Dmitri Kharatyan.
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This year, January 25, Vladimir Vysotsky would have turned 85 years old. The day before, on January 23, the Gradsky Hall theater in Moscow hosted the Own Track award ceremony dedicated to the anniversary of the famous bard. The prize has been awarded annually since 1997, its founders are the Vladimir Vysotsky Charitable Foundation, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Committee for Culture. The idea to create such a prize belongs to the son of the poet Nikita Vysotsky.
The anniversary concert was attended by Larisa Dolina, Sergey Bezrukov, Konstantin Khabensky, Dmitry Pevtsov, Alexander Marshal, Vladislav Tretiak, Alexander Karelin and other celebrities. The artists performed the most famous songs written by Vysotsky. The hosts of the evening were Ekaterina Guseva and Dmitry Kharatyan.
Ekaterina Guseva and Dmitry Kharatyan.
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Sergei Bezrukov, who played a bard in the film Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive, ”he sang the famous composition“ Well, the trembling in my hands has disappeared. The public did not immediately recognize the actor. The 49-year-old artistic director of the Moscow Provincial Theater cut his hair, growing a mustache and a beard that completely transformed him.
Sergei Bezrukov.
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Larisa Dolina chose a sequin-embroidered black pantsuit for the ceremony. The free cut of the outfit hid the artist’s figure, but even in it it was noticeable that Larisa Alexandrovna had recently lost a lot of weight. After the New Year holidays, the singer went to rest in the Maldives, so she shone on stage with a fresh holiday tan.
Larisa Dolina.
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Larisa Dolina.
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Alexander Domogarov has recently been walking in the status of an enviable bachelor. According to rumors, the 59-year-old actor broke up with his young girlfriend in the summer. For the past ten years, the star of the Moscow City Hall Theater has lived with the ballerina Tatyana Stepanova. Everyone was sure that the couple was going to the wedding. But the freedom-loving artist remained true to himself and never called his beloved to the registry office. They say that this was the reason for the break: Tatyana was tired of waiting for an offer and left her mistress. At the anniversary concert in memory of Vysotsky, Alexander Domogarov also appeared alone, without an escort.
Alexander Domogarov.
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Konstantin Khabensky, artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, became the winner of the Own Track prize in 2023. He was awarded the prize for the highest professionalism and long-term assistance to seriously ill children.
“Konstantin Khabensky received his first award, while still a student at the theater institute, at the Era of Mercy festival, for the graduation show Vysotsky’s Time. And it is especially pleasant that in the year of the 85th anniversary of Vladimir Semenovich he receives another such important award associated with the name of Vysotsky, ”the Moscow Art Theater noted.
Gosha Kutsenko.
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The Own Track Award is not an award for creative achievement. It is awarded to people whose actions and deeds are in tune with the poetry of Vladimir Vysotsky. Artists, athletes, doctors, pilots, priests, philanthropists, engineers have become its laureates in different years. The award ceremony is traditionally included in the program of a festive concert in memory of Vladimir Vysotsky, during which artists perform their favorite bardic songs.
The television version of the show will be available on January 28 on Channel One. In honor of Vysotsky’s 85th birthday, the channel’s broadcast on Saturday will be dedicated to the bard’s work. Viewers will watch documentaries, feature films, concerts and other programs related to Vysotsky.
