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Maxim Isaakovich Dunaevsky (born January 15, 1945) - Soviet and Russian composer, People's Artist of Russia (2006).

Father is composer Isaac Dunaevsky, mother is ballerina Zoya Pashkova (their marriage was not registered).

In 1965 he graduated from the Faculty of Theory and Composition music school at the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky. In 1970 he graduated from the theoretical and composition department of the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky in composition class. His teachers were N.P. Rakov, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Andrey Eshpai, Tikhon Khrennikov, Alfred Schnittke.

Maxim Dunaevsky could become a composer writing classical music. But his fate was determined by a meeting with the MSU student theater “Our House” (musical director of the studio since August 1964), which was led by Mark Rozovsky, Ilya Rutberg and Albert Axelrod. Along with symphonic, chamber and vocal works Maxim Dunaevsky began writing music for the theater, and later for cinema and stage. For the play by Mark Rozovsky at the Youth Theater in 1972, he wrote many songs, which were later included in the television series “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers” (1978, Rozovsky was the author of the script).

Although Maxim Isaakovich Dunaevsky organized his pop ensemble, which also played rock, “Festival” (1977-1983), he collaborated as a songwriter with Mikhail Boyarsky, Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya, Nikolai Karachentsov, Pavel Smeyan, Lyubov Uspenskaya, Masha Rasputina, Igor Nadzhiev, Tatyana Bulanova, among his works are a concert for piano and orchestra, 1970, a cantata for a capella choir “Old Ships” (on poems by A. Lundquist, 1970), works for chamber instrumental ensembles, sonatas, cycles of romances, choirs.

He is the author of music for more than 30 films (the most famous are the tetralogy "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers", "The Musketeers Twenty Years Later", "The Secret of Queen Anne, or the Musketeers Thirty Years Later" and "The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin, or The Return of the Musketeers", "Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville...", "Carnival", "The Trust That Broke", "The Green Van", "Mary Poppins, Goodbye!", "A Small Favor", "Bright Personality"), the television play “Boy with a Sword”, the cartoons “Bang-bang, oh-oh-oh!”, “ flying ship" and "Cat's House", the musicals "Tili-tili-dough...", "Emelino's Happiness", "The Three Musketeers", "In Search of Captain Grant", "Jolly Fellows-2", "The Twelve Chairs". A new musical, Life, Love and Spy, is due out in the spring of 2010. Maxim Dunaevsky is also the author of the pop opera “Salome, Princess of the Jews.” Hosted a program about the operetta “S light genre! on the TV channel "Culture". Member of the jury of the music television competition " National artist».

Lived in the USA for 9 years, worked in Hollywood, wrote music for several films. Was married 7 times. Wives: Natalya (?), Elena Dunaevskaya, actress Natalya Andreichenko, singer Nina Shatskaya, fashion model Olga Danilova, Olga Sheronova, Marina Rozhdestvenskaya (musician by training). Adult son Dmitry lives in Los Angeles, adult daughter Alina is in Paris, where she even organized a rock band. In 2002, the composer's current wife gave birth to a daughter, Polina. In total, Maxim Dunaevsky has four children.

In addition to creativity, Maxim Dunaevsky is actively involved in social activities and charity. He is the President of the Charity cultural fund named after Isaac Dunaevsky, deputy chairman of the Guild of Professional Composers, academician of the Russian National Film Academy, member of the expert council of the first television channel for selection for the Eurovision contest and the annual music program“New songs about the main thing,” which somewhat contradicts his statements about modern pop music (“I don’t want to name names or comment on this in any way. I think most of them would do well to sing at the table. Singing requires great professionalism. It’s not enough to be popular figure. You have to learn this. Nowadays everyone sings, all and sundry. I can say it differently: whoever has money. Another thing is that with last broadcast any mention disappears, the name and appearance of the performer, who was recently known, are erased from memory"). He highly praised Dima Bilan, who is condemned by many, as well as Alexander Panayotov.

Maxim Isaakovich Dunaevsky is a famous Soviet and Russian composer. Although he wrote music for symphony orchestra, both for the theater and for the stage, the most famous are the songs of Maxim Dunaevsky, intended for films. For many years, compositions from such films as “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers”, “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!”, “Carnival”, “Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville...” and others have become popular. For services to art, the composer was awarded the title of People's Artist in 2006.

Maxim Dunaevsky was born in Moscow at the beginning of 1945. His father is a Soviet legend classical music. Mother Zoya Pashkova was also a public figure, although not as famous as her loved one. She danced at the Moscow Operetta Theater and in the Song and Dance Ensemble Russian army named after A.V. Alexandrov. The boy’s parents were not married, since Isaac Osipovich was officially married to another woman, Zinaida Sudeikina.

On his father's side, Dunaevsky had an older brother, Evgeniy, who became an artist. At the age of 10, Maxim last time I saw a famous parent: Isaac Dunaevsky died suddenly. Thanks to the help famous composers, who brought the matter to the party authorities, the boy was recognized as the legitimate son of Isaac Osipovich, even despite the fact that his father’s official wife prevented this in every possible way. As an adult, Maxim Dunaevsky began to use his father's surname instead of his mother's - Pashkov, under which he studied at school.

He became interested in music as a child; he loved to play keys and improvise. But systematic studies irritated him, so his parents did not insist on studying.

After the death of his father, Dunaevsky Jr. began to be burdened by the silence in the house and told his mother that he would follow in the footsteps of Isaac and also be a musician and composer. In 1965, he graduated from the music school at the Moscow State Conservatory, and later from the conservatory itself. Maxim Isaakovich was going to become a composer of academic music, but in his senior year he began attending the student theater “Our House” and switched to soundtracks for plays and films.

It is worth adding that Maxim Dunaevsky for a long time was a brilliant conductor. For five years he led the orchestra of the theater named after musical part at the Moscow Music Hall and the Theater-Studio of Musical Drama. As artistic director and chief conductor of the State Variety Orchestra of the RSFSR, he collaborated with the best Soviet musicians, for example, and.

Music

IN student years composer Maxim Dunaevsky wrote chamber, symphonic and vocal-academic works. His pen includes a concerto for piano and orchestra, cycles of romances and the cantata “Old Ships” for a cappella choir. But then he became interested in music for theatre, cinema and pop. He created musical pieces"Tili-tili-dough...", "Twelve Chairs", "In Search of Captain Grant." Many of them later became the basis for the soundtracks of films of the same name.

In 1977, Maxim Dunaevsky organized the VIA Festival, which performed the composer’s music and songs in the rock style. The musicians helped record soundtracks for many films with Dunaevsky's music. The team existed until 1990.

In 1992, the musician immigrated to the United States, where he lived until 1999. In America, Maxim continued to write music, wrote newspaper articles, and appeared on television. At the end of the century, Dunaevsky returned to his homeland.

Composition by Maxim Dunaevsky - “Call me, call!”

On the stage, Maxim Dunaevsky’s songs were also performed by other artists. To the vocal capabilities of many modern pop singers Maxim Isaakovich is skeptical. However, he praised the talent and. In recent years, the finalist of the second season of the television competition “The Voice”, Angelina Sergeeva, has been among the artists performing songs by Maxim Dunaevsky.

Maxim Dunaevsky's greatest fame came from his soundtracks to Soviet and Russian films. Of course, first of all, the public remembers the songs “Fortune Teller” from the comedy “Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville...”, “Call me, call!” and “Thank you, life!” from the drama “Carnival”, “Wind of Change” and “Bad Weather” from the fairy tale “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!”, “Ditties of Babok-Yozhek” from the cartoon “The Flying Ship”.

Maxim Dunaevsky's composition “Wind of Change” in the film “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!”

The song “It’s time, it’s time, let’s rejoice in our lifetime” from the cycle of hits from the film “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers” was included in the mandatory rhythmic exercises upon admission to the Central Music School, which at that time seemed incredible. The Central Music School was famous for its academicism; the use of examples from popular music in classes was considered unacceptable.

In addition, Dunaevsky has more than one hundred and fifty wonderful hits, the best of which were released on separate records, as well as in the official “Golden Collection” collections. In the new century, the composer continued to write music for films. In 2000, Dunaevsky created the accompaniment to the adventure melodrama; in the mid-2000s, the films “Twelve Chairs” and “Cliffs” were released with music by Maxim Isaakovich. A Lifelong Song", "Park" Soviet period" From latest projects Dunaevsky - the adventure film “1812: The Ulan Ballad”, where the main roles were played by and.

An excerpt from the musical by Maxim Dunaevsky - “ Scarlet Sails»

On Russian television with the participation of Maxim Dunaevsky, a program dedicated to the operetta, “With a light genre!” was released. Later, the composer was invited to join the jury music competition"National artist". Maxim Dunaevsky is a member of the expert council of the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Behind creative career The composer created 20 musicals. In 2010, Maxim Dunaevsky got the idea to create the musical “Scarlet Sails”. The first edition of the work was used when staged by the RAMT theater; a year later the play appeared on the stage of the Yekaterinburg Theater musical comedy and other theater groups in the country. The Perm and Novosibirsk premieres brought the performers the Golden Mask award.

Personal life

Like many creative people, for Maxim Isaakovich the process of finding a muse was directly related to love. He was always an amorous person, and experiencing ardent feelings, he took his chosen one to the registry office. Therefore, in the personal life of Maxim Dunaevsky there were seven wives, and we're talking about only about official marriages, not counting numerous novels without registration of relationships. The composer first got married during his student years. His chosen one was Natalya Leonova, the daughter of one of the secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee. But after two years the feelings cooled down, and Dunaevsky got used to the fact that if there is no love, then there can be no family, so the marriage broke up.

Maxim Dunaevsky with his fourth wife Natalya Andreichenko and their son Dmitry

For the same reason, alliances with Regina Temirbulatova and Elena Dunaevskaya were short-lived. The next was the marriage of Maxim Dunaevsky and. The actress, who became famous as a performer of the role, turned out to be the only woman who left her husband herself, and did not wait for him to fall in love again. By the way, Natalya gave her husband his only son Dmitry, who, however, was raised in America and then in Switzerland by other men.

The wedding with Andreichenko was preceded by Maxim’s serious affair with Nina Spada, which lasted more than two years. The composer dedicated the beautiful composition “Call me, call!” to her. from the movie "Carnival". And thanks to this love, Nina gave birth to a daughter, Alina. But since Maxim Dunaevsky did not want to formalize this relationship, Spada married a French citizen and moved to Paris. When Maxim Dunaevsky's daughter grew up, she discovered in herself musical talent, inherited from father and grandfather. The girl organized own group“Markize,” with which she performs in France, writes songs herself in French, English and Russian.

Two more affairs with fashion model Olga Danilova and model Olga Sheronova led to an official marriage, however, like all the previous ones, to a short one. The composer's last official wife was Marina Rozhdestvenskaya, who is 27 years younger than her husband. The wife gave Dunaevsky a daughter, Polina, and Maxim Isaakovich adopted Maria, Marina’s daughter from a previous relationship. The girl now has famous surname her stepfather. Due to the huge number of marriages, actress Natalya Andreichenko, who knew most of these women, coined the term “Maxim Dunaevsky’s Wives Club.”

Now Maxim Dunaevsky does not maintain contact with the children from Natalia Andreichenko and Nina Spada. He stopped communicating with Dmitry after a financial scandal in which the son dragged his mother, and Alina herself stopped communicating with her father after his refusal to promote her musical career abroad.

Youngest daughter composer Polina has already started acting career. The girl convinced her parents to try their hand at the production of Scarlet Sails. Following example Sr. Maria, who entered the Shchepkinsky Theater School, she plans to study as an actress.

Yuri Nikolaev “Honest word”. In an interview, Maxim Isaakovich spoke about Isaac Dunaevsky, his wives and children. On air, Dunaevsky talked about the state of modern show business and introduced viewers to interesting facts your biography.

Music for films

• 1978 - “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers”
• 1979 - “Ah, vaudeville, vaudeville...”
• 1979 - “Flying Ship”
• 1981 - “Carnival”
• 1981 - “Sold Laughter”
• 1983 - "Green Van"
• 1983 - “Mary Poppins, goodbye!”
• 1999 - “Dance with me”
• 2000 - “Border. Taiga novel"
• 2008 - “Red and Black”
• 2012 – “1812: Uhlan Ballad”
• 2017 – “About Love”

Maxim Isaakovich Dunaevsky was born on January 15, 1945. His father is famous Soviet composer Isaac Dunaevsky (1900-1955), mother - ballerina Zoya Pashkova.

In 1965, Maxim Dunaevsky graduated from the music school at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, in 1970 - the theoretical and composition department of the Moscow Conservatory, composition class. Dunaevsky's teachers were Dmitry Kabalevsky, Tikhon Khrennikov, Andrey Eshpai.

In 1964-1969, while a student at the conservatory, Maxim Dunaevsky was musical director variety studio of Moscow State University "Our House". The Moscow State University Theater, with Mark Rozovsky, Ilya Rutberg and Albert Axelrod, largely defined it creative destiny. Along with symphonic, chamber and vocal works, he began to write music for the theater, and later for cinema.

In 1969-1974, Maxim Dunaevsky worked as a conductor of the orchestra of the E. Vakhtangov Theater.

From 1974 to 1975 - chief conductor Moscow Music Hall.

In 1977, together with Mark Aizikovich, he founded the Festival ensemble.

In 1981-1985 there was artistic director and chief conductor of the State Variety Orchestra of the RSFSR.

The composer was especially famous for the musicals "Tili-tili-dough..." (1968), "Emelino's Happiness" (1975), "The Three Musketeers" (1977), and "Children of Captain Grant" (1987).

Maxim Dunaevsky is also the author of music for the variety shows “When the Sand Rises” (1987), rock musicals “Runway” (1989) and “Salome, Princess of the Jews” (1991). In 2010, together with the poet Nikolai Denisov, he created the musical “Love and Espionage”, in which the main roles were played by Dmitry Kharatyan and Larisa Dolina.

In October 2013, the premiere of Dunaevsky’s musical “Scarlet Sails” took place in Moscow, which had previously been successfully staged in 18 regions of Russia.

The composer wrote music for the films “The Car, the Violin and the Blob the Dog” (1974), “Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville” (1979), “Carnival” (1981), “The Trust That Broke” (1982), “The Green Van” ( 1983), "Mary Poppins, goodbye!" (1983), "Baby by November" (1992), " Romance" (2000), etc.

IN last years he wrote the music for the films “Park of the Soviet Period” (2006), “Return of the Musketeers” (2009), “1812: Uhlan Ballad”, “Treasures of O.K.” (2013), "Boatswain Chaika" (2014), "Full speed ahead!" (2014) and others.

Dunaevsky also created the music for the cartoons "The Flying Ship" (1979) and "Bang-bang, oh-oh-oh!" (1980).

In total, the composer wrote music for more than 60 films.

Maxim Dunaevsky wrote a concerto for orchestra, a cantata for choir a cappella “Old Ships”; chamber instrumental ensembles; sonatas, romance cycles, choirs.

His songs “City Flowers”, “Everything will pass - both sadness and joy” (to the verses of Leonil Derbenev), “The leaves are burning” (to the verses of Naum Olev) and others were hits.

In 1992-1999, Dunaevsky lived in the USA and worked in Hollywood. In 1996 and 1997 he released two albums " Best songs" and "Best Songs-2". In 2002, a collection of Dunaevsky's works "Golden Collection" was published in three parts.
Maxim Dunaevsky - People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2006).

Maxim Isaakovich Dunaevsky. Born on January 15, 1945 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian composer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1996), People's Artist of Russia (2006).

Hosted a program about the operetta “With a light genre!” on the TV channel "Culture". Member of the jury of the music television competition "People's Artist".

In the 1990s he became the founder of the cooperative " Creative Center"IMAKS" under the artistic direction of M. Dunaevsky.

In 1992-1999 he lived in the USA, worked in Hollywood, wrote music for several films.

He is the president of the Isaac Dunaevsky Charitable Cultural Foundation, deputy chairman of the Guild of Professional Composers, academician of the Russian National Film Academy, member of the expert council of the first television channel for selection for the Eurovision contest and the annual music program “New Songs about the Main Thing.”

Maxim Dunaevsky's height: 178 centimeters.

Personal life of Maxim Dunaevsky:

Was married 7 times.

First wife - Natalya Leonova.

Second wife - Regina Temirbulatova, singer.

Third wife - Elena Dunaevskaya.

The fourth wife is an actress. The marriage produced a son, Dmitry, in 1982, who later lived in Los Angeles and Switzerland.

Natalya Andreichenko left him for Maximilian Schell. Dunaevsky recalled: “1985-1986, perestroika had not yet arrived, but it was a terrible, troubled time. Many people wanted to leave and left by any means. When Maximilian Schell appeared in our family as a friend and film partner, I saw that he favored Natasha, was in love with her. At first, she did not reciprocate his feelings, they were just friends. He came to visit us. But then I noticed that she began to answer him - not with love, no, with some kind of spiritual reciprocity... There was probably a lot of pressure, and besides, there was a chance to start new life with an Oscar winner, with a millionaire, a very good life - both professional and material... Natasha called me for a conversation. She is a fairly straightforward person and will not hide for long. She didn’t say that she had feelings for Shell, she didn’t say that she was madly in love with him, then, probably, there would have been a different conversation... No, Natasha simply explained that the opportunity had arisen to go to Hollywood, to America, and she was offered to do it. .. You see, despite all her crazy behavior, to put it mildly, Natalya Andreichenko is a very pragmatic person. Knows what he's doing."

Fifth wife - Olga Danilova, fashion model.

The sixth wife is Olga Sheronova.

Seventh wife - Marina Rozhdestvenskaya (born November 11, 1972). He said that Marina turned out to be elusively similar to his mother - both in character and even in appearance.

In 2002, Marina Rozhdestvenskaya gave birth to his daughter Polina.

In addition, Dunaevsky adopted (born 1995) Rozhdestvenskaya’s daughter from a previous relationship, giving her his last name. Maria became a theater and film actress.

Illegitimate daughter - Alina Spada. Her mother is Nina Spada.

Alina was born in August 1983 in Moscow, with three years old lives in Paris, where she organized her rock band Markize. Alina learned that her father was the famous Russian composer Maxim Dunaevsky at the age of nine. Long years they maintained a relationship, the girl even lived with his family when she came to Russia. But then Maxim stopped communicating with his daughter and did not answer calls.

Being the heroine of one of Russian talk shows, Alina said: “I don’t understand what happened. I never wanted to interfere with him and his family, there is nothing bad in my thoughts. After my last trip to Moscow, we never really communicated anymore. I just want to see him.”

Alina Spada - illegitimate daughter Maxim Dunaevsky

Dunaevsky said about his numerous marriages and divorces: “This is character, for me divorce is not scary. Although it is very difficult to talk about this topic with a woman: “You know, dear, we need to get a divorce, something is not working out for us.” She always asks: “Don’t you love me?” And the hardest thing is to say: “You know, no, I don’t love you.” This is terrible! I understand men who find it difficult to have such a conversation. But without this it is impossible. Just hiding, running away, as many do, is probably wrong.”

Filmography of Maxim Dunaevsky:

1972 - Bertolt Brecht. Songs and ballads (film-play) - arranger and pianist
2005 - Motley Ribbon. Arkady Ostrovsky. The song stays with the person (documentary)
2006 - How idols left. Isaac Dunaevsky (documentary)
2008 - Pugacheva, Rasputina... All the stars of Derbenev (documentary)
2008 - Incredible adventures musketeers in Russia (documentary)
2009 - Mine" The Iron Lady". Tatyana Lioznova (documentary)
2010 - Sung in the USSR. Song of the Musketeers (documentary)
2010 - Lydia Smirnova. A Woman for All Seasons (documentary)
2011 - No Rules - Ian
2012 - Secrets of Soviet cinema. Carnival (documentary)
2013 - “Seventeen moments of spring.” Last take(documentary)

Maxim Dunaevsky's works in cinema as a composer:

1970 - Fantasies on themes by Dunaevsky
1972 - Blue Hares, or Musical journey
1973 - Tale in the faces (documentary)
1974 - Long live nature! (animated)
1974 - Car, violin and dog Blob
1975 - Re-wedding
1975 - Boy with a sword
1977 - The Zatsepin Family
1979 - Flying Ship (animated)
1979 - Hippodrome
1979 - D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
1979 - Ah, vaudeville, vaudeville...
1980 - Bang-bang, oh-oh-oh! (animated)
1980 - Codename "Southern Thunder"
1980 - If I were the boss...
1980 - Within the Garden Ring (short film)
1981 - Seven happy notes
1981 - Sold Laughter
1981 - Where will he go!
1981 - Carnival
1982 - The trust that burst
1982 - Cat's House (animated)
1983 - Mary Poppins, goodbye
1983 - Green Van
1984 - A small favor
1985 - Life Danger!
1985 - In Search of Captain Grant
1986 - Where we are not
1986 - At the edge of the sword
1987 - Marriage Loan
1988 - French
1989 - Bright personality
1990 - Dungeon of the Witches
1990 - Trap for a lonely man
1990 - Living target
1991 - And to hell with us
1991 - Year of the Good Child
1991 - White Nights
1992 - Baby by November
1992 - Bon appetit, TV guy! (Bon Appétit, My Little TV)
1992 - The Musketeers twenty years later
1992 - Here I come... (short film)
1993 - The Mystery of Queen Anne, or The Musketeers thirty years later
1996 - Die of happiness and love
1999 - Dance with me
2000 - Formula of Happiness
2000 - A romance of chivalry
2000 - Border. Taiga novel
2002 - Atlantis
2003 - Criminal Tango
2003 - Bomb for the Bride
2003 - Amapola
2004 - The Three Musketeers
2004 - 12 chairs
2005 - Lethal force-6
2005 - Dream Illusion
2006 - Utyosov. A song that lasts a lifetime
2006 - Soviet period park
2006 - My affectionate and gentle cop
2007 - Sashka, my love
2008 - The Fool and Venus
2008 - I’m standing on the edge
2009 - Skeleton in the closet
2009 - Return of the Musketeers
2011 - No rules
2012 - 1812: Uhlan ballad
2013 - Treasures of O.K.
2013 - At the Edge of Good (was not completed)
2014 - Full speed ahead!
2014 - Bosun Chaika
2016 - About love
2016 - Cinderella (film-play)

Discography of Maxim Dunaevsky:

1977 - Songs from the fairy tale “When the traffic lights sing”
1981 - Musical “The Three Musketeers”
1982 - Maxim Dunaevsky. Songs from the film “Carnival”
1983 - “City flowers. (Mikhail Boyarsky sings songs by Maxim Dunaevsky)"
1984 - Music and songs from the television film “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!”
1995 - Musical “The Three Musketeers”
1996 - Nikolai Karachentsov “My Little Lady”
1996 - Musical “Die of Happiness and Love”
1996 - Maxim Dunaevsky “Best songs”, part one
1997 - Maxim Dunaevsky “Best songs”, part two
2001 - “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (Music and songs from the TV movie)”
2001 - “Mary Poppins, goodbye!” (Music and songs from the TV movie)"
2002 - Maxim Dunaevsky “Golden Collection”, part one
2002 - Maxim Dunaevsky “Golden Collection”, part two
2002 - Maxim Dunaevsky “Golden Collection”, part three

Maxim Dunaevsky is a composer whose music has become significant part general cultural heritage Soviet Union, as well as an important element of a great era. Once upon a time his songs were sung by people in all corners of the USSR. And melodies written by a talented composer sounded from literally every radio receiver in the Soviet state.

Many years have passed since then. The land of the Soviets has sunk into oblivion, but the music of that era is still alive in the works of Maxim Dunaevsky. After all true art immortal.

Early years, childhood and family of Maxim Dunaevsky

The future famous composer was born on January 15, 1945 in Moscow. His family was closely connected with art and was distinguished by the presence of several bright personalities.

Maxim's father, Isaac Osipovich Dunaevsky, was a famous Russian composer, whose life and work were considered an indisputable role model for many years. Zoya Ivanovna Pashkova, the mother of our today’s hero, was also a bright and original personality. All of my life talented woman She worked as a ballerina, and therefore her fame was in many ways not inferior to the glory of her common-law husband.

As for Maxim himself, his creative path he started by studying at music school. After this there was a period of study at the theoretical and composition department of the music school, which operated at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Subsequently here in the same educational institution Maxim studied composition for several years. IN different years his teachers and mentors were such illustrious figures of the Soviet musical art like Alfred Schnittke, Andrey Eshpai, Tikhon Khrennikov, as well as many other outstanding masters.

During my studies at music conservatory named after Tchaikovsky, our today's hero dreamed of becoming a famous composer writing academic music. In this capacity he wrote a huge number wonderful works, however, over time he switched to a different direction in his creativity and began to write music for theatrical productions.

In this regard, the meeting with the leaders of the student theater “Our House” Mark Rozovsky and Ilya Rutberg became decisive in his fate. Their acquaintance grew into a long collaboration. At first, Maxim Dunaevsky wrote music for performances, and later began to work with film directors.

Star Trek by composer Maxim Dunaevsky: first songs and great success

In 1972, Maxim Dunaevsky first tried to write music for a cinematic film. In this regard, the debut film for the composer was the film “Blue Hares, or a Musical Journey,” in which several of the author’s songs were performed at once.

Maxim Dunaevsky Waltz from “Mary Poppins, Goodbye”

The first “damn” turned out to be quite successful, and therefore subsequently our today’s hero began to often write music for various Soviet films. Among him best works includes compositions written for such famous films as “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers”, “Ah, Vaudeville, Vaudeville...”, “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!”, “The Musketeers Twenty Years Later”, “A Small Favor”, “Carnival” "and others. These works made Maxim Dunaevsky one of the most famous composers in the Soviet Union. In total, his songs were performed in more than thirty Soviet films. Therefore, his work has always developed in parallel with the development of cinematographic art in the USSR.

In 1977, our today's hero organized variety ensemble"Festival", with which he subsequently collaborated closely. In addition, compositions written by Dunaevsky also appeared in the repertoire of such stars of the Soviet stage as Mikhail Boyarsky, Nikolai Karachentsov, Lyubov Uspenskaya, Tatyana Bulanova, as well as many other famous artists.

In parallel with other types of creativity, Maxim Dunaevsky also worked on writing music for theatrical works. Over the years, he took part in the creation of such performances as “The Boy with a Sword”, “The Three Musketeers”, as well as the musicals “Tili-tili-dough...”, “In Search of Captain Grant”, “The Twelve Chairs” and many others.

Maxim Dunaevsky. My hero

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the composer moved to America, where he also successfully worked for some time as a composer of film music. Between 1992 and 1999, eight films were released in the United States, the music for which was written by Maxim Dunaevsky.

After returning to Russia, our today's hero continued to work with Russian directors. In this period famous author wrote music for the TV series “Border. Taiga novel", "Utesov. A song that lasts a lifetime”, “Amapola”, as well as for the films “Atlantis”, “Formula of Happiness”, “Park of the Soviet Period”, as well as many others.

Maxim Dunaevsky currently

In addition to everything else, Maxim Dunaevsky also worked as a TV presenter on the Kultura TV channel, where he hosted a program about the operetta “With a Light Genre.” One more important milestone television career The composer is his participation in the “People’s Artist” project, in which our today’s hero worked as one of the jury members.

In the last few years, the famous author has also been working as a composer and writing music for films. Among him latest works such famous paintings like "1812. Uhlan Ballad" and "Return of the Musketeers". In addition, in 2014, the music of Maxim Dunaevsky should be performed in a new Russian film"Full speed ahead."

Personal life of Maxim Dunaevsky

During his life, Maxim Dunaevsky was married as many as seven times. Among his wives was actress Natalya Andreichenko, as well as models Olga Sheronova, Olga Danilova, and other women. The composer has three children from different marriages - Dmitry, Alina and Polina. Alina Dunaevskaya followed in her father’s footsteps and now heads the French group Markize, within which she works as a vocalist and composer.