Biography of Kozlovsky

Studying and the first concerts 2. The creator of the state ensemble of the opera 4. Personal life and hobbies 5. Departure from the Bolshoi Theater, Roles in Cinema and Memoirs from childhood, Ivan Kozlovsky, was fond of music and immediately after graduating from the church school entered the music institute. Studying and the first concerts Ivan Kozlovsky was born on March 24 in the Ukrainian village of Maryanovka in a peasant family.

From an early age, the future singer was engaged in music with his parents: his father taught him to play harmonica, and his mother to sing. Kozlovsky’s childhood passed in Kyiv, where he studied at a church school. At seven years of the future, the singer was sent to the choir at the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverch Monastery. Kozlovsky sang in the school team. Later, the performer recalled: "At school, he not only sang in the choir, but also received the right to conduct classes in one of his groups." At one of Kozlovsky’s concerts, composer Alexander Koshitsa noticed.

At his proposal, the contractor began to perform in the choir of the Trinity People’s House in Kyiv. Kozlovsky’s parents wanted him to enter the seminary and become a priest after graduation. However, instead, on the recommendation of Koshitsa, he submitted documents to the Higher Musical and Dramatic Institute named after N. Lysenko now-Kiev National University of Theater, Cinema and Television named after I.

Singer became a vocal student of Elena Muravyeva. But if a person went from the right sound position, she could always suggest what his mistake is ”Ivan Kozlovsky, the book of memoirs“ Music is my joy and pain ”in the year Kozlovsky graduated from the Musical Institute. Soon he signed as a volunteer in the Red Army. The singer served in an engineering brigade near Poltava.

Together with other army musicians, Kozlovsky participated in the performances of the Poltava opera Theater, gave concerts in factories and in colonies for homeless ones. The artist also performed on the stage of the Poltava mobile musical and drama theater-he sang in the performances "Natalka Poltavka" and "Vii". In addition, Kozlovsky was engaged in riding. His granddaughter Anna Kozlovskaya recalled: “Grandfather loved horses since childhood.

He held on horses well, skillfully ruled them and looked after them with pleasure. He carried his affection for horses through his whole life. " Once the artist even won a race among cultural figures. Later, in the newspaper “Banner of Changes”, he wrote: “In addition to the fact that I sang in the opera, I came to the play on horseback, I also played in dramatic performances -“ Parisian Commune ”, for example.” The theater’s leadership invited the novice artist to the main role, because other actors fell ill: an epidemic of Spanish flu began in the city then.

The performance was successful. In addition to Kozlovsky, it was played by the then famous opera singer Platon Tsesevich. According to his recommendation, the artist received another major role - Lensky in Eugene Onegin. There he served in the Sverdlovsk State Opera Theater named after A. The director invited the singer to leave with his theater on tour in Europe, but Kozlovsky refused - he did not want to break the contract with the Sverdlovsk Opera Theater.

He later recalled: "There are times when you understand the tempting of the sentence, but you cannot accept it." The first performance with his participation was the opera “Traviata” based on the novel by Alexander Dumas-Sin “Lady with Camellias”. They met and made friends with Kozlovsky. A few years later, Meyerhold invited the singer to play in the play “A Lady with Camellia”. Kozlovsky wrote: "Having received a letter from Zinaida Reich, which spoke about the proposal of Meyerhold, I was very excited and delighted." The artist had to abandon Meyerhold’s offer due to workload.

At the end of X, Kozlovsky became one of the most popular performers of the Bolshoi Theater. He sang in the opera Eugene Onegin, Snow Maiden, Love for Three Oranges and others. Opera singer Natalya Spiller recalled: “In the mid -twenties, a new name appeared in the Bolshoi Theater - Ivan Semenovich Kozlovsky. The timbre of voice, the manner of singing, acting data - everything in the young artist then exposed a pronounced, rare personality.

” Glory to Kozlovsky was brought by the production of Boris Godunov, in which he performed the holy fool. In total, the singer had more than thirty parties in various operas. He became the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. His Ukrainian songs are melodic, full of charm and inspiration. ” The singer wanted to popularize classical music, therefore, the team’s repertoire included in the team’s mass list of a party from operas.

We are not at all going to mechanically transfer the opera performance to the concert platform. We strive to create a new sight, an opera-concert, while maintaining the continuity of action and its plot development. In the year, for “outstanding achievements in the field of vocal-dramatic art”, the artist received the Stalin Prize of the first degree. Several times the performer went with concerts to the front.

He spoke to soldiers in places of hostilities, in hospitals. Especially for the army, Kozlovsky recorded several radio concerts.Later, the performer recalled: “War - what a test of the power of the human spirit it was! It seems to me that she is still so not far - the memory tenaciously keeps it. And the most vivid impression is a joyful sense of victory. ” Personal life and hobbies Ivan Kozlovsky was married twice.

His first wife was actress Alexander Hertsik. They met in Poltava in the year and soon got married. Hercik at that time was a popular actress, and Kozlovsky studied at the Music Institute. In theatrical circles, the singer was nicknamed the "husband of Hercik himself." For the sake of Kozlovsky, the actress left her career in Poltava. She followed him first to Kharkov, and then to Sverdlovsk and Moscow.

In marriage, the spouses had two children - daughter Anna and Anastasia. Soon after the birth of the second child, Kozlovsky and Sergeyev broke up. The singer did not get married anymore. Kozlovsky loved the draws and often made fun of his colleagues in the theater - he nailed with nails to the Galoshi floor, tied concert trousers with a sea knot. The singer wrote: “Ah, these cute draws!

Often they recall with a smile and sadness. ” In his free time, Kozlovsky visited the jumps. Together, the artist and military leader went to the Moscow Hippodrome, discussed new breeds of horses.

And the sake of this great passion was ready to sacrifice everyone ”Anna Kozlovskaya, the article“ My father is Ivan Semenovich Kozlovsky ”departure from the Bolshoi Theater, the roles of the cinema and memoirs at the end of Kozlovsky continued to speak at the Bolshoi Theater and give concerts. The performer was also abroad - he went on tour to Romania and Czechoslovakia.

For her, the artist received his second Stalin Prize. In the year, Kozlovsky left the Bolshoi Theater. At that time, he was one of his most popular performers. The singer did not explain the reason for his decision. Kozlovsky did not leave music. He toured the USSR with concerts. The artist recorded several new records with Ukrainian folk songs, carols. The singer saw a collection of ancient scores in the Bukinistic store, in which this melody was recorded.