Russian artists are not the richest creative people in the world. Perhaps because they earn money mainly in their homeland. However, this was also the case in previous centuries.
Two centuries ago, mostly raznochintsy, poor servants of art, created the golden Russian culture of the 19th century. However, even then, the facts testified that the artist reaches the heights of creativity only when he is socially secure, and his thoughts do not concern the problem of daily bread and the organization of his life.
Money as an indicator of talent?
Modern commodity-money relations imposed on art make it possible (with a certain accuracy) to assert that the richest artists in Russia are the most successful, and therefore famous. You can argue or agree with this. However, undoubtedly, such an indicator as the artist's current income for the year (not accumulated before!), in a certain way reflects his current demand and popularity.
This informationtoday is non-subjective, and we can build on it in our further reasoning.
Forbes Success Statistics
At the end of last year, the world-famous Forbes magazine investigated the narrow question of how much annual income Russian artists received by building an appropriate rating. We refer to it for one simple reason. A regular, stable, and therefore high income can only be received by a famous creative person, loved by the people. In the future, when you see the names of these people, you will be convinced of the obvious correctness of our conclusions.
So, what is the list of Russian artists, ranked by their income for 2015, published by the world-famous Forbes magazine (limited to the presentation of the top ten)?
1. Leps Grigory Viktorovich $12,200,000.
2. Kirkorov Philip Bedrosovich $10,400,000.
3. Baskov Nikolai Viktorovich 7,400,000 $.
4. Georgiev Valery Abisalovich $7,100,000.
5. Meladze Valery Shotaevich - $4,800,000.
6. Bilan Dmitry Nikolaevich (real name Victor) - $3,800,000.
7. Mikhailov Stanislav Vladimirovich - $3,600,000.
8. Basta (Vakulenko Vasily Nikolaevich) - $3,300,000.
9. Zemfira (Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova) - $2,800,000.
10. Shnurov Sergey Vladimirovich - $2,700,000.
What do all these artists have in common?
It is characteristic that the rich artists of Russia listed above are united by one common feature - each of them is a locomotive of creativity, capable of captivating the viewer and leading a wholecommand. They have a lot to share with people. And people feel it. That is why the audience rushes to their concert, because they understand that they will receive something more than money - a piece of the artist's soul, which he generously shares with his admirers.
All the people represented in it, without the presence of a breakthrough character and the ability to raise funds, simply would not have taken place. In Russia, it is not enough to be a creative person; character is also important. Considering the list of non-poor people of creativity, the following statement should be accepted as an axiom: "The famous artists of Russia, presented in the Forbes list, are not deprived of fortitude." Consider the personal qualities of some of them.
Grigory Leps
Grigory Leps received the highest income in 2015. The viewer thus appreciated his ability to completely merge with the song, hysterical, emotional, experienced by him personally. But does everyone know how difficult it was for him to develop spiritually as a person?
Grigory comes from a family of simple workers. It fell to him, living in Sochi, at the age of thirty due to games, alcohol, women, to go through a crisis when he felt that he was losing himself as an artist. Later, already in Moscow, the crazy rhythm of the tour, organized by producer Vitaly Manshin, brought the singer to a peptic ulcer, when not only creativity, but life hung in the balance.
The artist, standing on the verge of death, took a step back, rethinking his personality, he seemed to be completely reborn internally. During this period, he metby his wife Anna. And she helped him withstand another blow of fate: an operation on the vocal cords and the fear that he would no longer be able to sing.
Philip Kirkorov
It's not easy to imagine people about whom the public knows everything and everyone … And yet, let's try. The second place in the ranking, slightly behind Leps, is occupied by Philip Kirkorov. Well-known artists of Russia … What are they, after all, different. Let's discard the tinsel so beloved by him and the far-fetched title of "king" (which he skillfully uses). Just read his biography and, closing your eyes, try to say with just one phrase, but the most important, exhaustively - who is Kirkorov? What is the main thing about him that captivates his fans in him?
We would express it as uncompromisingly - pure service to one's (not prompted by anyone but one's own heart) dream. Against all odds, against all odds. He has an amazing life hardening and bright talent. That is how the Bulgarian guy, having left his homeland against the will of his parents, having graduated from Gnesinka, became a Russian artist. In Russia, Philip fell in love with Alla Pugacheva without memory (to love is like a queen), and the woman of his dreams became his wife. What draws the viewer to it? Perhaps it is this spirituality of a dream, the desire to step beyond the limit and …
When Alla Borisovna preferred another to him, Philip quite sincerely, genuinely, to the point of deep depression, suffered like a whole person, like, in fact, a man. Undoubtedly, this person has charisma and influence on the viewer.
Nikolai Baskov
The category "Rich and famous artists of Russia" continues Nikolai Baskov. A native of Balashikha near Moscow, the son of a military man, who received a secondary education, moving to subsequent classes, first in the GDR, then the Republic of Tuva, then in Novosibirsk and, finally, in Moscow. The singer's mother was the first to introduce him to music in childhood, teaching musical notation. Perhaps thanks to her talent was noticed in time. As a schoolboy, Nikolai toured abroad with the corpse of the Novosibirsk Theater. And at the age of 16, after breaking his voice, Russia received in his person a great tenor with a we alth of timbre and colors.
The reader is obviously concerned about the question: “What is so special about Baskov's character?”. After all, as we have already seen, the famous artists of Russia each differ in their “zest”. If we talk about Nikolai, then his strong feature is the ability to get together, mobilize himself for a competition, for a performance. After all, this is how he made his way to all-Russian, and then to world fame. First, thanks to the victory in the All-Russian competition of young opera singers, and then in Spain at the Grande Voice competition, where he took second place. And how divine his voice sounded in the video “In Memory of Caruso!”
What other opera singer, after completing his postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory, gives a classical solo concert in its hall? Baskov was also taught opera by Montserrat Caballe, Carlos Alvarez, Montserrat Marti.
However, the artist finds his audience in pop genres as well.
Valery Georgiev
Singersare all the rich artists of Russia? The photo of this celebrity captures a spiritual person with a conductor's baton. Valery Abisalovich, a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory, is also the artistic director of the most touring Moscow theater in the world - the Mariinsky, as well as the chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony.
Valery Georgiyev was highly praised by the chief director of the Munich Orchestra, whose musicians obtained from the city authorities a decision to appoint a Russian as their chief director. He, not without reason, called Georgiev one of the most charismatic conductors of our time, incomprehensibly achieving magical sound.
Valery Abisalovich is the founder of his personal charitable foundation, which takes care of the concert hall of the Mariinsky Theater and tours of his troupe around the world. Valery Georgiev has weight in decision-making by the Presidential Council of Culture and Art of Russia.
Valery Meladze
The history of his entry into art begins with how two brothers, former Batumi schoolchildren, children of engineers, students of the shipbuilding institute in Nikolaev, made a joint decision - to devote themselves to creativity. By the way, in childhood, the first yard ringleader Valery attended a music school, but only in order to reassure his parents.
What can Valery Meladze and his brother's path to success teach neophytes? Probably skillovercome difficulties. And they were enough. Probably, in his place, 99% of adherents would give up.
Judge for yourself: the first professional offer to the brothers to make music - from the Dialog group (founder Kim Breitburg) - ended in a fiasco. Later, Valery will give an assessment to this: "We were forced to make "not our" music." The first failure was followed by the second: having prepared for the "Step to Parnassus" competition, Valery did not even pass the first round. In addition, novice musicians Meladze often took risks by borrowing money for their future projects.
The cooperation with the producer Fidlyand ("Limbo", "Don't disturb my soul, violin") ended in 1997 with mutual misunderstanding and breakup. In the pop party in the late 90s, they discussed the possible departure of Valery from the stage. Despite all this, he and his brother found their own unique, individual route, allowing them to "make music not for pathos and money, but for personal inner pleasure".
Who among the stars did we forget to name yet?
However, we do not insist that the logic of our story, based on the Forbes rating for 2015, is absolute. After all, the main sign of a true artist is sincere, genuine people's love. This is the “imaginary monument” that artists create for themselves with their attitude to creativity.
Of course, dead Russian artists should also be on our list. After all, their art remains with the viewer, it is eternal. Their contributioninto art is measured by people's love and the memory they left.
To name just a few of these sonorous names: Vladimir Vysotsky, Yuri Nikulin, Arkady Raikin, Lyudmila Zykina, Viktor Tsoi, Eldar Ryazanov, Elena Obraztsova, Mark Bernes, Leonid Gaidai, Igor Talkov, Muslim Magomayev. This list of people who died, but still bring us their art from the screens, unfortunately, can be continued further…
Conclusion. Discourse about real Russian artists
What else distinguishes a real artist from a transient artist? Obviously, in addition to talent, there is also an attitude towards art. The art of a creative person, in whatever form it may be expressed, must bring morality to the public. Real Russian artists do not lower the bar of high national spiritual standards. They do not desecrate their shabby words in public, they do not talk about fame aloud, considering it indecent.
Let's recall, illustrating the above, the Russian superstar Lyubov Orlova. How much tact is in her, how much intelligence: a princess, a fragile Cinderella … And what a memory she left about herself!
Real Russian artists remain supporters of eternal Christian values, family, the cult of raising children. In addition, they always feel the psychological edge of their game, which should not be crossed. Artists can and should have a cheerful, mischievous disposition, but they must also have a high science of self-restraint.
As an example, let's name the artists of high internal culture: the previously mentioned Lyubov Orlova, Arkady Raikin,Yuri Nikulin.
