Stanislaw Ivanovich Pozhlakov ( January 4, 1937 , Mytishchi - September 25, 2003 , St. Petersburg ) is a jazz musician, composer and performer. Member of the Union of Composers of St. Petersburg [1] , Honored Artist of Russia .
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| Full name | Stanislav Ivanovich Pozhlakov |
| Date of Birth | January 4, 1937 |
| Place of Birth | Mytishchi , Moscow region , RSFSR , USSR |
| Date of death | September 25, 2003 (66 years) |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg , Russia |
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| A country |  the USSR  Russia |
| Professions | composer , poet , singer |
| Genres | jazz |
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Biography
In childhood he moved to Leningrad . The only one of four children in the family survived the blockade .
In high school, he studied in the same class with Yuri Senkevich . In parallel, he studied at the music school, then - independently.
In 1958-1965 led the orchestras Lenastrada. One of the pioneers of jazz in Leningrad.
Creativity
On the work of the composer at the Central Television was filmed the documentary "Lyrical mood" (1975). His songs [2] were extraordinarily popular, and were included in their repertoire by leading singers of the Soviet stage: Edita P'eha , Edward Gil , Lyudmila Senchina , Muslim Magomayev , Maya Kristalinskaya , Aida Vedischeva , Galina Nenasheva , Maria Pakhomenko , Tamara Miansarova , Larisa Monon Mondaron , Monisa others. Often they were performed by the author himself - in a sincere, touching manner (“I remain a Leningrader” and many others).
The songs “Guys of the 70th latitude”, “Top-top” (“First steps”), “Lullaby with four rains”, “Song of the good man”, “Song of tenderness”, “The man came out of the house” became classics of the Soviet variety of the 1960s-1970s
It is noteworthy that the legendary rock musician Egor Letov turned to the heritage of S. I. Pozhlakov. He prepared two cover versions of Pozhlakov’s works (“The Song of the Red Army”, the album “ Starfall ” (2002) by the group “ Civil Defense ”, and also “Why do I dream of dreams” - a bonus track for the album of 2007 with the same name). Like Pozhlakov, Letov sang the song “Fog” (album “One Hundred Years of Solitude”). Letov called Pozhlakov one of the greatest melodists of the second half of the 20th century.
In turn, Stanislav Pozhlakov, a journalist with Sergey Sverchkov, spoke very positively about the Lettov version of Song of the Red Army. This was the last interview of an outstanding composer - it was aired on Radio Peterburg in early September 2003.
Last years of life
In the last years of his life, the composer was seriously ill (he practically could not move on his own) and was in great need, but he continued to work on new songs, mainly on his poems.
In September 2003, a group of art masters appealed to the then governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, with a request to provide the composer with material assistance and assistance in treatment. [3] [4] The idea was also expressed to organize a charity evening in honor of the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the creative activity of Pozhlakov to raise funds for the treatment of the composer. The request was denied without explanation.
September 19, 2003 S. Pozhlakov announced that he had finished work on the song “Night Enveloped the City of the Native” with his own poems. The master wanted to offer a song for the performance of the Children's Choir of Petersburg Television and Radio. Subsequently, notes and poems were not found.
Death
On September 26, 2003, the body of Stanislav Ivanovich was discovered by neighbors who visited his apartment on Frunze Street , 23, the door to which was open for several days. According to the national artist of Russia Eduard Khil (a close friend of Pozhlakov), the death of Stanislav Ivanovich could have been violent. [5] Circumstances of the composer's death remained unexplained.
He was buried at Sestroretsk cemetery .
Works
- Music to several films, including:
- 1969 - Create a battle
- 1969 - These Innocent Funs (directed by Augustus (Augustus) Baltrushaitis)
- 1972 - Going beyond the horizon
- 1972 - Boba and the Elephant (director - Augustus (Augustus) Baltrushaitis)
- 1973 - Dirk
- 1973-1974 - The Bronze Bird
- 1974 - Five for the summer
- 1975 - A step towards
- 1975 - Forest Swings
- 1976 - Only one night (director - Joseph Shulman )
- 1976 - The Wild Gavrila (director - Leonid Makarychev)
- 1982 - Here is the window again ... (director - Lev Tsutsulkovsky)
- 1991 - Candle (director - Anatoly Kudryavtsev)
- 1969 - These Innocent Funs (directed by Augustus (Augustus) Baltrushaitis)
- 1969 - Create a battle
- Music for two music hall programs:
- 1967 - “You are not more beautiful”
- 1975 - “From Heart to Heart”
- 1967 - “You are not more beautiful”
- Music for the musical “Cyrano de Bergerac”
- Operetta "Burn, burn, my star"
- Songs of S. Pozhlakov on the site The Red Book of Russian Variety