Dmitry Zhuravlev is a Soviet and Russian actor, director, teacher and professor and reader. The performer was awarded the Stalin Prize for artistic reading. Zhuravlev Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and the People's Artist of the USSR.
All over the world, domestic artists and scientists are known. Among the followers of the Russian school is Dmitry Nikolayevich Zhuravlev.
Talent development
He was born in the Ukrainian village of Alekseyevka in 1900, on October 11. The family grew six children. The youngest was Dmitry.
When the young man turned twenty, he moved to Simferopol and began working at the Gorky Crimean Drama Theater. Talent in the novice performer leadership reviewed.
Dmitry was sent to Moscow for training. At the same time as a student, the student participated in performances with director Lyubimov-Lansky.
In 1924, the novice performer entered the supporting staff of the Third Studio of the Vakhtangov Theater, honed his skills, worked on improving professionalism.
From 1928 Zhuravlev became the main artist until 1939. He played in Lensky's Provincial Debutante, Virinee by Seifullina, Party of Honest People by Romain, Razloma Lavrentieva, Badgers Leonov.
The actor considered this period of creativity to be the best. Interesting acquaintances with new people and experience in the theater became his main success. The fame of the famous reader began with the Vakhtangov Theater.
New facets
While still in the supporting team, the young artist continued his studies at the Shchukin Theater Institute. The combination of study and work was excellent for the performer. He achieved success in all directions.
Between theatrical performances, the artist tried his hand at the role of a reader. In 1928, performances in a new quality became permanent.
Dmitry participated in various concerts, traveled to cities. He recited Pushkin, Blok, Mayakovsky, read the works of Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy.
Dmitry Nikolaevich’s repertoire included classics and foreign ones; he liked the works of Guy de Maupassant and Prosper Merime.
At first, rare readings turned from a hobby into a vocation. Zhuravlev not only recited, he afflicted with reading. Listeners were thrilled.
The lively oratorical talent of the performer revealed after several vivid performances by Zhuravlev. After meeting with Alexander Yakovlevich Zakushnyak, who became his idol, the artist stopped his performing career, switched to literary reading.
Reader's career
In 1930, the debut solo performance of Zhuravlev was held at the House of Writers. Listeners enjoyed the voice of the performer and his skill. Subsequently, he read to the public the poems of Yevtushenko, Bagritsky, Ascension.
From the beginning of the reader’s career, the actor became interested in the works of Pasternak and Akhmatova. A year later, the artist held a large recital in the Small Hall of the Tchaikovsky Metropolitan Conservatory.
In 1937, Zhuravlev participated in the First All-Union Reader Competition. He took second place on it. By this time, the reader had already brilliantly played in the most famous performances based on the works of Bulgakov, Gozzi, Schiller, Shakespeare.
In 1937, the actor made his debut in a big movie in the film "Journey to Arzrum." He played the role of Pushkin.
From 1939 to 1986, Dmitry Nikolaevich worked at the State Philharmonic Society of the capital as a consultant and director. He received the title of Honored Artist of the Federation in 1947. In 1949 he became a laureate of the Stalin Prize for outstanding reader skill.
In 1960 Zhuravlev was awarded the title of Honored and People’s Artist. The reader participated in the sixties in the animated films “How One Man Fed Two Generals”, “Left-Handed”, “Go There, I Don't Know Where” and “The Legend of the Evil Giant”, read the text behind the scenes and voiced the characters.
The artist participated in the creation of the paintings “Gooseberry”, “Two Stories” and “The Ballad of Bering and His Friends” in the early seventies. In the film-play based on the work of Two Stories, the reader starred in the title role.
