This article is about one of the most unusual representatives of the Russian stage - a person who can be very different, always remaining himself.
Childhood and family
The future star of the music scene was born into a large Soviet family from the town of Gzhatsk Smolensk region. His father Ivan Aleksandrovich Noskov worked at a meat factory, and his mother Ekaterina Konstantinovna was a milkmaid. Nikolai had four brothers and sisters. Trying to somehow improve financial situation, in 1966, little Kolya’s parents moved to Cherepovets.It was here that Nikolai Noskov took his first steps towards music: he performed in amateur performances, at school theatrical productions and matinees. Nikolai Noskov sang in a musical choir for a short time, but very soon he realized that being one indistinguishable voice out of many was “not his thing,” and he simply ran away. Unexpectedly, even his strict father supported him, who was pleased with such a manifestation of individuality.
The first successes of the talented boy were not long in coming. At the age of 14, Noskov won the youth competition Northwestern region of Russia. Some time later, Nikolai Noskov also began performing with various semi-amateur bands. musical groups, in which he sang, but also played guitar and keyboards. The guys sang songs foreign groups: The Beatles, Creedense, Led Zeppelin.
It is quite noteworthy that professional music education Nikolai Noskov has not received it to this day. He managed to master the chords and intricacies of notes on his own. He mastered the guitar, piano, drums and trumpet perfectly!
Some break in creative career young musician came when the artist went to the army. Here he occasionally played the trumpet in an army ensemble.
Music career
After demobilization, Nikolai moved to the capital, where for some time he worked as a singer in restaurants, played the trumpet in the VIA “Rovesniki”, then performed with the ensemble “Nadezhda”, which in the eighties performed mainly compositions by Alexandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov.However, the meeting of our today’s hero with composer David Tukhmanov in 1981 was truly fateful. At his invitation, Nikolai Noskov joined the newly created group “Moscow”. It was here that the young musician was able to reveal himself to the fullest. His voice with its signature hoarseness suited the band perfectly, and his virtuoso guitar skills also came in handy. As part of VIA "Moscow" Nikolai Noskov recorded the only album "N, L.O."
In 1984, Noskov said goodbye to “Moscow” and moved to the “Singing Hearts” ensemble, a little later to the VIA “Grand Prix”, where he took part in the recording of the album “Towards Theology”. In 1987, he recorded the solo composition “Romance” for the film “Island of Lost Ships.”
Nikolay Noskov – “Romance”
Nikolai Noskov and Gorky Park
In the same year, Stas Namin proposed former member“Moscow” Alexei Belov, Nikolai Noskov, as well as Alexander Minkov, Alexander Yanenkov and the drummer of the group “Aria” Alexander Lvov to put together a domestic heavy metal project of international level. Rehearsals soon began in Namin's studio, located in the park. Gorky. Hence the name of the group - “Gorky Park” or when they became the first Soviet team, which was included in the rotation of MTV, Gorky Park. 
The debut album "Gorky Park", on the recording of which Nikolai Noskov worked as a soloist, became very popular in the USSR and outside the country of the Soviets. In 1989, this record was included in the first hundred most popular albums, compiled by the authoritative American music magazine“Billboard”, and in Denmark the album received “gold” status. Americans and Scandinavians especially liked the song “Bang!”, which held first position in the charts all summer.
Gorky Park – Bang!
In 1990, Nikolai Noskov announced his departure from Gorky Park. The musician cited fatigue and creative crisis. Alexander Marshal became the new vocalist of the group, and Noskov created the personal rock band “Nikolai”, under the auspices of which he released the English-language album “Mother Russia”. The record did not gain much popularity, and after such a failure Nikolai Noskov disappeared from the stage for some time.
Return to Russian stage Nikolai Noskov succeeded only in 1996, blowing up the airwaves of radio stations with the hit “I’m Not Fashionable.” The composition was already much more “pop” than all his previous hits, but it was a popular success.
Nikolay Noskov – “I’m not fashionable”
Two years later, Noskov’s first solo album, “Whim,” was released, followed by the album “Paranoia.” The singer began to regain his former popularity: tours, awards (the performer’s personal collection includes five “golden gramophones”). However, almost nothing in his repertoire reminded him of his former “rock” past.
Nikolay Noskov collaborated a lot with others Russian celebrities, in particular, listeners remembered his duets with Larisa Dolina, for example, the romance “For three years I dreamed of you” performed by Larisa and Nikolai
Personal life of Nikolai Noskov
The singer does not like so-called “social parties”, as he feels awkward at such gatherings. At the same time, he met his first and only wife, Marina, in a restaurant, when he had just moved to Moscow and worked part-time, entertaining the public. 
The artist saw in the crowd dancing girls blonde beauty and immediately approached her. After chance meeting a long affair began, which ended in marriage. After ten years of marriage, the long-awaited daughter Katya was born.
The musician does not hide the fact that a great influence on him life position provided Indian philosophy. And he was so impressed by the book “Leo Tolstoy and India” that he gave up everything bad habits and stopped eating meat - he has been a vegetarian since about 2004.
Nikolay Noskov today
The musician continues to perform, but rarely pleases fans with new records. Last studio album"Untitled" was released in 2012. It included 7 compositions, and it could only be purchased at solo concerts Noskova 
In March 2017, media reports appeared about the emergency hospitalization of Nikolai Noskov. The singer was hospitalized in serious condition due to a blood clot in the cervical spine.
Since childhood, he successfully performed in school amateur performances, regularly took first place in children's competitions, and even then he knew how to squeeze out a stingy tear from an adult spectator. For some time he sang in a boys' choir, but quickly realized that his calling was to be a soloist, and not to loom somewhere in the general mass of mediocrity cut under the same brush. He simply ran away from the choir, unexpectedly receiving support from his father instead of catching up. “You see, the boy wants to sing solo!”
Of course, he played at dances in the school “band”, of course, far from songs Soviet composers, and the Beatles, Credence and other capitalist music. He sang in English, practically without knowing English: he “recorded” the lyrics by ear, and wrote them down in a notebook in Russian letters. One day the teacher in English under the threat of a bad mark for not learning a lesson, she forced him to sing one of the songs of the school ensemble in class. - “Now translate!” - "Well. “Yellow River” - “Yellow River...” - Nikolai translated and fell silent. And then the teacher said: “Remember, you will need English more than everyone else in this class. Because you sing well!”
I remembered these words for the rest of my life, and after moving to Moscow after the army, I never let go of my English textbook. Nikolai is self-taught. He taught himself to play the guitar, piano, and drums. In the army he played the trumpet. I learned the notes, in a word, I knew everything I needed to compose music. And when trying to enter the Gnessin School, he received recognition from the teacher: “I have nothing to teach you. You can do everything.”
Thus, he was left without formal musical education. However, without a Moscow residence permit and an education certificate, he was accepted into the VIA “Rovesniki” (“Rosconcert” sometimes violated the rules for applying for a job, making exceptions for talented artists). Then he worked for six months at VIA Nadezhda, which was popular at that time and performed songs by Alexandra Pakhmutova. But the voice with the “trademark” sipottsa did not suit the Komsomol songs; the Komsomol members sing in ringing voices. In addition, Nikolai was still not satisfied choral singing, even if as part of a vocal-instrumental ensemble.
In 1980, a significant meeting took place with the most progressive composer David Tukhmanov. Under his strict leadership and with his patronage, the rock group “Moscow” was created. (By the way, here Nikolai first met Alexei Belov, with whom they later created Gorky Park together.) The first performance with “Moscow” is one of the brightest memories. For the first time I saw “live” fans. And these were HIS fans! The group managed to give only a few concerts. And release on Melodiya a record with the vague name “N L O.” The harmonies and complex arrangements, unusual for the Soviet ear, combined with the “bourgeois-capitalist” vocals of Nikolai Noskov, did not go unnoticed. A revolutionary rock project at that time, clearly ahead of its time, could not survive for long in our country - the group was literally strangled.
Another attempt to work together with Tukhmanov failed after the only time
in the program “Music Kiosk” sounded new song based on Mayakovsky's poems. The devastating response to " Soviet Culture"was the death knell for the new project. (This is the song Nikolai Noskov will perform in November 2000 at anniversary party in honor of David Tukhmanov’s 60th birthday) Then work in foreign currency restaurants - with good musicians and repertoire for foreigners. Not a bad school and excellent language practice. Attempts to organize his own group under the wing of Viktor Vekshtein. But here the familiar problems began: it was necessary to perform a certain percentage of the songs of the Union of Composers, the artistic councils demanded that they put things in order “ appearance“The hair is too long, the pants are too leather - it didn’t work out.
In 1988, the era of the Gorky Park group began. During the " global warming“In relations with the West, an opportunity arose to create a group capable of “breaking through” America. Not just to go to a few concerts, but to truly compete in the Western market. Stas Namin took up the creation of such a group, inviting new project Alexey Belov and Nikolai Noskov. This is where knowledge of the English language and the ability to sing almost without an accent came in handy. Of the 11 songs urgently recorded, the Americans chose three that were competitive in their show business, and ordered the rest to be written in the same spirit. It was then that Noskov wrote the song “Bang,” which later became a mega-hit, rising to third place on the MTV hit list, and is still played on radio stations around the world. The young team received its “baptism of fire” while working as the opening act for the Scorpions in Leningrad in the summer of 1988. In December of the same year, at the invitation of Stas Namin, the president of the Polygram company and the musicians Bon Jovi came to Moscow, for whom a new group gave a concert at the Green Theater of the Central Park of Culture and Culture named after. Gorky.
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For the first time in the history of Russian rock, a direct contract between a Russian rock band and an American record company was signed. It was a real Breakthrough! The Americans took the song and put it on the radio station along with other English and American groups, and did a survey without naming the performers. And the song “Bang” took first place among them. The album "Gorky Park", released in 1989, took 81st place on Billboard magazine's list of the two hundred most popular albums, and the disc went gold in Denmark. The group relocated to the USA, and to the famous Moscow International Peace Festival, held in Luzhniki in the summer of 1989.
The musicians arrived as “Americans.” Performing at this festival together with such “monsters” as “Bon Jovi”. "Cinderella", "Ozzy Osbourne", "Motley Crue". “Scorpions” still remains one of the most vivid impressions. Next came an intensive tour of the States, and Nikolai had problems with his voice - more likely due to nervousness than due to voice overload. It was necessary to undergo surgery or be treated - with inhalations, herbs. It took a month for everything to resolve, but there was only ten days... ...That same “first in history” contract, signed by the group to celebrate, cleverly led the musicians “past the money.” Soon the American manager declared himself bankrupt. They began to “divide” the group, trying to win over different companies. Financial difficulties led to tension in relations within the team. Ultimately, Nikolai Noskov left Gorky Park and returned to Russia with eleven dollars in his pocket (After certain time Alexander Marshal, who replaced him, left the group, and now the rest of the group members have returned to their homeland) Returning to Russia, in 1994 Noskov recorded, with the group Nikolai he assembled, the English-language album “Mother Russia”, which was released by Polygram Russia ”, starts touring and gradually realizes two things:
Firstly, he understands that it is pointless to sing in English in Russia; of course, they will accept you, but they will never fully love you, because “Russian people love to listen to the text.” Secondly, he discovers that he is no longer “moved” by the music he performs at concerts: “After three years of intense touring, I came to the conclusion that this music, hard rock, does not touch me. Usually before going on stage you are so nervous, you get goosebumps - yx! But here he’s just lethargic, no emotions. You just go out and eat. Before that, everything was familiar and ordinary, simple: verse, chorus, solo - and that’s where it all ends. And I came to the idea that I should try myself in modern music" And Nikolai begins to write a new album, while simultaneously trying to terminate the contract with the Russian “Poligram”.
By this point, I realized that I should not look for a record company, but a person with whom I would not be afraid to work, who would not be afraid to turn my back. A person you can completely trust. In search of such a person, Nikolai meets Joseph Prigozheny. And since 1997, he becomes his producer, and some time later, he heads the company “ORT - Records”, where the album “Blazh” is released, and soon another disc appears - “Paranoia” (Both albums were re-released in 2000 by the director now Joseph Prigozheny by the company “Nox Music” under the name “I love you” and “Glass and Concrete”, respectively). Knox Music also released a new album from 2000, “Breathing Silence,” recorded with chamber orchestra Musica Viva.
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Ira Chance 12.04.2010 01:31:36
I love Noskov's songs. I can listen endlessly. My respect and admiration as a person. I also want to sing my songs.
opinion about singer N. Noskov
Elena Fackell 09.05.2011 02:56:25
There are many stones on earth. There are much fewer precious stones, they are beautiful, and people value them. But very rarely there are nuggets, the price of which is difficult to determine. People admire them, are surprised by their beauty, take care of them and are in no hurry to cut them, adjusting them to a general standard. Specialists they understand that this does not always need to be done. That’s exactly how I perceive N. Noskov’s talent - a precious stone! Only God, - I don’t understand, - isn’t that what they call him here? God, in the sense of an idol? I have never been a supporter of rude flattery, although I gave N. Noskov some frail chrysanthemums at a concert. This is my mistake - I didn’t take care in advance, I came from another city, there was no time left, I bought what I had. She said: “Beautiful, divine. ..”, and bowed to the talent. But with all that, to call God is to appeal to the base human qualities, which are in each of us, lie only at different depths. Why harm a person, awaken pride in him - as a result, the singer in him can die. He is, in my opinion, a pure person, creativity is permeated with intelligence. His attitude towards to his name - he did not change it. To some pseudo-Name. I’m writing, and I myself find a lot of contradictions, excuse me. It’s impossible not to be delighted. I adore this talent.
Thanks for songs
11.09.2012 03:51:36
The songs are simply mesmerizing, an incomprehensible feeling, but very pleasant when you listen to them. Of course I really like the voice, it’s just super, Beautiful music, text with deep meaning, thank you for these songs, you listen and understand that you are in love with them, it’s a pity that they are not about me, but it doesn’t matter, I imagine that they are about me! You can really listen to them endlessly, thank you!!!
Important note! Musician's hobby: pottery!
Nikolai Ivanovich Noskov was born on January 12, 1956 in the city of Gzhatsk, Smolensk region. Nowadays the city bears the name Gagarin. Russian musician, singer, composer.
“Gagarin was born there, and so was I! They flew away, each in their own direction, he was the first into space, I was the first to America. I spent my childhood next to the cows in the barnyard. I remember getting up early in the morning, taking a half-liter glass jar, a handful of rye bread and ran to my mother for milking. I drank this little guy with some bread and ran around all day, healthy... I generally grew up a healthy, normal guy with a stable psyche from a Smolensk village, although my mother is from Moscow, and my father is from Smolensk. , they met somewhere, and he took her away. Then we moved to the Vologda region, and that’s where my creative life began.”
Since childhood, he successfully performed in school amateur performances, regularly took first place in children's competitions, and even then he knew how to squeeze out a stingy tear from an adult spectator. For some time he sang in a boys' choir, but quickly realized that his calling was to be a soloist, and not to loom somewhere in the general mass of mediocrity cut under the same brush. He simply ran away from the choir, unexpectedly receiving support from his father instead of catching up. “You see, the boy wants to sing solo!”
The future rocker, of course, played at dances in the school “band”; naturally, far from songs of Soviet composers, but “The Beatles”, “Credence” and other capitalist music. He sang in English, practically without knowing English: he “recorded” the lyrics by ear, and wrote them down in a notebook in Russian letters. One day, an English teacher, under the threat of a bad mark for a lesson he had not learned, forced him to sing one of the songs of the school ensemble in class. - “Now translate!” - “Well. Yellow River - Yellow River...” - Nikolai translated and fell silent. And then the teacher said: "Remember, you will need English more than everyone else in this class. Because you sing well!"
The singer remembered these words for the rest of his life, and having already moved to Moscow after the army, he did not let go of the English textbook. Nikolai is self-taught. He taught himself to play the guitar, piano, and drums. In the army he played the trumpet. I learned the notes, in a word, I knew everything I needed to compose music. And when I tried to enter the Gnessin School, I received recognition from the teacher: “I have nothing to teach you. You can do everything.”
Thus, he was left without formal musical education. Nevertheless, without a Moscow residence permit and an education certificate, he was accepted into the VIA "Rovesniki" (Rosconcert sometimes violated the rules for applying for work, making exceptions for talented artists). Then he worked for six months at VIA "Nadezhda", which was popular at that time and performed songs by Alexandra Pakhmutova. But the voice with the “trademark” sipottsa did not suit the Komsomol songs; the Komsomol members sing in ringing voices. In addition, Nikolai was still not satisfied with choral singing, even as part of a vocal-instrumental ensemble.
In 1980, a significant meeting took place with the most progressive composer David Tukhmanov. Under his strict leadership and with his patronage, the rock group Moscow was created. (By the way, here Nikolai first met Alexei Belov, with whom they later created Gorky Park together.) The first performance with “Moscow” is one of the brightest memories. For the first time I saw “live” fans. And these were HIS fans! The group managed to give only a few concerts. And to release on Melodiya a record with the vague name NLO. The harmonies and complex arrangements, unusual for the Soviet ear, combined with the “bourgeois-capitalist” vocals of Nikolai Noskov, did not go unnoticed. A revolutionary rock project at that time, clearly ahead of its time, could not last long in our country, the group was literally strangled.
Another attempt to work together with Tukhmanov was defeated after a new song based on Mayakovsky’s poetry was performed for the only time in the “Music Kiosk” program. The devastating response in “Soviet Culture” was the death knell for the new project. (Nikolai Noskov will perform this song in November 2000 at an anniversary party in honor of David Tukhmanov’s 60th birthday) Then work in foreign currency restaurants - with good musicians and repertoire for foreigners. Not a bad school and excellent language practice. Attempts to organize his own group under the wing of Viktor Vekshtein. But here the familiar problems began: it was necessary to perform a certain percentage of the songs of the Composers' Union, the artistic councils demanded that the “appearance” be put in order - either the hair was too long, or the pants were too leather - it didn’t work out.
In times of “global warming” in relations with the West, an opportunity arose to create a group capable of “breaking through” America. Not just to go to a few concerts, but to truly compete in the Western market. Stas Namin took up the creation of such a group, inviting Alexey Belov and Nikolai Noskov to the new project. This is where knowledge of the English language and the ability to sing almost without an accent came in handy. Of the 11 songs urgently recorded, the Americans chose three that were competitive in their show business, and ordered the rest to be written in the same spirit. It was then that Noskov wrote the song “Bang,” which later became a mega-hit, rising to third place on the MTV hit chart, and is still played on radio stations around the world. The young team received its “baptism of fire” while working as the opening act for the Scorpions in Leningrad in the summer of 1988. In December of the same year, at the invitation of Stas Namin, the president of the Polygram company and the musicians of Bon Jovi came to Moscow, for whom the new group gave a concert at the Green Theater of the Central Park of Culture and Culture named after. Gorky.
For the first time in the history of Russian rock, a direct contract between a Russian rock band and an American record company was signed. It was a real Breakthrough! The Americans took the song and put it on the radio station along with other English and American groups, and did a poll without naming the performers. And the song "Bang" took first place among them. The album Gorky Park, released in 1989, took 81st place on Billboard magazine's list of the two hundred most popular albums, and the disc went gold in Denmark. The group relocated to the USA, and to the famous Moscow International Peace Festival, held in Luzhniki in the summer of 1989.
The musicians arrived already as “Americans”. Performing at this festival together with such “monsters” as “Bon Jovi”. "Cinderella", "Ozzy Osbourne", "Motley Crue". "Scorpions" still remains one of the most vivid impressions. Next came an intensive tour of the States, and Nikolai had problems with his voice - more likely due to nervousness than due to voice overload. It was necessary to undergo surgery or be treated - with inhalations, herbs. It took a month for everything to resolve, but there was only ten days...
...That same “first in history” contract, signed by the group to celebrate, cleverly led the musicians “bypassing the money”. Soon the American manager declared himself bankrupt. The group began to be “divided” and tried to attract different companies. Financial difficulties led to tension within the team. Ultimately, Nikolai Noskov left Gorky Park and returned to Russia with eleven dollars in his pocket (After a certain time, Alexander Marshal, who replaced him, left the group, and currently the rest of the group members have returned to their homeland). Returning to Russia, in 1994 Noskov recorded the English-language album Mother Russia with the Nikolai group he assembled, which was released by Polygram Russia.
Firstly, he understands that it is pointless to sing in English in Russia; of course, they will accept you, but they will never fully love you, because “Russian people love to listen to the text.” Secondly, he discovers that he is no longer “moved” by the music he performs at concerts: “After three years of intense touring, I came to the conclusion that this music, hard rock, does not touch me. Usually before going on stage You're so excited about the stage, you get goosebumps - yx! But here you're just lethargic, no emotions. You just go out and sing, everything is familiar and ordinary: a verse, a chorus, a solo - and that's where it all ends. that we should try ourselves in modern music." And Nikolai begins to write a new album, while simultaneously trying to terminate the contract with the Russian “Poligram”.
By this point, I realized that I should not look for a record company, but a person with whom I would not be afraid to work, who would not be afraid to turn my back. A person you can completely trust. In search of such a person, Nikolai meets Joseph Prigogine.
And since 1997, he became his producer, and some time later, he headed the company "ORT - Records", where the album "Blazh" was released, and soon another disc appeared - "Paranoia" (Both albums were re-released in 2000 by the now headed Joseph Prigogine by the company "Nox Music" under the name "I love you" and "Glass and Concrete", respectively). Knox Music also released a new album from 2000, “Breathing Silence,” recorded with the chamber orchestra Musica Viva.
“The album “Breathing Silence” is one of my experiments, - speaks . - And this is also the wish of the people who go to my concerts. They wanted to hear me perform more ballads, such as “My monotonous days flash by with the same pain” and “The candle was burning.” I still enjoy hearing when people come up and say: “Oh, you perform them so wonderfully! Just like your autobiographical songs!” This is what artistry is all about - it should always seem to listeners that these lines were taken straight from the soul of the person performing them."
In 2006, the album “Waist-deep in the Sky” was released; Nikolai Noskov himself commented on this album as follows:
"The unusualness of the new album is like musical material, is that in addition to the usual, standard tools, such as drums, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, we used instruments that are not typical for rock music. The main percussion function was performed by Indian instruments called tabla. I have been looking for a wind instrument for a very long time. We tried a lot of wind instruments: Indian, Asian, Central Asian. I felt that all these instruments somehow didn't work with the voice, with the overloaded guitar sound. These instruments are more meditative, so they were drowned in a flurry of dense sound.
I found it completely by accident. We came to Ufa on tour, and the organizers invited me to a concert by ethnic musician Djivan Gasparyan. At this concert, I saw a man holding a long case next to him. I asked the organizer: “What is he holding in his hands?” He replied that this is a national Bashkir instrument called kurai. Kurai is made of reeds growing in the mountains southern Urals. The stem is cut, holes are cut, and a tool is obtained from which sounds similar to the sound of the wind flow.
Until that time, I had no idea about this instrument: how it sounds and what it looks like. I asked this man to show me what the instrument sounds like. And when he took out the kurai and made sounds from it, then I realized that my search was over. I understood which instrument would be featured mainly on the album. Kurai, in fact, runs like a red line throughout the album. Thus, we brought fresh breath and new sound to ordinary rock music.
The album was recorded at the Krem Records studio in Moscow, mastering was done in Sweden, because in Moscow we have problems with such equipment. This is very expensive equipment if it is not digital. We wanted to give the album that softer sound. So I found a studio in Sweden and went there. By running our music through this analog equipment, we achieved what we wanted in sound.
The album is called "Waist-deep in the sky" It includes 10 compositions. It seems to me that everything is fairly consistent in one direction, in one style. Although it seems to me not entirely correct to talk about style, because I have never adhered to any styles, I always relied only on my taste. Each of my albums is different from the previous one, but each of my albums follows the same direction and expresses one thought, one feeling and mood. “Breathing in Silence” is an album written in a state of some kind of perfect peace, and in the album “Waist-deep in the Sky,” on the contrary, there are a lot of different emotions. The beginning of the album was one mood, then it broke a little because it happened like that in life. There is nothing far-fetched here, as it was felt and written. In my opinion, the album was a success."
In 2011, he announced that he had completed work on his new album, called "It's Worth It." This is the musician's first album in five years, who explained that he does not want to churn out new songs, as he does not like to rush. 2011 is an anniversary year for Nikolai Noskov. No joke - 55!
“And this is even cooler than 25 or 35,” says the singer. - It's probably my age. I used to want to please everyone, I would run out on stage and every time I would work like a... last time. And after the concert I couldn’t even talk, my ligaments were so bad. Now I don't sing so much as I tell stories in songs.
I also stopped rushing. I don't work at night anymore. I no longer want to conquer peaks. You want the peaks to come to meet you halfway." (From an interview with "Relax" magazine, 24/2011)
This year has become another milestone in Noskov’s work. In the fall, Nikolai presented the long-awaited album “It’s Worth It.” Fans have been asking the question about the new program for the past few years.
Video. Anniversary concert Nikolai Noskov. Moscow, Crocus City Hall, 8.10.11. TV version of Channel 1.
"Putting out new songs is not my style. I consider it wrong and dishonest towards those who love and appreciate you. My viewer is special: smart, intelligent, listening. It is impossible to deceive him. I am for sincerity in creativity and invest whole soul into every recorded sound, into every sung word. And this is not a quick process.”
The new album is a complete experiment. Listeners will be treated to an incredibly bold experiment - a mixture of organ and string instruments. "No one has ever done this in Russia before,- Nikolai Noskov assures. - Acoustic electric double bass, Rhodes piano, acoustic guitar, organ, drums. Add a string quartet to this!"
The Magnetic Fantasy string quartet is another discovery for fans of the artist’s work. “For us, every performance with Nikolai is a captivating performance with its magnetism and supernatural energy of his voice, an action that leaves a feeling of internal rebirth and renewal, as if rain washes away all the dust of everyday life from the soul,- says Elvira Sabanova, first violin of the quartet. - Nikolai Noskov is not just unique. He is an Artist who has been given the great gift of healing human souls through his voice."
Personal life. "About Tibetan wisdom"
Traveling to Tibet and Peru made a special impression on me. When we arrived in Peru and climbed to the top of Macho Piccho, the view from the top of this mountain and, as they say, the divine aura made a very powerful and very strong impression on me. I heard music there that I had never heard anywhere, in any temple built by man.
Tibet left behind the same unforgettable impression.
There were a lot of interesting things, but one meeting with a monk, whom I met on the path leading to the temple of the god Shiva, remained in my soul forever. Those words that he said made a very powerful impression on me, as a musician. They instilled in me an understanding as a musician of what my new album should be, how it should sound and what instruments, in addition to the standard ones: drums, keyboards, guitars, I would like to use. It was after this meeting that I realized how the new album would sound and what it would be like. When he found out that I was a musician, he told me: “Your profession is one of the greatest in the world. But don’t think beyond what you felt and saw here. Just return to Russia and try to convey in your music everything that you felt here. Life is a dream, but life is everywhere "- these are his words.
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Since 1981 he worked in the Moscow ensemble (artistic director David Tukhmanov) In 1982 he made his debut at ... Read all
IN creative biography singer - collaboration with many famous domestic and foreign composers and performers, including David Tukhmanov, Alexander Zatsepin, Eduard Artemyev.
Since 1981 he worked in the ensemble “Moscow” (artistic director David Tukhmanov) In 1982 he made his debut on the album “N.L.O.” (Melodiya publishing house, 1982), which is still very popular.
Since 1987, ex-vocalist and composer of the group Gorky Park. Participated in a large tour of the USA (1990), at the International Rock Festival in Moscow (1989). Recorded duets with Jon Bon Jovi (1989), Klaus Meine (Scorpions) (1990)
As a composer, Nikolai Noskov wrote dozens of songs. His song “Bang” took first place in the radio charts in America and was recognized as song of the year in Scandinavia, the video clip was third on the MTV charts, and the album “Gorky Park” (published by Polygram USA, 1989) took 81st place in 1989. Billboard magazine's list of the two hundred most popular albums and recognized as a Gold album for sales in Denmark.
Starred as a singer in feature film“Island of Lost Ships” (1987) - director Evgeny Ginzburg.
In 1993 he began his solo career. Together with the group “Nikolay” (“Nikolai”) he recorded the English-language album “Mother Russia” (Publishing house Polygram Russia, 1994).
Over the years creative activity created by Nikolai Noskov concert programs: “Breathing Silence” (2000), “Ra-Duga” (2003) and “Waist-deep in the Sky” (2006), which were presented at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, where he also acted as a production director.
And the songs “Give Me a Chance”, “Snow”, “This is Great”, “Paranoia”, “I Love You” and many others became popular hits.
Recorded solo albums: “Whim” (publishing house “ORT Records”, 1998), “Paranoia” (publishing house “ORT Records”, 1998), which were later reissued under the titles “I Love You” and “Glass and Concrete”). The album “Breathing Silence” (publishing house “Nox Music”, 2000) was recorded with the academic chamber orchestra “Musica Viva”. Album “Belt Up in the Sky” (2006).
Also released " Best songs" and "Best Songs Accompanied by a Symphony Orchestra."
Blog of Nikolai Noskov.
Nikolai Noskov spent more than half his life on stage and over the years he understood one thing - you have to sing with your heart, you have to do the work well. He can perform a criminal composition, but he won’t do it in public, because as an artist he has long ago found both his themes and his original musical language.
"I consider myself the happiest man, because I'm a musician. If one of the musicians says that music tore his life to shreds, in my case music is a lifeline for me. Without her, I would go crazy in this world of reality. I wouldn’t have this access to another reality or unreality.”
Childhood and youth
Nikolai was born in January 1956 into a large family in the small town of Gzhatsk. The parents of the future singer had to work hard to feed such a large family: in addition to little Kolya, there were four more children in the family. Father Ivan Aleksandrovich worked at a local meat processing plant, while mother Ekaterina Konstantinovna went to milk early in the morning, and after that she went to work at a construction site. The future musician enjoyed real authority and respect from his father, who had an unbending character and taught his son never to give up.
When the boy was 8 years old, the family moved to Cherepovets. Here Nikolai went to school, where he became involved in creativity - he participated in matinees and school productions, and at one time tried to sing in a local choir. The guy didn’t succeed with the latter, which the teachers reported to his father. When Ivan asked his son why he decided to give up his hobby, Nikolai seriously replied that he preferred to perform solo.
The boy was solemnly given a button accordion, which his parents had once bought for his older brother. The artist took a responsible approach to learning a new instrument, independently selecting melodies. Subsequently, Noskov also mastered playing the piano, guitar, drums and trumpet without outside help. The guy’s first musical recognition came at the age of 14, when he successfully performed at a regional competition of young talents in Russia, taking 1st place.
Nikolai dreamed of connecting his life with music, but the head of the family thought otherwise. The son first had to get on his feet, master a serious and in-demand profession, for example, an engineer, and only then devote time to a hobby. Therefore, having finished high school, Noskov entered a vocational technical school to major in electrical engineering. Having acquired useful skills, the guy began to sing in local restaurants. The musician forever remembered the respect in Ivan Alexandrovich’s voice and look when he brought his fee of 400 rubles. Noskov Sr. had to admit that being a musician is also a job.
Music
IN music industry Nikolai got there thanks to the group “Peers” and a friend who solemnly declared artistic director that all 15 people from the ensemble are good for nothing, unlike a talented guy named Noskov. The artistic director, amazed by such audacity, became interested in Nikolai and asked to give him his Moscow phone number.
The musician came to Moscow and dialed the coveted number, in response he heard an invitation to perform. The guy from the station went to Rosconcert, and in the evening he went to the “Young to Young” festival. There, the singer was first heard by the “right” people from the crowd, who were delighted with his performance.
Nikolai was accepted into the group "Peers", where he performed for a year. Then she was replaced by the Nadezhda ensemble, but Noskov did not take root there either. The repertoire of Moscow groups seemed uninteresting and trivial to the artist.
Noskov’s first popularity came from his participation in the “Moscow” team and collaboration with a brilliant composer. For the first time, the musician had the opportunity to work in a professional studio, and Tukhmanov turned out to be a demanding leader: he carefully monitored the intonation and range of the performer. The composer taught the musician to follow his own path and not try to become like someone else.
The group "Moscow" did not last long, the guys recorded only one album and gave only a couple of concerts.
Nikolay Noskov and the group “Singing Hearts” In 1984, Noskov joined the Singing Hearts ensemble, and a year later he auditioned for the position of vocalist of the popular rock band Aria. Finally, in 1987, the singer joined a young group that was destined to bring real glory and Noskov’s popularity not only in Russia.
The team immediately aimed at a foreign audience, which could not but please Nikolai, a fan of English-language rock. It was then that the performer wrote the song “Bang”, which later became mega-popular, rose to 3rd place in the MTV hit parade and is still played on radio stations.
Nikolai Noskov and the group "Gorky Park" The time in Gorky Park is the brightest page in Noskov’s biography. The guys warmed up for, and in 1990 they recorded a joint track, the first in history Russian rock signed a contract with an American record company, and with “Poligram”. The album Gorky Park, released in 1989, took 81st place on Billboard magazine's list of the 200 most popular albums, and the disc went gold in Denmark. On stage next to the band were Motley Crue and Cinderella, Bon Jovi and.
Nikolay Noskov - “I love you”Unfortunately, overseas managers deceived the inexperienced musicians, relationships in the team deteriorated, and Nikolai began to have problems with his voice. Noskov left the project and was replaced at Gorky Park, who also did not stay there.
In 1996, the musician began collaborating with a producer and revised his repertoire and performance style. His compositions were now aimed at the general public and fell under the definition of “pop music”.
1998 became the peak year for the singer solo career, Nikolai continuously toured the country and gave a huge number of concerts, which invariably attracted full houses. Soon, Prigozhin’s company ORT Records released the album “Blazh”; the greatest success was brought by the album “Paranoia” and the song of the same name, which became a hit for many years.
The composition was awarded the Golden Gramophone award, and at the anniversary evening in 2011 it was performed by Noskov and. Both albums were re-released in 2000 under the titles “Glass and Concrete” and “I Love You”.
Nikolay Noskov and Pelageya - “Paranoia”The performer himself considers “Breathing Silence” to be a kind of experiment and a response to the requests of listeners who believe that Noskov performs ballad compositions soulfully and in a unique manner. Therefore, the disk contains “ Winter night"on poetry, the work "To Heaven", "Snow" and "This is Great", accompanied by a video. The latter again brought Nikolai to the top of the country's charts.
Nikolay Noskov - “This is great”The album “Waist-deep in the Sky” is a kind of surprise for those who are accustomed to Noskov the rocker. In addition to traditional electronic instruments, Indian tabla and Bashkir kurai sound there, the compositions are inspired by memories of a trip to the Himalayas:
“I went to Tibet to meet people in whose eyes there is no envy and personal ego, I really miss such eyes. I looked for them in Russia, but couldn’t find them.”
The hit “I won’t settle for anything less” was chosen by a member of the “Star Factory” to perform with the star.
Nikolay Noskov and Dmitry Koldun - “I don’t agree to anything less”Latest album Nikolai Noskov has an original title - “Untitled”.
In 2014, the artist gathered fans in Crocus City Hall, where he presented new program"Trilogy". Nikolai performed ballads and romances, as well as famous compositions from albums, accompanied by the Magnetic Fantasy string quartet.
Nikolai Noskov and Larisa Dolina - “For three years I dreamed of you”2 years later, in the same hall, the singer celebrated the anniversary with concerts with the symphony orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the choir Sretensky Monastery. And then Noskov said that he had recorded 3 songs for the new album, but was in no hurry to release it, since it takes time to get a meaningful result.
Personal life
Nikolai met his only love and wife Marina in a restaurant in the city of Cherepovets, where he performed in his youth. The singer fell in love at first sight, but the girl did not respond to the advances at first, although she later admitted that she also liked the musician. The couple's romance lasted 2 years, after which the lovers officially legalized their relationship.
In 1992, the couple had a daughter, Ekaterina. Noskov is a grandfather twice.
As a child, the girl was very embarrassed by her father’s “star” status and even asked him not to come to school so that her peers would not recognize the popular rocker. Over time, the daughter got rid of these fears and became proud of Nikolai.
Noskov lives in the Moscow region and does not appear on social events, preferring peace and quiet. The singer has a favorite shepherd named Rose, who always relentlessly follows his owner.
In 2017, rumors spread that Nikolai Noskov had separated from his wife. The singer’s representative, Yulia Sazhina, did not confirm or deny anything at the time, she was only indignant at why the public was interested in the artist’s personal life and not in his work. The matter did not come to an official divorce, since Nikolai had a divorce in March. At that time, he was resting alone at the dacha and spent almost a day without medical care.
The singer underwent surgery, underwent a rehabilitation course, and soon the producer published an optimistic photo with Noskov, saying that he. The artist’s family even let the film crew of the program into the house. Perfect renovation».
A year later, fans and the media were again concerned about the star’s health. A colleague at Gorky Park, Alexey Belov, said that Nikolai, who had suffered a second blow, was admitted to the hospital in serious condition. It later turned out that the artist simply went to a sanatorium.
Nikolay Noskov now
The serious illness, of course, affected Noskov’s physical condition, but did not break his spirit. The singer is immobilized right hand, besides, he broke his leg and walks relying on a stick. According to Marina, who did not leave her husband’s side around the clock, there was also a slight depression. But the support of family, friends and fans cheered up the artist, and he sings better than he talks, as demonstrated by footage from the “Let Them Talk” program.
Nikolay Noskov on the program “Let Them Talk” in 2018Victor Drobysh, who undertook to produce Nikolai, expressed the hope of returning the performer to the stage in 2019. Now the colleagues are working on a new album, which will include from 7 to 9 compositions.
While Nikolai was fighting for his life, he was nominated for the title “Honored Artist Russian Federation" For the first time, the expert council on awards of the Ministry of Culture postponed the decision on the issue, which caused a wave popular anger. Under public pressure, the head of the department promised to personally attend the meeting of the council considering the petition.
Information about the awarding of the title appeared on the ministry’s website in July 2018. As fans caustically remarked, “they quietly realize that they screwed up the first time.”
Discography
- 1998 - “Whim”
- 1999 - “Paranoia”
- 2000 - “I Breathe Silence”
- 2003 – “Ocean of Love”
- 2006 - “Waist-deep in the sky”
- 2008 – “Best Songs”
- 2012 - “Untitled”
- 2016 - The Best