Albert Nurullovich Asadullin ( tt-Cyrl, Альберт Нурулла улы Әсәдуллин, russian: link=no, Альберт Нуруллович Асадуллин; born September 1, 1948,

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...

) is a Soviet and Russian TatarАльберт Асадуллин: «Когда я понял, что Суконной слободы не стало, испытал чувство потери»
Бизнес Online singer, tenor altino.

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1988),

People's Artist People's Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states (and communist states in general), as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the U ...

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

(1998).Альберт Асадуллин: «Я ненавижу тусовки» (интервью певца газете «Молодёжь Татарстана»)
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Biography

He was born in Kazan in the family of an officer in retirement, a participant in the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sou ...

and a simple housewife. In addition to Albert, there were two older sisters in the family. One for seven years, and the other for nine years. He studied at the Kazan Art College, then graduated from the Academy of Arts, receiving a diploma of an architect. It was in the Academy that he started singing in the amateur ensemble ''Ghosts''. Albert Asadullin: * It was an atmosphere all over the world: new bands,

The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...

, hippie festivals,

Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aq ...

... The air of freedom, movement around the world. The desire to do something, to declare myself. Then we had the will of the soul and heart, the desire to simply engage in creativity. In 1975 he decided to sing professionally. Then he received from VIA Poyushchiye Gitary an invitation to the main role in the first Soviet rock opera

Orpheus and Eurydice The ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (, ''Orpheus, Eurydikē'') concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace for the beautiful Eurydice. Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the muse Calliope. It may be a late addition to the Orpheus myths ...

(music by

Alexander Zhurbin Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin (Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Журби́н; born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 7 August 1945) is a Russian composer. Biography Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin was born in Tashkent. In 1963, he graduate ...

). His partner on the stage was

Irina Ponarovskaya Irina Vitalyevna Ponarovskaya (russian: link=no, Ирина Витальевна Понаровская; born 12 March 1953 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian singer and film actress, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s. Biography Ponarovskaya ...

. Then, for five years, Asadullin with success toured in the Poyushchiye Gitary for the Soviet Union. In 1979, Asadullin was awarded the title of laureate of the second prize at the International Competition

Golden Orpheus The Golden Orpheus ( bg, Златният Орфей, ''Zlatniyat Orfey'') was an international song contest, held annually from 1965 to 1999 in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. Alongside its Bulgarian pop song competition, the festival’s rules and regul ...

. In 2008 he voiced the main character of Ilya Maximov's animated film

Little Longnose ''Little Longnose'' (russian: Ка́рлик Нос, ''Karlik Nos'') is a Russian traditionally animated feature film directed by Ilya Maximov. It was co-produced by Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB, and is the first feature-length animated fil ...

. Currently Albert Asadullin is a soloist of the State Concert and Philharmonic Institute Petersburg-Concert and professor of the Solo Singing Department of the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography of the

Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герце� ...

References

External links

Official websiteАльберт Асадуллин на сайте проекта KM.ru

Music of Albert Asadullin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asadullin, Albert 1948 births Living people Musicians from Kazan Soviet male singers Tatar people of Russia Honored Artists of the RSFSR Soviet tenors Russian tenors 20th-century Russian male singers 20th-century Russian singers Tatar people of the Soviet Union