Usanov, Pavel Anatolyevich

Born on August 11, 1975 in Novocheboksarsk . He studied at secondary school No. 5. He graduated from the Kirov College of Arts, served in the army, studied at the faculty of Military Conductors at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky , graduated with honors from the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins and graduate school, took private composition lessons from the professor of the Moscow Conservatory Yu. V. Vorontsov. In the years when he was a cadet of the faculty of Military Conductors, he played jazz in Moscow in the Manhattan group, then in the Zhon Band phonograph group by Sergey Zhilin . In 1996, an ad appeared in the newspapers that in connection with the tragic death of bass player Alexander Nikolaev, the Lyube group announced a competition for a new performer. After he was noticed as part of a jazz quartet, Pavel passed the competition and became the bass player of the Lyube ^[1] .

Studying at the Academy. The Gnesins, Usanov took up the composition and began to write music for theatrical productions, audio performances and films. He created music for 15 documentaries on Channel One , collaborating with Pavel Sheremet , for the film “ Russian Victim ” about the Pskov paratroopers and others. Continuing to work at Lube as a musician, Usanov in 2006 formed the group “ Encounter Battle ”, becoming her art director and composer. After a long search for a soloist, in 2009 the album “ Everything will be as it should be! ” Was released . ”, In which Nikolai Rastorguev , Alfa special forces officers and Alexey Petrenko participate. Continuing to work at Lube, he also gave concerts with the Oncoming Battle group, but in 2012 he changed his composition and later became a soloist in his group. He created an acoustic version of his program called “Acoustic Look”, where the singer Juliana Green took part. He actively performed around the country with his own repertoire.

On April 2, 2016, Pavel Usanov was urgently hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Institute with a severe head injury. According to a source, Usanov received a head injury in a brawl in the town of Dmitrov near Moscow ^[2] . On suspicion of beating a musician, 39-year-old Maxim Dobry was detained.

Despite the efforts of doctors, he died on April 19, 2016 without regaining consciousness at the Institute of Emergency Medicine. Sklifosovskogo ^[3] . After Usanov’s death, Zakhar Prilepin suggested that the reason for the beating was Paul’s conversation about Donbass, heard by strangers in the bar ^[4] . However, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation denies this version ^[5] and reports that: “while the version of the conflict is confirmed on the basis of personal hostility,” the reason for the hostility has not been named. He was buried on April 22 in Novocheboksarsk on the Walk of Fame of the old city cemetery near the village of Lipovo ^[6] .

On April 19, 2017 in Donetsk, on the initiative of a public figure Anastasia Fedorenko , a memorial plaque to Pavel Usanov was erected. The verses of Pavel Usanov from his famous song “Everything will be as it should” are carved on a granite plaque ^[7] .

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  Pavel Usanov in the jury of the contest "Native open spaces". Donetsk 2015

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  Opening of the memorial plaque to Pavel Usanov in Donetsk

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  Plaque to Pavel Usanov in Donetsk

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  The grave of Pavel Usanov in Novocheboksarsk on the Walk of Fame. May 2018

Since 2012, he was the founder and leader of the fund “Cultural and educational movement“ Promotion of creative education ”” (STO efficiency). In 2015, Pavel created his own cultural and educational movement, “Native Open Spaces,” and the first project was a children's music contest, which took place in the Donbass , in the city of Donetsk , during the fighting ^[8] .

The first wife is Marina Usanova, with whom Pavel lived for 8 years. They have two children left, Vasily and Sophia. The second wife is singer Juliana Green.

Lube

• 1997 - Songs about people
• 2000 - Half Station
• 2002 - Come on ...
• 2005 - Scattering
• 2009 - Own
• 2015 - For you, Motherland!

Head to

• 2009 - Everything will be as it should!

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