Figotin, Boris Semenovich

Boris Semenovich Figotin was born on October 16, 1923 in Gomel.

In 1933, his family moved to Moscow, where Boris independently learned to play the accordion and was so successful that he was invited to the orchestra performing in the Lyubertsy movie theater. In 1939, the skill of the young musician allowed him to perform on the stage of the Metropol, along with the orchestras of A. Tsfasman and A. Varlamov.

In 1941, Figotin volunteered for the front, leaving for a while music that he only returned to in the hospital after being wounded in 1944. After the war, B. Figotin worked in the Jazz Accordion orchestra under the Central House of Artists, his stage partners were Jan Frenkel and Vladimir Shainsky . Vocational training continued at the School of Music at the Moscow Conservatory , and upon its completion (1952), and at the conservatory at Yu. Shaporin ^[1] .

In 1954, he organized and headed the first step youth pop orchestra at the Central House of Arts. At that time, Leonid Utyosov , Klavdia Shulzhenko , Leonid Kostritsa , later Lyudmila Zykina , Maya Kristalinskaya , Irina Brzhevskaya , Valentina Tolkunova sang his songwriter's talent as a musician.

In addition to songs, the composer created symphonic and chamber works, plays for the orchestra of folk instruments and groups of V. Ludvikovsky and Yu. Silantyev. He was busy with administrative work ^[2] .

The composer passed away on January 13, 1998.

Musical Compositions

• Composition for violin and piano - Scherzino (1957);
• for piano - Twelve Preludes (1955);
• for the orchestra of Russian folk instruments - the play "Volga Dance" (1956);
• for the orchestra of Russian folk instruments - Kumushki (1977);
• for a brass band - the march "Full speed ahead" (1964);
• for brass band - Small Overture (1972);
• for the pop quartet - the play "The Moth" (1958);
• for trumpet and pop orchestra - Serenade (1963);
• for pop orchestra - Pop March (1965);
• overture "My Komsomol" (1978);
• Chrysanthemum Overture (1979);
• Overture Anniversary (1980);
• Overture Carnival (1981);
• overture Fun Route (1987);
• musical play "Let's Dance" (1966);
• musical play "Happy Holiday" (1973);
• music for the ballet on ice "Winter Fantasy" (1959).

Vocal works

Romances

• Evening light of the star (the author of the words is S. Schipachev, 1961);
• Autumn (the author of the words is A. Pushkin, 1971);

Songs

• Airport (lyrics by F.Laube) - performer Lev Leshchenko
• Victory is in our hearts (lyrics by F.Laube) - performer Joseph Kobzon
• Where are you, my beloved (the author of the words is I. Suslov and Yu. Buderman) - performer Nikolay Nikitsky
• Military conductors (lyrics by F. Laube) - performer Joseph Kobzon
• Military conductors (lyrics by F.Laube) - performer Eduard Labkovsky
• I bought "Zaporozhets" (lyrics by L. Kukso) - performer Oleg Anofriev
• Oh, it’s hard to silently love (the author of the words is B. Yuzhanin) - performer Alexander Kovalenko
• First love (lyrics by O. Fadeeva) - performer Leonid Kostritsa
• The first snow (the author of the words is E. Chernykh) - performer Gelena Velikanova
• Song about the song (songwriter - E. Chernykh) - performer Lev Leshchenko
• Song about an old friend (songwriter - I. Suslov, Y. Biderman) - performer Claudia Shulzhenko
• Song of young dreamers (songwriter - E. Chernykh) - performer Leo Polosin and Boris Kuznetsov
• Old Waltz (lyrics by Y. Sosnin) - performer Claudia Shulzhenko ^[3]

Movie Music

• Music for the film "We Serve the Fatherland" (1981).

• People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1995);
• Laureate of the prize named after A. Alexandrov (1990).