Leading the "Musical Kiosk" Eleanor Belyaev: photo, biography

Eleanor Belyaev, who has been the permanent host of the TV show “The Music Kiosk” for more than thirty years, has remained in the memory of Soviet and Russian viewers as a gentle intelligent man who brought to the public both eternal classical music and modern novelties.

Biography

The birthplace of Belyaeva Eleonora Valerianovna was the small village of Ramon, Voronezh region. Her father served as a military man. The childhood of the future television celebrity coincided with the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period, not easy for the entire USSR. In her interviews, Belyaeva often recalled the difficulties that fell on their lot when people were forced to actually live on the street.

Youth

At the insistence of her mother, who dreamed of a musical career for her beloved daughter, Eleanor graduated from the Voronezh music school in piano. And then she subsequently received diplomas from the Voronezh College of Music and the famous metropolitan Gnesinka, where her relatives persuaded the girl to enter (she was going to study at the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory). And they did not fail - they took Belyaev to the vocal department immediately after the 1st round.

However, Eleanor’s singing career did not work out due to a sharp loss of voice. The reasons for this were experiences due to a divorce from the first spouse, as well as the incorrect determination of the vocals of Belyaeva by the Gnesin teachers. In the lyric range, she was given a coloratura soprano, which is why the training was initially incorrect, and turned into such fatal consequences.

Loss of voice - what could be worse for a singer? For Belyaeva, this blow was supplemented with everyday troubles: in order to survive alone with her little daughter, she rewrote notes for some time and taught piano lessons at home.

Lucky case

It was he, or rather fellow student Vladimir Fedoseyev, who accidentally found out about the plight of Eleanor Belyaeva, helped her get on television. He found the girl the place of editor in the department of mass genres. After which she worked in different departments: folk art, classical music, before Nina Zotova gave Eleanor a chance and “wrote out a pass” to the world of TV.

Favorite work

In 1960, according to the idea of ​​A. Gabrilovich, the project “Musical Kiosk” was created as an addition to the Blue Light program. Eleanor Belyaev became the editor of this program, where she received a great education and impeccable musical taste. After six months of work by chance (due to the host’s sudden illness), Eleanor conducted one program release to fill the air gap. This attempt was successful and Belyaev was appointed the leader, with whom she remained for many years.

The Musical Kiosk with Eleanor Belyaeva is the main source of musical information for music lovers of those years. Here, the audience was presented with new musical innovations. The preparation of material for one half-hour release per week took almost all of the main time. Belyaeva painstakingly listened to all the performances of the thematic concert piece in order to choose the best.

As you know, censorship was everywhere at that time, she touched the "Kiosk". The TV presenter was strongly recommended not to talk about S. Rachmaninov and F. Chaliapin, who had once left the USSR, on the air. But censorship had practically no effect on the quality of the television program itself, the painstaking preparation and personal charm of Eleanor Belyaeva were key success factors.

The appearance of the presenters was also limited by censorship. For example, due to the ban for women announcers to appear on the air in trousers, one New Year's issue was rewritten. This looks especially absurd, given that Belyaeva usually led the program while sitting and the audience was only visible to half. A big negative resonance happened when the TV presenter changed her image, getting rid of her long braid: the editors of the program were flooded with indignant letters from viewers. Although this point most likely refers to the great popularity of Eleanor Valerianovna herself.

Presenter style

Despite the severe restrictions on the appearance of Soviet television presenters, Eleanor Belyaeva, whose photo is above, managed to get out of the boring standard. She achieved this with the help of bright accents: a rose-necklace on a dress, voluminous “golden” jewelry, scarfs with colored polka dots and bright glossy shadows, which made the beautiful blonde very effective. According to the TV presenter herself, there were cases when, at the request of the publishing editors, Belyaeva had to change clothes because of too toxic fashionable colors for the Soviet broadcast. But here, scarves, headbands and hairpins came to the rescue.

All the fashionable news of the magazine “Burda-moden” (dresses lace up on the shoulders, gathered on the bodice, outfits made of “wet asphalt” fabric or lurex in soft tones) immediately appeared in the wardrobe of the famous host.

Achievements

In 1968, E. Belyaev was awarded the Golden Pen of Russia Prize for her active participation in the cultural sphere, and 14 years later she received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

The end of the television show

In 1992, Eleanor Belyaeva and actor Alexander Shirvindt conducted the 30th anniversary issue of The Music Kiosk. And after three years, the transfer was closed due to unprofitability. They wanted to do this before, but postponed because of its popular popularity. When the program stopped broadcasting, millions of Soviet viewers were bitterly disappointed.

Kinoroli

The biography of Eleanor Belyaeva is noted for participating in several films, one of which is “The Woman Who Sings” (dir. A. Orlov, 1978), where she appeared in a small episodic role. Four years later, Belyaev starred in the melodrama "The Journey Will Be Pleasant," playing a TV presenter.

But the further film career of Eleanor Valerianovna did not work out due to the lack of acting ambitions and sincere devotion to the “Music Kiosk”. When it ceased to exist, Belyaeva for some time acted as a host of various festivals and concerts.

Personal life

Despite the frenzied popularity, Eleanor Belyaeva always kept her personal life closed from fans. Even at an advanced age, she tactfully avoided questions on this subject.

It is known that the TV presenter got married three times and in all cases the husbands had the same name - Anatoly. From her first marriage, Belyaeva had a daughter, Maria. In her free time, she was fond of crocheting and reading detective stories. In recent years, the woman spent mainly with her relatives.

Eleanor Belyaeva died on April 20, 2015, she died in Moscow due to a detached blood clot. The closest friends and relatives came to say goodbye to the legend of Soviet television: daughter, granddaughter Anastasia and ex-husband - Anatoly Belyaev. Eleanor Belyaev was buried at the Kotlyakovsky cemetery in Moscow.

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