If we talk about a person who is capable of performing absolutely any genre, then this will undoubtedly be the singer Vladislav Kosarev. Folk songs, classics, rum...

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If we talk about a person who is capable of performing absolutely any genre, then this will undoubtedly be the singer Vladislav Kosarev. Folk songs, classics, romances - that's all that is in his repertoire. His voice fascinates many listeners; it is about Kosarev that one can say that they cannot stop listening to him.

Vladislav Anatolyevich was born in the city of Smolensk on December 5, 1975. From an early age, his parents instilled in him a love of music. When his mother took him to music school, he had just turned six years old. Sang in the choir. After some time, he received a musical education at the Smolensk Glinka School. By the way, many artists studied at this school. Receiving a diploma provided a good start to his musical career. After that, he left his hometown and went to conquer Moscow. There Kosarev continued his studies and entered the Gnessin Academy.

The beginning of a creative journey

Vladislav began his career with the men's choir “Peresvet”. First he was a soloist, then he became a conductor. Having walked this path, Vladislav still realized that he would like to be a solo singer. The Peresvet team gave concerts in many cities of Russia, but they conquered not only this country, but also others, such as Poland, Estonia, Spain, France, Sweden. Many countries fell in love with the extraordinary baritone of singer Vladislav Kosarev.

At the beginning of 2009, he finally decided to start a solo career. The singer gave concerts in the largest halls of Moscow (P. I. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Great Hall of the Conservatory, Kremlin Palace of Congresses and many others). His songs could often be heard on many Russian channels.

The first concerts of singer Vladislav Kosarev were a great success, his incredible baritone captivated all the spectators, but it was the fact that he performed any genre that his fans remembered most of all.

Vladislav is very fond of composers of the 20th century, so he prefers to sing not pop music, which is heard almost everywhere, but compositions of a more classical style. The singer believes that there is very little of him on TV screens. He puts all of himself into all his songs, which is why they touch the soul. The most luxurious works from his repertoire, according to the audience, are the following: “Don’t wake her up at dawn”, “Bells”, “A blizzard is blowing along the street”.

The singer performs at all concerts where he is invited, and he also sings at various holidays, anniversaries and weddings. Works in partnership with many musical ensembles, such as the Rossiya ensemble, the pop symphony orchestra and many other wind and folk ensembles.

In 2017, he received the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Karelian Republic” and was awarded by the head of this state himself. Every year he takes part in the celebration of Family Day in Murom.

Personal life of singer Vladislav Kosarev

Many are very interested in the singer’s personal life, but no matter what provocative questions they ask him during an interview, he, like a tough nut to crack, doesn’t tell anything about it. Vladislav believes that such a topic as personal life is personal because no one should know anything about it.

If we talk about a person who is capable of performing absolutely any genre, then this will undoubtedly be the singer Vladislav Kosarev. Folk songs, classics, romances - that's all that is in his repertoire. His voice fascinates many listeners; it is about Kosarev that one can say that they cannot stop listening to him.

Biography of singer Vladislav Kosarev

Vladislav Anatolyevich was born in the city of Smolensk on December 5, 1975. From an early age, his parents instilled in him a love of music. When his mother took him to music school, he had just turned six years old. Sang in the choir. After some time, he received a musical education at the Smolensk Glinka School. By the way, many artists studied at this school. Receiving a diploma provided a good start to his musical career. After that, he left his hometown and went to conquer Moscow. There Kosarev continued his studies and entered the Gnessin Academy.

The beginning of a creative journey

Vladislav began his career with the men's choir “Peresvet”. First he was a soloist, then he became a conductor. Having walked this path, Vladislav still realized that he would like to be a solo singer. The Peresvet team gave concerts in many cities of Russia, but they conquered not only this country, but also others, such as Poland, Estonia, Spain, France, Sweden. Many countries fell in love with the extraordinary baritone of singer Vladislav Kosarev.

At the beginning of 2009, he finally decided to start a solo career. The singer gave concerts in the largest halls of Moscow (P. I. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Great Hall of the Conservatory, Kremlin Palace of Congresses and many others). His songs could often be heard on many Russian channels.

The first concerts of singer Vladislav Kosarev were a great success, his incredible baritone captivated all the spectators, but it was the fact that he performed any genre that his fans remembered most of all.

Vladislav is very fond of composers of the 20th century, so he prefers to sing not pop music, which is heard almost everywhere, but compositions of a more classical style. The singer believes that there is very little of him on TV screens. He puts all of himself into all his songs, which is why they touch the soul. The most luxurious works from his repertoire, according to the audience, are the following: “Don’t wake her up at dawn”, “Bells”, “A blizzard is blowing along the street”.

The singer performs at all concerts where he is invited, and he also sings at various holidays, anniversaries and weddings. Works in partnership with many musical ensembles, such as the Rossiya ensemble, the pop symphony orchestra and many other wind and folk ensembles.

In 2017, he received the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Karelian Republic” and was awarded by the head of this state himself. Every year he takes part in the celebration of Family Day in Murom.

Personal life of singer Vladislav Kosarev

Many are very interested in the singer’s personal life, but no matter what provocative questions they ask him during an interview, he, like a tough nut to crack, doesn’t tell anything about it. Vladislav believes that such a topic as personal life is personal because no one should know anything about it.

The work of a journalist constantly brings surprises and discoveries. Alas, until recently the name of this artist meant nothing to me. It turns out that he is a regular participant in the “Romance of Romance” program on the “Culture” TV channel. Our fellow countryman, from Smolensk. Thank you, knowledgeable people advised me to find it on the Internet and look at Kosarev’s records. I found it and advise you: “Thank you” - a song from the repertoire of Muslim Magomayev. One of the strongest and most difficult in terms of performance. I don’t hide my admiration for Kosarev. Questions about the artist’s viability disappeared by themselves, but others appeared: why do we know so little about him?
He has been living in Moscow for 18 years. Graduate of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. In demand. Bright, pathetic and quite strict repertoire. On March 8, Vladislav Kosarev gives a solo concert in the Glinka Hall, so he spent several days in advance in Smolensk, rehearsing with the Smolensk Russian Folk Orchestra named after V.P. Dubrovsky. After one of the rehearsals we managed to talk...

About the repertoire
– There are a lot of songs from the Soviet era in my repertoire. It is clear that they were all written several decades ago, but they do not age! “Thank you” and “Nocturne” by Arno Babajanyan, “Old Maple” by Alexandra Pakhmutova, “Dark Night” by Nikita Bogoslovsky - these songs live in any generation, at any time, under any political system! Because there is something very real, honest, deep, sincere in them. Something that is missing in many modern songs. A lot of songs are being written now - different ones, for any audience, but whether they will live at least in five years is a big question! And the songs of the Soviet era are classics. If we can ever return to the same level of pop music and song culture, it will be a great happiness!
I'm currently looking for quality popular music. Which, on the one hand, would be modern and in tune with the beginning of the 21st century, on the other, would not be vulgar and primitive. Because it is impossible to sing Babajanyan and some low-grade modern “masterpiece” in the same concert. Unfortunately, there are few songs like my “Family”, “Peter and Fevronia”, and they are not in great demand on the radio.
Any music, including popular music, can be of high quality or low quality. The question is what emotions it evokes in a sane person with good taste. What is happening to this person, to his inner world? After all, any music either inspires, creates, or destroys.
What do I like about modern songwriters? I would name the songs that Igor Matvienko writes for “Lube” - maybe not all, but nevertheless. It's interesting, deep, sincere. This is something to be proud of. Oleg Gazmanov has good songs, Igor Krutoy has good songs.

About the great ones
– Favorite composers of the Soviet era? There are a lot of them! Babajanyan, Ptichkin, Pakhmutova, Bogoslovsky, Dunaevsky, Ostrovsky, Fradkin... It’s easier to say who you don’t like, although, probably, there are none!.. (laughs)
If we talk about my favorite performers, then this is, of course, Andrei Mironov - I admire him as an artist and as a singer. For me, he is an example of how to approach the performance of songs in principle. It doesn’t matter what kind of voice he had, it doesn’t matter what kind of hearing he has, the important thing is that when a person took on a song, he first created an image-idea, and then embodied it. This is why he is valuable. Nowadays there are a huge number of singers whom my professor called “sound blowers.” For them, the process of singing is primarily physiological. It may even be beautiful singing, but it is absolutely unspiritualized. As you understand, I like other performers. Name it? Among ours are Muslim Magomaev, Georg Ots, Yuri Gulyaev, Eduard Khil, Lyudmila Zykina, Olga Voronets, Lyudmila Gurchenko. From foreign countries - Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Klaus Meine (the one from the Scorpions), Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman...

About motivation
– What motivates you to sing? Essentially two factors. Yes, I love to sing. I love getting on stage and connecting with people through art. Tell them stories, live them with them. This is the first thing. As long as people come to my concerts, I will go on stage. Second, most important. There are situations when you don’t want to sing, but you need to sing. At such moments, I remember the most important thing about my profession, why I adore it. Do you know why? When I go out into the hall at the beginning of the concert, I see a huge number of different people. Each of them has their own life, their own joys and sorrows, most of them are unfamiliar with each other... And when the second part ends, I see that people have become something united and, most importantly, they have completely different eyes - joyful , happy! I don’t take this personally – this is all the great power of art! It is for this miracle that we all come to the concert hall. And this is what motivates me in any situation! In difficult times, I just remember the eyes of my viewers!..

About personal life
– I always avoid the topic of personal life – in any interview. I always answer: “I’m married to the stage.” Not because I strive to maintain some kind of mystery, to be desired by everyone - no, I don’t use such tricks. Personal life is private to be with a person, but not to become public knowledge. Personal relationships are a difficult topic, especially for an artist, so in principle I don’t discuss it. Never.

About patriotism
– In Soviet song culture there were, let’s say, very strange compositions – insincere, pretentious, official... But there were also works filled with love for the native land! There is very little of this in modern songs... I can now remember the amazing song that Igor Matvienko wrote: “I’ll go out into the field with a horse at night.” Do you remember what the last lines are? “I’m in love with you, Russia, I’m in love!” What else has been written like this over the past 20 years? What songs can you remember and say: “And I’m Russian! And I’m proud of it!”
I really want us Russians to have as many reasons to be proud as possible. And so that we, Smolensk residents, do not forget that our native land is the birthplace of Mikhail Glinka, Yuri Gagarin, Yuri Nikulin, Eduard Khil!..

About roots
– My successes are primarily the work of my parents and teachers. I studied at the 8th music school on Sokolovsky Street. The school has had a boys' choir for many years, led by Gennady Aleksandrovich Barykin. This is a selfless person, an ascetic. For several decades now, he has been gathering Smolensk boys around him, raising them, instilling in them a taste for real music...
Then there was the Smolensk Music College named after Glinka. At that time, it was, in my opinion, one of the best and strongest in the country. See how the fates of the graduates turned out. I entered Gnesinka, Denis Kirpanev, who now conducts a symphony orchestra, also entered Gnesinka, Andrei Stebenkov graduated from the conducting department and entered the Moscow Conservatory. A huge number of children entered the Saratov Conservatory... The Smolensk Music College provided the strongest school that accompanies me throughout my life. And this is the merit of Lyudmila Borisovna Zaitseva, who is still working; Nina Pavlovna Popova, Tatyana Gavrilovna Romanova, Natalia Petrovna Demyanova, Nikolai Egorovich Pisarenko... Any artist, and I am no exception, is always the result of collective work, it is the result of team work in the broadest sense of the word. Starting from parents and teachers to producers and administrators.
So it all started in Smolensk. Moreover, this is not only a musical basis, but also a human one. We were not only given a craft, we were also raised as people, as individuals. They instilled in us a taste for good music and good painting - they made us cultured people.

About the concert on March 8
– We are holding a concert, striving to ensure that every woman who comes to the Philharmonic hall comes out happy. We will sing about love in a variety of genres: Russian romance, folk song, Soviet and foreign pop music of the 20th century. All evening, only classics will be heard on the stage of the Philharmonic - chamber music classics, pop classics.

About the orchestra
– I have known Maestro Stepanov for a long time, this is our fourth joint concert, and I never cease to be amazed by his energy and skill. He is a man who is passionate about his work - the orchestra, music, who works in difficult conditions (we all know how much our state employees - musicians, teachers, doctors) earn...
Every time I come to my homeland, I rejoice: the traditions laid down by Dubrovsky are not only not lost, but strengthened! They live, and the folk instrument orchestra is one of the leading ensembles of our Philharmonic and, perhaps, of Russia as a whole. I tour a lot, work with various orchestras, including Russian folk orchestras... The Smolensk Orchestra has every right to be proud of itself, its professional level, its magnificent maestro!

About the holiday
– Congratulations to all readers of your newspaper on March 8! On this day you will be told a lot of things, and I join in the good and kind words. On my own behalf, I would like to wish that the wonderful men who are next to you remember that you need to be surrounded by care and pleased with gifts more than one day a year! And not two. Or at least – 364!

Professional artist and singer (baritone) Vladislav Kosarev has a clear and soulful voice. The performer's repertoire is very diverse: romances, opera, foreign pop music, Russian folk songs. In his songs there lives the love that is in the heart of any Russian person when he thinks about his mother, about his grandfather - a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, or about his beloved. However, neither Vladislav Kosarev’s wife nor his personal life are ever put on display by the artist.

About the personal life of Vladislav Kosarev

In one of his interviews, Vladislav Kosarev honestly admitted that he tries to avoid issues related to his personal life. “This sensitive topic has been and will be difficult for any artist, so I don’t discuss it,” he says. — The personal life of Vladislav Kosarev should always remain personal, and this is important for any person, and not just for an artist; therefore, my personal relationships cannot be made public by discussing them throughout the country.”

The life of an artist, according to the deep conviction of Vladislav Kosarev, should always be dedicated to the people. He had to travel half the country, performing in various cities and villages. This requires enormous dedication, which is why singers and musicians who devote their lives to creativity, most often, when asked about their personal lives, with their characteristic sense of humor, answer that they are married on stage. And this is not bravado, but rather the inner state of the artist’s soul.

Vladislav Kosarev's wife, his parents

The singer speaks about his family with great warmth and love. Vladislav Kosarev’s wife is not a myth, but if the singer himself does not want to talk about this topic, then fans of his talent, paying tribute to their idol, should understand the artist. Everyone in the friendly Kosarev family sings. Parents played a big role in the singer’s creative destiny. Both Vladislav’s mother and father worked at the factory, but they themselves sang beautifully, often performed on the stage of their native cultural center and taught their son to sing.

“To be honest, I don’t remember how or when I started singing, but there were always songs around me. My beloved granny sang, she is a wonderful teacher, and led amateur performances for a long time. I learned war songs from my grandfather, and my mother loved listening to the songs of such wonderful singers as Muslim Magomayev, Georg Ots and Eduard Khil,” recalls Kosarev.

“We often sang on holidays. Once, when I was six, during a concert I sang the famous “Cruiser Aurora”, while experiencing a deep feeling of delight, which did not escape my mother’s attention. Soon she sent me to a music school, where I learned to play the piano and sang in the choir.”

The children's choir's repertoire included many songs by the wonderful composer Alexandra Pakhmutova from her famous musical cycle “Gagarin's Constellation”. Now, many years later, Vladislav Kosarev often performs the same, his favorite songs. This was the case, for example, in Saratov in 2011, when the singer received an invitation to perform at a gala concert in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space.

Creative biography of the singer and artist

Vladislav’s musical studies began at the age of six, every day for several hours. In 2001, Kosarev received an academic education and began performing in the Peresvet group. This is the famous choir, where the future singer grew up for eight long years, not only as a performer, but also as a choral conductor. Since 2009, Vladislav Kosarev begins his solo career.

Now he is a performer of pop songs. He is applauded by the audience at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the Great Hall of the Conservatory, etc. He performs throughout the country. Vladislav records songs for films, he is a welcome guest on television shows and holiday concerts on TV.

The artist selects his concert program very carefully and rehearses for a long time. The performer's extraordinary charm and talent help him find his way to the viewer's heart. For his work, Vladislav Kosarev was awarded the First Prize and the title of Laureate at the First International Yurlov Conducting Competition, awarded the Golden Order “Service to Art” and the Order “Faith, Hope, Love”.

I bring to your attention an interview with my favorite artist, a wonderful baritone, our fellow countryman - Vladislav KOSAREV.
Exclusive material was published on the Smolenskaya Gazeta website, and I am happy to borrow it from there. The author is art critic Natalia KRASILNIKOVA. Thank her very much!
For everyone who is interested: Vladislav Kosarev will sing for the people of Smolensk on March 8 in the Glinka Concert Hall. We will see the program “Music of the Heart” with the Smolensk Russian Folk Orchestra named after Dubrovsky (artistic director and chief conductor - Artyom Belov).
A year ago I attended Kosarev’s concert, and the musician made an indelible impression on me. Therefore, there is only one piece of advice: don’t miss it!

Every journalist has heroes who become part of his destiny. When you grow into the personality of the person you are writing about, so much so that the boundaries between profession and life blur. Singer Vladislav Kosarev is one of these heroes for me.
Why is Vladislav’s art so captivating and captivating? A voice of rare, amazing beauty? Yes, no doubt. But surely there are singers with more beautiful voices! Dramatic skill? And this is true, but today singers without acting talent simply cannot survive in the music market! I think the phenomenon of Kosarev is in that inexhaustible LIGHT OF THE SOUL, which flows from his eyes, saturates the timbre of his voice and his entire stage behavior. After the concerts Vl. Kosarev and communication with him, the world is seen through different eyes, and you begin to understand that there is always a way out - even from the most seemingly hopeless situations. What a powerful charge of positive energy you need to have in order to create light at the end of the tunnel! Honestly, I don’t know any praise for an Artist higher than this!
Vladislav Kosarev - Personality. He is a smart, deep, extraordinary conversationalist. I am sure that Smolensk listeners, who are rightfully proud that this unique artist is their fellow countryman, will find Kosarev’s thoughts on life and work interesting and useful.

Start
- Vladislav, you are the winner of the First International Competition of Choral Conductors named after Alexander Yurlov. I have not found any detailed information about this competition anywhere. Meanwhile, this is the start of your career. Can you tell us more about the competition?
- The competition was held in Yekaterinburg in 2001. I was finishing my assistant internship at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and had already been working as a choirmaster in the men’s chamber choir “Peresvet” for a year. I had, one might say, a fighting feeling that was not fully realized: in 1999, while studying in my fifth year at Gnesinka, I went to a choir conducting competition in the city of Salavat in Bashkortostan and received a diploma IIdegrees. However, I wanted more.
The Yurlov Competition had a traditional structure and was held in three rounds: the first - conducting; the second is working with the choir; the third is a concert performance of the piece with the choir with whom we worked in the second round. For me, this competition is interesting because for the first time in the history of choral conductor competitions, the first places were shared by graduates of the same educational institution - the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. The Grand Prix was awarded to Alexander Solovyov, who then worked as a choirmaster in the Chamber Choir of Vladimir Minin (now he is the conductor of the Bolshoi Theater), and the first prize went to your humble servant. Sasha and I studied in Gnesinka with the same professor - Vladimir Onufrievich Semenyuk.
At the Yurlov competition, I worked with the chamber choir “Lik” of the city of Yekaterinburg. I conducted Rachmaninov's "Spring", Taneyev's "On the Ship", and in the third round - one number from Rachmaninov's "Liturgy".
The chairman of the jury in Yekaterinburg was Vladimir Nikolaevich Minin, and it was he who presented me with the laureate’s diploma I awards. Victory at the Yurlov competition gave me the opportunity to become the conductor of the Peresvet choir after a year of working there as a choirmaster.

Be an artist
- How important is the assessment of the people around you - both your creativity and your personal qualities?
- There is a circle of people whose opinion is extremely important to me. These are my parents, teachers, close friends and some of my viewers. I really value the trust of the audience, who constantly come to my concerts in anticipation of something new, interesting, in anticipation of a miracle. But I cannot say that I monitor information about myself on the Internet - in particular, blog posts, comments on social networks. I try to live according to Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, he, in my opinion, gave universal advice: “To the command of God, O Muse, be obedient! Without fear of insult, without demanding a crown, you accepted praise and slander indifferently and do not challenge the fool!”
As for assessing my personal qualities, I again focus on a group of people whose opinions are very important to me. I am not an antisocial person and, it seems to me, I do not violate generally accepted moral standards. I do what I think is right and I live what I think is right.

- By the way, about the rules! Recently I heard on one of the TV programs: “The most terrible things on the planet happen because people follow the rules.” How do you feel about the RULES?
- I fundamentally disagree with this statement! By breaking certain rules, going against their conscience, people create a huge number of problems for themselves and those around them. I believe that the question is not whether people follow the rules, but what guides them in doing certain things. According to my observations, people commit a huge number of unseemly, often vile, acts precisely because they DO NOT FOLLOW any rules, but live without any moral guidelines.

- What impulses do you need for creativity - besides women, of course?
- I try to find these impulses in all manifestations of life - even in the most, at first glance, everyday ones. It could be watching the cat, a terrible bully, living in my house; rustle of leaves; a random glance from a stranger on the street; a fragment of some phrase that I accidentally saw over the shoulder of a man reading on the subway. Usually, while walking down the street or riding the subway, you try to take a break from work, but after such unexpected impulses, on the contrary, you want to plunge into creativity with renewed vigor!
I try to constantly expand the range of sources of my inspiration. I recently re-watched the film “Three Poplars on Plyushchikha” again. For several weeks now, I have had the look of Oleg Efremov before my eyes, when his hero is sitting in the Volga, leaning his elbows on the steering wheel... In this look is the Universe, it’s GENIUS!!! Now I often remember this scene when I work on the Soviet pop repertoire.

- In the interview you talk quite a lot about your self-criticism. At the same time, on Radio Petersburg, answering host Natalya Zavyalova, you literally said the following: “I’m a terrible Samoyed!” What do you think is the difference between self-criticism and self-criticism?
- It’s very simple - a self-critical person does not have to be a Samoyed at all: he can see both positive and negative traits of himself and outline effective ways to correct shortcomings. The Samoyed is busy with eternal self-abasement, searching for qualities that he may not have. At the same time, he mainly blames himself for all the troubles in the world. This is destructive to the individual. It is very difficult for Samoyeds to survive in our reality, so I believe that a person must fight such manifestations.
Speaking about myself, in the first years of my solo career I was hampered by my self-criticism, but gradually I overcame it.

- What personality type do you think artists are at risk of star fever?
- People who were not loved in childhood and who, for various reasons, feel like second-class citizens. Then, as compensation, “star fever” arises - as a way of false self-affirmation. I say this based on my own observations: life gave me meetings with real titans - Svyatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sergei Skripka and many other Creators. They are unusually simple and natural, because they do not need to prove anything to anyone. The personality on stage is always visible - even if it is a student.
I believe that stardom is a kind of disorder, when you elevate yourself to the rank of an idol, an idol.

- In one of the conversations, in response to my question: “What quality do you value most in people?” you answered: “Cheerfulness.” But even a scoundrel can be cheerful. Moreover, according to my observations, scoundrels are often very charming. How to differentiate?
- I don’t think that a scoundrel is capable of being a cheerful person! He is deprived of the gift of loving life, the world, people; he is, in principle, incapable of being open and sincere. How can he enjoy life if by his actions and actions he demonstrates hatred towards it??

Minkov's masterpiece
- In the summer of 2013, “Culture” showed “Romance of a Romance”, dedicated to the memory of Mark Minkov. You performed Minkov’s composition based on the poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko “Listening to Solveig’s Song.” I consider this piece one of your most significant creative victories in recent times. Can you find out the history of the appearance of Minkov's masterpiece - Yevtushenko in your repertoire?
- The editor-in-chief of “Romance of Romance” Alla Sergeevna Goncharova called me and offered to perform this piece. She said that the song is practically unknown, although at one time it was sung by Muslim Magomayev and Lev Leshchenko. When preparing new material, I never listen to recordings of other singers or watch videos, so as not to absorb other people's intonations. I looked at the notes of “Solveig” and realized that I was sick of this composition! The song is complex not vocally, but emotionally and figuratively: in three minutes you need to be able to convey the turn from life to death.
While working on the song, I wondered: WHAT can pierce a person so that death loses its horror for him? And I found the answer: only conviction, unshakable faith that our departure to another world is not the end. Minkov's song has a very clear sequence of events: a man lies and dies. Remember the very first words: “I’m lying with my eyes closed in a deserted room. And the pain is the bitterest, and the pain is the sweetest...” The hero’s pain is so terrible that it becomes sweet! And next to it is another world, where there are pine trees, where the sun is, where there is life, light, love. Grieg's "Song of Solveig", in my opinion, in this case becomes the voice of an angel, a saving thread for the hero. A person is on the verge of death: he is devastated, exhausted, sick. And a miracle happens that pushes this darkness away from him and brings him back to life. It seems to me that Grieg’s “Solveig’s Song” by itself cannot have such power. Only the Will of God, revealed through some event, can become this force.
In the finale (“When I die - and I will die, and I will die: that’s how it will have to be!”) I did not hear hopelessness and doom. The hero matures to the point of understanding: it’s not scary to leave this life when you know that there is another world, where there is no pain and suffering, where you will be accepted and forgiven!

Fame and luxury
- I once heard from Dmitry Dibrov that a person’s life in the modern world is based on four pillars: success, fame, money, luxury. What content do you put into each of these concepts? How significant is each of them to you?
- Of these concepts, only one is valuable to me - LUXURY. I put into it the meaning that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry spoke about: “The only luxury is the luxury of human communication.” MONEY for me is just a tool that allows me to solve various life and creative problems. Money comes to a person, as a rule, when he does his job professionally and efficiently. I understand that my view is somewhat idealistic, and many would argue with me - especially in our country! In our country, unfortunately, people who do their job masterfully do not always receive a decent reward for it. This is especially noticeable, alas, in the spheres of culture, medicine and education.
SUCCESS for me is an integral part of the fact that you are doing something very necessary, important and meaningful for people. For me, the concept of “success” is somewhat synonymous with the concept of “in demand”. In the end, only the person himself can evaluate whether he is successful or not. Both I and you probably know people who live in luxurious houses, drive prestigious foreign cars, relax in five-star hotels... But if such a person gets up in the morning with the thought that he will have to go back to a job he doesn’t like, even if it brings a solid income, he can should we consider it successful? From the point of view of society - most likely, yes. From my point of view - definitely not. Such a person does not experience JOY, which cannot be bought with money. I am convinced that joy is born when a person is busy doing what he loves and communicates with like-minded people. I recently read from a psychologist: “Joy is a by-product of properly organized activity.” I think it's brilliant! I would say the same about success. As for FAME, again, for me it is not a goal, but a consequence. When people need your creativity - on the one hand; on the other hand, the quality of your musical product will be modern and commercial in the best sense - then fame will come. This is ideal. Although I often see that fame does not always come to truly gifted and worthy people.

- Admit it honestly: aren’t you annoyed that you don’t have the media exposure that some less talented artists than you have?
- What does media have to do with it? For me, only one thing is important: most of my concerts are sold out. I also have a goal that I am moving towards. This is the only thing that matters to me!

Natalia KRASILNIKOVA

Photo from the page “Vladislav Kosarev. Official group" on Facebook