Alexander Rosenbaum skillfully combined the best qualities of a singer, musician, composer, presenter and poet.
This is one of those rare types of performers who carefully accumulate various styles of music in their repertoire.
In particular, in Alexander's songs one can find responses of jazz, rock, pop songs, folklore and romance.
Rosenbaum could not have achieved such popularity if not for his crazy charisma.
And, as you know, this is the very “needed feature” that allows you to crash into the viewer’s memory and return to the artist’s work again and again.
Parodies are constantly created on Alexander Rosenbaum. This indicates only one thing - he is still on the "horse".
Rosenbaum received the status of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, and then People's Artist.
Alexander's songs are filled with life philosophy, irony and, of course, love lyrics. Where without her. After all, every second singer keeps afloat thanks to the presence of love songs in his repertoire.
The childhood and youth of Alexander Rosenbaum
Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum was born in the very heart of Russia, then still Leningrad, in a family of medical students. After graduation, the Rosenbaum family was sent to Zyryanovsk, located in Kazakhstan.
In this city, Alexander had a younger brother, who was named Vladimir.
Father Yakov Shmarievich Rosenbaum would later become the head physician of the hospital.
It is known that Alexander's father specialized in urology, and his mother Sofya Semyonovna Milyaeva was a gynecologist.
After 6 years, the family leaves the territory of Kazakhstan and moves to Leningrad. For the family, this was a landmark event, as they wanted their children to have the opportunity to receive a decent education, while being in the circle of their families.
In Leningrad, little Sasha attended a comprehensive school that specialized in learning French.
Little Rosenbaum also becomes interested in music from a young age. It is known that Sasha attended a music school in violin and piano.
In addition, he independently mastered playing the guitar. But the young man was interested not only in music.
In junior school, he was engaged in figure skating, and in senior school - boxing.
After leaving school, Rosenbaum wanted to continue the path of his parents. He became a student at the Leningrad Medical Institute.
As a result, Alexander received the education of a general practitioner. He worked in the emergency department, and at the same time studied at the evening jazz school at the Kirov Palace of Culture.
Music began to involve Rosenbaum more and more. Now, he began to understand that he definitely did not want to work as a doctor.
At a conscious age, he decided on a career. Having received a diploma as a musician-arranger, Alexander goes to the wonderful world of creativity and music.
The beginning of the creative career of Alexander Rosenbaum
The young Rosenbaum began to write the first musical compositions while still a student at a medical institute.
Most of his works were thieves' sketches on the theme of "Odessa humorous stories" or interesting stories from the life of doctors.
After Alexander graduated from the music school, he performed in small halls, which were in the list of the Lenconcert, as a member of the bands Pulse, Admiralty, Argonauts, VIA Six Young.
However, Rosenbaum got on the big stage as a solo artist only in the middle of the 80s.
Alexander Rosenbaum earned the love of the audience due to the fact that he began to perform songs in the author's style. Then, the state did not support such performers and tried to keep them underground.
But despite this, Alexander was able to quickly get on the blue screens. He appeared in the programs "Song of the Year" and "Wider Circle".
A trip to Afghanistan brought great popularity to the Soviet performer. Then the singer spoke to the soldiers.
In the same period of time, "thieves" tracks from the artist's repertoire begin to melt like snow.
The “blatnyak” is being replaced by songs about the war and the history of the Russian Federation. In addition, in the plots of Alexander's poems there are gypsy and Cossack themes, philosophical lyrics, and psychological drama.
In the mid-80s, in the film “The Pain and Hopes of Afghanistan”, the musical composition “In the mountains of Afghanistan” performed by the singer sounds as sound support.
A couple of years later, "Waltz-Boston" becomes an all-Union hit. This song is featured in the films "Friend" and "Love with Privileges".
In the early 90s, the film "Afghan Break" was presented on the screens. The main song is "Monologue of the Black Tulip Pilot" Rosenbaum.
Alexander repeatedly raises the theme of war in his works. Some of the singer's musical compositions are impossible to listen to without tears.
The military theme for a long time continued to be a "trump card" theme in the songs of the Russian singer. Most often, Alexander returned in his musical compositions to the theme of the Great Patriotic War or to the marine theme.
This is clearly heard in his songs “I often wake up in silence”, “Take me, dad, and go to war ...”, “38 knots”, “Song of the old destroyer” and others.
After 1991, songs began to appear in the artist's repertoire, which he dedicated to the people of Israel.
With his work, he paid tribute to his father, who had Jewish roots. With his speeches, he often visited this country.
In 1996, Alexander Rosenbaum received the prestigious Golden Gramophone award.
In the middle of the 90s, Alexander was already a recognizable person on the territory of Ukraine, Belarus, and, of course, Russia. He continued to tour in these countries, delighting fans with his work.
At the beginning of 2000, Rosenbaum's musical composition "Chief of the Detective" sounds in the serial Russian TV series "Brigada".
In 2002, Alexander received his second Golden Gramophone award for the track "We are alive." A year later, Rosenbaum received the first Chanson of the Year award in his life for the compositions Capercaillie and Cossack.
From that moment on, Rosenbaum annually put this prestigious award into his piggy bank. The only exception was 2008.
Most often, two songs of the musician were nominated and won at once.
In 2005, the musical composition of the Russian singer sounds in the TV series "Two Fates". In the melodrama, the song "Come to our light ..." sounded.
The most interesting thing is that the presented song has already entered the world of cinema. For the first time, the musical composition played in the 1993 comedy "Tram-Barakhty"
In 2014, the singer announced that he was working on a new album. The presentation of the album "Metaphysics" took place on December 11, 2015.
In total, the singer's discography includes about 30 albums. Some of them were recorded in collaboration with other Russian performers.
The brightest collaboration turned out with Grigory Leps, Mikhail Shufutinsky, the Zhemchuzhny Brothers, Joseph Kobzon.
Often, the Russian artist performed on stage with a 6-string or 12-string guitar. Alexander Rosenbaum has an individual style of playing a musical instrument, as the artist often uses paired strings, giving the sound a bright color.
An interesting fact remains that Alexander practically does not shoot video clips for his own musical compositions, therefore the music videos that can be found on the musician’s official YouTube channel are footage from concerts.
The only beautiful video, according to fans of the Russian singer's work, is still the video clip for the song "Evening Drinking".
Personal life of Alexander Rosenbaum
Alexander met his love when he was still studying at a medical institute. However, it was a "young" marriage.
The couple lasted only 9 months.
A year later, Alexander again leads a new lover to the registry office, who, by the way, was also a student at a medical institute.
We are talking about the beautiful Elena Savshinskaya, with whom he still lives. In 1976, Alexander and Elena have a daughter, Anna.
Anya is the only child in a friendly family.
Anna has been a very weak child since childhood. She was often sick, she constantly needed care. That is why the family did not dare to give birth to Anya's brother or sister.
Rosenbaum's daughter did not follow in the footsteps of her star father. She takes care of her family. She gave her father 4 grandchildren.
In addition to creativity, Alexander succeeded in the restaurant business. It is known that Rosenbaum is the owner of the Bella Leone restaurant and a co-owner of the St. Petersburg chain of pubs Tolstoy Fraer.
Alexander Rosenbaum now
In 2017, Alexander Rosenbaum appeared in Leonid Yakubovich's Star on a Star program.
In the same year, the Russian performer had to postpone his concert in one of the cities of Russia, and all because the artist was seriously injured.
He had 3 broken ribs.
The singer continues to perform on a regular basis. On May 9, 2017, the artist gave a concert dedicated to the Victory Day in St. Petersburg, and then appeared in Sochi, Krasnodar and Novorossiysk.
Alexander Rosenbaum has an official website where you can get acquainted with the biography, discography, as well as the poster of his performances.
The latest news about the artist and his own books are also posted there.
