Songwriter Alexander Morozov is well known to people of the older generation. His songs were very popular on the Soviet stage. Alexander Morozov pleases the audience with his golden hits “In the land of magnolias”, “Raspberry ringing”, “My dove is gray-winged”, “And the river runs along the pebbles”, “It is light in my room” and others. He himself performs them at his retro concerts. The composer was awarded the honorary titles of People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Moldova.
Biography
Alexander Sergeevich Morozov was born on March 20, 1948 in Moldova. His family lived in a small village, near the railway station of Ocnita.
As a little boy, Alexander liked to watch trains passing by his house. He dreamed of going to the sea when he saw the passengers of the Moscow-Odessa train going to the Black Sea coast. But this dream was unrealizable, because little Sasha was raised by one mother and they lived very modestly. Father left the family when the boy was two years old.
From mother, Maria Filippovna, Alexander transferred musical abilities. His mother sang well and performed in amateur performances.
From childhood, Sasha knew how to play the harmonica. And picking up a button accordion, he could easily pick up music by ear. To develop the musical talent of her son, Alexander’s mother decided to send him to a boarding school. From first to seventh grade, the boy studied in a boarding school in the city of Chisinau.
Music accompanied Alexander all his life. At the boarding school, he enjoyed studying in the orchestra of folk instruments. Having entered the Leningrad College of Physical Education and Sports, Alexander became the head of the vocal and instrumental ensemble.
Then there was a study at the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute, where the young man participated in amateur performances. At the end of the institute, Alexander Morozov was drafted into the army. He served in the Baltic Fleet, but continued to compose music for the Volna sailor ensemble.
In 1975, Morozov entered the Leningrad State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, being already a famous composer. Frequent tours and a busy schedule of concerts prevented the artist from completing his studies at the conservatory.
A large role in the work of Alexander Morozov was played by his teachers Valery Gavrilin and Vasily Soloviev-Sedoy. They helped the young composer form his own musical style.
In 1983, Alexander Morozov was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize for songs about youth and the Komsomol.
In 1984, he created the Forum group, whose soloist was Viktor Saltykov. It was one of the first groups to use computer technology in its music. Songs performed by this group “White Night”, “Islet”, “Flying Leaves” became hits on the Soviet stage.
In connection with the collapse of the group in 1987, Alexander Morozov went to live in Ukraine. He lived there for five years, fruitfully doing creative work. At this time, the composer wrote about a hundred songs. Its co-authors were Ukrainian poets and performers.
During the period of perestroika and the collapse of the USSR, Alexander Sergeyevich lived in Cyprus for several years. In 1992, he returned to his homeland and opened his own recording studio "Frost - Records" in Moscow.
In 2001, the composer received an award for the active contribution to Russian culture - the Order of Nicholas the Wonderworker "For the multiplication of good on Earth."
Since 2002, Alexander Morozov became a singer-performer of his songs.
In 2004 and 2006, Morozov was twice awarded the Order of Peter the Great for strengthening the Russian state.
In 2012, the Russian Authors Society and the Russian Union of Copyright Holders awarded the composer a diploma “For Contribution to Russian Culture”.
Currently, Alexander Morozov and his wife Marina Parusnikova live in a country house in the suburbs in the cottage village of Valuevo. It is located 10 km from Moscow. The artist always dreamed of living in his own house. A variety of trees grow around the cottage, and he decorated the interior of the plot with a fountain and a decorative well. In the house he has his own recording studio, chamber concert hall, swimming pool.
Creation
The composer wrote his first song, Herbs Smell Mint, in 1968. She immediately became the Laureate of the television song contest "Song of the Year." It was at this time that Alexander decided to become a songwriter.
Then the song "Unremarkable Beauty" was written, which was performed by the ensemble "Singing Guitars". The next hit by Alexander Morozov to the verses of Mikhail Ryabinin "In the meantime, while the river runs through the pebbles" has become really popular. At the festival “Song-78”, he was performed by Lyudmila Senchina and the Bolshoi Children's Choir of Central Television and All-Union Radio.
The composer is very careful about the texts of his works. When he first read the poetry of the poet Nikolai Rubtsov, he heard music in them. In the fate of the poet, Alexander found much in common with his biography. Both of them were village boys and were brought up in a boarding school, both served in the navy, they loved the village and the common people, they penetratedly felt nature. Morozov wrote a series of songs and romances "My room is bright", which was released on the anniversary of Nikolai Rubtsov.
The song "My room is light", which was performed by Marina Kapuro, is considered by many to be folk. Alexander Morozov’s songs “Dawn of Scarlet”, “Loon Flied”, “Raspberry Ringing”, “Soul Hurts” are also more like folk songs than author songs.
In 2003, Alexander Morozov created the song theater "Nugget". In the opening of the theater, his wife and producer Marina Parusnikova helped him. Pop and opera singers - Nikolai Baskov, Pelageya, Marina Kapuro, Andrey Valentiy, Andrey Savelyev, Alexey Safiullin began their career in the Nugget collective.
In 2014, the composer recorded the album "On the Way to the Holy Abode", in which all the songs are united by the theme of spirituality. At a creative evening of Alexander Morozov, which took place in the Hall of Church Cathedrals of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the audience heard these songs.
The composer has more than a thousand songs. All of them are filled with melody and warmth. His songs included Joseph Kobzon, Alla Pugacheva, Sofia Rotaru, Valery Leontyev, Edita Pyekha, Mikhail Shufutinsky and other famous singers in their repertoire.
