Today on the stage you can see a huge number of artists, but only a few of them cause sympathy. This article provides information about one of the artists - Svyatoslav Yeshchenko, whose monologues have long remained in the memory of the audience.
Artist Biography
Svyatoslav Yeshchenko was born on April 1, 1971 in Voronezh in the family of director and musician Igor Petrovich Yeshchenko. Biography of Svyatoslav Yeshchenko contains many interesting points. As a child, he tried to parody the people around him - household members, classmates, teachers. Svyatoslav always took with him a special notebook with him, where he wrote down phrases and reservations of his classmates and teachers. Then, with the help of this notebook, he created parody numbers, which were very popular among friends. Perhaps this further influenced the choice of his profession. In addition, as a child, Svyatoslav was fond of tricks.
All the artist’s childhood passed in Voronezh. In 1988, Svyatoslav entered the acting department of the Voronezh State Institute of Arts. While studying in it, Yoshchenko often performed with his songs, poems, and humorous numbers, and participated with fellow students in his own productions.
Svyatoslav's acting career began early. Already in his second year, he received an offer from the leadership of the Voronezh Academic Drama Theater and played a role in one of the performances. Then he played for some time in this theater. In addition, at this time he could be seen on the stage with his humorous performances. Svyatoslav also wrote his scripts and humorous poems. So gradually the popular artist Eshchenko Svyatoslav was born, whose biography may be of interest to anyone who has chosen the same creative path for himself.
Creation
A major breakthrough in the creative life of Svyatoslav occurred after he met Evgeny Petrosyan. This happened after moving to Moscow, where his father received a new position. And Yeshchenko introduced playwright Matvey Yakovlevich Green to Petrosyan. Petrosyan appreciated Yeshchenko’s talent and invited him to his “Laughing Panorama”, where the talented artist achieved tremendous success - he became popular and recognizable, he had his own audience. Well-deserved awards came very quickly - Svyatoslav became the laureate of the international competition of satire and humor "Sea of laughter - 96" named after Arkady Raikin, and three years later - the winner of the All-Russian contest of pop artists "Cup of Humor - 99."
In 1997, Svyatoslav Yeshchenko played in the pop performance "When finances sing romances" together with Evgeny Petrosyan and Elena Stepanenko.
Mikhail Zadornov drew attention to a talented artist in 1999 and invited him to his new comedy program "Zadornaya Kompaniya" along with Maxim Galkin and a number of young talented performers. The artist has been conducting solo humorous evenings since 1998. In 2000, viewers saw the professional solo program of the artist "Russian Sbrody", and on March 20, 2002 Svyatoslav presented his pop performance "Let's laugh!" To the audience.
Svyatoslav Yeshchenko: biography, family, wife
A photo of the family of Svyatoslav Yeshchenko clearly shows how they were friendly. The artist was happy in marriage with his wonderful wife Irina. As Svyatoslav himself recalled, they had an official romance with Irina, she was the concert director at that time, he was a beginner comedian. Over time, Irina gave the artist a son. He was called Narad, giving him the name of a musician from Vedic mythology. Narad practiced violin for 7 years, but did not become a professional musician.
Svyatoslav and Irina had a joint work, and, according to the artist himself, either the work interfered with family life, or vice versa, but the couple parted and at the moment do not live together.
Narad is now 17 years old, he lives with Irina. Svyatoslav is friends with Irina and Narad, they periodically meet.
Yeshenko and religion
Svyatoslav became interested in religion early. In this regard, he was greatly influenced by his grandmother, who taught him prayers. Already in the 7th grade, Svyatoslav read the Bible, which his father hardly found for him at the insistent requests of his son. Svyatoslav even sang at one time in a church choir in Voronezh.
A special mention deserves the family icon of Yoshchenko, specially written for a noble family along the lines of her grandmother. This icon is passed from father to son and protects the men of the family from wounds and death in the war.
Krishna Yeshchenko
However, the strongest passion of Svyatoslav was Judaism. The artist was very interested in the teachings of Krishna and at one time he was even planning to move to India to find his spiritual path. Svyatoslav called the famous mentor Mukunda Gosvami his spiritual mentor. At this time, Svyatoslav became a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, but later withdrew from it, explaining his act by the fact that his name was used to raise funds without his consent. Another reason was the misuse of donations in the organization.
Then Svyatoslav unexpectedly for many said that a free man should be free from the church and religions.
Important dates in the life of the artist
The most important and significant date in the life of the artist was the date of his birth. Most likely, she determined his professional path, because Svyatoslav was born on April 1 - on April Fool's Day. And whoever he wanted to be during his growing up (he wanted to become a shepherd, a sea captain, a military man), in the end he became a comedian. Of course, the father, the artistic director of the Voronezh Philharmonic, had a great influence on the choice of profession.
The next important date is, of course, the day of admission to the Voronezh State Institute of Arts. It was already a direct road to the stage, where student Eshenko got very quickly and received the first skills in communicating with the audience.
The next major milestone on the career of Svyatoslav Yeshchenko is his meeting with Yevgeny Petrosyan. Svyatoslav managed to reveal his talent to the master, like Yevgeny Vaganovich. The invitation to Smehopanorama was a serious step towards the popularity and popular recognition of the artist Yeshchenko Svyatoslav, whose biography from that moment began to be filled with creative success.
Present in the life of the artist and unpleasant dates. For example, on July 21, 2007, he had a serious car accident. The artist was driving a private car to the concert, which was supposed to be held in the village of Lazarevskoye (Crimea). On a difficult section of the route, the car suddenly lost control, knocked down a fence and crashed into a tree. If not for this tree, the car would inevitably collapse into the abyss. Svyatoslav then received serious injuries, but doctors managed to put him on his feet.
Another important date in the artist’s creative life is the release in 2000 of the pop program “Russian Sbrodway”, the author is Svyatoslav Yeshchenko himself. The biography and personal life of the artist are full of important and memorable dates.
Humor in the artist’s life
It is difficult to imagine a comedian who would be gloomy and withdrawn outside the stage. Svyatoslav Yeshchenko humor surrounds and in life. The first birthday of his life was Svyatoslav’s birthday. When his father was informed about the birth of his son, he decided that he was being played, and did not immediately believe in it.
Then Svyatoslav continued to delight his classmates with jokes and practical jokes, then fellow students, and then acquaintances, and he has been doing this to this day.
As Svyatoslav himself recalled, even when he was studying at the Institute of Arts, one of his classmates decided to play a trick on him. It was perestroika time, and then many goods were issued on coupons. The joker told Svyatoslav that they were giving butter without coupons in the store. Rushing into the grocery and not finding the line, Yeschenko found out from the saleswoman that this was not true, and complained that he had been played like that on his birthday. The saleswoman said that the first time she saw a man whose birthday was April 1, and congratulated the artist, giving him a piece of butter. Svyatoslav returned to the institute, thanked the cheerful classmate and told him in great secret that they also give vodka and soap without coupons. A friend grabbed a bag and rushed to the store.
Such stories happen to Svyatoslav constantly, but he himself says that he doesn’t like jokes.
National artist
Despite the fact that Svyatoslav Yeshchenko is not spoiled by titles and awards, this is truly a national artist. It is enough to see once how he communicates with the audience to understand this. This is an artist who will never cancel his concert, regardless of the number of tickets sold for it, because for him the main thing is the audience and humor. Svyatoslav Yeshenko deserves the kindest words.