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Vladimir Kuznetsov was born 20th of June, 1920 in Perm.
Since 5 years he began to master the diatonic accordion of his senior brother.
When Vladimir has
learned to play, junkets began to invite him to parties, weddings where he played national music.
In 1932, in 12 years he already executed "Rondo alla Turca" by W.A. Mozart and the overture to G. Bizet's opera "Carmen".
He played all compositions on hearing, sometimes even it was necessary
to change original tonalities because of the limited range of the instrument.
In 1932 in Sverdlovsk there held Olympiad of
children's amateur performances. Vladimir has participated there with great success - he became the winner,
and in the award the organizing committee of Olympiad
has granted his treasured desire, - to him have bought the new instrument.
At
that time he was frequently invited to evenings of dances where foreign modern dances sounded: pas de quatre,
pas d' Espagne, waltz-boston, foxtrot. Vladimir
very much wanted to study professional playing the bayan.
In 16 years he was accepted to study in music-pedagogical college of Perm.
During Vladimir's study on 2 year of musical college,
to Perm there has arrived on performances Ensemble of songs and dancings of RSFSR.
Competition on replacement of a vacant post was declared.
By then Vladimir already worked in workers club.
In 1939 he was accepted in ensemble, and he has left
in structure of this collective to go on tour to Yaroslavl.
In 1940 the ensemble has moved to Leningrad.
In the same year in Leningrad there passed the draft commission on which V. Kuznetsov was caused also.
One of members of the commission, the chief
of school of younger airexperts, was the bayan player and, having found out, that Kuznetsov the excellent bayan player,
has taken him to itself in Oranienbaum.
Once during trip for purchase of an accordion in Tallin,
Vladimir has met with familiar of Ensemble of songs and dancings of RSFSR which has
informed him that the set of bayan players in new ensemble is made under the direction of I.O. Dunaevsky.
The idea on work in this ensemble did not
leave Vladimir. Soon he started service in the Central ensemble of navy fleet (or as it then named, Ensemble of five seas).
After the beginning of war the ensemble has transferred the base to Moscow. April, 1,
1942 over Ladoga lake collective evacuated from Leningrad, two weeks
emaciated reached Moscow.
During war concert brigades which left on places of fights,
the naval ships and in coastal bases with concert programs were formed. Vladimir Kuznetsov
worked with such actors, as Nikolay Trofimov, Paul Necheporenko, Olga Nesterova, Ben Benzianov.
In 1944 ensemble have disbanded, Vladimir Kuznetsov and bayan player
Boris Petrov have forwarded in ensemble of the Baltic Fleet to Leningrad.
The
ensemble was a part of the big formation - Theatre of the Baltic Fleet consisting of drama theatre,
a jazz and ensemble (chorus, an orchestra, dancing
group). In 1944 in Leningrad Vladimir Kuznetsov married on the secretary of ensemble,
Soon the ensemble has transferred the base to Tallin, then
Baltijsk (Kaliningrad) and, at last, to Klaipeda. In Baltijsk Kuznetsov was appointed the head of the orchestra.
The military period of the biography of V.
Kuznetsov was marked by several military awards, including the award of the
Red Star by which the musician was awarded for active concert activiity by
the ships and bases of Northern fleet. Thus peace work of the musician was equal to a heroic feat of the soldier.
In 1948 Kuznetsov has got demobilize and has returned to Leningrad.
In the same year he was accepted in staff on the Leningrad radio.
In 1948 the duet
of bayan players Vladimir Kuznetsov - Ivan Tikhonov who sounded programs on radio,
live concerts on the air was formed. The repertoir of the duet
included own arrangements of Russian and other national songs and dances,
transcriptions of Russian and foreign classics. In parallel Kuznetsov worked in
the orchestra of Russian national instruments of a name of V.V. Andreev and in I. Jacque's youth orchestra.
In 50th years the artel "Plastmass" letting out phonograph records (the musical head - Anatoly Badhen) was formed.
Vladimir Kuznetsov began to invite to records. He entered the name as the accompanist with Galina Vishnevskaya,
Joseph David (trombone),
with solo compositions, with Ilya Jacque's ensemble. Record on a
plate in the House of Radio, basically solo and duets with I. Tikhonov, V. Tikhov, was in parallel made.
In 1951 the first trips of the Soviet actors to Finland have
begun to be organized. Somehow in one group there was Vladimir Kuznetsov and Boris Tihonov
(the known bayan player from Moscow), played the divided groups,
but in one concert played "The Fantasia about Moscow" and "Karelian-Finnish polka" in duet.
In 1954 tour of the duet V. Kuznetsov - I.Tikhonov to Sweden and Norway
with the big group of actors from all USSR was held.
After that tour in 1955 musicians were invited to work in Leningrad Concert Agency (Lengosestrada).
After ten years' playing in the duet with Ivan Tikhonov, in 1958 the musicians separated.
Since 60th years active concert tours activity began.
In 1980 V. Kuznetsov has left on pension. Since 80th years Vladimin Kuznetsov actively continues to participate
in concert life. He is a constant participant of the International Festivals of music for a bayan and accordion,
held in different cities (Moscow, Saint Petersburg,
Saratov, Vilnius, Perm etc.), grateful Petersburg public with enthusiasm remember anniversary concerts of the musician.
In 1996 to Vladimir Kuznetsov have got the
rank of the Honored artist of the Russian Federation.
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