BORN SUCCESSFUL. CATHY MELUA
They write about Katie Melua as the most successful British singer of Georgian origin. Here, probably, is the case when a person is born with a serious baggage of knowledge…

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YURI ANTONOV: “DON'T TELL ME“ FORGIVE ”!
For more than 40 years, people know, love and sing songs of Yuri Antonov. Pretty solid creative experience by today's standards. Such popularity is worth a lot. As, however, and…

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THE BOOK OF THE SOUL OF IGOR TALKOV
The attitude towards Igor Talkov is ambiguous. Some call him a rebel, a revolutionary and a talented man. Others say that his songs were simple in content, and the performances…

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How to start listening to Bach

“The Well-Tempered Clavier” is probably the most perfect piece in the history of music: two cycles of 24 preludes and fugues in all existing keys. The first Prelude in C major can be picked up on the piano by almost anyone, but then the cycle gradually becomes more and more difficult. And more interesting.

The Brandenburg Concerts are both a large-scale and compact cycle of six chapters from 10 to 20 minutes long. Six completely different concerts, united by purely Bach’s joy of life. Continue reading

WHITNEY HOUSTON: “THIS IS WRONG, OU, Nothing scary”
Circulation of Whitney Houston albums exceeds 170 million copies worldwide. She became the record holder in the American charts - 7 singles in a row ranked first. She received an…

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WALKER IN THE NIGHT. FRANK SINATRA
With such a face, Frank Sinatra could become a successful intelligence officer - it was impossible to remember him. Small, inconspicuous, with gimlet of light eyes. But not with his…

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LARISA MONDRUS, OR JUST LARISSA
Larisa Mondrus is called the number one star of Soviet pop music of the late 1960s and early 70s. And the first thing that pops up in my memory is…

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