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, 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

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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 versions of songs by

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. In 1970, at the initiative of the

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District Committee of the Central District of the city of Chelyabinsk, three leading vocal and instrumental ensembles were invited to the creative meeting: Ariel, Allegro and Pilgrims. "Pilgrims" refused to attend the meeting, but a kind of creative competition took place among the ensembles "Ariel" and "Allegro", as a result of which only Ariel was created from two Chelyabinsk ensembles "Ariel" and "Allegro" (led by Valery Yarushin) Valery Yarushin was the leader of the band. The date of the formation of the ensemble was decided on November 7, 1970. In December 1971, Ariel shared the first place with the Skomorokhi trio under the direction of

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, at the Silver Strings competition, dedicated to the 750th anniversary of the city of Gorky. "Ariel" is a laureate of the 5th All-Union Contest of Variety Artists (Moscow, 1974, first place). "Ariel" performed at the

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out of competition in 1980. The group often references Russian folklore. Some of their most famous songs are "Porushka — poranya", "Baba Yaga". On the account of "Ariel" - a number of conceptual stage productions, rock operas, including: "For the Russian Land", "Masters", "The Legend of Emelian Pugachev." At different times, "Ariel" worked in different styles, but the genre base of the ensemble was always a Russian variant of folk-rock, implying the processing or stylization of popular Russian folk songs. Often the ensemble performs songs and a cappella ("Shumel kamysh")ВИА «Ариэль» — «Шумел камыш»
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Members

"Golden" Ariel

*Valery Yarushin (leader) - bass guitar, accordion, vocals, arrangement (from November 7, 1970 to 1989) *Lev Gurov † - rhythm guitar, vocals. *Boris Kaplun - drums, violin, vocal *Rostislav Gepp - piano, flute, vocal *Sergei Sharikov - keyboards, vocals *Sergei Antonov † - rhythm and lead guitar

Chelyabinsk Ariel

*Rostislav Gepp (leader) - keyboards, flute, vocals (from 1989 to present) *Boris Kaplun - drums, violin, vocal *Alexander Tibelius - vocals, percussion *Oleg Gordeev - rhythm and lead guitars, vocals

Moscow Ariel

*Valery Yarushin (leader) - bass guitar, vocals (from 1989 to present) *Alexander Trapeznikov - guitars, vocals *Victor Litvinov - keyboard, vocals *Anatoly Litvinov - drums, vocals

Discography

*1975 — Ariel — S60-05891 *1976 — Songs to the film "Mezhdu nebom i zemloy" — S60-07085-86 *1978 — Russkiye kartinki — S60-08641 *1978 — Skazaniye o Yemel'yane Pugachove — rok-opera *1980 — Na ostrove Buyane — S60-13891 *1980 — Priglasheniye v gosti — C62-14857 *1981 — Mastera — rok-oratoriya *1982 — Kazhdyy den tvoy — S60-16739 *1983 — Utro planety, syuita — S60-20127 008 *1985 — Za zemlyu Russkuyu — rok-duma *1990 — Lyubimaya, no chuzhaya — S60-31391 008 (Melodiya) *1993 — Privet (CD Krasniy Klin Music Records, Germaniya) *2000 — Shumel kamysh (CD) *2000 — Lyubimaya, no chuzhaya (CD) *2001 — Beatles in the russians (CD) *2001 — Cherez maydan (CD) *2005 — Doroga dlinoy v 35 (SD) *2008 — Ariel 40 (CD) *2011 — Vernomsya na ozora (SD) *2014 — Shumel kamysh (LP) PCRGLP002

References

External links

Official websiteYarushin's website
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