Orphaned “Singing guitar” in St. Petersburg has died the founder of VIA Anatoly Vasiliev – Moscow Komsomolets

“I can’t lose… I Have a lot of work,” to the last said the musician, who made popular a whole musical era

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the Founder and artistic Director of the legendary ensemble “Singing guitars” Anatoly Vasilyev died yesterday in St.-Petersburg it is stated on the page of the ensemble in a social network “Vkontakte”.

This photo was taken on December 25, when we gathered at Anatoly Nikolaevicha away, saw off the old year, make plans for new. 10 days ago… there were no signs… Today’s the last words of Anatoly Nikolaevich were: “I can’t lose… I Have a lot of work.” – wrote in a Facebook close friend of the musician Nelly Lyubomirova.

“On 82-m to year of life has died the legendary musician Anatoly Vasiliev. His whole life was connected with music. Brainchild — “Singing guitar”, the artistic Director of which he was to the last hour. The bright memory of him will forever remain in the hearts of numerous students, musicians and lovers of good music”, — is spoken in the message.

On the last days of musician remember his friends and fans:

“Today was not the Anatoly Vasilyev, the founder and leader of the first Soviet ENSEMBLE “Singing guitars”. Over 50 years of music history on songs of Anatoly Nikolayevich grew more than one generation of students, musicians, and fans. Now it seems that era was divided into “BEFORE” and “AFTER”. Man alive, yet remember him. Now we will remember…

the Bright memory of Anatoly Nikolaevich, the maker of our time.

This photo was taken on December 25, when we gathered at Anatoly Nikolaevicha away, saw off the old year, make plans for new. 10 days ago… there were no signs… Today’s the last words of Anatoly Nikolaevich were: “I can’t lose… I Have a lot of work.” – wrote in a Facebook close friend of the musician Nelly Lyubomirova.

Recall that the Soviet vocal-instrumental ensemble “Singing guitar” in the early 1970-ies was extremely popular. Hits of the ensemble “Blue frost” and “song of cyclists” at the hearing today. “Singing guitar” was actually the founder of the genre in which he worked all vocal and instrumental ensembles in the Soviet Union, and had a huge number of groups of followers.