Arkady Kobyakov was born in 1976 in the provincial town of Nizhny Novgorod. Arkady's parents were simple workers.
Mom worked at a children's toy factory, and her father was a senior mechanic at a car depot. In addition to his parents, his grandmother was involved in raising Kobyakov. It was she who instilled in Arkady a love of music.
The artist has repeatedly said that his grandmother taught him to look at life philosophically: "We will not get out of here alive, so just enjoy life."
The fact that Arkady had excellent vocal abilities was first noticed by a kindergarten teacher. It was she who strongly recommended that parents send their son to a school with a musical bias.
The idea of entering a specialized school was supported by his grandmother. It was she who identified her grandson in the Nizhny Novgorod Choir for Boys in the piano class.
One might get the impression that Arkady grew up as a "good boy", but this is not at all the case. Kobyakov easily succumbed to the influence of the streets and local authorities, for which they even wanted to give him a criminal term.
Arkady spent more than 3,5 years in the Ardatovskaya educational and labor colony for minors. But even after this event, life did not stop giving the young man unpleasant surprises.
Shortly before leaving the places of detention, Kobyakov's father died in very strange events.
The death of his father was a shock for the young man. Before that, he had not experienced the loss of loved ones. The fact that my mother demanded moral support helped me not to give up and not fall into depression.
The beginning of the creative path of Arkady Kobyakov
During his stay in the Ardatovskaya educational labor colony, Arkady first began to write songs.
The brightest composition of that time was the song "Hello, Mom." The young man wrote this song a few days after the death of his father.
"Hello Mom" is a composition that shows all the author's heartache. It was for the piercing and sincerity of Arkady Kobyakov that his fans fell in love.
After serving his sentence, Arkady decided to do what his soul lay for. He decided to get a musical education. Kobyakov successfully entered the Academic State Philharmonic. Mstislav Rostropovich.
Despite the obvious talent, Arkady could not graduate from an educational institution. The prison past made itself felt. Kobyakov was treated with a bit of prejudice. In addition, Arcadia could not leave a criminal past.
He again experienced "trouble." This time, there were no close people left with him. In 1996, Kobyakov again went to jail - this time for robbery for 6,5 years.
Imprisonment of Kobyakov
Interestingly, Arkady Kobyakov spent most of his life in places of detention. 2002 - a young man was sentenced to 4 years for fraudulent transactions.
In 2008, under the same article, Arkady again went to jail, but this time for 5 years. Probably, it is not worth saying that Arkady wrote most of the songs while in prison.
The young man wrote most of the songs when he was in the Yuzhny camp. For 4 years, Arkady Kobyakov managed to record about 10 musical compositions.
For most of the work, the young man also shot video clips. Soon, the “cellmates”, guards and chanson lovers found out that a real nugget was sitting in prison.
After Arkady was released from prison, he began to earn extra money with his performances in restaurants and at corporate parties.
Arkady Kobyakov is not a man with a simple fate. After his release in 2006, he once again went to jail. He continued to be creative. Music is his salvation, air, consolation.
In 2011, Yuri Ivanovich Kost (a popular chansonnier from Tyumen) and Kobyakov gave a concert for the prisoners of the camp. In the same period of time, the singer released the first official album "The Prisoner's Soul".
After the presentation of the first album, the singer's discography was replenished with collections: "My Soul", "Convoy", "Best", "Favorites".
The creative path of the artist after the release
In 2013, Arkady Kobyakov was released. At that time, Arkady was already a popular star among chanson fans.
Such compositions of the artist as: "Everything is behind", "I'm just a passerby", "Breeze", "I'll leave at dawn", "And over the camp it's night", "I'll become the wind", "Don't call me", "It's time to say goodbye" , "Frog" and many others, most music lovers knew by heart.
In the same 2013, the performer held his first solo concert in the Butyrka club in Moscow. The room was filled with fans of Kobyakov's work.
Subsequently, Arkady repeatedly performed in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Tyumen, Irkutsk.
Personal life of Arkady Kobyakov
Despite the fact that Arkady spent most of his life in prison, he was never alone. After his release from prison in 2006, he met a girl named Irina Tukhbaeva.
The girl was not stopped by the fact that Arkady did not have the best and brightest past. A little time passed after the fatal acquaintance, and Kobyakov made Irina a marriage proposal.
The girl did not need to be begged for a long time. She said yes to the young man. In 2008, the most important event in the life of Arkady happened. His wife Irina gave birth to their first child, who was named Arseniy.
Kobyakov did not hide the fact that the most important thing in his life is his family. Journalists who published articles about the performer often published photographs of Arkady and Irina.
The man looked at his wife so enthusiastically that no one had any doubts that this was love.
But the wife could not save her husband from trouble. Arkady for the fourth time (and this time the last) was behind bars. Irina was very upset by the time of separation from her beloved husband.
Over the years of his creative career, Arkady managed to devote several songs about love to his loving wife. His friends say that he was very attached to Irina and his son Arseny.
Unfortunately, Arseny, like his dad, learned early what the bitterness of loss is. But Kobyakov Jr. was a little lucky. His father left him a wonderful legacy in the form of collections of musical compositions.
Death and funeral of the artist
In the last year of his life, Kobyakov lived on the territory of Podolsk. He continued to write songs, music and give concerts. The performer died on September 19, 2015. Arkady passed away in his own apartment.
The singer died from internal bleeding, which opened due to a stomach ulcer. At the time of his death, Arkady Kobyakov was only 39 years old.
Farewell to the singer was organized in Podolsk, and he was buried at home, in Nizhny Novgorod.
