Levon Oganezov - people's artist, pianist, accompanist, composer, arranger, host of television shows and concerts, actor. In all forms, he achieved the highest skill.
K. Shulzhenko, P. Lisitsian, V. Tolkunova, G. Nenasheva, V. Vinokur, I. Kobzon, L. Golubkina, A. Mironov, A. Pugacheva, M. Galkin - this is not a complete list of famous artists who happened accompany the famous musician.
A family
Born, raised, studied and works Levon Sarkisovich in Moscow. At the very beginning of the establishment of Soviet power in the Transcaucasus, the Oganezov family first moved from Telavi to Samara, where the head of the family and the brothers organized shoe production, and then to Moscow. Father was a shoemaker there, kept his workshop. Mom, who graduated from high school in her youth, ran a household and raised five children. Dad had no education.
In the 35th year, his father was arrested in the notorious case of the Kirov murder. When leaving, he took with him tools that were very useful to him in prison. Making shoes for the management of the institution and their families, Sarkis Artemovich not only survived himself, but also sent money to his family. Most likely, this fact became the reason for his safe return at the beginning of the 40th year, and on December 25 the fifth son, named Leonty, was born. Levon is the name by which he was called in the family.
Despite the purely working professions, all paternal relatives had an amazing ear for music. Never studying, they approached the piano, with the right harmony picked up and played music, played the guitar, sang cleanly. Therefore, when the question arose of what to teach the child, the aunt firmly said: "Music."
So, at 4 years old Levon began his musical education, first in private. Then there was a music school, conservatory, graduate school.
Music
Levon Oganezov treats his profession as work in the best sense of the word. Diligence considers the basis of everything. He has “non-musical” hands, a short thumb, he spends 1.5-2 hours every day at the piano to warm up.
He started earning money early, while still studying at the conservatory, by sheer chance replacing the sick accompanist. The management of the Mosconcert immediately requested a telephone for communication. Calls came 5 times a day, and had to work in the evenings.
After studying, he served in the army, and then went headlong into work. Tours, relocations, concerts, participation in television programs, performances on the stage of the theater and filming in films, solo programs, the creation of musical works and arrangement for certain artists and performances. In such a frantic rhythm, all life passed.
The genres of music performed by the maestro are diverse: jazz compositions, classical works, disco music and dance.
We recognize Levon Sarkisovich, we love the audience and adore the artists. It happens that his accompaniment sounds much brighter than the performance of the artist. But, as the musician notes, this is not his fault.
