Oleg Mityaev is a Soviet and Russian singer, composer and musician. Until now, the composition “How Great” is considered the artist’s calling card. Not a single trip and festive feast can do without this hit. The song has really become popular.
The work of Oleg Mityaev is known to all residents of the post-Soviet space. His poems and musical compositions were included in the golden archive of the bard song. Grateful fans dismantled individual lines of the tracks into quotes.
Childhood and youth of Oleg Mityaev
Oleg Mityaev was born on February 19, 1956 in the territory of the provincial and harsh Chelyabinsk. The boy's parents were not associated with creativity. The head of the family worked at a factory, and my mother was an ordinary housewife.
The People's Artist has repeatedly said that their family, by Soviet standards, lived modestly, but amicably. Music was often played in the Mityaevs' house. Mom pleased Oleg with delicious pastries, and his father tried with all his might to raise a real man from his son.
Mityaev Jr. was dreamy from early childhood. He planned to become a dog handler, a geologist, even a swimmer. But due to some mysterious circumstances, he entered the local technical school as an editor.
After graduating from a technical school, the young man served in the Navy, where he got into the guard of the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. After serving in the army, Mityaev became a student at the Institute of Physical Education, where he received the specialty "Swimming Coach".
Oleg Mityaev got acquainted with the bard song when he left for a pioneer camp to work. The guy quickly learned to play the guitar. Soon he performed several songs of his own composition. Surprisingly, the musical compositions were warmly received by the public.
For some time, Oleg headed the club in a recreation boarding house, then collaborated with the Chelyabinsk Philharmonic. Mityaev has repeatedly admitted that he is not going to work on the big stage. He went to work at the Philharmonic for selfish purposes - the young man wanted to get a service apartment.
Oleg decided to expand his knowledge, and for this he entered the Moscow Theater Institute. In many ways, Mityaev's decision to move to Moscow was influenced by a letter from Bulat Okudzhava.
Bulat was already familiar with the works of the young performer, so he insisted on receiving a special education. The artist remained in Moscow, where he graduated in 1991 from the correspondence department of GITIS.
The creative path of Oleg Mityaev
The composition that Mityaev performed for a wide audience at the bard song festival in 1978 made him popular. Everyone knows the lines that made Mityaev a famous person: "It's great that we all gathered here today."
A year later, the repertoire was replenished with another composition, which Mityaev wrote for his son's birthday. The musician composed songs on various topics: from politics to love. The song "Be brave people, summer is coming soon" sounded ... in space. The track was set during the six-month stay of Russian and American cosmonauts in orbit.
From now on, the discography of Oleg Mityaev is replenished almost every year with new musical compositions. The songs of the Soviet artist are heard on television and radio. Often the artist's tracks are covered by popular Soviet performers.
The participation of Oleg Mityaev in cinema
Oleg Mityaev was noted in the cinema. So, he is known for his participation in documentaries that are dedicated to the bard movement. As an actor, the musician made his debut in the action movie Safari No. 6 and the drama Killer. In the films mentioned, he appeared in episodic roles.
The musician often organized impromptu evenings. Honored artists of Russia performed at Mityaev's concerts. Recordings from the concerts were broadcast on Russian TV channels. Collections with video recordings of performances by the performer and composer were also popular with devoted fans of Mityaev's work.
The work of Oleg Mityaev is popular not only in his native Russia. The artist has repeatedly held concerts in neighboring countries. Interestingly, some of the musician's tracks have been translated into German, even Hebrew. The artist's work is a kind of door to Russia for European music lovers.
The atmosphere that prevails at Oleg's concerts deserves special attention. The artist's performances are a creative evening and a one-man show rolled into one. Mityaev communicates with fans in an improvisational style. He also captures the mood of the audience and with his singing touches the soul of everyone who came to the artist's performance.
Personal life of Oleg Mityaev
In one of the interviews, the performer said that in his youth he wanted to marry once and live with his chosen one until the end of his days. With experience, I realized that love is an unpredictable feeling, and it is not clear where and when you will meet it. To date, Oleg has been married three times.
Mityaev does not like to talk about his personal life. The singer speaks dryly and sparingly about the innermost. The first wife of a celebrity was a girl named Svetlana. Young people met while studying at the university. Sveta was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics. Mityaev was struck by her beauty. Soon there was a replenishment in the family. The wife gave birth to the singer's son, who was named Sergei.
After a divorce from his first wife, Oleg said: "Young and green." The artist left Svetlana because he fell in love with another woman. He honestly decided to share his feelings with his wife.
The second chosen one was a girl named Marina. In the second marriage, the sons Philip and Savva appeared. Together with Marina Mityaev often appeared on the same stage. His second wife also performed bard songs. By the way, she still has not left the stage.
The marriage with the second wife was long, but soon he broke up. The husband constantly disappeared on tour. There he met his third wife, this time the actress Marina Esipenko.
His wives say that Mityaev's character is perfectly reflected in his work. By nature, he is a calm and kind person. Although Mityaev already lives in Moscow, from time to time he visits his homeland - the city of Chelyabinsk. The musician not only walks along the familiar streets, but also pleases the residents of the city with performances.
Oleg Mityaev today
The artist is seen in collaboration with Leonid Margolin and Rodion Marchenko. Musicians work as celebrity accompanists. Oleg admitted that he never managed to fully master the guitar. Therefore, he cannot do without the help of professional musicians.
In 2018, the artist's discography was replenished with the collection "Nobody lacks love." And in 2019, Oleg released an author's disc. It includes 22 previously published musical compositions.
In 2020, the artist performed at the site of the Eldar cinema club. He pleased the fans of his work with good old songs.
