Igor Talkov: a life full of mysticism, betrayal and pain. Igor talkov, son, you forgave her

Igor Talkov Jr. gave concerts in Kopeisk, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan and Tyumen. The Ural mini-tour was successful. A photo of him in front of a full hall appeared on Igor’s page on social networks. Caption: “Delighted with the reception! I had a lot of fun!”

After the concert in Magnitka, the musicians stayed at the local children's boarding school "Family". And in Chelyabinsk, Igor also came to his admirers for a creative meeting.

We learned about Talkov Jr.’s Chelyabinsk concert from the announcement on his page on social networks. And they wrote to Igor asking him to visit our readers,” said employees of the Chelyabinsk regional youth library. - The musician immediately agreed. Not a word about fees. Therefore, entry was free. Our hall could barely accommodate everyone.

“The spitting image of his father,” the listeners whispered, peering at the musician, his clothing style, gestures, and manners.

DOSSIER "KP"

Igor Talkov Jr.

Born in Moscow in 1981 in the family of Igor Talkov. Talkov adored his son, but severely punished him for bad grades. My father was not happy with the school system. The son began to receive home education. Igor-sr. wanted the heir to become an athlete and send his son to the taekwondo section.

When Igor was 9 years old, his father died tragically. The heir did not think about the stage. And at the age of 15, I took out my father’s synthesizer and mastered the instrument. After school I entered the Institute of Contemporary Art, then the University of Culture, but I didn’t want to study either there or there.

In 2001, Talkov Jr.’s first performance took place. at a concert in memory of his father in the Kremlin Palace. He sang his father's "I'll Be Back." The audience was shocked: it was as if an idol of their youth had appeared before them.

Igor Igorevich is the father of three children: Varvara, Svyatoslav and Miroslav.

I DON'T WANT TO WEAR PINK LEGGINGS

I haven’t made friends with show business since the beginning of the 2000s, when I released my first album,” Igor told the participants of the creative meeting. - I hoped that he would help me get on the big stage. But to do this, you need to sign contracts with businessmen, for whom you are a product and must fulfill their conditions: what you need to sing, what you need to say in interviews. They will say: “Wear pink leggings” - and you must do it, otherwise you will get a big penalty...

"ELECTRONIC CONCENTRATION CAMP"

Why am I singing? I would like to contribute to the creation of a critical mass of conscious people capable of resisting the impending electronic concentration camp into which we are persistently being pushed. For example, they force you to sign permission to collect personal information. And someone uses it for the sake of their well-being.

What are we being pushed towards? Beer, TV, stupid talk shows... Just don’t develop, then it will be easier to control you. Meaningless songs pour out of the “box”: “Without you, I’m cramped and not interested,” “Do you want to give me a ride?” - "Want!".

As my father’s successor, I write other songs. They are hard to promote. But I am counting on a handful of spiritual rebels who do not want to put up with this situation.

FEARED BOTH GOD AND THE DEVIL

After the death of his father, a split occurred in the family. My uncle and grandmother suddenly converted to Orthodoxy, and my mother... They lived together for 12 years, she got used to following him. She was just confused.

I got my freedom from my mother. I went through basements and street life. But with Grandma and Uncle Volodya it’s the other way around: we get up at five in the morning and walk to church on an empty stomach. Service, confession, communion. I was so intimidated there! I remember I had a dream: to leave the temple, slip and die - I was so afraid of both God and the devil.

I began to grow up, ask questions, and began to study history. Man is a rather lazy creature. Few people want to get to the bottom of the truth: they have already thought for you, and you were born to the same parents, for whom everything was already decided. They introduce you into this society. You don’t have time to think for yourself - you are constantly fed with other people’s thoughts.

That's why I only studied for one day at the Institute of Culture. I realized that I would hate music if I stayed where music was taught like mathematics. I thought: why should I study the patterns of other musicians, I’d rather look for my own patterns. Moreover, I have paternal genetics and have a predisposition. Musical instruments were quite easy for me.

"DONBASS - A SORT SUBJECT"

- “Mirimir” is the name of my group. I like this word. It has many meanings: peace the world, or peace and peace. I am the world and the whole planet is the world.

Man is given a supra-instinctive perception of reality. The rest of nature is programmed for instincts. This is how animals live. But a person has no ceiling.

The word “Mirimir” came to me in Lugansk, I lived there for a long time. By the way, the Ukrainian authorities entered my data into the list of the “Peacemaker” website as a separatist. I’m always eager to go there to the concert, but my loved ones won’t let me in. They say they will kill me there.

Donbass is a sore subject for me, I wrote the songs “Brotherly Peoples”, “Ukraine and Russia”. I was shocked when the war started in Donbass in 2014. My blood was boiling. I was still drinking alcohol back then. Once, drunk, my friends forcibly removed me from the bus. I was going to fight. But then people taught me: “Your weapon is a song.”

IF I GET RICH, I WILL SET IN THE CRIMEA

Last summer I gave 50 concerts in Crimea and fell in love with the peninsula. By the way, you can live there in the off-season: rent a house - the prices are affordable, although the products are expensive.

If I ever manage to earn money for at least some hut, I will leave for Crimea forever. I will settle in Gurzuf. If I live to be old, I will definitely live there. Together with the children, if they want.

Svyatoslav and Miroslav are still small. Their older sister Varvara (daughter from her first marriage - Ed.) was born in Lugansk, but now lives with her mother in Berlin. By the way, on my father’s side I have German roots. It turns out that the family has partially returned there too.

After touring Crimea, Igor fell in love with the peninsula. Photo: Social network

“I AM NO WORSE OR BETTER MY FATHER”

All my life they have been trying to prove to me that nature rests on children and that I am not worthy of a father. I do not agree with the role imposed on me. I saw how Nikita Vysotsky was broken, repeating every time that his father was a genius. And Nikita is also a great actor,” Igor told a correspondent of the newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” - Chelyabinsk after the meeting.”

I never considered myself worse or better than my father. I am his son. I feel his spirit in me. I am creative. I am responsible for each of my songs.

At concerts I perform my father’s hits and my own songs. I try to select them so that they complement each other. One day my mother forgot to put away my father’s notebook, and I felt that there was some kind of message for me there. I saw his unpublished poems - and the song “Everything that happened to us” was born, then another one - “Leaving everything for later.”

Every year in St. Petersburg, on my father’s memorial day, October 6, I sing on the steps of the Yubileiny building, where his life was cut short...

The last time Igor Talkov celebrated his birthday was at the age of 34, less than a month before his 35th birthday. On October 6, 1991, his life was cut short by a fatal shot heard behind the scenes of the St. Petersburg Yubileiny Sports Palace.

Inexplicable

Talkov's biography is rich in strange events. “He was always surrounded by a lot of mysticism, and his faith in God helped him cope with this,” said the musician’s brother Vladimir (a sculptor by profession). According to a relative of the star, “after the famous song “Russia” was written, Igor saw in a dream black hands trying to strangle him...”

Another unusual story happened in the early 80s, when Talkov and his fellow musicians were going on tour. During the flight, a dangerous situation arose: the plane suddenly began to shake (according to some sources, it ended up in a thundercloud, according to others, the landing gear jammed during landing). All the passengers were alarmed, but Igor calmly said: “Since you are with me now, it means nothing will happen. Because I won't die in a plane crash. I will be killed in front of a large crowd, and my killer will not be found.” Which is what actually happened.

Soon after that alarming flight, Talkov wrote the song “I’ll be back.” And a year before his tragic death, the singer starred in the film “Beyond the Last Line,” where his hero, a gang leader, is shot dead with a pistol.

Born in freedom

By origin, Talkov is from the nobility. My paternal grandfather was of Cossack descent, a military engineer by profession, my grandmother was Polish, my uncles served in the Tsarist Army in various officer ranks. Because of this, Igor’s father, Vladimir Maksimovich, was repressed, as was his mother, Olga Shvagerus (nee) - the daughter of “enemies of the people” from Stavropol: a Volga German and a Cossack woman.

Olga Yulievna worked at the mine. She lived with her first husband for less than a year - he, the son of a “kulak,” shot himself before his arrest. Their child, Victor, was born in the Mariinsky prison and died of starvation there. In total, the woman spent 10 years in prison.

In the village of Orlovo-Rozovo, Chebulinsky district, Kemerovo region, in the camp theater, Olga met Vladimir Talkov, who was serving a sentence under the same “anti-Soviet” 58th article. There, behind barbed wire, in 1953 their son Vladimir was born. His younger brother Igor was already freeborn. The place of his birth was the village of Gretsovka, Shchekinsky district, Tula region, where after liberation the family was sent with a ban imposed on moving anywhere.

With all my might

Talkov's brother recalled the following story. As a teenager, Igor and his friend went to the river. After taking a ride on a rented boat and getting tired of rowing, the guys began jumping into the water from it - showing off to each other their swimming skills, which they had recently mastered. At some point, Yura swam far from the boat, got scared, choked, began to flounder helplessly and, as a result, drowned. Igor immediately rushed to help. He managed to grab his comrade who was already losing consciousness.

Igor Talkov Jr. Photo: East News

“He held Yura tightly by the shoulders, balanced with him on the water surface and at the same time shouted and called for help. Soon he himself began to drown, but he never let go of his friend. They were pulled ashore together,” Vladimir reconstructed the course of events.

Pan playing virtuoso

Igor began writing poetry in early childhood, and then he began to play improvisational “musical” instruments: metal plates, cans, pots, pans and their lids, and on a washboard. As I grew older, I enrolled in a music school for the accordion class.

Talkov had absolute hearing, so he could easily reproduce any melody “by ear.” But the study of notes was categorically not a success; in solfeggio and musical notation I did not rise above the “C” level. As a high school student, he independently mastered playing the piano and guitar, and later added violin, bass guitar and drums to these instruments...

Construction battalion as salvation from court

Talkov did not have a higher education. As a child, the future artist dreamed of becoming a hockey player. He wrote in his diary: “I will die, but I will become a hockey player,” and began to train seriously - first on his own, then in the hockey team of the regional center Shchekino, and was soon awarded a certificate as its best player. After receiving a certificate of secondary education, he went to Moscow to enter the Dynamo or CSKA sports school. But it was not accepted.

Then Igor “failed” the entrance exams to the theater school. The future artist was let down by literature: he did not know the content of Gorky’s novel “Mother”. Talkov was lucky enough to get into the Tula Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of Physics and Technology, but, unable to make friends with the exact sciences, he only managed to stay there for a year.

Photo: Global Look Press

The educational and creative process was interrupted by military service. The accelerated departure there was prompted by the speech of 18-year-old Igor in the central square of the city of Tula, criticizing the policies pursued by the head of state Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev. It was possible to avoid trial only thanks to the intervention of the famous cyclist Kondratyev, who performed with Talkov in a Tula musical ensemble. But only under one condition: being sent for military service - to a construction battalion near Moscow. After demobilization, the apolitical musician became a student at the Institute of Culture in Leningrad, but also not for long...

Perfect wife

The musician met his life partner in a cafe. At that time, Tanya was professionally engaged in sewing fashionable clothes. A dance with her began a romance that culminated in marriage in 1980. This strong relationship lasted 11 years, until Igor’s death. Their son was 9 years old at the time. After the death of her husband, Tatyana got a job at Mosfilm as an assistant director for the selection of actors. Igor Talkov Jr. took up music, following the example of his father.

With mom, wife and son. Photo: facebook.com/talkoff

According to people from Talkov’s inner circle, his choice of life partner was ideal. Even Tatiana’s mother-in-law thought so. According to her, the wife never reproached her husband, did not scold or demand anything from him.

“She completely sacrificed herself, dissolved in him. She protected and prevented every desire,” Olga Yulievna admitted. - Patience was limitless. Even if Igor had a new hobby, he told his wife about his affair on the side - like his best friend. To my indignation he answered: “She is not deluded about my marital fidelity, but she knows for sure that I am an honest person.”

Warned in advance about cheating

Igor and Tanya agreed on this style of family relationships before going to the registry office. He warned the bride that, as a creative person, he would inevitably have other women, and she took this fact for granted. According to her mother-in-law, she explained to her: “He is an addicted person, because other women are like inspiration to him, like muses. But no one understands this."

Photo: Global Look Press

Tatyana herself, commenting on her loyal attitude towards her husband’s infidelities, said this: “I realized what I was doing by linking my fate with a man of such extraordinary talent. My feelings were higher than primitive jealousy. It was obvious to me that insisting on his physical fidelity to the grave was simply stupid. Igor fell in love quite often, deified these women, endowed them with non-existent virtues. Then he repented, telling me about his hobbies. And I always understood him. He turned my world upside down."

And Igor characterized his wife this way: “Next to me is a woman worthy of real, great love. She is dearer and closer to me than anyone who has ever surrounded and surrounded me. Sometimes I think: what I was looking for somewhere over the horizon always existed nearby, but I didn’t notice it. One thing is reassuring: our relationship has never been affected by deception.”

Soul pain

In addition to music, Igor was passionate about psychology, astrophysics and philosophy, and his main interest was Russian history, which he had an excellent understanding of, since he studied thoroughly and seriously. Every day he set aside time just for this - he read a huge amount of specialized literature, delved into archives, where he found the rarest information.

At concerts, where, by the way, Talkov always sang “live,” he could talk for hours about the history of Russia and discuss historical events with the audience. “Songs are the shortest way to a person’s heart and mind...” the musician wrote in the book “Monologue”. - My duty is to convey to the mind and heart of the listener what my soul hurts and screams about. Russia is the pain of my soul. Fighting for good is the essence of my life. Victory over evil is the goal of my life..."

Igor Talkov is a singer, actor, musician who became famous for his extraordinary appearance and creative approach. During his short life and short career, Talkov was able to become one of the famous rock musicians of the 80s. His work evoked a variety of reviews from critics, including negative ones, but this does not negate the fact that in the relatively short period of his musical activity, the singer was on the rise in popularity. After the artist’s death, his memory was immortalized with a memorial plaque on the wall of the lyceum from which he graduated.

Height, weight, age. Years of life of Igor Talkov

Igor Talkov’s music is difficult to attribute to any one genre; he wrote compositions in the style of rock, pop, and was also fond of art songs. The versatile music, lyrics and the very personality of the artist attracted many listeners who today want to know not only the biography of the musician, but his height, weight, age. The years of Igor Talkov's life spanned Soviet times, so the artist died without knowing that he could soon live in a completely different Russia. Igor Talkov died on October 6, 1991.

Biography and personal life of Igor Talkov

Igor Talkov was born in 1956. Since childhood, the boy liked the humanities and music. In his youth, he studied at a music school, learned to play the button accordion, and was also a member of a youth ensemble and led a choir. The guy had musical abilities and exceptional hearing; he taught himself to play the piano and guitar. At the age of sixteen, the young man created his first group, where he played and sang, and after school he participated in several more. While still a child, Igor really wanted to become a hockey player. The guy trained a lot, did not miss classes, and after graduating from school he went to Moscow to enter the school of the Dynamo or CSK hockey clubs. True, he never did.

The guy was in search of a future profession for several years. He became interested in theater and tried to enroll in drama school. Another attempt ended in failure, Talkov entered the Pedagogical Institute in Tula, where he studied for only a year and realized that he was fascinated by creativity, and he had to follow this path. As a result, Igor studies at the Institute of Art and Culture in Leningrad, but again drops out of school and is drafted into the army.

A few years later, luck smiles on the guy - he becomes the bass guitarist of the then famous Spanish singer Michel, with whom he tours throughout the Union. This experience allowed Talkov to further collaborate with well-known allied groups; he was also a member of the April group. In addition to performing with different groups, the artist gave many solo performances of his own songs, gave lectures and poems, and also starred in the leading role for director Alexei Saltykov - he played Ivan the Terrible.

The biography and personal life of Igor Talkov is of interest to many even after his death.

Family and children of Igor Talkov

Igor Talkov belonged to the famous Talko noble family. His grandfather changed his last name to rid the children of unnecessary suspicion, but this did not help either. The singer’s parents were subjected to repression and served time in prison, where they met. Igor’s older brother, Vladimir, was also born there, who later became a sculptor and creates monuments throughout Russia. Despite the fact that his father Vladimir Maksimovich was a Muscovite, after his release the family was forbidden to return to the city; the singer’s father died in 1978, and his mother Olga Yulievna outlived her son by 16 years.

Igor met his wife at the age of 23, and lived with her until the day of his death; in the marriage, the singer had a son, Igor.

The singer was always in creative search, but throughout his entire career, he wanted to have not only a career, but also a family and children. Igor Talkov was remembered for his charisma and amazing love of life.

Son of Igor Talkov - Igor Talkov

The son of Igor Talkov, Igor Talkov, followed in the footsteps of his father. As fate would have it, Igor Talkov was able to raise his son for only ten years. Son Igor Igorevich Talkov inherited not only his name, but also his father’s musical career. Before the age of 10, the boy’s star father managed to instill in him a love of music and sports. Already at an early age, Talkov Jr. played the guitar well and practiced martial arts. Today the musician is already 35 years old; since 2009, the singer’s son has been the founder of his own group “MirIMir”. Talkov has already become a father himself; with his second wife, the musician is raising two children.

Igor Talkov's wife - Tatyana Talkova

Igor and Tatyana met in a cafe. The young performer liked the girl so much that he immediately invited her to a dance, and then to the filming of a program in which he participated, and in which Tatyana was supposed to act as an extra. Two years later, the couple got married, and Tatyana Talkova, Igor Talkov’s wife, gave birth to his son. The singer adored his child, spent all his time with him, and was generally an exemplary family man. After the artist’s death, the woman could not come to her senses for a long time. To take her mind off her thoughts and somehow continue to live, she entered university and wanted to study to become a psychologist. But she soon abandoned this idea. Today, Igor Talkov’s wife, Tatyana Talkova, works at Mosfilm.

Murder of Igor Talkov

Today it is impossible to say with one hundred percent certainty whether the murder of Igor Talkov was planned in advance, or whether it was an accident. That day, a concert was held at the Sports Palace of St. Petersburg, in which many stars participated, including Talkov. The musician's wife heard him quarrel with one of his security guards, and he was taken out of the dressing room, after which he took out a pistol and a brawl broke out among the guards. Talkov ran out to hear the scream, and was immediately killed with a direct shot to the heart. Investigative authorities spent a long time figuring out who killed Igor Talkov. As a result, all the evidence points to the fact that the singer was shot by the administrator of his group, who at that time had already left for Israel. The case was suspended. The funeral of Igor Talkov took place at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

Wikipedia Igor Talkov

Talkov was remembered by everyone as an extraordinary and talented person, not afraid to express his opinion, a man, a good family man and a popular singer. Wikipedia of Igor Talkov reveals details of his biography, has a list of his songs and released discs, names of films in which Igor starred, as well as milestones of his creative path. There is a Museum of Igor Talkov in Moscow, and a Russian artist created a painting dedicated to the singer and called “Talkov Field”. Igor Talkov will forever remain in the hearts of his listeners and in the time for which he may have been born.

The memory of Igor Talkov still lives in the hearts of many Russians, whom he enchanted with his soul-touching songs. The singer never lived to see his 35th birthday, remaining in the memory of some as a charming romantic hero, and for others as a rebel with chains, fiercely loving his Russia. The essence of his short life was the struggle for good and justice, which Talkov sang about in his songs.

Due to his noble origin, his father was repressed, his mother was also considered the daughter of “enemies of the people.” The birth of his older brother Vladimir took place behind barbed wire, but the future singer was born in one of the villages of the Tula region, where his parents settled after being released from prison. His musical talent began to manifest itself in his childhood, and already at the age of 17 he began to take his first steps in his singing career.

An interesting fact is that Igor always said that he was destined to die in the prime of his life, and he knew that he would be killed in front of a large crowd of people. The artist played his last concert the day before his death, and then a string on his guitar broke. He never appeared on stage again. Talkov's life was cut short in October 1991 during a concert in St. Petersburg, when a shot was fired behind the scenes. Despite the fact that there were witnesses during the tragedy, several versions of the crime are still put forward. The investigation found the artist’s administrator, Valery Shlyafman, guilty, but he did not answer before the law, since he then hastily fled to Israel. There are also many rumors around the singer’s personal life, in which there were many passions and love stories.

Close relationship with wife

He met his future wife Tatyana in a cafe. The tall, charismatic guy immediately attracted the attention of all the girls in the establishment, however, he drew attention to the miniature brunette. While dancing with a girl, Igor invited her to take part in a crowd scene on a television program. The young people dated for about a year and then got married.

The artist immediately warned the girl that their family would not be ideal, since he is a creative person and he needs romances with other women. The wife accepted this condition and over the years of married life she never reproached him for cheating. Moreover, Talkov himself told his wife about his hobbies, because he could not hide and deceive her. Tatyana simply dissolved in her loved one, protected him and fulfilled his every wish. The couple dreamed of having their own home and having four children. When their son was born, the wife wanted to name him after her husband - Igor.

The singer often fell in love, deified his lovers and saw only merit in them. Among his passions were Margarita Terekhova, Alla Pugacheva and even Juna. Igor was also credited with close relationships with Irina Allegrova and Lyudmila Senchina, but the singers themselves said that they had friendly relations. His last love was a dancer from his group, Elena Kondaurova. According to her, the artist fell in love with her and even intended to leave the family. However, Talkov’s wife was always sure that he truly loved only her and would never leave him and his son. Besides, she still remembers his words: “I’m without you, like without skin. Now, if I tear off my skin now, and I simply won’t survive, I won’t be able to live without you...”

The artist appreciated the woman who became his dearest and most devoted person. Their relationship lasted almost 12 years, and when the singer died, Tatyana could not believe what had happened for a long time. She was brought back to reality by her 9-year-old son, who became her support and the meaning of life. A friend suggested that she return to her profession, and now Talkova works as a casting director. The woman could not come to terms with the fact that she was now a widow. She tried to improve her personal life, but she was unable to meet a person with whom she could start a new family. However, Tatyana is not alone, as she has a beloved son and grandchildren. She notes that the heir of the famous musician not only looks like him, but also has the same character traits such as impulsiveness, restlessness, and energy.

What does Talkov's son do?

Igor became a singer and now performs on stage with his group “MirImiR”. At his concerts, not only the songs of the star father are heard, but also his own. Despite the fact that Talkov Jr. is engaged in musical activities, he does not want to conquer Russian show business. Previously, he was invited to take part in various television competitions, but the musician refused. For some time, Joseph Prigogine was involved in his promotion, however, they could not work together due to the singer’s obstinate character. He had long dreamed of performing on stage where his father had once died. Every year Igor performed on that day near the Yubileiny concert hall to honor his memory, and only recently the musician managed to sing on this stage.

His personal life has everything to feel like a happy person. In his first marriage he had a daughter, but this union soon broke up. The girl moved to Germany with her ex-wife, however, her grandmother and father maintained an excellent relationship with them. After the divorce, Talkov Jr. married again, and soon his wife Svetlana gave birth to two sons - Svyatoslav and Miroslav. The godmother of one of his sons was Aziza, who was invited to this role by the singer himself. Then many did not understand the actions of the famous musician’s son and condemned him. However, Igor himself decided to help the artist, support her and lend a helping hand.

According to the singer himself, there was a period of depression in his life, and then he abused alcohol. But at the age of 33, he managed to overcome all addictions and take up a healthy life, as well as become a vegetarian. Igor directed all his energy towards his development and self-realization, thanks to which serious growth was observed in his career. The singer’s wife supports him in everything and tries to be a reliable supporter.

Name: Igor Talkov

Age: 34 years

Place of Birth: Gretsovka village, Tula region

A place of death: St. Petersburg, USSR

Family status: was married

Igor Talkov - biography

Igor Talkov is known throughout the world as a wonderful actor and a wonderful poet, a magnificent musician and an unsurpassed singer. For his performance, he always wrote songs to himself, performing in different genres: rock and art songs. But the biography of this man, who is known to everyone, is very tragic.

Childhood years, family of Igor Talkov

Igor Vladimirovich Talkov was born on November 4, 1956 in the small village of Gretsovka, which was lost somewhere in other villages in the Tula region. His native place is in the Shchekinsky district.

There he met his future wife Olga Yuryevna, who was also in prison in this village of Orlovo-Rozova, since her father was an ethnic German and once lived in the Stavropol Territory. The Schwagerus family was repressed there.

In this village, which was located in the Chebulinsky district, the first child was born in 1953 - Vladimir, the elder brother of the musician. When the parents were rehabilitated, they could not buy housing in the capital, so they were forced to settle in Shchekino. It was not far from this city that the musician himself was born.

Igor Talkov - education

The future successful musician and singer began his school years at Shchekino school No. 11, where he studied until 1974. At the same time, he also attends a music school, mastering a class on playing the button accordion. He himself will later remember that at school he liked literature and history most of all, but with mathematics and physics things were very bad.

And, of course, like any child, he had childhood dreams about choosing his profession. So, at one time he decided that when he grew up, he would become a hockey player. And in order to fulfill his dream, he began to train diligently, a lot and seriously. Already in 1972, he specially came to the capital to enter the CSKA special sports school, but did not pass the selection, and therefore was forced to return home, giving up this dream.

After graduating from school, Talkov tried to enter the theater school, but failed the exams. Then he becomes the most ordinary student at the pedagogical institute, but soon he rushes out and enters the cultural institute. But he didn’t finish it either.

Career of Igor Talkov

The musical page in the biography of the famous and tragic musician, poet and singer began at a fairly early age. While still a child, he tried to perform in front of his older brother and parents. And to do this, he set up a chair on which he placed the lids from the pan. So, he received musical cymbals. He could also easily build a drum and even a pedal for a bass drum from household utensils. At his concerts, his older brother became his main assistant, and his toys became his audience. Igor had a lot of joy when they bought him an accordion. It became the first real instrument for the singer’s musical training.

But Talkov did not stop only at home concerts and therefore continued them at school. So, he led the school choir, and later even became a member of the Guitarists ensemble. In high school, he also does not give up music and studies independently the piano and guitar. A little later, he surprises with the fact that he was also able to independently master the drum, the bass guitar, and even play the violin. But most of all he liked playing the saxophone, but he never learned to play it.

Subsequently, Talkov will often regret that he was so indifferent to musical notation and did not learn it. All his life, he could easily pick up any melody by ear, and then immediately reproduce it. All listeners and lovers of Igor Talkov’s songs paid attention to his distinctive voice.

The first song, which he himself considered the beginning of his professional career, was “Share,” which he wrote in 1975. Already at the age of 16, with the support of friends, he created his own group “Byloe and Thoughts”. When the prom was already a thing of the past, Igor became a member of the “Fanta” group, which was formed in Tula, and its leader was G. Vasiliev. It was he who forced the musicians to play the notes, so the musician had to learn it a little.

The poet and musician died on October 6, 1991 at a concert that took place in the St. Petersburg Yubileiny Sports Palace. His funeral took place on October 9th.

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