Kasparyan Yuri Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. The heritage of the legendary singer Refrena passed through the entire musical biography of Yuri Kasparyan. In addition, the guitarist is known as one of the founders of the Yu-Piter group. Yuri Kasparyan Childhood and Youth The future musician was born in June in Simferopol. In general, the family lived in Leningrad, but in those days his mother went to rest in the Crimea.

Kasparyan's parents devoted themselves to the natural sciences: father, Dmitry Rafaalevich Kasparyan, Armenian by nationality, was an entomologist, mother, Irina Solomonovna Guslits, - a biologist. In childhood, Yura went with his father on an expedition, helping him collect exhibits, and therefore he was well versed in insects. As part of such trips, he visited the Caucasus, in Belarus, Ukraine.

In the year, Yuri was recorded in the music school of the city of Pushkin. First, he mastered the cello, and then, “hooking” into a foreign rock music, switched to the guitar, selected a party of songs Deep Purple and The Beatles by ear. Parents could only regret the unfulfilled scientific career of their son and abandoned classes of cello. It was at this time, in the year that he met Viktor Tsoi, who was then part of the Gagarin and Hyperboloid team.

They found a common acquaintance - drummer Oleg Valinsky. Through him, an acquaintance with Tsoi, which turned into strong friendship, occurred. In those years, Yuri did not just play the guitar, but quickly grew up professionally. Not least thanks to Tsoi, who believed in a beginner and defended him in front of other members of the group. And at some point opened; The group even joked, they say, Tsoi came to rehearsals with four chords, and then the arrangements of Kasparyan are used.

From the middle of the X to the beginning of the 10ths, the musician was also a member of the concerts of the Pop Mechanics group, whose leader was Sergey Kurovin. At the end of X, he collaborated with the American singer Joanna Stingre in combination with his lover. Meanwhile, the Kino group gained international popularity was with concerts at different points of the country, and also went abroad.

Together with Tsoi Kasparyan, he was in the United States, including at the Festival of the Independent Cinema Sandens, where the film “The needle” was shown before that. After the death of Viktor Tsoi in the year, in many ways, thanks to the efforts of Yuri, the Black Album was published. When creating the album, there were a demo version of songs recorded by the leader of the group at the disposal of the musicians.

On their basis, a professional record was made, in which the initial sound of Tsoi's voice was preserved. Of course, there was a shock, but as if in the depths, at the level of subcortex. I remember touching me so. In the songs of the Black Album, the theme of farewell sounds very clearly. And during the recording, all this made it very much on emotions. I felt a big responsibility when information, because Vitya was recorded on this cassette.

In addition, during the filming of Viktor Tsoi in the “needles”, Kasparyan with other participants in his group and, together with the duet, “New Composers” recorded the instrumental album “Start”. Which, however, saw the light after almost three decades, in the year. Cinema, together with Viktor Tsoi, Yuri went to the set in two short films. One of them is “yy-kha! Another diploma work - the young director Sergei Lysenko, created in the same year in Kyiv - was called the "end of the vacation." Kasparyan played himself.

In addition, spectators could see him in “ASS” Kasparyan participated in the filming of several documentary tapes. Back in the year, he appeared as a guitarist of “Pop Mechanics” in the film “Dialogues”, and in the years he was noted in the documentaries “The Last Hero” and “Victor Tsoi: Sunny Days”. After the “Kino” at the beginning of the X Kasparyans, deeply saddened by the death of a friend and ally, left music for some time.

He delved into eastern philosophy: he studied esotericism, was engaged in kung fu. His creative interests found a way out in collaboration with the art group “Atrium-Alphabet” and its founder artist Sergei Rocambole. In this partnership, Kasparyan acted as a composer. Under the influence of the Rocambole, Yuri received baptism. The rite was held in the St.

Petersburg Preobrazhensky Cathedral. He was baptized under the name of George, and Rockbol became his godfather. With Butusov, then he began to cooperate with Vyacheslav Butusov. The record was initially not designed for commercial success, but maybe, and therefore, a number of critics called it the best album of Butusov. In the year, Yuri Kasparyan, at the invitation of Butusov, began to perform as part of his new rock band Yu-Piter.

With the group, Kasparyan traveled around the country with tour and recorded albums up to a year, that is, before the dissolution of Yu-Piter. The orchestra music in the year originated the project “Symphony Cinema”, part of which was Yuri Kasparyan. It all started with the fact that the composer Igor Vdovin specifically for the festival “20 years without“ Kino ”recorded the orchestral versions of the songs of the legendary group.

The audience warmly met the material presented, and therefore the creators of the project decided to make a solo program, adding a guitar of Kasparyan to the sound of the orchestra.Largely, thanks to his instrument of the orchestration of songs, new facets of the sound of the music "Cinema" showed. In the year, the Kino group revived. This was announced by the son of Tsoi - Alexander, who worked as part of the Symphony Cinema project by a video artist.

Yuri Kasparyan became part of the team. The presentation of the instrumental project of Kaspryan "YK" took place. In the program of his speeches, the plays of the deceased by that time, “Kino” Georgy Guryanov, music from the film “Igla”, as well as the new works of Yuri, sounded in the program of his speeches. For two years, the personal life of Yuri Kasparyan has connected a love relationship with a girl named Marina Smirnova.

The girl often hurt, and Yuri took care of her as much as he could. This often led to the fact that he refused a joint pastime with friends and colleagues in Kino. It was these circumstances that formed the basis of the famous song "When your girlfriend is sick." From a year, the guitarist was married to Joanna Stingrey. The American first came to the Union in the year as a tourist.

Having met Boris Grebenshchikov, she loved Russian rock with all her heart and soon became a noticeable figure of the Leningrad underground. At the time of meeting with Kasparyan, she did not know how to speak Russian, he did not know English. The more interesting experience was. It didn’t matter what we speak different languages, ”Joanna later explained. Initially, the ceremony was supposed to be held six months earlier, but the bride, the only of all American guests, refused a visa.

Victor and Maryana Tsoi witnesses were witnesses, and among the guests there was the whole color of the St. Petersburg rock test. In the year, the couple filed for divorce. As many years later, Stingre explained, after the death of Viktor Tsoi, who, according to her, was always the third in their union, they both felt that they were remotely moved away from each other.

For the second time, the musician connected himself to the bonds with the artist and former model Natalya Nazarova. A significant event occurred in the year. He continues to maintain friendly relations with Joanna and even went to visit her in Los Angeles with Natalia. Yuri and Natalia did not have his children, but he always treated two daughters from his previous marriage as relatives.

Yuri Kasparyan now in the year Yuri Kasparyan continued active creative activity. In particular, he performed as part of a symphonic project. He presented the video for the debut composition Under The Siberian Stars.