Andrey Bandera new pseudonym. Andrei Bandera - biography, personal life, family, wife

There are their own performers and, accordingly, their own fans. Thus, chanson singers gather a fairly large audience of spectators. Many people mistakenly believe that this genre- this is the prerogative of people who have visited places not so remote. This is absolutely not true. France is rightfully considered the birthplace of chanson. And its performers are world-famous Edith Piaf, Mireille Mathieu, Joe Dassin and others. In Russia it is Musical direction turned in the other direction - it is diametrically opposed to its French counterpart. However, they have one thing in common: both European and Russian chanson were developed by people, most of whom were never in prison.

Popular singer

One of the popular representatives of this is Andrei Bandera. The biography of many chansonniers has common features. Thus, many of them did not come to music at a young age. Their calling was sometimes discovered in the most unsuitable places for creativity. For example, in underground mines. This is exactly how Andrei Bandera came into music show business. The biography of this performer for a long time was a description of standard events in the life of the average Russian man. And now he is known throughout the country.

The work of this artist is popular and understandable, but at the same time it is not an example of a primitive prison theme. As the singer himself notes: “Why sing about something you only know about by hearsay?”

Andrei Bandera appeared on the modern stage relatively recently. His name became popular after the successful rotation of the song “Ivushki” on the radio. It was 2004. And before that there was long haul in several decades.

Gifts of the Gypsies

On April 25, 1971, in the city of Kizel, Andrei Bandera was born. His biography preserved on its pages the singer’s real name - Eduard Izmestyev. Future popular artist was born into a family of hereditary Cossacks. The development of his personality was greatly influenced by the gypsy camp, which was located in a village adjacent to the city. It was there that they instilled in the boy a love of music and taught him to sing deeply and sonorously, passionately, putting a piece of his soul into every note.

Probably, along with his creative talents, the gypsies passed on to Andrey a thirst for wandering. As a teenager, he often hitchhiked. However, he still had dreams of connecting his future with music.

Musical miner

IN hometown a mining technical school was located, where Andrei Bandera entered in 1985 after graduating from eight years of school. The biography of the next two years of his life is filled with events from the “underground” world: mines, sounds of dust and hard, wear-and-tear work. It was there, under the thickness of the earth's crust, that the idea of ​​becoming a singer was born.

In 1987, Andrei Bandera organized Music band"Atlantis". Together with the group he performs at various venues and participates in competitions. The group released eleven albums.

Then the decision comes to conquer Moscow. And it started in 1999 new stage life, which can be described as “the path to fame of chansonnier Andrei Bandera.” He acted as an arranger for popular singer Dima Bilan. Then - at Vitas.

Public recognition and love

And in 2004, thanks to radio “Chanson,” Russia fell in love with the new musical artist. It was singer Andrei Bandera. The biography of the chansonnier has been replenished with new pages: it begins Solo career a sought-after and beloved performer by the public. Three albums have been released since 2007 talented singer, he is invited to filming music programs And anniversary concerts famous artists.

Andrei Bandera always listens sensitively to the opinions of his fans. They are also his first critics.

Andrey Bandera(real name Eduard Anatolyevich Izmestyev) was born on April 25, 1971 in the city of Kizel, Perm region.

He graduated from the Kizelovsky Mining College in 1989 with a degree in mining electrical mechanics. For some time he worked in a mine and sang in a restaurant in the evenings.

In 1999 he moved to Moscow, worked as an arranger at the Soyuz Production studio, and is currently engaged in solo career, married.

Creation

Creativity can be conditionally divided into two periods: “Kizelovsky” (1987-1998) and “Moscow” from 1999.

At the age of 14, he decided to take up music professionally and entered the Kizelovsky Mining College. As a technical school student in 1987, he created the group "Atlantis", and was also its musical director, author of music and lyrics, arranger and performer of songs in the pop music genre. In 1990, together with the Atlantis group, he became a laureate of the regional television competition young performers (Perm). As part of the ensemble "Atlantis" he recorded 11 albums, songs from last album"Doctor Time" (1997) "Candles", "5 minutes", "Half" were heard on the air of "Autoradio" (Perm). In total, about 100 songs were written during this period.

In 1999 he moved to Moscow, worked as an arranger first for Dima Bilan, then for 7 years for Vitas (2000-2006), collaborated with other pop singers, and was a backing vocalist for A. Marshall. In 2000 Andrey Bandera debuted as a chansonnier with the song “By Stage” (collection “Kalina Krasnaya”-4) then in the chanson genre he performed the songs “Feat” and “Let’s Cross the Cross,” which were included in A. Marshal’s album “Father Arseny” (2002). But these songs did not receive a wide response from the public. Only in 2004, the folk song “Ivushki”, heard on radio “Chanson”, made him popular and marked the beginning of his solo career.

The first public performance in Moscow took place on November 1, 2006 on the stage of the Olympic Stadium in the Chanson radio concert “Eh-eh, Razgulay!” The first one was released on February 12, 2007 solo album“Because I love you,” followed by a concert tour of Russian cities. On February 12, 2009, the second album, “It’s impossible not to love,” was released.

The singer's repertoire consists of folk songs in his own arrangement, songs based on S. Yesenin's poems ("Maple", "Rus"), modern pop songs, the genre of which he defined as "new Russian song", combining "pop and soulful lyrics."

The peculiarity of the song performance is the characteristic gypsy motifs and intonations inherent in each of his songs, which gave rise to the legend of traveling around the country with a gypsy camp, which was replicated by the media.

The secret of the songs' success is largely determined by participation in creative process a group of “folk producers” who offer the performer their texts and music.

On Andrey's website Bandera http://www.bandera.ru Anyone can become a people's producer, just log in, download the working material available there (texts, music, arrangements, demo fragments and versions of songs), or offer your own (author's or other people's songs). In the selection and discussion of material, evaluation and proposals for demo fragments recorded in the studio, which are gradually being finalized, work takes place on new songs, as well as concert numbers, production decisions - on scenography and arrangements, selection of a successful mix, concert costumes and compilation (order) of tracks on the album, the names of songs and albums... in short, absolutely everyone serious issues.

“People’s producers” also listen to several versions of songs, discuss, make comments, and only after that the song is recorded. Thus, the songs “Metelitsa” and “Fields of Russia” appeared in Andrei Bandera’s repertoire.

Today Andrey Bandera- a popular, sought-after performer with a bright, recognizable repertoire. About 15 concerts every month in large (from 500 to 2000 seats) halls, not counting performances at private custom events.

Lives and works in Moscow.

Awards and prizes

Andrey Bandera- laureate of the “Chanson of the Year” music award for several years, since 2007 he has been awarded this title every year. In 2009, with the song “You fly, my soul”, performed together with the young singer Rada Rai, she won the “Song of the Year” nomination.

Interesting Facts

Eduard Izmestiev began performing under a pseudonym Andrey Bandera from the year 2000.
He was not in prison, criminal romance is alien to him, but the first songs performed under a pseudonym were precisely camp themes.

He recalled his work in the mine this way: “if there is hell on earth, then this is the mine.” B. Pasternak also mentioned something similar when visiting the Kizel mines. “God brought me to visit the mines: This is real hell!”

"People's Producers" live both in Russia and abroad.
Discography

Number albums

2007 Because I love
2009 It’s impossible not to love

Joint projects

2009 Andrey Bandera and Rada Rai - Musical history about love

Having received the profession of a mining electrical mechanic at the Kizelovsky Mining College, Eduard Izmestiev - this is the real name of the singer, began his career by working in a mine, and as a hobby he sang in a restaurant in the evenings, besides, it brought good Additional income. The future singer Andrei Bandera began studying music in college, where he organized the group “Atlantis” and even became a laureate regional competition young performers in Perm.

After some time, Eduard decided to devote himself entirely to his favorite business and moved to Moscow, where he got a job at the Soyuz Production studio as an arranger. The services of arranger Eduard Izmestyev were used by the following: famous performers, like Dima Bilan, Vitas and others. Edward became Andrei Bandera in 2000, when he first performed with the song “By Stage”. The song “Ivushka”, heard on radio “Chanson”, brought him particular popularity. The chansonnier's solo career began with this song.

Andrei Bandera's wife became his muse and inspired many songs. The singer does not reveal her name, but describes her appearance - a tall, beautiful blonde, emphasizing that she is the embodiment of his ideal female beauty. Together with producers, Andrei Bandera created a website to which anyone can send music and poetry, which are subsequently used to create new songs for the artist. On the same site, the singer communicates with his fans and answers all questions, except personal ones - he does not like to talk about who Andrei Bandera’s wife is, whether he has children, etc. The singer believes that listeners should, first of all, be interested in his work, and not in his family.

In his songs, the singer tries not to exploit the prison theme, with which chanson is most often associated. Andrei often has to perform at corporate events, but he does not consider this offensive, because, according to him, as soon as his songs start playing, people stop chewing and start listening, especially women, who are the majority among Andrei Bandera’s fans. The singer is friends with many of his colleagues, including Alexander Marshal, Tatyana Tishinskaya, and his favorite performers are Grigory Leps, Alexander Rosenbaum, Nikolai Noskov. Andrey says that he would gladly sing with them if they agreed. The singer still continues to work as an arranger and considers this profession to be very responsible.
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Andrey Bandera - Russian singer. The name, image, rights to the repertoire and recorded songs of Andrei Bandera belong to the Moscow production company Soyuz Production, which produces him. The authors of the image and pseudonym “Andrei Bandera” are general producer this company Vyacheslav Klimenkov and CEO Elena Podkolzina.

Project history

At the beginning of 2006, the Moscow production company Soyuz Production and radio Chanson (Moscow) reached an agreement on the active promotion of one of the company’s performers, who had previously recorded several phonograms at the company’s request, published as songs by singer Andrei Bandera. The first “Andrei Bandera” on stage was the singer, now known under the pseudonym Viktor Krasavin. However, at the end of 2006 for concert work the company offered to work as a second “frontman” to the arranger who sang in these phonograms.

For some time, two soloists worked on stage as the “Andrei Bandera” project - “brothers Viktor and Andrei Bandera”, with this composition the group performed for the first time on large area: November 1, 2006 on the stage of the Olimpiysky in the concert of radio Chanson “E-eh, Razgulay!”, and several corporate parties. However, for the first solo concert in April 2007, one “Andrei Bandera” already went to Severodvinsk. On October 31, 2013, the contract of the production company Soyuz Production with the former vocalist was completed. The Soyuz Production company retains exclusive rights to the entire Andrei Bandera repertoire, as well as to the brand itself.

On March 1, 2014, a new soloist, Evgeniy Konovalov, began performing under the name Andrei Bandera. Evgeny is a singer-songwriter, a member of the “People's Producer” community, he wrote the music of songs by Alexander Marshal, Andrei Bandera, Arthur and others.

Creation

In 2000, Andrei Bandera made his debut as a chansonnier with the song “By Stage” (collection “Kalina Krasnaya”-4), then in the chanson genre he performed the songs “Feat” and “Let’s Cross ourselves,” which were included in A. Marshal’s album “Father Arseny” ( 2002). But these songs did not receive a wide response from the public. Only in 2004, the folk song “Ivushki”, heard on radio “Chanson”, made him popular and marked the beginning of his solo career. The first public performance in Moscow took place on November 1, 2006 on the stage of the Olympic Stadium in the Chanson radio concert “Eh-eh, Razgulay!” On February 12, 2007, the first solo album “Because I Love” was released, followed by a concert tour of Russian cities. On February 12, 2009, the second album, “It’s impossible not to love,” was released. On October 5, 2011, the presentation of Andrei Bandera’s third album “Touch” took place.

The singer’s repertoire consists of folk songs in his own arrangement, songs based on poems by S. Yesenin (“”, “You are my fallen maple”, “”, “”), modern pop songs, the genre of which he defined as “ new song", combining "pop and soulful lyrics."

The peculiarity of the song performance is the characteristic gypsy motifs and intonations inherent in each of his songs.

The secret of the songs’ success is largely determined by the participation in the creative process of a group of “folk producers” who offer the performer their texts and music, thus the songs “Metelitsa” and “Fields of Russia” appeared in Andrei Bandera’s repertoire.

Awards and prizes

Andrei Bandera has been the laureate of the “Chanson of the Year” music award for several years; since 2007, he has been awarded this title every year. In 2009, with the song “You fly, my soul,” performed together with the young singer Rada Rai, she won the “Song of the Year” nomination.

Andrey Bandera - participant of the annual National Award in the Kremlin on March 26.

Discography

Number albums

• - Because I love ()
• - It’s impossible not to love ()
• - Touch()

Joint projects

• - Andrey Bandera and Rada Rai - A musical love story

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Excerpt characterizing Andrei Bandera

Meanwhile, the city itself was empty. There was almost no one on the streets. The gates and shops were all locked; here and there near the taverns lonely screams or drunken singing could be heard. No one drove along the streets, and pedestrian footsteps were rarely heard. On Povarskaya it was completely quiet and deserted. In the huge courtyard of the Rostovs' house there were scraps of hay and droppings from a transport train, and not a single person was visible. In the Rostov house, which was left with all its good things, two people were in the large living room. These were the janitor Ignat and the Cossack Mishka, Vasilich’s grandson, who remained in Moscow with his grandfather. Mishka opened the clavichord and played it with one finger. The janitor, arms akimbo and smiling joyfully, stood in front of a large mirror.
- That’s clever! A? Uncle Ignat! - the boy said, suddenly starting to clap the keys with both hands.
- Look! - Ignat answered, marveling at how his face smiled more and more in the mirror.
- Shameless! Really, shameless! – the voice of Mavra Kuzminishna, who quietly entered, spoke from behind them. - Eka, thick-horned, he bares his teeth. Take you on this! Everything there is not tidy, Vasilich is knocked off his feet. Give it time!
Ignat, adjusting his belt, stopped smiling and submissively lowered his eyes, walked out of the room.
“Auntie, I’ll go easy,” said the boy.
- I'll give you a light one. Little shooter! – Mavra Kuzminishna shouted, raising her hand at him. - Go and set up a samovar for grandfather.
Mavra Kuzminishna, brushing off the dust, closed the clavichord and, sighing heavily, left the living room and locked the front door.
Going out into the courtyard, Mavra Kuzminishna thought about where she should go now: should she drink tea in Vasilich’s outbuilding or tidy up what had not yet been tidied up in the pantry?
Quick steps were heard in the quiet street. The steps stopped at the gate; the latch began to knock under the hand that was trying to unlock it.
Mavra Kuzminishna approached the gate.
- Who do you need?
- Count, Count Ilya Andreich Rostov.
- Who are you?
- I'm an officer. “I would like to see,” said the Russian pleasant and lordly voice.
Mavra Kuzminishna unlocked the gate. And a round-faced officer, about eighteen years old, with a face similar to the Rostovs, entered the courtyard.

Andrei Bandera is quite famous and beloved today folk singer. His example clearly demonstrates that truly genuine talent does not require enormous Money to promote yourself as an artist.

Bandera is a stage name real life his name is Eduard Izmestyev.

The artist's childhood and youth

April 1971 gave birth to future star modern stage Izmestyev Eduard Anatolyevich. From birth to teenage years he lived in the glorious city of Kizel, which is famous for its mines.

Conducting free time While playing drums or in a gypsy camp, Edward fell in love with music and vocals. It started in my youth. While in this camp, the young singer made friends with gypsies and listened with great pleasure to their songs performed with a guitar.

In 1985, on the advice of his parents, Eduard entered the Mining College of Kizel. But this did not stop him from continuing to do what he loved. When Izmestyev was still a student, he organized his own group - Atlantis. She often gave her performances at discos for students. Her repertoire differs from Eduard’s performance today.

After graduating from college and defending his diploma, Bandera, like his fellow students, went to work in a mine. He spent several years under meters of cold earth, not forgetting about his dream and love for music, which occupied him special place in his heart.

In addition to his main job, in the evenings Andrei performed songs in cafes, which brought him a good income.

Personal life of Andrei Bandera

The personal life of a chanson star is a secret that is locked under seven locks. The singer, despite his popularity, still hides detailed information about your relatives.

Andrey Bandera protects his loved ones from annoying journalists and even eyes strangers, believing that listeners should be interested in him creative activity, not family. Andrei answers all questions from journalists regarding his family reluctantly and very ambiguously.

No matter how much the journalists tried to extract information about Andrei’s wife, they did not “dug up” anything detailed. It is only known that throughout the entire journey along the stellar ladder, the wife supported, instilled faith in her husband and even predicted his performance in the Kremlin itself.

Years later, his wife’s predictions came true and Edward conquered the Kremlin stage.

But more than once one could hear from the artist’s lips that his wife was a muse for him, who inspired many songs. And also that she is for him the ideal of female beauty.

At the beginning of his career, Bandera planned to perform in a duet with his younger brother Victor. But certain life circumstances changed these plans. Today, Victor, as planned, performs with his older brother, but as a backing vocalist.

People's production

Even at the beginning of his promising career, Andrei Bandera thought about creating such a project as “people's production”. He, like no one, understood how difficult it is for beginning talents to express themselves and show themselves to the general public, since he went through this, albeit from the bottom.

Thanks to the Internet, hundreds of ideas for songs and melodies from unknown performers came to Eduard’s official website. This event became popular among Bandera fans and they actively took part in it.

The life of Andrei Bander today

In June 2017, the beloved chansonnier visited the festival " Slavic Marketplace", where the composition was presented "She's like the rain."

“Star Breakfast” became one of Andrei’s favorite programs, so he became its frequent guest.

Bandera lives in the capital. What about tour schedules, then they are very busy, it can reach up to 18 concerts monthly.

In his concert program enter as solo performances, as well as collaborations with emerging performers. According to Bander, Team work This is always a new and useful experience for any creativity.

Eduard Izmestyev has been collaborating with the singer for about ten years Radoj Rai and today their joint tours are still ongoing. A recent gift for viewers was the fresh duet “Careless.” The poems for it were recorded by Chernikov, and the music was recorded by Eduard himself.

As Bandera stated, experiments are always good, so the arrangement of the final recording of the song was finalized directly during the concerts. In this way it was possible to find new notes of sound.

Andrei Bandera counts his fans first critics who appreciate his work. Therefore, he listens to them very carefully.

Bandera is the embodiment of several amazing qualities in one artist - beautiful voice, melodic songs, amazing charisma and the absence of “stardom” disease.