“King of parodies” - Alexander Peskov was awarded this title in the media. This is, in fact, a very talented person who knows how to transform in a matter of minutes, parodying not only the voice, but the movements and gestures of famous singers and singers. The man perfectly plays Edith Piaf and Lisa Minelli, Edith Piech and Elena Vaenga, Valery Leontiev and Garik Sukachev. At the same time, he calls his activity "synchrobuffonade." About the work of this outstanding person will be discussed in the article.
Biography
The date of birth of Alexander Peskov is February 13, 1962. He is a native of the Arkhangelsk region of the village of Koryazhma. Father and mother worked at a pulp and paper mill. So that the child does not hang out on the street, his parents suggested that he spend time at an interesting lesson in the drawing club. He liked to draw kindly caricatures of friends that made them smile.
After graduating from eight classes at school number 4, Alexander enters the theater school of Yaroslavl. They did not provide a dormitory, so Alexander was forced to rent a little room, more like a pantry room than a living room. After studying at the school for three months, seventeen-year-old Peskov Alexander Valeryanovich decided to become a clown, and, having taken his documents from the theater school, in 1979 entered the Moscow Circus. After the third year, Alexander Peskov is drafted into the army.
Military service
While serving in the Soviet Army from November 1981 to December 1983, Peskov leads the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Taman Division. On the basis of the division, a collective was created consisting of 25 people of a circus variety group and a vocal and instrumental ensemble.
After leaving the army, Alexander Peskov was invited to take part in the extras of the film “In Search of Captain Grant”, which took place in Odessa from December 1983 to February 1984. After filming, he returns to the circus school. Here, during an unsuccessful somersault-mortal (acrobatic stunt), he receives a severe spinal injury. The diagnoses of the doctors were disappointing, considering that after such an injury people in most cases become crippled.
But Alexander did not relate to them. He trained hard, learned to walk again. The family of Alexander Peskov helped to get to his feet faster, which eventually returned him to normal life.
Work at the Kotlas Theater
He could not imagine life without a stage, therefore, after the end of the rehabilitation period, he enters the service at the Kotlas Drama Theater. On his account 15 roles in the performances “Where We Were”, “Son of the Regiment”, “Cinderella” and others. At the competition of readers in Arkhangelsk, Peskov receives the First Prize.
In 1985, the personal life of the parodist Alexander Peskov changed. He met in the theater with his future wife Galya, with whom they soon signed. In June 1986, the couple had a daughter. The girl was named Daria in honor of great-grandmother Alexander. Now she is the concert director of the Neposedy children's studio in Moscow. In the photo above, Daria and her father.
In August 1986, Peskov was offered to go to work in the Perm Philharmonic to work as an conversational artist. And since 1988 he has been working as an entertainer in the Kaliningrad Regional Philharmonic.
Invitation to Moscow
Another change in the biography of the parodist Peskov happened before the New Year 1989. The famous entertainer of the Moscow Satire Theater Boris Sergeyevich Brunov invited Alexander to take part in the New Year's program. It so happened that the first parody created by Peskov was the song “Just” by Alla Borisovna Pugacheva. The public accepted the number of the artist with a bang.
Pugacheva liked the parodies with her image. With a good sense of humor, she even asked for more numbers with her songs. Peskov's career went up. Not all artists reacted the same way, seeing parodies of their repertoire. For example, Laima Vaikule, after the parodied "Piccadilly", stopped performing it.
But not only ups are reflected in the biography of the parodist Peskov. Not everyone is equally enthusiastic about Peskov's work. But you can’t argue that this person is special. In his fate there are a lot of sharp turns and strange events. And as one of such turns is a break in relations with his wife ... But life went on, and Peskov worked on new images.
Creativity of Alexander Peskov
Alexander says that for the image to shoot, you need to understand the psychology of the parodied object. People for him are like books that you need to be able to read. He is creative in preparing each issue. The main thing that pays attention to is the choreography and costume. He refers to choreography gestures, facial expressions, the ability to move like a real star. Peskov in an interview told how he cautiously did a parody of Kobzon. But Joseph Davidovich appreciated her normally, and was not offended, understanding the subtle humor of the parodist.
The highlight of the genre Peskov considers the ability to show the singer so that the viewer did not immediately understand who is on stage - the original or a copy of it. When they asked him, who did Alexander Peskov collect in a piggy bank of parodies? He replied that this should be an interesting, beloved by the people. In his piggy bank at the moment more than 150 characters. Belongs to his beloved Elena Vaenga, Alla Borisovna, Valery Leontiev. Spectators who attend his performances consider Peskov an eccentric personality. His performances and striking resemblance to real artists surprise him ...
Peskov Theater
In 2008, after the end of the directorial department of GITIS, a new, interesting page in life begins in the biography of the parodist Peskov. He creates his own theater, which includes a ballet troupe, and begins to work on the revival on the Russian stage of the complex pop genre of “synchrobuffonades”, where the actors do not pronounce words, but convey the character of their heroes through plastic and facial expressions.
It’s difficult to manage the theater, says Peskov. To make good numbers, you need to work with full dedication. Not everyone loves their demanding chef, sometimes they wash their bones, but he does not pay attention to it. For him, the main thing is the result, but he is. People from the theater prefer not to scatter. It keeps even those who openly dislike him.
The theater has a large dressing room with hundreds of stage costumes. According to the parodist, he could write a dissertation on the theme of stage reincarnation, but he is not a theorist, he likes practice. Representing mainly female images, Peskov made the discovery that neither hairstyle nor makeup will determine female attractiveness. These are just the first steps. The main thing is the ability to elegantly walk in heels. Studs change a woman, her gait, character, behavior. Smiling, he adds that he is so used to stilettos that he doesn’t feel so comfortable in men's sneakers. Another gait. He even gave a master class to girls on how to walk in heels.
Filming
Prior to graduating from GITIS in 2004, Peskov was offered to star in the TV series “My Fair Nanny” in a small cameo role (cameo) as a celebrity invited by the director. The filmography of Alexander Peskov, where he played non-episodic roles, is small. This is the role of financial director in Lonely Angel (2008), and the role of wardrobes in New Year's SMS (2011).
According to the thoroughbred, he really wanted to star in a movie. His wish came true. The famous director Yuri Stytskovsky invited Alexander to play the role of financial director in his film “The Lonely Angel”. The actor liked the script of the film. In addition to him, the guys from his ballet starred in the film. They played dancers of a pathos club in which glamorous golden youth "hang out". The film was shot in Odessa.
Solo Programs
Great solo concert programs for the parodist began in 1988. Almost every year a new program is prepared, in which Peskov and his theater participate. And with her he toured the cities. There were times when Alla Pugacheva played concerts in two cities at once. Alexander Peskov does not recommend looking for scammers. The thing is that the second concert with his participation, and the images are so similar that the viewer sometimes doubts who is actually in front of him.
If we talk about the awards of Alexander Peskov, these are mainly letters of thanks and Honorary Diplomas of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Government of Moscow.
Life of a parodist
Success in his career allowed Peskov to establish his life. Housing appeared in a Stalinist skyscraper in the center of the capital, which a successful parodist purchased and furnished as imperial apartments. In his interviews for the press, he admitted that he would like to live at a time when Louis ruled. Better yet, if he were Louis himself, and then it would be a biography of the parodist Peskov the Emperor!
Having an artistic taste, Peskov himself was engaged in the design of the apartment. He created spacious areas: an office, a living room-studio, a bedroom and a bathroom. The interior of the apartment is made in the Greco-Roman style, gold and paintings on the walls in large frames. The design is designed in soothing colors. His apartment was actually full of luxury. Why was? He was just tired of the bustle of the city and sold it. He is not a city dweller, since childhood he dreamed of having a small piece of land.
His house in the suburbs. He is not going to change the style. Much will be done as it was in his Moscow apartment, that is, the Greco-Roman style will be repeated somewhere. In the meantime, the house is under construction, the parodist lives in his Moscow office.