Peter Sinyavsky is a cult Russian writer and poet. For thirty years of his creative activity, he has written a lot of books, poems, songs for both children and an older audience. Want to learn more about this writer and his work? Welcome to our article!
Peter Sinyavsky: biography
The future writer was born on February 9, 1943 in the town of Sim, Chelyabinsk region. His family was evacuated, and in the same year they had the opportunity to return home, to Moscow. Since childhood, Pyotr Sinyavsky was not indifferent to creativity. He tried himself in various forms of art. The boy liked the music, which he began to actively engage in. Later, Peter got a job in a local orchestra as a musician, where he worked for many years.
The beginning of writing
Sinyavsky was a very good-natured, but nonetheless mischievous person. He was constantly drawn to various pranks. Once the conductor was angry at Sinyavsky because of his next trick and said: “Stop hooligans, do something useful already! Take something, write a children's song!”
Pyotr Sinyavsky took this as a challenge and decided to write such a song so that young children, upon hearing it, immediately forget about pranks and become obedient. The poet thought: "And when even the most inveterate mischievous become good children?" That's right - when they go to bed. It is for this reason that Sinyavsky decided to write a lullaby, which became his first work. The poet, thanks to his incredible enthusiasm, created the song pretty quickly. A lullaby was born under the name "Lunar Ship", thanks to which far more than one little pean went to the Kingdom of Dreams.
Further activities
Throughout the 70-80s, Pyotr Sinyavsky worked hand in hand with talented and eminent composers such as Kadomtsev, Peskov, Krylov, Tomin, Izotov, Khromushin, Partskhaladze, etc. Together they composed a couple of dozen songs for the Bolshoi Children's Choir named after Victor Sergeevich Popov. During this time, Sinyavsky met and worked with talented writers from all over the Soviet Union. This helped the poet improve his writing skills and gain new experience. Nevertheless, the most successful and fruitful collaboration between Sinyavsky was with Yuri Chichikov. This duet wrote a number of works (My Puppy, Native Song, First Waltz, Forest March, The Best House, etc.), which were included in the golden fund of the Soviet children's song. Moreover, in collaboration with Chichikov, Pyotr Sinyavsky wrote musical accompaniment for the animated films "There Was Saushkin" and "The Soldier's Tale".
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sinyavsky is going through difficult times. Nevertheless, the poet does not lose heart and continues to write to the delight of fans. During the 1995-1998s, Peter, together with Andrei Usachev, wrote songs for a children's program called "Quartet Merry Quampania". In addition, Sinyavsky collaborates with other composers. For example, together with Alexander Shaganov , the soundtrack for the television series "Deadly Force" was written (the legendary song "Break through, opera!"). And Zhurbin-Sinyavsky’s fans created musical accompaniment for the full-length picture “The Moscow Saga”.
In 2000, a solo CD entitled "Your Hands Made of Warm Pearls" was released. The collection contained songs and romances, which the poet Peter Sinyavsky performed with a guitar.
Creation
Peter Sinyavsky gave Russian art a real pearl in the form of his work. His songs have long been in the public domain. They are quoted, used in cinema, on the radio, performed by both professional artists and ordinary amateurs. In addition to songs, Sinyavsky wrote and published a couple of dozen books for children, which are short stories in poetic form.