Denis Maidanov - Russian musician, composer, producer. The public knows and loves his hits "Eternal Love", "I am Returning Home", "Time is Drug", "Nothing Sorry", "Flying Over Us". He is one of the few modern representatives of the bard song genre. On the way to popularity, Maidanov never sought to change for the sake of fashion. The singer found a response in the hearts of the audience in the image of an ordinary guy with a guitar, singing about love, character, fortitude, simple everyday things.
Biography: family, childhood, years of study
Denis Vasilievich Maidanov is from the city of Balakovo, located on the banks of the Volga in the Saratov region. He was born on February 17, 1976. My father worked as an engineer, my mother was engaged in the selection of personnel. When Denis was eight years old, his parents filed for divorce. The singer recalled that his father did not take part in his upbringing anymore, and he himself was not too worried about this. To earn extra money, Maidanova's mother got a job as a night watchman and a janitor in a kindergarten. When Denis grew up a little, together they cleaned the snow and swept the fallen leaves.
He had no problems with studies. Although the hooligan character sometimes failed Maydanov. For example, after one unsuccessful joke, he was registered in the children's room of the police. He paid for the fact that, along with a friend, he set fire to the waste paper in the entrance and, having puffed the entire staircase, provoked a panic among the residents.
Despite all the tricks and straightforward nature, they liked Maidanov at school. He was known as a star of amateur performances, participated in all cultural events and competitions. And in his free time he attended circles at the local House of Culture, studied at a music school, sang in an ensemble. Even then, Denis tried to compose songs, and his first listeners were neighbor boys.
After the ninth grade, mom persuaded her son to enter the chemical-technological college. Exact sciences were given to him hard, but saved an active part in amateur performances. Maidanov was the captain of the KVN team and led the vocal and instrumental ensemble. For prizes in competitions he was always given a standoff automatically. Even then, Denis knew that an engineer would not work out of him. Therefore, I went to evening school, planning to get a certificate a year earlier.
In 1995, Maidanov managed to enter the Moscow State Institute of Culture and Arts, breaking the competition of 72 people for 6 places. He became a student in the correspondence department majoring in Show Manager.
In his free time, Denis worked a lot. For the soul and self-realization, he directed the ensemble and the theater studio in the House of Culture of his native city. And for a decent income, first washed the car, then got a repair team at the oil refinery in Syzran.
Creativity and the path to success
In 1999, Maidanov graduated from the institute and returned to the Balakovo House of Culture. Having access to a recording studio, he begins to record his music, which he composed for local artists. Then he was offered a job in the city administration, but the paper routine quickly bored the creative person. In 2001, the musician decides to try his luck in Moscow. According to him, he was leaving there on pure enthusiasm, without money and any clear plan.
In the capital, Maidanov had a hard time. Day after day, he upholstered the thresholds of music studios and production centers, offering his songs and the services of a poet and composer. Money was sorely lacking. At first I lived with acquaintances, but sometimes I had to spend the night at the station or sleep in a subway car. Finally, the famous producer Yuri Aizenshpis bought from Maidanov the song "Behind the Fog", which was performed by singer Sasha. This composition was among the laureates of the festival "Song of the Year" -2002.
Gradually, his songs began to be included in their repertoire and other performers. The list of pop stars who collaborated with Maidanov is quite extensive and continues to grow every year:
- Joseph Kobzon;
- Mikhail Shufutinsky;
- Natalia Vetlitskaya;
- Tatyana Bulanova;
- Philip Kirkorov;
- Jasmine;
- Nikolay Baskov;
- Alexander Buynov;
- Marina Khlebnikova and others.
With the advent of popularity, the artist had a constant income, he was able to afford to rent decent housing. Indeed, for the first couple of years in Moscow, he had to change about 20 apartments.
In 2008, Maidanov composed an anthem for Autoradio, which was performed by the Murzilki International group. The president of the radio station, Alexander Varin, became interested in the musician’s solo songs and took his song “Eternal Love” into rotation. Thus began Maidanov’s singing career. The debut was extremely successful. The song "Eternal Love" became a hit, won the "Golden Gramophone" and still remains the visiting card of the performer. The first solo concert by Denis Maidanov took place in 2009 at the Moscow International House of Music.
In the ten years since the beginning of the singing career, six albums have been released:
- “I will know that you love me … Eternal love” (2009);
- “Leased World” (2011);
- “Flying Over Us” (2014);
- “Flag of my state” (2015);
- “Half Life on the Way … Unpublished” (2015);
- “What the wind will leave” (2017).
Denis Maidanov also writes music for films and TV shows. He already has more than a dozen such works, for example: the series “Eulampia Romanova. The investigation is conducted by an amateur ”, “ Zone ”, “ Autonomy ”, “ Vorotyly ”, “ Revenge ”, “ Bro ”, the film“ Shift ”.
While studying at the university, the musician studied acting, an interesting experience for him were several episodic roles in multi-part films. In addition, Maidanov took part in the television projects “Two Stars”, “Universal Artist”, “Battle of Choirs”, “New Star”.
In 2013, at the invitation of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, he participated in the recording of the national anthem of Russia. Maidanov often speaks to the Russian military, including in hot spots.
