscow Regional Philharmonic.

Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist
Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist

The talented guy was noticed by Russian pop stars. So, he soon received an offer to become a member of the Stas Namin group.

Despite the fact that Malinin devoted himself completely to the group, he did not forget about career growth. At that time, he studied at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Music College.

1986 was a difficult year for the artist. It was this year that Malinin got into a terrible accident and miraculously survived. The doctors did everything in their power, but they came to a disappointing conclusion.

Alexander Malinin will be a wheelchair user. Now there can be no talk of performing on the big stage.

At 28, Malinin lost everything - his wife, job, money, fame. Now it's time to turn to God. Now, Malinin spends the whole day at home, listening to Vysotsky and praying for his recovery.

A miracle happened - Malinin begins to walk again, and, accordingly, to sing.

Within one year, the singer received an offer from an American friend, composer David Pomeranz, to come to the United States of America to create a solo record.

Soon, at one of the music festivals, Malinin will present the following songs: "Black Raven" and "Coachman, do not drive horses", which he performed solo to the accompaniment of his own guitar.

Then the artist performs at Jurmala-88. He made a good impression on the audience. The musical compositions "Corrida", "Love and separation", "Beware, the doors are closing" become the discovery of the year.

Malinin becomes the winner.

It should be noted that the artist had his own presentation of songs. The performer remade folk music in the manner of rock ballads, which is why the songs had a new unique sound.

Now that the singer's health has begun to slowly recover, he can realize himself as a solo artist. The singer called the solo program, which Malinin staged during the recovery period, "Alexander Malinin's Balls."

Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist
Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist

The producer of the performer, Sergei Lisovsky, helped bring all of Malinin's ideas into reality.

During the first concerts, which took place in the "Olympic" itself, the singer managed to gather a full hall of spectators. For three weeks of his solo concert, about half a million fans of his work visited the hall.

A special format for presenting musical compositions eventually became Alexander Malinin's musical card. After a solo concert, the singer held 10 more similar ones.

Among them, the most popular were "Easter Ball of my Soul", "Alexander Malinin's Christmas Ball", "Ninth Ball", "Star Ball" and "Shores of My Life".

In the late 90s, Malinin was replaced by a producer. Now his wife Emma was engaged in the promotion of the singer.

In more than 30 years of his solo career, the singer became the "father" of real hits that his fans will remember. First of all, we are talking about the songs "Vain Words", "Lieutenant Golitsyn", "White Horse", "Lady Hamilton", "Shores".

Alexander Malinin was engaged not only in concert activities. The singer did not spare himself, and eventually recorded more than 20 albums, which came out in huge circulation.

Among the artist's records, the most popular among the public were "Love's Desired Time", "Wedding", "Cursed Nights", "I still love you".

Interestingly, Alexander Malinin sings exclusively live. It is not inherent in him to sing to the soundtrack. He avoids scandals and participation in provocative programs.

Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist
Alexander Malinin: Biography of the artist

Provocations and scandals, he prefers the creation of new hits.

In 2016, Alexander Malinin held a chic concert, which he dedicated to 25 years of family life, with his wife Emma.

The concert began with a beautiful spectacular imitation of a snowstorm. Through the lace of snowflakes, the silhouettes of churches, noble estates, ladies and gentlemen dancing waltzes were guessed.

The concert featured hits that Malinin had recorded for 25 years.

Following this concert, Alexander announced that he was preparing a new concert program, which would be called "Petersburg Ball".

The presented music program started in the middle of 2017.

Alexander Malinin now

Alexander Malinin is promoting his daughter to the top of the musical Olympus in every possible way. And it must be admitted that he succeeds.

The daughter of the Honored People's Artist has already presented the composition "Leo Tolstoy" to the audience. The video clip for this song was filmed in Amsterdam.

Among the projects of the year is a performance in the long-loved Jurmala with such musical compositions: “Vain Words”, “Love and Separation”.

In addition, Malinin presented to fans of his work a new album "Love is alive", shooting a video for the hit "Sometimes they talk about love."

Another significant event of the year for the Malinin family is the participation of Alexander and daughter Ustinya in the recording of the Russian-language version of the hit "Moskau" by composer and producer Ralf Siegel for the 2018 World Cup.

The performance of the musical composition turned out well for the Malinin family. They received a lot of positive feedback from music lovers.

It should be noted that Alexander Malinin is an advanced Internet user. He is on Instagram. It is there that the latest news from his creative career appears.

In 2019, Alexander Malinin is still organizing and holding balls. His concert programs are broadcast on the federal TV channels of Russia.

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The singer has an official website where he posts a poster of his concert program.

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