Dunaevsky, Maxim Isaakovich

The son of the composer Isaac Dunaevsky and the ballerina of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A.V. Alexandrov and the Moscow Operetta Theater Zoya Ivanovna Pashkova (1922-1994), born out of wedlock. The eldest brother of Maxim's father Eugene (1932-2000) was an artist ^[3] . Maxim received his father’s surname only when he was 16 when he received a passport. Prior to this, he bore the name of his mother Pashkov. When Maxim was 10 years old, his father died. The question arose about the inheritance. Thanks to the request of famous composers and a special decision of the Soviet state and party instances, he was officially recognized as the legal heir, along with his mother, as well as the only official wife of Isaac Dunaevsky Z. A. Sudeikina and their eldest son Eugene.

In 1965 he graduated from the Theoretical and Composer Department of the College of Music at the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky .

In 1970 he graduated from the theoretical and composer department of the Conservatory in composition . His teachers were Nikolai Rakov , Dmitry Kabalevsky , Andrey Eshpay , Tikhon Khrennikov and Alfred Schnittke .

Maxim Dunaevsky could become a composer writing academic music . But his fate was determined by the meeting with the student theater of Moscow State University “Our House” (musical director of the studio from August 1964 to 1969), which was directed by Mark Rozovsky , Ilya Rutberg and Albert Axelrod .

From 1969 to 1974, Dunaevsky was the conductor of the E. Vakhtangov Theater ; in 1974–75 - the chief conductor and musical director of the Moscow Music Hall ; in 1985-1987 ^[4] - Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the State Pop Orchestra of the RSFSR (attracted people such as Pavel Smeyan , Irina Ponarovskaya , Boris Oppenheim , Weiland Rodd , Andrei Davidyan and musicians from the rock band "SV" ) ^{[4] [5 ] ]} ; in 1987 - the musical director of the Theater-Studio of Musical Drama (artistic director Yuri Sherling ). ^[one]

Along with symphonic, chamber and vocal works, Maxim Dunaevsky began to write music for the theater, and later for cinema and pop . For the performance of Mark Rozovsky in the Youth Theater, he wrote many songs in 1974, which were then included in the television movie “ D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers ” (1978, Rozovsky was the author of the script).

Maxim Dunaevsky organized his pop, also rock, ensemble “ Festival ” (1977-1990), collaborated as a songwriter with poets such as Leonid Derbenev , Naum Olev , Yuri Ryashentsev , Ilya Reznik , Robert Rozhdestvensky , Yuri Entin , Nikolai Denisov . ^{[6] The} songs of Maxim Dunaevsky are an integral part of the works of Mikhail Boyarsky , Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya , Nikolai Karachentsov , Pavel Smeyan , Dmitry Kharatyan , Lyubov Uspenskaya , Masha Rasputina , Igor Nadzhiev , Tatyana Bulanova and other performers. Among his works are a concert for piano and orchestra, 1970, cantata for the a cappella choir “Old Ships” (to verses by A. Lundqvist, 1970), works for chamber-instrumental ensembles, sonatas, romances, and choirs.

He is the author of music for more than 60 films (the most famous are D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers , The Musketeers Twenty Years Later , The Secret of Queen Anne, or The Musketeers Thirty Years Later , Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin, or The Return of the Musketeers ”,“ Ah, vaudeville, vaudeville ... ”,“ Carnival ”,“ The trust that burst ”,“ The Green Van ”,“ Mary Poppins, goodbye! ”,“ A small favor ”,“ Bright personality ”), the TV show“ Boy with a sword ", animated films" Puff-puff, oh-oh-oh-oh! "," The Flying Ship "and" Cat's House ", the author of the musicals " Tili-tili-dough ... "," Emelin happiness "," Three Musketeers "," In Search of Captain Grant "," Funny Guys-2 "," Twelve Chairs "," Love and Espionage ", dedicated to Mate Hari . ^[7] , " Scarlet Sails ." Maxim Dunaevsky is also the author of the pop opera Salome, Princess of Judea.

He led a program about the operetta “With a light genre!” On the TV channel “Culture” . Member of the jury of the People’s Artist music television competition.

In 1994, especially for Nikolai Karachentsov, he wrote 10 songs on the verses of Ilya Reznik , which later became part of the actor’s solo album “My Little Lady”, recorded in Los Angeles ^[8] .

Since 2015, she has been the artistic director and chairman of the Art Council of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic .

He lived in the United States for almost eight years (1992 ^[9] - 1999), worked in Hollywood , wrote music for several films.

He was married 7 times.

Wives: Natalya Leonova, Regina Temirbulatova, Elena Dunaevskaya, actress Natalya Andreichenko , fashion model Olga Danilova, Olga Sheronova, Marina Rozhdestvenskaya (born November 11, 1972).

The son from marriage to actress Natalya Andreichenko , Dmitry (born 1982) lives in Switzerland.

Daughter Alina (born August 1983, in Moscow) from Nina Spad, a translator from foreign languages ​​and a writer (In June 2018, she published an autobiographical book, “Open My Heart. Maxim Dunaevsky in My Life,” from Yauza). Alina has been living in France for three and a half years, where she organized her rock band Markize. Being the author-composer-performer of her songs in the style of pop rock, she recorded and released several music albums, as well as video clips and singles ( www.alina-dunaevskaya.com ). At the invitation of the French singer, Robert at her concert an honored guest performed in 2010 in Paris Olympia. Participates in projects of other groups and artists, at their invitation, and also gives concerts at private evenings.

In 2002, Marina Rozhdestvenskaya gave birth to a daughter, Polina. In addition, Dunaevsky adopted Maria (born 1995), the daughter of Rozhdestvenskaya, giving her his last name ^[10] .

In addition to creativity, Maxim Dunaevsky is actively involved in social activities and charity. He is the president of the Isaac Dunaevsky Charitable Cultural Foundation, the deputy chairman of the Guild of Professional Composers, an academician of the Russian National Film Academy, a member of the expert council of the first television channel for selection for the Eurovision Song Contest , and the annual music program "New Songs about the Essentials". The last two facts are somewhat contrary to his statements about contemporary pop music ("I don’t want to give names and somehow comment on it. I think most of them would be nice to sing at the table. Singing requires a lot of professionalism. It's not enough to be a popular figure. You have to learn this “Now everyone is singing, and I can say differently: who has money. It’s another thing that any mention disappears with the last broadcast, the name and appearance of the artist, who was recently known, are erased”) ^[11] . Highly praised Dima Bilan , as well as Alexander Panayotov ^[12] .

He also founded the cooperative "Creative Center" IMAX "under the artistic direction of M. Dunaevsky." (since the early 1990s)

On May 20, 2011 and January 17, 2015, the First Channel released issues of the program Dostoyanie Respubliki dedicated to Maxim Dunaevsky ^[13] .

• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (07/11/1996) - for active participation in organizing and conducting the election campaign of the President of the Russian Federation in 1996 ^[14] ;
• In 2005 he was awarded the Order of Peter the Great, I degree;
• In 2007 he was awarded the Order of Pinocchio (awarded 05.02.2008).
• In 2008, the Children's Art School in the Kaliningrad Region was named after Isaac and Maxim Dunaevsky.
• In 2012, he became the laureate of the National Award “ Musical Heart of the Theater ” in the nomination “Best Music (Composer)” for the musical (“ Scarlet Sails ”, Sverdlovsk State Academic Musical Comedy Theater , Yekaterinburg; Perm Academic Theater-Theater; Novosibirsk Academic Youth Theater “Globe” »)

Composer

Vinyl records released by Melody

• 1977 - Songs from the tale "When Traffic Lights Sing" (minion)
• 1981 - The musical The Three Musketeers, (triple disk giant)
• 1982 - Maxim Dunaevsky. Songs from the film "Carnival" (minion)
• 1983 - "City Flowers. ( Mikhail Boyarsky sings the songs of Maxim Dunaevsky) ", (minion)
• 1984 - Music and songs from the television movie "Mary Poppins, Goodbye!", (Disc giant)

Copyright CDs

• 1995 - The Musical Three Musketeers, (2 CD)
• 1996 - Nikolai Karachentsov “My Little Lady”, (CD)
• 1996 - The musical “To Die from Happiness and Love,” (CD)
• 1996 - Maxim Dunaevsky "Best Songs", part one (CD)
• 1997 - Maxim Dunaevsky "Best Songs", part two (CD)
• 2001 - “D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (Music and Songs from the Telefilm)”, (CD) ^{[17] [18]}
• 2001 - “Mary Poppins, Goodbye!” (Music and songs from the television movie) ", (CD)
• 2002 - Maxim Dunaevsky “The Golden Collection”, part one (CD)
• 2002 - Maxim Dunaevsky “Golden Collection”, part two (CD)
• 2002 - Maxim Dunaevsky “The Golden Collection”, part three (CD) ^[19]

• Dunaevsky, Maxim Isaakovich (English) on the Internet Movie Database
• Discography of Maxim Dunaevsky
• Maxim Dunaevsky on the website of the Moscow Regional Philharmonic
• Interview with Maxim Dunaevsky. The Seagull Magazine, 2002
• Interview with Maxim Dunaevsky Jewish.ru 2009
• Blog Maxim Dunaevsky on snob.ru
• Musical of Maxim Dunaevsky "Scarlet Sails"
• Musketeer of Her Majesty's Music - Maxim Dunaevsky
• Maxim Dunaevsky in dialogue with Evgeny Dodolev (Moscow 24, 2014)