Lyadova, Lyudmila Alekseevna

Born in Sverdlovsk , in a family of professional musicians. Father, Alexei Ivanovich Lyadov, was a soloist of the Sverdlovsk Opera House (tenor), then worked as a violinist in the orchestra (in addition to violin, played the saxophone and mandolin ), in the 1960s and 1970s he worked as regent of the church choir of St. Nicholas Church in Makeevka (village Grigoryevka) Donetsk region . Mother, Julia Petrovna Lyadova (nee Samoilova; 1902-1980), a choirmaster by training, conducted amateur groups, she sang for a long time in the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic .

She began to study music in early childhood. Parents seriously prepared her for a pianist career. First, a home teacher was invited, then they assigned to a music school to the famous teacher Vanda Antonovna Bernhard-Tshaska (a student and, later, assistant B. Stavenhagen ). At the age of 10, having survived a big competition, Lyudmila entered the children's department of the Sverdlovsk Conservatory under Professor B. S. Marants .

From the age of 11, the girl played the most complex works of the classical repertoire at school evenings, holidays, in the club where her mother worked, participated in shows, festivals, and competitions. A big event for her was a performance with an orchestra conducted by Mark Paverman on the stage of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic . Then she played a Mendelssohn concert, and a year later with the same orchestra she performed the famous First Tchaikovsky concert, works by Rachmaninov and Liszt . At the end of the school, Lyudmila was enrolled in the conservatory in the piano class to B. S. Marants. In parallel, she studied at the composer department with Professor V.N. Trambitsky .

In 1948 she graduated from the Sverdlovsk Conservatory .

Even during World War II, Lyadova met with a young singer Nina Panteleeva . Since that time, they began to successfully perform together and in 1946 received the title of laureates of the 2nd All-Union Pop Art Competition. Their duet was very popular, they embarked on a long creative tour of the country, but in 1951 he broke up on the initiative of Lyadova. Nobody advertised the exact reason for the breakup, but Lyudmila Alekseevna hinted more than once that she saw a lot of anger and envy from her partner in relation to herself. Perhaps this is what prompted new work and new opportunities.

The “Old March” to the verses by M. Vladimov, “The Wonder Song”, “The Drum” to the verses by I. Shaferan, “Ai-lyuli” written for T. Miansarova and brought her the title of laureate and the Gold Medal at the VIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki (1962), and others. “A miracle song” to the verses of L. Davidovich and V. Dragunsky following Lyudmila Lyadova herself was sung by G. Velikanova, N. Dord, K. Lazarenko, T. Miansarova and the English singer Jerry Scott.

The first performer of the “Old March” was I. Kobzon , then the song entered the repertoire of Yu. Bogatikov . The song “Drum” sounded with large orchestras performed by E. Gil . The “Old March” and “Drum” were performed by all military ensembles of the country. Military themes are reflected in other songs by Lyudmila Lyadova.

In March 1985, Lyudmila Lyadova's anniversary evening was held in Moscow in the Hall of Columns .

Recently, L. Lyadova continues her creative search in song lyrics, writes and performs romances, creates works for the spiritual choir, military marches. He speaks a lot and holds meetings with members of the public. A lot of talent and strength is given by professor L.A. Lyadova's pedagogical activity.

In 2000, a collection of children's songs by Lyudmila Lyadova “Pochemuchka” was released. The composer constantly turned to this topic. Her children's world is a cheerful and surprisingly clean musical island, inhabited by children, animals, birds, butterflies, toys.

In 2005, the anniversary concert of Lyudmila Lyadova took place in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

In 2007, one of the editions of Oleg Nesterov ’s author’s program “On the Wave of My Memory” (Channel “Time” - Channel One. World Wide Network) was dedicated to Lyudmila Lyadova.

May 21, 2015 in the House of Russian Abroad named after A. Solzhenitsyn an anniversary concert of the artist took place.

Many know her as a repeated participant in the festival “January Musical Nights”.

On April 19, 2017, she was a guest of the “My Hero” program with Tatyana Ustinova on the TV Center TV channel.

Member of the Union of Composers and the Peace Foundation.

In the winter of 2017, she suffered a stroke. There was also a hip fracture.

Interesting Facts

Since 1990, announcers, presenters, as well as her colleagues and performers have represented Lyudmila Lyadova in television, radio, solo and national concerts at all levels as the People's Artist of the USSR .

Personal life

The first husband is Vasily Korzhov, accompanist of the gypsy ensemble.
The second husband is Yuri Kuznetsov, a ballet dancer .
The third husband is Kirill Golovin, an engineer .
The fourth husband is Igor Slastenko, a singer .
The fifth husband is Alexander Kudryashov (b. 1942), a saxophonist , took the name of his wife and became Lyadov.

No kids.

Lyudmila Alekseevna loves nature, silence, can spend hours wandering through the woods or fishing. He enjoys working on the ground at his cottage in Ruse. He reads a lot, giving preference to Russian literature, both classical and modern.

Lives and works in Moscow.

Songwriting

Lyudmila Lyadova’s songs were performed by: Maria Bieshu , Yuri Bogatikov , Zara Dolukhanova , Lyudmila Zykina , Joseph Kobzon , Tamara Miansarova , Elena Obraztsova , Edita Piekha , Bela Rudenko , Gasim Khalilov , Ninel Tkachenko , Valentina Tolkunova , “ Leonid Utesov ( Leonid Utesov ( Leonid Utesov ), Eduard Gil , Mikhail Chuev , Claudia Shulzhenko (“Someday”, “Heart Song”, “Woman”).

Instrumental music

• A concert for piano and orchestra a moll (repeatedly performed by the author and other pianists both in Russia and abroad over the years. The Ulyanovsk composer and pianist Anton Nikonov, in addition to performing, also wrote a methodical development, “Overcoming Pianistic Difficulties in the Piano Concert by Lyudmila Lyadova” .
• “Coconuts”, “Good-for-nothing dances”, etc. for a pop-symphony orchestra
• Gypsy Rhapsody and Concert Polka for piano and orchestra

Chamber music

• Sonata for Piano
• Pieces for violin and piano

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree ( June 8, 2005 ) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic musical art and many years of creative activity ^[2]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree ( March 17, 2000 ) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic musical art ^[3]
• Order of Honor ( May 4, 2011 ) - for great merits in the development of domestic culture and art, many years of fruitful activity ^[4]
• Order of Friendship ( August 2, 1997 ) - for services to the state, a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples, many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art ^[5]
• Medal "For Labor Distinction" ( November 14, 1980 ) - for the great work on the preparation and holding of the Games of the XXII Olympiad ^[6]
• medal "For the development of virgin lands"
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (December 29, 1984)
• USSR State Prize Laureate
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (July 30, 1976)
• Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize
• Laureate of the Russian Union of Youth Prize
• A.V. Alexandrov Prize
• Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Region ( March 10, 2015 ) ^[7]

• Kuznetsova T.V. Lyudmila Lyadova, famous and unknown. - M.: Publishing. “Gnome and D”, 2000 - 248 pp., Ill. ISBN 5-296-00016-1

• Official site of the composer . (Russian) - 01/05/2009.
• All materials about Lyudmila Lyadova . (Russian) - 05/13/2011.
• Fedorov A. Lyudmila Lyadova. Madame thousand volts // Amurskaya Pravda. - 2006. - May 18 . (Russian) - 01/05/2009.
• Sverdlovsk Music College
• ICF "Art without Borders" . (Russian)

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