Biography of P Pauls

Biography Biography Raymond Pauls is a famous Latvian composer, whose work was loved by Soviet and Russian listeners. Childhood and youth Raymond Pauls was born on January 12 in Riga. The family of the future maestro was peculiar: Pope Voldemar Pauls, Latvian by nationality, worked as glass-free, and the mother of Alma Matilda after the birth of her son became a housewife.

However, her profession also turned out to be extraordinary: before the beginning of the family life of Alma Matilda, she worked for a long time with an embroiderer with a pearl. The parents of Raymond Pauls were not at all deprived of the musical vein: the father of the future famous composer played at the drums in the Mikhavo orchestra, which was the result of the initiative of several self-taught musicians.

Rumor has it that soon after the birth of his son, Voldemar Pauls accidentally stumbled upon the book of Arthur Cubert Paganini. After reading it, he was so inspired by an example of the work of a famous musician that he bought a violin and sent him to a kindergarten at the Riga Music Institute. This happened shortly before the input of the Soviet troops. Soon, Voldemar Pauls sent a family from Riga to the village, where his wife and son were more safety, and the professional music lessons had to be forgotten for a while.

But the Second World War ended, the Pauls returned to Riga, and at the age of ten, Raymond entered the music school. Darzine, who worked at the Latvian State Conservatory. At first, the ten -year -old Pauls did not have time to study too much. But his born talent, the teacher's instinct Olga Borovskaya, as well as the chocolate sweets with which she generously treated the gifted students, quickly did their job.

The future composer achieved success in the game of the piano and finally fell in love with this universal musical instrument. According to the piano class, he subsequently studied at the Latvian Conservatory. Yazep Vitola, and then in the same conservatory, but already in the class of composition. Back in high school, Raymond Pauls felt an insurmountable craving for a musical direction, far from the classical - jazz.

As the composer himself later admitted, he "rushed into jazz, like a pool." The young musician played with pleasure at dance evenings, improving and playing the piano without notes. Having finally realized that the music should become his profession for life, Pauls returned to the conservatory for the composition of the composition, as mentioned above. Music in the year Raymond Pauls, despite the young age for such a position, became the artistic director of the Riga pop orchestra.

His music acquired a special charm, became recognizable in professional circles. A few years later, the first author’s program of the composer was presented in the concert hall of the Latvian State Philharmonic, and tickets for it, to the surprise of Raymond, were sold out. On the territory of Latvia, Pauls became famous thanks to the writing of music to the songs of Alfred Kruklis “Winter Evening”, “Old Birch” and “We will meet in March”.

He is also known for compatriots as an employee of the GOSTELEDODODOM Latvia, where for many years he acted as a conductor, and after - an editor of musical programs. Also, the composer was noted by the spelling of the musical “Sister Kerry” and a number of other works that have earned awards of music festivals. The popular musicals of the maestro included the works “Sherlock Holmes”, “The mysterious abduction”, “Devilry”.

In the year, he recorded the popular song "Legs of Yellow over the city ...". The melody of this song could be heard from all the radios of the Soviet Union, and it can be considered the real start of the countdown of the All -Union popularity of Raymond Pauls, which continues to this day. Not only Alla Pugacheva noticed the talent of the Latvian director - among his creative partners there were and remain the exquisite Lyme Vaikule and the temperamental Valery Leontyev.

Contemporaries say that in the years Valery Leontyev was not too pleased with the Soviet authorities, and only the fact that Raymond Pauls calmly continued to invite him to concerts, helped the artist to keep afloat. The composer creates masterpieces for singers and singers, and for cinema paintings, and for theatrical productions. It is noteworthy that each of these theatrical productions later won a prize at the Yugoslav festival.

The composer also appeared in the frame as an actor. In the year, Pauls played in the film "Theater", and in the film "How to become a star", in each of which he appeared in the image of a pianist. In the year, Raymond Pauls made the initiative to create an international Jurmala competition. The event was held for 6 years. In the year, Raymond Pauls took the post of Minister of Culture of Latvia, and four years later he became an adviser to the president of the country in culture.

Moreover: in the year the composer ran for the presidents of his native country. But soon the musician realized that he was not ready for such responsibility. Having won the first round and gaining the majority of votes in parliament, he shot his candidacy.Pauls devotes a lot of time to public affairs. Having redeemed the land with the building of the former school near Riga, the composer opened there the center for talented children.

In the capital of Latvia, the musician simultaneously headed the cultural and entertainment center. The composer has several restaurants of national cuisine. The political career and public life did not prevent the musician from replenishing his own discography. At the beginning of the x, the musician pleases fans with the new muscles “The Legend of the Green Virgin” and “Damian Happiness”.

After a decade, the works “Leo. Last bohemia ”and“ Marlene ”. But the most famous was the musical performance “Everything about Cinderella”, published in the year. Pauls wrote music for the production at the request of Mikhail Shvydky for the Russian Musical Theater. In the new century, Raymond Pauls's songs became an adornment of albums of the famous Russian performers of Valeria, Larisa Valley, Tatyana Bulanova.

Now Raymond spends most of the time in Latvia, maintaining contacts with pop artists, working in the Riga theaters and regularly presidency at the New Wave contest, which he himself created in cooperation with Igor Krutoy. Up to a year, the music festival took place in Pauls's homeland, and later moved to Sochi. In recent years, Pauls has delved into performing activities.

As a pianist, he visited most Latvian cities with solo concerts.

Personal life in the end of the 10ths Raymond Pauls went on long -term tour with the Riga pop orchestra. Odessa was one of the cities where the composer visited the first in the life of a tour. His future wife lived there: Lana Svetlana Epifanova, so the full name of the girl was captivated by the young musician with her beauty. The girl graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​at the University.

Philological education subsequently helped Lana adapt in Latvian society. Despite the average growth of cm with a weight of 72 kg, the usual appearance and the lack of deafening popularity, which was waiting for Raymond only in the future, Lana answered the admirer reciprocity. Lovers signed in Pardaugava. The newlyweds did not even have witnesses, they became a registry office and a janitor.

But Raymond and Lana did not pay attention to everyday difficulties. Soon they had a daughter Aneta. As Pauls himself subsequently admitted in an interview, over the entire time of his creative career he had more than once had problems with alcohol, and it was such a side of life as family and children that helped him to tie. Although in Soviet times, the press often dissolved rumors about the novel by gifted maestro and Alla Pugacheva, Raymond to this day was devoted to his wife.

There was no shock in the composer’s personal life. This amazing marriage has already existed for more than half a century, and even in the photo of the year you can see with what tenderness the spouses look at each other. The only daughter of Paulov became the director of television, married a Danes of Polish origin and gave parents two granddaughters and one grandson. In an international family they speak several languages: Russian, English, Latvian.

In the footsteps of his grandfather, only the granddaughter of Monica, who plays the piano, went. In the year, the married couple Paulsov celebrated a golden wedding. The composer decided not to give the event to the excessive solemnity, but simply arranged a family lunch in the Latvian style in the rural house "Lich" near the salads. In many ways, such a decision was influenced by the state of health of the author of popular songs.

A year before, Raymond underwent heart surgery, because of which he was forced to cancel a number of concerts and even participation in the anniversary concert of a friend and colleague, poet Ilya Reznik. Nevertheless, by the year, by the date of Flight, Raymond Pauls has already got enough and made a jubilee concert in Moscow. In the capital of Russia, they always accept the Baltic maestro with joy, so all the stars of the Russian stage gathered at the celebration.

Raymond Pauls now in the year the composer traditionally visited the opening of the music season in Jurmala, whose first English concert took place in the Dzintari Hall. Having gone on stage with an opening word, the maestro was in a good mood and even amused the audience with a joking bike. It turned out that the policeman stopped Raymond’s car and, not having recognized the composer, asked him to go through the alcohol test.

Discography - “Songs of R. Pauls to the words of A. Kruklis” - “Popling Pauls’s pop songs on the Latvian folk texts” - “Melodies of the French composer F. Furmier plays R. Pauls” - Jaak Joala “Songs of R. Pauls to the words of Anatoly Kovalev” - “We have maestro. Choir to them. Kalnin sings songs on the words of Y.