Yaroslav Evdokimov is a Soviet, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian singer. The main highlight of the performer is a beautiful, velvety baritone.
Evdokimov's songs do not have an expiration date. Some of his compositions are gaining tens of millions of views.
Numerous fans of Yaroslav Evdokimov's work call the singer "Ukrainian Nightingale".
In his repertoire, Yaroslav has collected a real mix of lyrical compositions, heroic fullness and pathos tracks.
Yaroslav Evdokimov received his share of popularity in the mid-80s. It should also be noted that he owes his popularity to his external data. In the mid-80s, Evdokimov was a real sex symbol of the USSR.
Childhood and youth of Yaroslav Evdokimov
Few people know that Yaroslav Evdokimov had a rather thorny path to popularity and recognition. It all started with his tragic childhood to say the least.
Yaroslav was born in the small town of Rivne, which is located on the territory of Ukraine, back in 1946. Interestingly, the boy was not born in a maternity hospital, but in a prison hospital.
Evdokimov's mom and dad were decent people, but, unfortunately, they fell under the repressive rink, like Ukrainian nationalists.
Yaroslav recalls that as a child, he earned a piece of bread for himself by tending cows. There he sang songs so as not to go crazy.
Song culture in the Ukrainian outback was developed to a sufficient extent. This allowed Evdokimov to fall in love with music once and for all.
Evdokimov saw his mother when he was 9 years old. Then a loving mother took her son to Norilsk. There, the boy entered not only the usual, but also the music school.
After receiving a diploma of graduation from an educational institution, a young man enters a school.
Yaroslav strove for music and vocals in particular. The school did not have a vocal department, so Evdokimov had to go to the double bass department.
The young man owes his vocal skills to the Honored Artist Rimma Taraskina, who, in fact, taught at his course.
After graduating from college, a young man is drafted into the army. Yaroslav served in the Northern Fleet on the Kola Peninsula.
However, he was not allowed on the ships because he was the son of repressed parents.
After serving in the army, young Evdokimov returns to the place where he spent his childhood. But, since there were practically no jobs there, the guy was forced to leave for Dnepropetrovsk.
In the city, he took a job making tires.
Creative career of Yaroslav Evdokimov
Yaroslav really liked to sing, and this is what prompted him to try himself as a singer. The first creations of Evdokimov were heard by the inhabitants of Dnepropetrovsk, in one of the local restaurants.
Not without getting married and moving. Yaroslav was forced to move to his wife's homeland, to Belarus. On the territory of a foreign country for him, a young man in the 1970s auditioned at the Minsk Philharmonic.
He became a vocalist, and soon a soloist of the Minsk Philharmonic. Life gave the first rays of the sun, but the young man understood that in order to achieve popularity, he simply needed a specialized education.
Yaroslav becomes a student at the Glinka Music College. He tried to combine theory with practice.
He continued to work at the Minsk Conservatory and studied at the same time at a music school.
In parallel with this, Evdokimov takes vocal lessons from Buchel.
Yaroslav received his first portion of popularity when he became a participant in the III All-Union TV competition "With a song through life", which was held in the Ostankino concert hall.
The competition was broadcast on TV, this made it possible to introduce music lovers to the magical voice of Evdokimov.
Before the audience, the singer appeared in a modest military uniform, as he represented the Belarusian military district at the competition.
However, the victory slipped out of the hands of the singer. Later it turned out that Evdokimov had chosen the wrong musical composition, or rather, it did not quite fit into the theme of the television competition.
But one way or another, Yaroslav Evdokimov was remembered by the audience.
In 1980, the singer took part in a government concert. At the concert, the vocal data of Yaroslav Evdokimov was appreciated by a member of one of the political parties of Belarus, Pyotr Masherov.
In the past, a partisan, Pyotr Mironovich was so moved when he heard the soulful song "Field of Memory" that he soon awarded the singer an honored artist of the BSSR.
It deserves great attention that the cycle of musical compositions "Memory" to the music of the talented composer Leonid Zakhlevny became the main milestone in Evdokimov's musical career.
The cycle sounded on central television on Victory Day.
In fact, Yaroslav Evdokimov was recognized as a singer of an all-Union scale.
The editor-in-chief of “Hello, we are looking for talents” Tatyana Korshilova made an offer to Yaroslav to come to visit her so that she would interview.
The example of Korshilova became contagious. After this interview, Evdokimov began to appear on the most vile programs that were broadcast throughout the Soviet Union.
We are talking about “Song of the Year”, “With a song for life”, “Wider circle” and “Let's sing, friends!”.
The Soviet artist recorded his debut album at the prestigious Melodiya recording studio. The disc was called "Everything will come true."
In support of the first disc, Evdokimov goes to conquer foreign countries. In particular, he visited Reykjavik and Paris.
Another record that is worthy of attention is called "Don't Tear Your Shirt". She came out in 1994.
The popular musical compositions included in this album are written by such authors as Eduard Zaritsky, Dmitry Smolsky, Igor Luchenko.
In the mid-1990s, the singer moved to the very heart of the Russian Federation - Moscow. Here began a new phase of his life. The famous singer becomes the soloist of Mosestrada.
Joint work with Anatoly Poperechny and Alexander Morozov gave simply amazing results in the form of such musical compositions as "Dreamer" and "Kalina Bush".
In early 2002, the performer pleased the fans of his work with the album “I Kiss Your Palm”.
The main hits of the disc were the musical compositions "The Well" and "May Waltz".
After 6 years, Evdokimov and the duet "Sweet Berry" recorded a joint disc. The top track was the Cossack song "Under the Wide Window".
In 2012, the studio album "Return to Autumn" was released.
Personal life of Yaroslav Evdokimov
The first wife of Yaroslav was the daughter of a state farm in the village, where the young man spent his childhood. When Evdokimov was taken into the army, the girl promised that she would wait for him.
She kept her promise. When Evdokimov served and returned to the village, the couple got married. However, their marriage officially lasted only a month.
The wife gave birth to the singer's son.
Evdokimov first met his 43-year-old son in 2013 on the program “Let them talk”.
Yaroslav met his second wife in Dnepropetrovsk. With her, he went to Belarus. She bore him a daughter, whom they named Galina.
When the singer wanted to move to Moscow, his wife did not want to leave her native country. However, the former spouses maintained warm relations for the sake of their daughter.
Interesting facts about Yaroslav Evdokimov
- The favorite dish of the Russian singer is still borscht. However, the singer says that not a single cook has managed to repeat the taste of the first dish that his mother cooked.
- If not for the career of a singer, then Evdokimov, most likely, connected his life with the profession of a technologist.
- Evdokimov revered the work of Kobzon, and always dreamed of recording a musical composition with him.
- The singer always starts his morning with porridge and a cup of strong coffee.
- Evdokimov's favorite country is Ukraine. He recorded a fairly large number of musical compositions in Ukrainian.
Yaroslav Evdokimov now
Yaroslav Evdokimov, despite his age, is in excellent physical shape.
The singer notes that physical exercises and visiting the gym help him keep himself in good shape.
Attractiveness has not lost not only Yaroslav, but also his voice.
Daily vocal training makes itself felt. At the moment, the singer not only performs independently, but also teaches the younger generation.
Evdokimov does not refuse to participate in various television programs. So, on the show "Let them talk", which was also hosted by Andrei Malakhov, Yaroslav told many secrets from his personal life.
There, as already mentioned, he met his adult son.
In 2019, Yaroslav Evdokimov is rarely shown on TV screens. The activities of the Russian singer are mostly aimed at touring.
In the spring of 2018, he delighted the listeners of Barnaul, Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk, and in April he sang for the residents of Irkutsk. The creative activity of Yaroslav Evdokimov is mostly aimed at organizing concerts.
The artist has not released new musical compositions for a long time, let alone albums. "Belarusian Nightingale" continues to delight fans of creativity with its velvety voice
