Oleg Gazmanov

Oleg Mikhailovich Gazmanov (born July 22, 1951, Gusev, Kaliningrad region, USSR) - Soviet and Russian pop singer, composer, poet, actor, producer; People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2001). Seven-time laureate of the National Russian Prize "Ovation"

Family

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Oleg and Irina Gazmanov

Oleg and Marina Gazmanov

Gazmanov is married twice:

Son (from his first marriage) - Rodion (born July 3, 1981), singer, graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, former financial director of a large Russian company, leader of the DNA music group, tours, writes music and poetry.

Son - Philip (born November 29, 1997, adopted, son of Vyacheslav Mavrodi, nephew of Sergei Mavrodi and Lyubov Osipova), a former member of the Fidget group, studies in the UK, runs his own business.

After graduation, he was invited to work as a teacher at the department of KVIMU, lectured, wrote a dissertation.

In 1981 he graduated from the Kaliningrad College of Music, guitar class.

He began his creative activity in the Atlantic group [source not specified 361 days], while studying at the music school. he worked in the restaurant of the Kaliningrad hotel

After graduating from a music school, he worked as a sound engineer in the Blue Bird group for 4 years. After that, he sang in the groups "Visit" and others[15]. He played in the rock bands "Divo", "Galaktika".

In 1983 he comes to Moscow. By this time, he is the author of music and lyrics and offers them to famous artists.

At the end of 1987, his son Rodion Gazmanov recorded the song "Lucy" (author of lyrics and music O. Gazmanov), which became very popular, pushing Western dance hits from dance floors and discos.

In 1989 he created a group, song and video "Squadron", which becomes super popular [17]. In the late 1980s, he performed with his son Rodion Gazmanov. The songs of Oleg Gazmanov: “Handy Boy”, “Snow Stars”, “My Sailor”, were sung by Galina Romanova, a singer and the first keyboardist of the Squadron group, then she was a member of the Combination group.

The first vinyl record with three songs "Lucy", "Fly away", "Jamaica" sold about 30 million copies [source not specified 1587 days.

Then Gazmanov's debut solo album "Squadron" was released with hits in the then popular Euro-disco style, which became Gazmanov's "calling card": "Putana", "Squadron", "Esaul", "Wait", "Fresh Wind", etc.

In 1992 he was invited to Monte Carlo, where he received The World Music Awards.

In April 1993, during the political crisis in Russia, he supported the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin in his confrontation with the Supreme Council, taking part in the pro-presidential campaign "Yes-yes-no-yes", timed to coincide with the referendum on April 25, 1993[twenty].

On October 27, 2021, in an interview with kp.ru, he demanded to close the cultural and educational Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, calling it a "hotbed of all sorts of shit"

Since 2002, he has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

In 2012, he took part in the recording of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation with the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble. A. V. Alexandrova. He also recorded a solo performance of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation.

In 2013 he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the city of Kaliningrad and the city of Saratov.

In 2014, he took an active part in the preparation and holding of the Olympic Games in Sochi. Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Criticism

The video for the song "New Dawn", dedicated to the problem of corruption in the country, allegedly caused the singer's disgrace. The video itself earned a reputation for being scandalous and was shown on television only once.

In 2015, Gazmanov's video "Forward, Russia!" appeared on YouTube. Soon the clip was deleted due to a hacker attack, and some time after the restoration of the video, Gazmanov's video channel was blocked. The singer was accused of militarism. After the story received wide publicity, the singer's channel was unblocked