Alexander Rosenbaum

Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum or Rozenbaum (Russian Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, scientific transliteration Aleksandr Rozenbaum Jakovlevic; * September 13, 1951 in Leningrad ( now St Petersburg) ) is a Russian artist, Bard and balladeer.

Life

The parents of Alexander Rosenbaum 1952 shut her studies at the Medical University. The family moved to East Kazakhstan in a small town called Syrjanowsk where the father quickly rose to become chief physician. There are also the brother Wladimir Rosenbaum was born. With 5 years of Alexander attended a music school where she learned to play the violin. Later the family Rosenbaum moved back to Saint Petersburg.

The neighbor of Alexander's grandmother, Mikhail Alexandrovich Mini ( Михаил Александрович Мини ), Alexander brought in the first chords. With about 16 years, Alexander began his first poems about school and home to write and brought his humor his classmates laugh. He listened and then sang songs of Vysotsky and Okudzhava himself and also banned songs of Galich.

1968 Alexander was enrolled at the Medical College, where he sang his poems in front of his fellow students. Already in the first semester Alexander has given concerts at the local community center and was awarded a prize.

Astigmatism and nearsightedness its allowed it Alexander did not join the army - he was instead placed in the post-operative department to Schlimmstverletzten.

The first marriage of Alexander lasted only 9 months. A year after the divorce he married Jelena Sawschinskaja, a fellow student of the same medical university where Alexander studied. After some time the family Rosenbaum offspring, a daughter named Anna got. In 1974, he ended the state tests outstanding. Area of ​​expertise: anesthesia and resuscitation. He worked from this date five years as a physician in the ambulance. During this time he attended evening a jazz school, which he completed after a time.

Alexander himself says that as long as singing was just a hobby, it was for the doctor in him in order. But when the singing seemed to be a second job, he had to choose.

"I was sitting on two chairs. It was not only uncomfortable but also not being honest. Either I 'm a doctor or a singer. "

The beginning of his solo career can be dated to the 14th of October 1983. He sang in front of an audience at the House of Culture of the MWD.

Career on the stage

During his 23 years on stage Rosenbaum wrote over 480 songs and poems and recorded almost 100 albums, some with more than 15 songs per album. A song that is on an album could find a few years later on a new album a place. However, a song has received various musical interpretations. For this reason, the same songs exist in up to eight different versions.

On stage he plays mostly solo on a 12 - string guitar in open G tuning or a piano.

In Russia, Alexander Rosenbaum is greatly appreciated and is one of the few representatives of the Russian chanson permanent guest of the great New Year's shows on television that are otherwise almost exclusively reserved for artists from the pop field. He is also one of the few that do not mime to the playback, but almost always sing live.

During his career, Alexander Rosenbaum occurred worldwide, especially in the former Soviet Union ( Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and others), in Germany and in the USA.

Alexander Rosenbaum many songs are often sung by amateur singers in the private circle of friends or family as folk songs on the territory of the former Soviet Union since the 1980s. Some of his works reached cult status. But a number of other interpreters of Russian chanson and pop scene have recorded with their versions of the songs Alexander Rosenbaum's great successes. A well-known example is Mikhail Schufutinski, the Rosenbaum devoted entire albums.

Albums and songs

His albums, songs and poems addressed mostly by its respective life. The last album "I see light " ( Я вижу свет ) was added after the death of his brother, who was two months in intensive care and died in July 2005. Many of his songs are about his brother. Since the death of his brother Alexander met very, located on the new album "I see light " is also a farewell song entitled " Forgive me ."

Alexander Rosenbaum has released the following albums including:

• Gop -Stop ( Гоп - стоп ) 1993
• Nostalgia ( Ностальгия ) 1994
• Pink beads ( Розовый жемчуг ) September - November 1995
• On the plantations of Love ( На любви плантациях ) April - May 1996
• Concert Birthday ( Концерт в день рождения ) September 1996
• Return to Argo ( Возвращение на Арго ) February 1997
• Heat in July ( Июльская жара ) November 1997
• Best songs ( Лучшие песни ) 1982-1997
• Trans-Siberian Railway ( Транссибирская магистраль ) 1999
• Lone Wolf ( Одинокий волк ) 2001
• Real soldier ( Настоящий солдат ) April 2001
• Old Guitar ( Старая гитара ) 2001
• I love the return to my city ... ( Я люблю возвращаться в свой город ... ) 2003
• Comic Life ( Странная жизнь ) 2003
• I see light ( Я вижу свет ) December 2005

Among his most famous songs include " Wals Boston " and "Au".

Almost all the songs to be downloaded in a modest quality, even from his homepage.

Swell

• Rosenbaum's Homepage
• German text by Alexei Pavlovic

• Russian
• Born in 1951
• People's Artist of Russia
• Russian musician
• Chansonniers
• Man