The childhood of Vyacheslav Malezhik
The future musician was born on February 17, 1947 in Moscow. The boy's childhood coincided with the difficult and hungry post-war times. Father Efim Ivanovich moved to Moscow from the Ukrainian village of Belousovka, which is located in the Poltava region. Mom Nina Ivanovna was a native of Tula, she worked as a mathematics teacher. Vyacheslav Malezhik is half Ukrainian and half Russian by nationality.
At school the boy was a diligent student. In addition, from an early age he was interested in music. His parents supported their son in every possible way in his interests, and he entered a music school in the accordion class.
The child often performed in front of acquaintances, relatives, and friends. There were cases when he was asked to play at weddings. Despite Vyacheslav’s successes, no one took this activity seriously and did not imagine that this would become his profession in the future.
Biography of Vyacheslav Malezhik: years of youth
After graduating from school, the future musician entered a pedagogical school, deciding to continue his mother’s work. At the same time, the young man successfully learned to play the guitar. Next, the young man’s plans included entering MEPhI, but failure awaited him. In 1965, Vyacheslav entered MIIT to major in railway technologist. He devoted his thesis to cybernetic synthesis in music.
During his first year, the guy was supposed to speak at a joint evening for students of the Institute of Transport and the Aviation University. The microphone was placed very low on the stage. Vyacheslav came out and couldn’t lift him higher. So he sang in a bent position. The audience laughed throughout the entire performance. Behind the scenes, the young performer was advised not to sing again, but there was no stopping him.
Despite the fact that Malezhik did not plan to connect his life with creativity, his interest in music did not fade. In those days the bard song was very popular. Vyacheslav did not stay away from this trend. He listened with pleasure to the compositions of Vysotsky and Klyachkin.
The young guy was also captivated by rock and roll, especially the Beatles. Music began to absorb Vyacheslav’s thoughts more and more, dominating the study of subjects in his specialty. The father was worried and angry with his son, who did not leave his guitar all day long.
Creative path
Vyacheslav no longer saw life for himself without music. In 1967, he and his friends created the group “Guys”. Thus, in the biography of Vyacheslav Malezhik the beginnings of a professional musical career were laid. With his first fee, the aspiring artist bought himself a guitar.
The team did not exist for long, but after two years the young man became the guitarist and lead singer of the Mosaic group.
The professional biography of singer Vyacheslav Malezhik went up when in 1973 he joined the group “Jolly Fellows”. But his creative searches did not stop there; this was followed by participation in several more star groups.
Even then, the young man’s work contained lyricism, melody of compositions and high-quality musical accompaniment.
In 1975, Vyacheslav Malezhik joined the Blue Guitars team. From 1977 to 1986 he was a member of the ensemble "Flame". Many songs of this group have become legends, and their performers have become real celebrities.
Solo career
In parallel with his collective work, Malezhik also developed as an individual vocalist. The first successes appeared when the artist performed the song “Two Hundred Years” in 1982. In 1986, Vyacheslav gave a solo concert for the military in Afghanistan during the fighting.
In the same year, Malezhik created his own team and called it “Sakvoyazh”. A year later, their first album was released. The popularity of the group is evidenced by the number of discs sold - two million copies.
Over the next two years, listeners' love for the ensemble grew. Malezhik entered into an agreement with the Record recording studio, toured throughout the country and more than once became a finalist in the very prestigious musical television competition “Song of the Year”.
The performer remains popular throughout his life. He gave concerts at the Rossiya State Concert Hall, in the Kremlin Palace. Throughout his working life, Vyacheslav Malezhik more than once organized anniversary performances, in which many stars—friends of the musician—participated. He periodically performed in the “Song of the Year”, and the composition “Two Hundred Years” was included in the “Song of the Century” nomination.
In 2021, Vyacheslav Malezhik suffered a stroke, as a result of which he forgot how to sing, play the guitar and walk. During rehabilitation, abilities were gradually restored. The singer continued to record songs and go on stage to delight his fans by performing his own compositions.
The songs of Vyacheslav Malezhik continue to live separately from the author. They are performed by many modern pop stars.
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Vyacheslav Malezhik is a Soviet Russian pop singer, Honored Artist of Russia (2004). He performed in various ensembles, but gained the greatest fame with his solo works. In 1965 he entered the MII, devoting his thesis topic to cybernetic synthesis in music. He began his singing career in April 1967 in the group “Guys”. Since the end of 1969, he has been a soloist and guitarist in the Mosaic group. Since 1973 as a member of the ensemble “Veselye guys” (including in 1974-75 with Alla Pugacheva), since 1975 “Blue Guitars”. From 1977 to November 26, 1986 as part of the ensemble “Flame”. During these years, he began to write and record his songs. His first fame was brought to him by the song “Two Hundred Years”, recorded in 1982 with the ensemble “Flame”. He released his first solo magnetic album “Sacvoyage” (as his group began to be called in 1986) in 1984. In 1987, the first giant CD Cafe “Sacvoyage” was released, selling 2 million copies. The singer's greatest popularity occurred in 1988-89. Malezhik collaborated a lot with the all-Union studio SPM Record, reached the finals of the “Song of the Year” festivals (in 1988 with the song “Smolodu”, in 1989 “Provincial”), and performed on numerous tours throughout the country and abroad. He went down in history as the host of the “Wider Circle” program (in 1986-91, mainly with Ekaterina Semyonova), where he performed a number of his songs (including for the first time on television - “Islands” (broadcast on December 30, 1986), “ Recently and a long time ago" (March 8, 1987), "Fog in December" (December 30, 1988), etc.). In 2000 he participated in the festival “Song of the Year 2000” in the category “songs of the century” with the song “Two Hundred Years”. The singer's anniversary concerts took place: in 2002 at the Rossiya State Concert Hall, on February 16, 2007 at the State Kremlin Palace (with the participation of Yu. Antonov, A. Gradsky and others, N. Bregvadze was not issued a visa). On February 17, 2017, the anniversary concert of V. Malezhik took place at the State Kremlin Palace; Sergei Trofimov, Alena Apina, VIA “Yalla”, VIA “Gems”, etc. took part in this concert. To date, Malezhik has released more than 30 albums. The most famous songs are “Two Hundred Years”, “Fellow Traveler”, “Mosaic”, “Fog in December”, “Gift”, “Islands”, “Provincial”. On the official website of the vipartist you can find the biography, photos and videos of Malezhik Vyacheslav, and by the indicated contact numbers you can invite him to a concert program for the event. To find out the conditions of an invitation to a holiday, call the numbers posted on the concert agent’s website. Information about the fee and concert schedule will be given to you so that you can invite Malezhik Vyacheslav to an event or order Malezhik’s performance for an anniversary or party. Please check and book available performance dates in advance!
A television
The popular artist tried his hand in other directions. From 1986 to 1991, Vyacheslav Malezhik acted as the host of a very popular television show of those times, “Wider Circle.” He worked in tandem with the popular singer Katya Semenova.
The artist often performed personal songs on air, many of which were performed for the first time. The program was very popular among television viewers. Through it, many new names were discovered in the world of music.
Career of Vyacheslav Malezhik
Malezhik worked in such groups as “Guys”, “Mosaic”, “Merry Guys”, “Blue Guitars”, “Flame”. He composed the lyrics himself and attracted the attention of the public with his own albums. In 1980, Vyacheslav was shocked by the following events: the death of John Lennon, the death of Vladimir Vysotsky, as well as the very significant “Time Machine” concert. Malezhik’s “first voyage” as an independent performer took place in 1987. Meanwhile, he hosted the television program “Wider Circle” together with singer Ekaterina Semenova. In 1994, Vyacheslav visited the USA (California), where he worked very fruitfully. Vyacheslav Malezhik is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Sources used:
- https://24smi.org/celebrity/4021-viacheslav-malezhik.html
- https://uznayvse.ru/znamenitosti/biografiya-vyacheslav-malezhik.html
Literary activity
Having a lot of life experience behind him, having gone through a long and difficult creative path to the stage, Vyacheslav Malezhik wrote his first book in 2012. It's called "Understand." Forgive. Accept." The book describes the author's memories of his youth.
A year later, Malezhik published two more books, where he presented his poems and talked about the life of young people in the Soviet Union. As the author himself said, he hopes that many, having read these works, will remember their lives in those years, and perhaps recognize themselves in the heroes.
In 2015, another book was published from the pen of Vyacheslav Malezhik - “The Hero of That Still Time.”
Ivan Malezhik
Ivan Malezhik was born in 1990. He is studying at the Faculty of Producing and Economics at the Department of Producing Skills at VGIK. He also became a musician.
Ivan Malezhik played in the band Light and Day, and after leaving it, he used the pseudonym Holden Coldfield for some time, as he was constantly accused of using the name of his famous father to promote his career.
In May 2010, the Weloveyouwinona group was formed, where Ivan Malezhik became the author of lyrics and music. Vyacheslav Malezhik supports his son’s creativity and is proud that he followed in his footsteps.
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Personal life
The biography and personal life of Vyacheslav Malezhik has always interested his fans. The artist had only one marriage. Despite his star status, he is very constant in family relationships.
The musician met his future wife Tatyana in Donetsk during the “Jolly Fellows” tour. The girl worked as an actress in the local theater.
After some time, Tatyana came to Moscow with the goal of entering the Moscow Art Theater. The young people met again, but in the capital. Sympathy grew into a serious relationship. In 1977 they got married. Another representative of Ukrainian nationality appeared in the biography of Vyacheslav Malezhik. The musician has a wonderful sense of humor and loves to joke about it.
Tatyana abandoned her own career and became her husband's administrator. The family had two children: Nikita and Ivan, born in 1977 and 1990, respectively. In the biography of Vyacheslav Malezhik, his wife and children occupy a very important place. He is a loving and caring husband and father, a true family man. The married couple currently lives in the Olympic Village, where they have their own mansion.
Personal life of Vyacheslav Malezhik
Despite his star status, Vyacheslav Malezhik is a diligent family man. He married Tatyana, a simple girl from Donetsk. He met her during a tour of the “Jolly Fellows” ensemble. At this time, Tatyana played in the theater in her hometown.
Tatyana sacrificed her career for the sake of her husband and now she is his administrator. Malezhik always demonstrated great love for his wife and children.
The Malezhiks raised two sons - Nikita (b. 1977) and Ivan (b. 1990). The eldest son works in one of the. He has two daughters. The youngest son decided to follow in his father's footsteps. He entered VGIK, and for some time was the frontman of the group Weloveyouwinona.
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