Eugene Martynov

He was born on May 22, 1948 in Kamyshin (now the Volgograd Oblast).[2] Father, the commander of the infantry platoon, returned from the war with an invalid, his mother was a nurse at the front.[3] After 5 years, the family moved to Donbass (father's homeland), Artyomovsk. Zhenya showed an early ability to music. His father taught him to play first on the accordion, then on the accordion. He graduated from artemovsky muzuchishche in the class of clarinet. In 1967 he entered the Kiev Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, but was soon transferred to the Donetsk Music and Pedagogical Institute (now the Prokofiev Conservatory), which he graduated ahead of schedule in 1971. In 1972, as a composer in Moscow, he met Maya Kristalinskaya, who sang his song Birch for Sergey Yesenin's poetry for the first time and introduced the young composer to the public in the variety theater. In the same year, on the central television, the song My Love was performed by Gyulli Choheli. Since 1973 Martynov lived in Moscow and worked first at the State Concert Association Rosconcert (soloist-vocalist), and then at the publishing houses Young Guard and Pravda (musical editor-consultant). In 1978 he played the role of a romance singer in the musical of Oleg Bijma Fairy Tale as Fairy Tale.[4]

Member of Union of Soviet Composers since 1984.[5]

In his work, Martynov relied on the most successful lyrical or civic poems by Ilya Reznik, Andrey Dementyev, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Mikhail Plyatskovsky and other outstanding Soviet poets. The melodies of Martynov are beautiful, sometimes very whimsical, light and soulful, well orchestrated. Martynov's songs were performed by outstanding Soviet singers of the 1970s and 1980s – Sofia Rotaru, Joseph Kobzon, Anna German, Vadim Mulerman, Aleksander Serov, Georgy Minasyan, Maria Codreanu, Mikhail Chuev, Eduard Gil and others. Currently, some of Martynov's songs are sung and recorded by Julian, Nikolai Baskov, Philipp Kirkorov, Ani Lorak, Tina Karol.

He died on September 3, 1990.[5] The official cause of death is acute heart failure.[6] The circumstances of death are described by eyewitnesses ambiguously. According to the casual acquaintance, the singer felt ill in the elevator. Probably, Martynov could be saved if he had been provided with qualified medical care in time.[1] He was buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery in Moscow. Shortly before his death, on August 27, 1990, at the qualifying release of the festival Pesnya goda' 90 he sang his last song Maryina Roshcha on verses by Ilya Reznik.[7]

In 1978 he married his beloved girl Evelina Konstantinovna from Kiev. Son Sergei (named after Rachmaninoff and Yesenin). After the death of Eugene, Evelina and his son emigrated to Spain.[1]

• Laureate of the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students, Berlin (1973)
• Second prize winner of Golden Orpheus (1976)[5]
• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1987) for creation of works for children and young people and great work on the aesthetic education of youth

• Swan Fidelity
• Ballad of Mother
• Apple Тrees in Blossom
• Alyonushka
• Cherry
• Father's Letter
• The Curse

• Клуб Евгения Мартынова
• Eugene Martynov at IMDb
• Тексты песен Евгения Мартынова