17-year-old Muscovite Nikolai Voronov is a real child prodigy, who was never called that at home in order to protect him from psychological trauma. The boy, born into the family of a psychologist and accompanist, showed extraordinary abilities in mathematics and music from the age of three. At the age of five, he began studying to become a pianist at the Moscow Gnessin Secondary Special School for especially gifted children. Absolute pitch and unique musical memory, identified in Nikolai, led to the fact that, in parallel with the general program, they began to study composition with him. At the age of ten, Kolya Voronov composed the song “White Dragonfly of Love” on a simple synthesizer, which six years later was destined to become internet hit and bring fame to the author. And now a first-year student in the composition department of the Moscow Conservatory, a pop career took off - he was invited to perform at corporate parties, the New Year’s Eve of the “2x2” channel, and the clubs “Solyanka” and “Ikra”. On young musician offers of cooperation from show business representatives, requests for television filming and interviews began pouring in. Fans, having found out the Voronovs’ address, began to gather at his entrance. There was, as they say, serious hype.
The current situation worries Kolya Voronov’s parents a lot, who fear that excessive public attention will prevent their son from completing his education and thereby ruin his talent. OPENSPACE.RU decided to find out what was on Kolya Voronov’s mind.
Location: cafe on Izmailovsky Boulevard. Characters: correspondent OPENSPACE.RU Denis Boyarinov, Nikolai Voronov and his director Alexander. Voronov studies the menu, then places an order: meat in a frying pan, two bottles of mineral water.
- You bite your nails.
Yes (laughs embarrassed). I can't break the habit.
- This is some kind of characteristic feature for pianists. Horowitz also bit his nails in his youth.
For pianists this is such a disaster. By the way, Horowitz does. But Stravinsky didn’t bite.
-Can we start the interview?
Yes, yes.
Wonderful. Your mother and piano teacher told me in detail about your, so to speak, development as a classical musician and pianist. But, as they admit, they didn’t notice the moment when you became interested in pop music.
In fact, my mother probably noticed, but didn’t tell me. I became interested in pop music at the age of ten. I turned on the TV and listened to songs. Any - listened to the group "White Eagle", Viktor Tsoi ( laughs)…What else is there? Decl! ( Recites.) “Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?" Really good songs. And Tsoi is generally wonderful...
Well, what I’m saying is that all of this was, in principle, interesting to me. But I got into pop music when my dad bought me a synthesizer at the Savelovsky market Casio STK 571. This synthesizer has become my attribute.
- Do you still play the same synthesizer?
Yes! And I don't want to change it!
- Does it work well - the keys don’t stick?
Works well. On the contrary, sometimes you want to tear out the keys. With the roots! ( Laughs.) No, I'm afraid, I'm afraid to buy a new one. ( In a conspiratorial tone.) Do you know why I'm afraid?
- Why?
Because the new one won’t have the “Dragonfly” rhythm. No - if new, then only Casio, only Casio. Moreover, it is interesting that on the new synthesizer it will be possible to make a remix of “Dragonfly”. Actually, I'm glad you heard "Dragonfly". This is incredible! This is amazing! Why is there such an attraction to the song all of a sudden? Suddenly! This song didn’t exist, then it appeared - and suddenly this happened. And now everyone says that Nikolai Voronov is my idol. ( Laughs.)
- What are you listening to now?
Now - classical music. She has something to tell me energetically.
- What period?
Modern. Not even modern late XIX- beginning of the 20th century.
- Modernists?
Not quite modernists yet, but already... Early avant-garde- Debussy, Scriabin, Mahler, Ravel are smaller. Everything is post-Chopin. Rachmaninov is included there, of course. Naturally, dodecaphonists, the New Viennese school - Berg, Schoenberg, Webern.
- I know you're making it up symphonic works and myself.
Yes, I compose, of course. On my computer, I have three programs. I write in them, and the programs are immediately read out. This is very important: you compose and immediately hear what you are composing.
- How would you describe the style of your symphonic works?
I have different ones. This is probably the return of the classics. Modern harmonies... No, that's how it should be said: I'm trying to show modern harmonies classic style. In general, it’s a combination. Even “Dragonfly” is a combination. Combining pop rock with disco.
- Do you give your symphonic works titles?
- “Opus”. Opuses numbered. I can't remember the name. I give numbers to songs. Song 68 is playing now.
- So you composed 68 songs in total?
- Why do you play the same ten pieces at concerts?
- 15. Because they are the biggest hits. And so far I have only learned them.
Nikolai Voronov woke up famous in the wake of the success of the song “White Dragonfly of Love,” which blew up all the dance floors more than eight years ago. Once upon a time, the iconic metropolitan club Solyanka was bursting with people who wanted to hear the hit live. Voronov was regularly invited as a guest on various programs, and the media dreamed of getting an interview with him.
Now Nikolai is 26 years old, and only memories remain of his former popularity. After the deafening furor of “White Dragonfly of Love,” the young man never recorded a single composition that would become a hit. Apparently, in an attempt to attract attention, Nikolai decided to actively maintain a channel on YouTube. The videos that Voronov records receive dozens of views - a thousand times less than in 2008.
In addition, the majority of social network users perceive his work negatively and rate his posts with dislikes. The fact is that Voronov presents very strange and ambiguous videos that are very difficult for the average person to understand. Nikolai makes videos while sitting at the computer. At the same time, the young man often exposes his torso, and the annotations to the recordings resemble the works of avant-garde literary figures and are often accompanied by obscene language.
On Voronov's page social network VKontakte is also experiencing increased activity. The young man regularly posts several posts in a row, spacing only a couple of minutes apart. Nikolai’s posts are also similar to the works of experimental poets.
“The roof moves slowly and quietly like a surfing mouse,” writes Voronov (Spelling and punctuation are the author’s. – Ed.).
In another publication, the musician plays on the title of Vadim Zeland’s book. Apparently this work made an extremely strong impression on Nikolai. “Reality Transurfing! Be above the blanket! Be human. (...) Trasurfing is higher. Transsurfing an animal.. Transsurfing an animal - and be above people, (...) please? Thank you?" – with these words Voronov addressed the subscribers (Spelling and punctuation are the author’s. – Ed. note).
On Voronov’s wall you can also find posts in which he shares his thoughts. “I feel sorry for everyone. I want to love. Which is what I do. Which is what they all do. That’s what we all do,” Nikolai wrote in early July. A few hours later, the musician decided to touch on the topic of envy.
"At the level eternal life good feeling. You enjoy genius for 1000 years, but your life lasts 100,000,000 or whatever. He takes you into the world of your inner flowing sausage, but you finally don’t flow. He sees you, he cannot see you, he cannot unsee you, for 1000 years, he will have time for himself, it is eternal. Human. Bicycle. And what is envy? good feeling. And misunderstood words. Understood, stand up and answer. Slap your ear. Understood, stand up. I don't open up completely. I'm jealous. I see. I'm jealous. I see the words. I'm jealous. I hate Anne. I. I can’t unsee who wants to stop the earth, I’ll get off...” shared Voronov (Spelling and punctuation are the author’s. – Ed.).
Not long ago in the program "Exactly" on Channel One popular comedian of all Rus', Maxim Galkin literally amazed all the spectators and presenters by portraying a certain Runet star - Nikolai Voronov, who once became famous for the hit “White Dragonfly of Love”, and then sunk into oblivion. Many people who do not know Voronov and his songs have a logical question: “Where did Maxim Galkin even get this strange nerd with glasses and a synthesizer? Who is this? And why did the popular comedian choose him? Are there other “victims” to parody—more venerable and well-known to the public?”
Surprisingly, the choice of Maxim Galkin is not accidental, as it might seem at first glance. If you look at all this from the point of view of System-vector psychology Yuri Burlan, then the popular comedian unconsciously chose his “vector double”: the set of vectors in Galkin and Voronov coincides one to one (muscular, anal, skin vectors from below and visual, oral and sound – from above).
However, there is one small but significant difference: if Maxim Galkin has all the vectors developed and in good condition, due to which their properties harmoniously complement each other, giving their owner the opportunity to fully realize their talents and abilities in society, then Nikolai Voronov has everything somewhat sadder. The vectors are not in very good conditions, they are stressed, they “rattle”, giving their already strange owner grotesque and comical features. So, for example, Nikolai has the habit of constantly biting his fingernails, constantly fiddling with something, twitching his hands - which indicates stress in the skin vector. Tries to chat incessantly and off topic, despite problems with diction, and is often “shut up” by the interlocutor - not very developed oral ability. Even singing, as if “a bear stepped on your ear” (despite the fact that Nikolai has good hearing and studied first at Gnesinka, and then at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory). What's wrong with Nikolai Voronov? Let's try to make some systematic guesses.
Who is Nikolai Voronov?
Nikolai Voronov, despite the fact that at one time his “White Dragonfly of Love” sounded from literally every iron and every cafe on the embankment, still remains a not very well-known person. Books are not written about him, his biography is not written down, his songs (except Dragonfly) are known only to a narrow circle of people, but about the fact that this person He also writes poetry and tries to create “serious music”, unknown to almost no one.
Some call Voronov "blessed Russian Internet" And "fool", others consider him an undoubted talent and unrecognized genius, still others sigh with regret - “the guy is sick and you’re laughing at him”.
Voronov himself does not hide his problems, honestly declaring that, yes, he was treated in a mental hospital, but he is even somewhat proud of it, not unreasonably believing that madness and genius go hand in hand. At one time, Nikolai even tried to play on his “abnormality”, using this as an image for the public, making some completely crazy recordings and posting them on YouTube. He tried to shock his subscribers, declared himself as an eccentric musician, coming up with various funny names for his “group.” For example, “Cold smoked mackerel”. He constantly talked about “normality and abnormality,” sounding somewhat elevating himself above the “normal crowd”:
Why do you need to be normal?
Here comes the pensive flute
With even dissonance across,
Or the foundling cries in the abyss.
Even this - why do you need to be if you are crying?
However, over time, apparently, he became disappointed and calmed down, realizing that many people come to his page only to giggle and grin, and not at all in order to appreciate his work. That behind his “abnormal image” no one wants to see what he is trying to convey. But Nikolai Voronov, like all people with a sound vector, wants to convey certain meanings. And he himself is looking for these meanings.
What are the reasons for Nikolai Voronov’s “abnormality”?
We will not go into clinical diagnoses or medical histories of our hero. Let's talk a little about something else.
As we said above, Nikolai Voronov is the owner of a sound vector, which already makes him a little “eccentric” in the eyes of all other people.
Sound people from birth are black sheep in society, because... wired differently and concerned about different things. While all the other children are making noise, squealing, pushing, rolling around in a tightly linked human ball, the child with the sound vector tries to stay away. Human noise hurts his sensitive ears. And all this leapfrog with his peers doesn’t really interest him.
He hasn’t even managed to get out of diapers yet, and already the question is: "Who am I?" appeared in his head. The sound artist has been searching for meaning all his life. human life, his world, unlike the world of the majority, is split in two: the real world and the metaphysical world. And guess which world is more real for him? Not the same for all of us - that's true.
Thus, you now understand why a person with a sound vector may seem like an “eccentric” to everyone around him. Because he thinks in completely different categories.
But this distance that separates the sound artist from everyone else can smooth out over time. If such a child does not sit at home, but ranks among his peers, develops the properties of not only the upper, but also his lower vectors (the development of lower vectors just happens “in the pack”), sooner or later he finds his place in this society, finds a use for himself , learns to communicate with other people, and other people begin to understand him better. In other words, a person with a sound vector, who is not forcibly torn away from society, ceases to be a black sheep, but can become a developed personality who also brings into this world new ideas useful for humanity. Lower vectors in good condition provide a good basis for the development of upper vectors.
However, if a child with a sound vector is not allowed to rank among his peers, is not allowed to develop the properties of his lower vectors, the development of which occurs in a very important period - during puberty, and in addition the sound is traumatized - then the sound person remains a “black sheep” and "weird".
(1991-05-15 ) (27 years old) K:Wikipedia:Articles without images (type: not specified)Nikolai Alexandrovich Voronov(born May 15, 1991) is a Russian pop singer and composer who became popular thanks to the YouTube video service.
Biography
Nikolay Voronov - Muscovite, youngest son teacher of the Department of Sociology and Humanities at the International University of Nature, Society and Man “Dubna” Alexander Yaroslavovich Voronov.
According to his mother, he composes music with three years. At the age of five he began studying piano at the Moscow Gnessin Secondary Special Music School. Nikolai held his first concert in Dubna. The first appearance on the “major” stage took place in 2008 at the Solyanka club. In 2008, he entered the first year of the composition department of the Moscow State Conservatory. P. I. Tchaikovsky, where he studied in the class of R. S. Ledenev, under whose guidance he composed works in the academic style (First poem for male choir and orchestra; Six pieces for violin and orchestra; Concerto grosso for string orchestra, celesta, violin, viola and cello).
According to Nikolai, he “took up pop music” when his father bought him a Casio CTK 571 synthesizer at the Savelovsky market. The first three songs he composed were called (in chronological order) - “I'm waiting for you”, “People who are right away” and “White dragonfly of love”. In 2008, the author predicted that Dragonfly would "become his hit."
Notable works
- "Barricade"
- "People who immediately"
- "Chub, kamon"
- "Casino"
- "Fruit tenderness"
- "Just Dancing"
- "Country"
- "SMS"
- "Run"
See also
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Links
- (English) on Myspace
- on RuTube
- on YouTube
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“Yes, I came to you, father, and with my pregnant wife,” said Prince Andrei, watching with animated and respectful eyes the movement of every feature of his father’s face. – How is your health?“Unhealthy, brother, there are only fools and libertines, but you know me: busy from morning to evening, abstinent, and well, healthy.”
“Thank God,” said the son, smiling.
- God has nothing to do with it. Well, tell me,” he continued, returning to his favorite hobby, “how the Germans taught you to fight with Bonaparte according to your new science, called strategy.
Prince Andrei smiled.
“Let me come to my senses, father,” he said with a smile, showing that his father’s weaknesses did not prevent him from respecting and loving him. - After all, I haven’t settled in yet.
“You’re lying, you’re lying,” the old man shouted, shaking his braid to see if it was tightly braided, and grabbing his son’s hand. - The house is ready for your wife. Princess Marya will take her and show her and talk a lot about her. This is their woman's business. I'm glad for her. Sit and tell me. I understand Mikhelson’s army, Tolstoy too... a one-time landing... What will the Southern Army do? Prussia, neutrality... I know that. Austria what? - he said, getting up from his chair and walking around the room with Tikhon running and handing pieces of clothing. - Sweden what? How will Pomerania be transferred?
Prince Andrei, seeing the urgency of his father’s demand, was reluctant at first, but then became more and more animated and involuntarily, in the middle of the story, out of habit, switched from Russian to French, began to outline the operational plan for the proposed campaign. He told how an army of ninety thousand had to threaten Prussia in order to bring it out of neutrality and draw it into the war, how part of these troops had to unite with Swedish troops in Stralsund, how two hundred and twenty thousand Austrians, in conjunction with one hundred thousand Russians, had to act in Italy and on the Rhine, and how fifty thousand Russians and fifty thousand Englishmen would land in Naples, and how, as a result, an army of five hundred thousand had to attack the French from different sides. Old Prince did not show the slightest interest in the story, as if he was not listening, and, continuing to get dressed as he walked, unexpectedly interrupted him three times. Once he stopped him and shouted:
- White! white!
This meant that Tikhon did not give him the vest he wanted. Another time he stopped and asked:
- And will she give birth soon? - and, shaking his head reproachfully, said: - Not good! Keep going, keep going.
The third time, when Prince Andrey was finishing the description, the old man sang in a false and senile voice: “Malbroug s"en va t en guerre. Dieu sait guand reviendra." [Malbroug is getting ready to go on a campaign. God knows when he will return.]
The son just smiled.
“I’m not saying that this is a plan that I approve,” said the son, “I just told you what it is.” Napoleon had already drawn up his own plan no worse than this.
“Well, you didn’t tell me anything new.” - And the old man thoughtfully said to himself in a patter: - Dieu sait quand reviendra. - Go to the dining room.
At the appointed hour, powdered and shaved, the prince went out into the dining room, where his daughter-in-law, Princess Marya, m lle Burien and the prince's architect, who, by a strange whim, was allowed to the table, was waiting for him, although by his position this insignificant person could not count on such an honor . The prince, who firmly adhered to the differences in life and rarely allowed even important provincial officials to the table, suddenly saw the architect Mikhail Ivanovich, blowing his nose in the corner checkered scarf, proved that all people are equal, and more than once inspired his daughter that Mikhaila Ivanovich is no worse than you and me. At the table, the prince most often turned to the dumb Mikhail Ivanovich.
In the dining room, hugely high, like all the rooms in the house, the household and waiters standing behind each chair were waiting for the prince to leave; the butler, with a napkin on his hand, looked around the table setting, blinking at the footmen and constantly running his restless gaze from the wall clock to the door from which the prince was supposed to appear. Prince Andrei looked at a huge, new to him, golden frame with an image of the family tree of the Bolkonsky princes, hanging opposite an equally huge frame with a poorly made (apparently by the hand of a home painter) image of the sovereign prince in a crown, who was supposed to come from Rurik and be the ancestor Bolkonsky family. Prince Andrei looked at this family tree, shaking his head, and chuckled with the look with which one looks at a portrait that is ridiculously similar.
- How do I recognize him all over here! - he said to Princess Marya, who approached him.
Popularity is not always gained through participation in various competitions and castings. Sometimes it leads to fame chance meeting With the right people and even a clumsily made home video. Nikolai Voronov is exactly the person who managed to become famous thanks to a private video posted secretly on the popular website Youtube. About his history, biography and creative success we will tell you in this article.
General information from life
Nikolai was born in May 1991 in Moscow. His father was Alexander Yaroslavovich Voronov, a well-known teacher at the Department of Sociology and Humanities at the International University of Nature, Society and Man “Dubna”. Since childhood, Nikolasha, as his mother called him, loved listening to music. He could sit for hours with eyes closed and enjoy your favorite tune.
Getting a music education
At the age of five, the Voronovs decided to send the boy to music school named after the Gnessins, where he could learn to play the piano. Nikolai Voronov loved to learn something new, so he gladly put himself in the hands of his teachers. The musician studied here for 12 years.
However, due to excessive zeal, the young man became too irritable, which ultimately led to a nervous breakdown. Therefore, the parents and themselves decided to leave the music school and take a break from studying for a while. For the same reason, Nikolai was forced to refuse to participate in the prestigious competition held in 2000 in Holland.
In 2008, he entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where the young man studied under the strict guidance of Ledenev. It was thanks to perseverance and incredible hearing that student Voronov managed to write first the first poem for a male choir and orchestra, then six new pieces for violin and orchestra, and then came up with parts for cello, violin, string orchestra, viola and celesta.
Passion for Russian “pop”
Along with classical music, Voronov Nikolai Aleksandrovich became interested in domestic “pop music”. According to him, interest in this musical style originated with him from the moment when he was given the first synthesizer. It was this instrument that helped compose young talent the following songs:
- "I'm waiting for you".
- "People who are right away."
- "White Dragonfly of Love"
At the same time last topic about the dragonfly became a real hit. Later, Nikolai came up with other songs, many of which became popular. Among them you can find such works as:
- "Casino".
- "Fruity tenderness."
- "Run."
- "Barricade".
- "Country".
- “Chub, Kamon” and others.
One of latest works, written by the musician, is “Newspapers Write.” In total, the performer has created over 90 of his own songs, many of which he performs himself and allows other musicians and artists to do the same.
Tour
Feeling the strength of a talented performer, at the end of 2008 Nikolai Voronov decided to go on his first tour around the country. Various personal managers helped the musician in organizing concerts. However, he decided to refuse their services approximately 2-3 years after the start of the first tour.
Voronov Nikolay (musician): interesting facts from life
During the start creative career and studying at the university Nikolai met wonderful people, composed music, poetry and drew inspiration from works famous classics. Unusual, less often funny, but more often memorable situations often occurred in his life. For example, the most memorable event for him was his first appearance on stage. This happened, according to him, in mid-2008 during a small concert in Dubna, organized by representatives of the Solyanka club. At that moment, the composer and performer created a real sensation.
According to preliminary estimates, at that time over 1,500 spectators gathered in the hall who came to listen to music performed by Voronov. Later, Nikolai Voronov himself posted the same musical number (songs written by the composer can be found in this article) on YouTube. Surprisingly, this video received huge amount views and positive comments.
The musician's second moment of fame was New Year's concert 2008-2009, broadcast by the “2x2” TV channel. Thanks to his growing popularity on YouTube, the composer and performer Voronov was noticed even by the famous music critic Artemy Troitsky. According to certain information, it was he who initiated the departure of Nikolai with the hit “White Dragonfly of Love” performed by the group Quest Pistols for Eurovision 2009.
And although they actually managed to submit such an application, the commission did not approve this initiative. The refusal of those responsible for the competition was due to a violation of the rules. The fact is that the song has already become a hit. It was broadcast on radio and television, which was strictly not allowed until the start of the competition.
Musician awards and honors
In the summer of 2009, Nikolai Voronov was awarded an honorary prize called “Steppen Wolf”. In addition, Nikolai has repeatedly become a laureate of various prizes and awards.
What is the musician doing today?
On at the moment Nikolai Voronov offers his services as a presenter at corporate events, performs at concerts, composes new compositions and is engaged in creative work. So, during all this time Nikolai wrote:
- two quartets;
- one trio;
- about ten duets;
- one quintet;
- one sextet;
- five poems;
- about twenty-five electronic symphonies;
- more than a dozen musical works, created specifically for the orchestra;
- more than ten works for piano, etc.
He also runs his own website. He also has official page"VKontakte". In his free time, the young man likes to ride a bike, pick mushrooms and visit the conservatory. About how he acted in television shows and Nikolai Voronov’s programs (“Comedy Club” and others), we will tell you further.
Participation in the Comedy Club
Sometimes Nikolai is invited to various talk shows and programs of various types. For example, once he became the guest of honor at a popular Russian show Comedy Club. During live broadcast the musician entered into a funny dialogue with the hosts of the program, spoke briefly about his work and even sang a few lines from his hits: “Barricade” and “Dragonfly of Love.” By the way, it was on this program that the performer announced that the song about the dragonfly is almost 15 years old. It turned out that he wrote it at the age of eleven.
Personal life of Nikolai
If the musician speaks very willingly about his creative successes, he prefers to remain silent about his personal life or quickly changes the topic. From his words it becomes clear that he has not yet thought about a serious relationship. However, he boldly reports that he likes blondes with “appetizing, plump curves.”
Hobbies of a musician
Like any normal person, Nikolai has his own interests and taste preferences. For example, he likes any bright and interesting music, including classical. The main thing is that it captivates the listener and produces a certain effect. “It should lift your spirits and make you want to cry or laugh,” says the composer.
Nikolai hardly watches TV, but likes to read a lot. Among the musician’s favorite writers and poets are the following: Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Yesenin, Mayakovsky, Tsvetaeva, Brodsky and others.
So, we have considered creative life musician and his biography. Nikolai Voronov is a popular performer today with a unique ear and sense of tact.
