Mikhail Yuryevich Vashukov is a Russian comedian, couplet player, TV presenter and actor. He was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" in 2001.
The performer in a duet with Nikolai Bandurin was especially famous. Artists revived the forgotten genre of stage verses.
Childhood and youth
The small homeland of Mikhail Yuryevich Vashukov is the village of Vsevolzhsky in the Leningrad Region. There, on May 28, the future famous artist appeared there.
The boy was not going to become a performer. Misha has been actively involved in sports since childhood. He was a member of the Leningrad volleyball team. The boy was the chairman of the Council of Commanders of the Vasileostrovsky District of his sports school.
Vashukov played football and basketball very well. After graduation, the young man entered the vocational school. This was followed by work as an installer of radio equipment at the Volna plant of the Comintern NGO.
Here at work, the young man began to be interested in amateur performances. For the first time, Vashukov entered the factory scene.
The novice performer sang ditties to the guitar, prepared short sketches for the instrument. Michael realized that he really liked the happy faces of the audience, as he liked to speak to the public.
Studying and starting a career
A promising young man, who became a Komsomol of the enterprise, was sent to a seminar of cultural workers. There he demonstrated his number, speaking without a guitar.
The meeting leader of the pop music department at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Leningrad Conservatory noticed a talented performer.
Among all the participants, Mikhail was the youngest. He received an offer to study at the colloquial department, where they prepared concert leaders, colloquial artists and entertainers.
The factory management energetic guy was sent to the Higher Trade Union School. Between classes, Mikhail went to a music college recommended to him to feel the atmosphere of creativity. Vashukov eventually went to the selection committee, where he got a schedule of entrance exams.
The selection of a talented nugget passed without difficulty. During his studies in 1982-1086, Mikhail became a course headman. There he met his future partner and friend Nikolai Bandurin. Friends began joint performances during their studies.
In 1986, graduates were assigned to the Philharmonic of Nizhny Novgorod, where they worked for three months. The dream of both was a performance at the Lenconcert. But getting there was not easy.
Creative way
When the dream came true, the ultimatum was put forward by the Arts Council: either they will show the number to them immediately, or they will have to wait a year. The artists made the decision in a few minutes. Both performed in the October Hall that evening.
From 1989 to 1991, the duo worked at the Lenconcert. The texts for the tour performances were written by the duet George Terekov, who collaborated with such luminaries of the colloquial genre as Nechaev and Rudakov. In 1989, at the international competition of artists of pop and speech genres in Kislovodsk, the duet of Vashukov and Bandurin became a laureate.
At the same time, charismatic children were invited to the show by Evgeny Petrosyan. Two years later, Vashukov and Bandurin took part in the filming of Gaidai's painting, "The weather is good on Deribasovskaya or it is raining again on Brighton Beach." Mikhail got the role of a KGB agent, Colonel Korablev.
From the beginning of filming, Vashukov began to live and work in the capital at the Mosconcert. Since the beginning of the nineties, Mikhail appears on central television channels as part of a duet with Bandurin. They took part in such programs as "Full House, Full House!", "Laughing Panorama", "Wider Circle".
In 1995, the first audio album of artists called "Vitamin HA!" Was released. By the end of next year, the self-titled CD appeared. Comedian was invited to host the international festival "Slavic Bazaar" in July 1998.
Successful solution
Together with Bandurin, Vashukov hosted the TV show Lilac Fog and took part in the filming of the New Year's light on RTR television channel. Vashukov often visited hot spots.
The duet visited Kaspiysk, Grozny, Sevastopol. For concerts there, the artist was awarded a gold watch by the Moscow government.
The duo was part of Joseph Kobzon's group, called the "risk group". She flew on tour on the first call. Often, only on the plane, the performers learned from Kobzon the destination.
They had a chance to speak in all the hot spots of the country. The duet visited Chechnya several times. Vashukov later compared the view of military Grozny with Stalingrad after the bombing. In 2001, the performer received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Since February 2005, Bandurin and Vashukov became the host of the program “Laughing is allowed” on the RTR television channel. The following year, the duo ceased to exist. comedian began solo performances. Moreover, each ex-participant has his own version of discord.
