Tal'kov Igor

Born November 4, 1956 seven kilometers from Yasnaya Polyana. He graduated from music school bayan. At various times, supplemented education in the Moscow Art Theater School, Tula Pedagogical Institute and the Moscow Institute of Culture, but none of these schools did not graduate. After service in the construction battalion worked as a soloist-vocalist of the Sochi association of musical ensembles, performed with groups of "April", "Kaleidoscope" and "Perpetual Motion". In 1982 he took part in the All-Russia contest of Soviet song, . held in Sochi, . where he performed the classic "crane" Yana Frenkel, . "Red Horse" Mark Fradkin and "Pull of the Earth" David Tukhmanov, . as well as his own song, "Country of Childhood",
. The latter, being dismantled by the authoritative jury literally, became a stumbling block: beyond the first round would not let him, as "unrelated to the Soviet stage". In the mid-80's worked as an arranger Lyudmila Senchina, and in 1985. with Irina Allegrova became a soloist tuhmanovskogo project
"Electroclub", consisting of a plate issued to Melodies. Too eclectic in content, the disc has failed utterly in selling, and trying to save the ensemble, its instigators chose Igor Talkov already popular Viktor Saltykov. However, and this failure did not break the singer, and in 1987 he

. The sensation has its own, . surprisingly bold for a variety of canons of the time "Russia", . adorn the finale of "Songs-89" and denoting a turn to the acute topical lyrics: "Communist Party", . "The Kremlin Wall, . "This world", . "The country is not fools, . a genius ", . "My Motherland", . "Gentlemen Democrats, . "Mr. President", . "The former second-grade captain", . "Comrade Lenin, . but how are you doing in aduN "..,
. Inert, . devoid of real freedom of CCTV did not dare to show when the singer's life has already finished shooting a concert, . but this did not prevent him alone, . with an accompanying band "savior", . collect site format "October" and "Luzhniki",
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Two years after the premiere of "Russia", he felt that the trend has exhausted itself, and turned to more traditional pop song themes, but fully realized it did not have time. In 1991 goduzhizn Igor Talkov tragically cut short.
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. The author, Michael sources Sadchikov "Rendezvous with the Stars", St. Petersburg, "Cult-Inform-Press" - "Man", 1992
. Albums "Invocation" and other songs (1987)
. Lifebuoy (1989)
. Theater Friends (1990)
. Selected poetry (1990)
. Russia (1991)
. My Love (1991)
. The world (1) (1993)
. Nostalgia (2) (1993)
. I'll be back (3) (1993)
. My Love (4) (1993)
. > Calling (5) (1993)
. Concert at Luzhniki-91 (1993)
. Last concert (1995)
. Best Songs (1996)
. "Yes and no" and other songs
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. Melodiya label.