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VIA Music
VIA () is an abbreviation for Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble (). It is the general name used for popular music (pop, rock, folk, etc.) bands that were formally recognized by the Soviet government from the 1960s to the 1980s. In Soviet times, the term ''VIA'' generally meant , but it is now used in Russia to refer specifically to pop, rock, and folk groups active during the Soviet period. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the term gradually went out of use. In Yugoslavia, the abbreviation VIS ( sh-Cyrl, ВИС), meaning (), was used in the same context. History The term ''VIA'' appeared in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and represented a model under which the Soviet government was willing to permit domestic rock and pop music acts to develop. To break through to the state-owned Soviet media, a band needed to become an officially recognized VIA. Each VIA had an artistic director () who served as manager, producer, and state-appointed censor. In some bands (such as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsvety
Tsvety () is a Soviet and Russian rock band that, according to ''Itogi'' magazine, "started all Russian alternative culture". It was one of the first bands to introduce rock music to the Soviet show business. Established in 1969 by the frontman Stas Namin, releasing flexi discs throughout 1973 with the label Melodiya and sold over seven million copies. Their song "Happiness" was a hit in the USSR for 3 years in the 1980s. After their successful tour in the USSR in 1974, the band dissolved in 1975 with a conflict with the Philharmonic Society, and with the banning of the band by the government. As a result, they changed their names to The Stas Namin Group in 1976, before changing back to its original name at the Perestroika period. History Foundation (1969—2009) Stas Namin established Tsvety in 1969. In 1973, The Flowers released flexis with producing company Melodiya overall seven million copies were sold, becoming a major hit in the USSR and went on its first professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uchquduq
Uchquduq (sometimes spelled as Uchkuduk, ; ) is a city in the north of Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan , image_flag = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , image_coat = Emblem of Uzbekistan.svg , symbol_type = Emblem of Uzbekistan, Emblem , national_anthem = "State Anthem of Uzbekistan, State Anthem of the Republ .... It is the seat of Uchquduq District. The city's name means "three draw-wells" in Uzbek language, Uzbek. It is located at , at an altitude of 193 meters in the middle of the Kyzylkum Desert . Its population is 26,800 (2016). History Uchquduq was founded in 1958, after a small prospecting party found deposits of uranium ore. In the late 1960s, the development of open pit and underground mining led to the rapid growth of the settlement, with workers, engineers and technicians from all over the Soviet Union. It was elevated to city status in 1978. Until 1979, Uchquduq had the status of a "closed secret city," as it supplied much of the raw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syabry
Syabry ( – Friends) is a Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ... pop group, established in 1974. Ensemble Syabry of was created in the early 70s, the first was composed of friends – musicians, graduates of Sokolovsky Gomel Music College. The first victory – the first place in the first national contest entertainers 1974 in Minsk. In the summer of 1975, the management team was invited . The ensemble was included in the plans of Rosconcert actively toured over the USSR. Performs songs of Russian and Belarusian authors. Most of the songs were written for the ensemble of the Belarusian composer and musical director of the ensemble, . Discography * The Best (1995) * Grand Collection (2004) * Grand Collection (2009) References External links Official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samotsvety
Samotsvety (, which means "''Semiprecious Stones''") is a Soviet VIA band formed in 1971, in Moscow. It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Russian musicians, including Dmitry Malikov, Vladimir Presnyakov Sr., and Alexander Barykin. History The band Samotsvety, was founded by Yuriy Malikov, a Recognized National Artist of Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ... and the father of Dmitry Malikov. The group produced a string of hits in the 1970s, including "Moy adres Sovetskii Soyuz" (My address is the Soviet Union), "Tam, za oblakami" (There, beyond the clouds), "Vsya zhizn vperedi" (My whole life is still ahead), "Ne povtoriayetsia takoye nikogda" (Something ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIA Plamya
VIA Plamya (, Flame) is a Soviet and Russian pop group. Biography Group was organized in Moscow in October 1975, when the members of the popular in the early 70s VIA ''Samotsvety Samotsvety (, which means "''Semiprecious Stones''") is a Soviet VIA band formed in 1971, in Moscow. It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Rus ...'' parted with their leader Yuriy Malikov. The artistic director of the new group, which became known as ''Plamya'', became an accomplished musician Nikolai Mikhailov. As composition of the music band also includes Valentin Diaconov and Yuri Peterson (guitar and vocals), Alexey Shachnev (bass), Sergey Berezin (keyboards) and Alexander Mogilevsky and Gennady Zharkov (pipes), Irina Shachneva (vocals) and Yuriy Genbachev (drums). Most members of the ensemble had an average music education. In total, during the time of his success on the Soviet stage VIA has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noroc
Noroc is a music group from Moldova, created in 1967 by Mihai Dolgan. History "Noroc" became very popular in the USSR Fără Mihai Dolgan, ''Timpul'', March 20, 2008 after the release of their first album in 1968 which included the following songs: * "De ce plâng chitarele" (music: Mihai Dolgan; lyrics: Efim Crimerman) * "Cântă un artist" (music: Mihai Dolgan; lyrics: Efim Crimerman) In 1970, "Noroc" won the "public sympathy" prize at the "Bratislava Lyra" festival . Later the same year, after a tour of Ukraine, "Noroc" was banned as a result of a direct order by Ivan Bodiul, Chief Secretary of the Communist Party of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, due to "lack of discipline", "promotion of artistic values of poor quality", and "lack of healthy ideological orientation". Between the years 1974-1985 the band was reorganized by Mihai Dolgan under the name "Contemporanul". After 1985, "Contemporanul" reverted to the original name "Noroc". Since 1989 and up to Mihai Dol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leysya, Pesnya
Leysya, Pesnya (, literally "Flow, song") was a Soviet Vocal and instrumental ensemble active during the 1970s and 1980s. It was founded in 1975 by Valery Seleznev in the city of Kemerovo. Some of the earliest singers in ''Leysya, Pesnya'' included Mikhail Shufutinsky, Vlad Andrianov, Vladimir Efimenko, Igor Ivanov and Yuri Zakharov. The original ''Lesya, Pesnya'' was disbanded in 1984. . Discography These albums are listed first in Russian, followed by an English translation of the album's name, followed by the year it was made in. # Шире круг (Wider Range, 1979) # Песни на стихи Михаила Пляцковского (Songs on the Poetry of |
VIA Iveria
Iveria ( ka, ივერია) was a Georgian music ensemble founded in 1968 that gained popularity in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. The group's art director was Alexander Basilaia. The group sang both Georgian folk and contemporary songs, wrote and performed Argo and Jays Wedding musicals, and released 6 vinyl albums on Melodiya label. The band are notable for covering Uriah Heep's " July Morning" and "Sunrise Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning, at the start of the Sun path. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon. Terminology Although the S ..." on their 1975 album ''Iveria''. The songs were sung in their original English, but listed under Russian titles on the back of the album. Discography * ''Кругозор'' (''Horizon''), 1973 * ''13 лет'' (''13 years old''), 1982 References External links Unofficial site (in Russian)* Musical group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensemble "Grenada"
The Ensemble "Grenada" () is a musical group, founded in 1973 in the Institute of Latin America Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a political song ensemble. Since 1993, Ensemble "Grenada" is the national ensemble of Russia. Background The Ensemble performs to audiences both in Russia and throughout the world, performing a range of music including folk tunes, Latin music, popular Soviet and Russian music. The group's repertoire has included: ''The Volga Boatmen's Song'', '' Kalinka'', ''Katyusha''. In 1979, the Ensemble became the winner of the XI World Festival of Youth and Students in Havana. Awards * Artur Becker Medal (1987); * Prize of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation �СБ, ФСБ России (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Counteri ... (2017); Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dos Mukasan
Dos-Mukasan (, ''Dos-Mūqasan'') is a Kazakh rock band, which was formed in Almaty Region in 1967 as VIA. The first lineup was formed in 1967 by four students of the Almaty Polytechnic Institute, Dosym Suleyev, Murat Kusainov, Kamit Sanbayev, and Alexander Litvinov. They first performed in Bayanaul on 1 September 1967. The name of the band was the abbreviation of their names. The band initially positioned as performers of Kazakh folk music and were criticized because they used guitars rather than traditional Kazakh musical instruments and used several vocals simultaneously. On the other hand, they were clearly inspired by contemporary Western groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Dos Mukasan became the first Kazakh group playing rock music and the first group trying to create the fusion of rock music and Kazakh folk music. The lineup of the band changed several times. In the end of the 1970s, the period when Dos Mukasan was the most popular, it included Murat Kusainov, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel (Russian Band)
''Ariel'' () are a "VIA" (pop/rock) band based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They were formed in 1970 and headed by Valery Yarushin. From 1989 to the present day, they have been headed by Rostislav Gepp. The group emerged from a fusion of two earlier (1960s) ensembles, called ''Ariel'' and ''Allegro''. Yarushin, who had been in charge of ''Allegro'', became the manager of the new group. The band was popular during the Soviet era and won several awards. Their performances often made use of material of Russian folk music. Plot The vocal-instrumental ensemble "Ariel" was created by student of the Chelyabinsk Music College Lev Fidelman in 1968. In early 1968, at the New Year's Eve, the first performance of the ensemble took place (at that time there was no name). It did not last long, as the director of the music school demanded that he stop it (only three songs were able to be sung). In 1968, there was a line-up that could give concerts. There was also a name. They did mostly cover versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |