Ilya Reznik is a Soviet and Russian songwriter who was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2003 for his services to world culture, and 10 years later he was also named People's Artist of Ukraine.

Future master Russian stage born in the spring of 1938 into a Jewish family. He was just a baby when the Great War began Patriotic War. The little boy survived the Leningrad blockade, and subsequently evacuated to the Urals with his family. During the war, my father was seriously wounded at the front. Leopold Reznik died from his wounds.

Mom remarried quite soon and left with her husband for Riga. The new husband set a condition for the woman - either a family with her husband, or an “old” son. She chose the former. Ilya Reznik considered his mother’s act a betrayal and forgave his mother only in mature age. On his mother's side, Ilya has a younger brother and twin sisters.

The boy himself then remained to live in Leningrad with his grandmother Riva Girshevna and grandfather Rakhmiel Samuilovich. These people immigrated to the Soviet Union from Denmark back in 1934. Grandfather was an excellent shoemaker, and, according to Reznik’s recollections, the whole family relied on him. By the way, the grandparents not only took guardianship of their grandson, but officially adopted the boy, which is why Ilya bears the middle name Rakhmielevich, and not Leopoldovich.

IN primary school the future poet dreamed of long voyages, so he said that he would enter the Nakhimov School and become an admiral. Thoughts about a military career haunted Reznik until high school, however, as he got older, he was already thinking about artillery school.

But closer to prom Ilya was inspired by the idea of ​​becoming an actor, as he really loved the theater. After school, the guy submitted documents to Leningradsky state institute theater, music and cinema, but failed the exams.

The young man got a job as a laboratory assistant at a medical institute, later worked as an electrician and theater stage worker, and every summer he tried again and again to become a student at the coveted university. But only in 1958 Ilya’s perseverance was rewarded. By the way, Ilya wrote the first songs “The Ballad of the French Duel”, “Cockroach” and several others while he was studying at the theater institute.

In 1965, the young actor joined the troupe of the V.F. Komissarzhevskaya Theater, played a lot in various performances, but at the same time continued to improve in poetry. Four years later, he published his first book of children’s poems, “Tyapa Doesn’t Want to Be a Clown.” Later, many other collections intended for young readers saw the light of day. But Reznik’s main career in the same 1969 turned towards the stage, as the composition “Cinderella” based on the poet’s words and performed by him became popular throughout the country.

Poetry and music

In 1972, feeling strong, recognized and in demand, Ilya Reznik left the theater and focused exclusively on song poetry. During the same period, he was accepted as a member of the Leningrad Union of Writers. By the way, the year 1972 is also notable in the poet’s life because Ilya Rakhmielevich first met the then just beginning singer and gave the girl the song “Let’s Sit and Eat.” With this composition, Pugacheva became one of the laureates of the All-Union Competition of Variety Artists and received the right to represent the Soviet Union at the international festival in the Polish city of Sopot.

The song “Apple Trees in Bloom” was a huge success. The composition was sung by, as well as the author of the music. His performance received the first prize “Golden Lyre” at the Czechoslovak vocal competition “Bratislava Lyre”. By the way, this was the first time that a Soviet song received such a high award. “Apple Trees in Bloom” also brought Ilya Reznik recognition on the Russian television show “Song of the Year.” Subsequently, Ilya Rakhmielevich will be a laureate of the annual competition about three dozen times.

Over the years of creativity, Reznik collaborated with such great composers as Vladimir Feltsman and others. Songs based on the poet's words were also performed by other artists.

However, the main thing was the tandem of Ilya Reznik and Alla Pugacheva. Alla Borisovna’s repertoire included such recognized hits written by the songwriter as “Maestro”, “Ballet”, “My Years”, “Without Me”, “Photographer”, “Antique Watch”, “Three happy day" and others.

Today the poet does not stop writing songs. Fans of Russian music are well aware of the compositions “St. Petersburg” and “Return”, “I Love This World”. Reznik wrote entire albums for and other modern musicians.

In addition to the collections of children's poems mentioned above, Ilya Reznik wrote a number of books. The writer published a biography book “Alla Pugacheva and Others”, collections of his poems “Leili”, “Ditties”, “Favorites”, “Two Above the City”, “Square Quatrains” and others. In addition to poetry, Reznik also has larger forms, for example, a folk poem about the police “Egor Panov and Sanya Vanin.” A patriotic work for children, “Where to Serve,” was also released. A notable publication was published in 2004: “Napkin” is a collection of the poet’s dedications written on napkins.

It must be said that acting education was not superfluous for Ilya Reznik. He played a lot on the theater stage, including in original plays, and acted in films. The first film in which Ilya appeared as an actor was the famous comedy “The Adventures of Prince Florizel,” where Reznik portrayed a criminal in a wheelchair. Later, he starred in the musical “I Came and Say,” for which he wrote the script himself, in the melodrama “Moscow Beauties,” the New Year’s film “Only Once...” and the comedy “Diamonds for Juliet.” Ilya Rakhmielevich’s last appearance in feature films was in the remake of “Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later.”

From 2006 to 2009, the poet was a member of the jury of the “Two Stars” project.

Personal life

From a young age, the poet Ilya Reznik enjoyed success with women, but for a long time remained single. A man got married for the first time at the age of 30. He met his first wife Regina on tour. The girl was more than 10 years younger, but this did not stop the newlyweds from creating a good family.

After the wedding, Regina worked as deputy director of the Leningrad Variety Theater, and later played on the theater stage. In this marriage, Reznik had two children: son Maxim and daughter Alice, who is seven years younger than her brother. It is noteworthy that after the divorce, the son remained to live with his father. The boy trained as a journalist and collaborated with quite famous program"Sharks of the Feather."

The Russian pop master entered into his second official marriage in 1985. The poet’s chosen one was the Uzbek dancer and choreographer Munira Argumbayeva. Four years after the wedding, the couple had a son, Arthur. In the early 90s, the family moved to live in the USA, but in 1992 Reznik returned to his homeland, and Argumbayeva and her child remained in America. Officially, Ilya and Munira divorced only 20 years later, although they no longer lived together.

By the way, Reznik’s second divorce was widely covered in the press. The fact is that the ex-wife stated that Ilya Rakhmielevich left the woman without a livelihood. In addition, she said that she learned about the divorce from her husband from newspaper headlines, although she did not even suspect about the break with the poet. Therefore, the writer’s new marriage was considered fictitious and the divorce was denied for the first time.

When Ilya Reznik found out that he was still married to ex-wife, he filed a new lawsuit for divorce. Munira again opposed this and filed a complaint. But this time the court granted Ilya Rakhmielevich’s wishes and divorced the spouses forever.

Almost immediately, having received the documents, the poet marries again. The author’s current wife is a former athlete, master of sports in athletics, and today the director of the Ilya Reznik Theater, Irina Romanova. She is 27 years younger than her husband, but this does not interfere with family happiness. The couple have known each other for a long time and were actually married for many years even before the wedding.

The wedding celebration took place in a narrow circle. The groom's witness was a lawyer who was involved in the poet's divorce proceedings.

For the last 20 years, the poet lived in a rented house in the Moscow region. Few people know that he somehow made ends meet.

The point is that in Soviet years Ilya Reznik received good copyrights, and the money went into a savings book. The songwriter saved up his savings and thought that he would live comfortably in retirement. But the 1998 default destroyed savings.

Then Ilya Rakhmielevich’s health deteriorated greatly. But he met Irina, and the woman put the writer on his feet. WITH new lover time turned back for the poet.

In 1996, there was a huge quarrel between two friends - Ilya Reznik and Alla Pugacheva. Later the man admitted that they had quarreled over money. The proceeds from sales of the latest collection of hits based on the poet's poems amounted to $6 million. The man believed that the Prima Donna should give him part of the money, but the singer refused. Then Reznik filed a lawsuit against Alla Borisovna, which ordered the performer to pay Ilya Rakhmielevich $100 thousand. Pugacheva fulfilled the condition, but harbored a grudge against her friend.

Alla and Ilya reconciled only in 2016 at the evening. As a sign of reconciliation, the Prima Donna performed at Reznik’s evening in the Kremlin. They started calling each other. Alla Borisovna also helped her old friend with money. He and his wife traveled to Dubai and to a sanatorium.

Despite the problems that beset the family, Ilya Rakhmielevich and Irina keep three dogs and five cats at home. They love animals very much.

In addition, the master of Russian pop music has developed an official website. Fans of the poet's work can find on the web resource last news about the writer, see photos and videos.

In April 2018, in an interview, Ilya Reznik admitted that he and his wife were planning to get married in Nizhnyaya Oreanda. And in August 2017, the songwriter was baptized in the Orthodox Church.

Ilya Reznik now

On April 4, 2018, Ilya Rakhmielevich Reznik celebrated his 80th birthday. Shortly before the significant event, on March 20, 2018, the poet’s creative concert “Anniversary Vernissage” took place. On the gala evening, Alla Pugacheva, Laima Vaikule, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Ilya Reznik Children's Musical Theater and other artists and musical groups appeared on the stage of the Kremlin Palace.

And on the birthday of the hero of the day, the President congratulated Russian Federation.

Released the same month documentary about the poet “How many years have I been wandering the earth…”.

On April 14, the “Tonight” show dedicated to Ilya Reznik went on air. Relatives, friends of Ilya and the birthday boy himself came to visit. They remembered interesting stories from the life of Reznik, how popular hits were created and much more.

Bibliography

• 1982 – “Two Over the City”
• 1994 – “Alla Pugacheva and others”
• 1997 – “Yo is mine”
• 2000 – “My life is a carnival”
• 2001 – “Why?”
• 2005 – “Nostalgia for Russia”
• 2006 – “Maestro”
• 2006 – “Square Quatrains”
• 2006 – “The Wanderer”
• 2006 – “Poems”
• 2007 – “The Adventures of Boba the Greek”
• 2011 – “Two Stars and Other Constellations”
• 2011 - “Lukomorye, or Little stories about a boy named Luka”

Songs

• 1972 – “Let's Talk”
• 1975 – “Apple Trees in Bloom”
• 1978 - “Rise Above the Vanity”
• 1978 - “Take me with you”
• 1981 - “Antique Clock”
• 1985 – “Ballet”
• 1986 – “Two”
• 1986 – “It’s not evening yet”
• 1988 – “In my city”
• 1989 – “Three Happy Days”
• 1990 – “I’m Praying for You”
• 1992 - “Convertible”
• 1996 – “I will part the clouds with my hands”

Famous composer Ilya Reznik is relaxing with his wife, Irina Romanova. The wife of the poet-songwriter is a master of sports of the USSR in athletics and the general director of the theater for her 78-year-old husband. A woman shares photos from her vacation on social networks. Friends and acquaintances of Reznik’s wife noted that at 50 years old she does not look her age, as she still has fit slender legs and a cheerful smile.

The greatest impression on Internet users was made by Romanova’s photo from the beach. She poses in a swimsuit lying on a sun lounger on one of the pebble beaches in Sochi. Next to the ex-athlete is a huge dish of fruit: watermelon and melon. “An unexpected surprise on the beach. Watermelon and melon from a mysterious admirer,” Romanova captioned the frame. Her friends suggested that it was Ilya Reznik who pleased his beloved with delicious gifts from the Krasnodar region.

Users social network admired the beauty of Irina, comparing her with the ancient Greek goddess. Among the pictures posted on her page, you can find joint shots with Ilya Reznik, as well as portraits of Irina taken by the songwriter.

Let us remember that Reznik and Romanova met 18 years ago, but were able to officially formalize the relationship only in 2012. The reason for this was problems in the divorce of the composer with his second wife Munira Argumbayeva, who lived in the USA. According to American law, he had to wait until his son turned 21. “I was waiting for my son to come of age, so I was in no hurry to get a divorce. But the time has come to document the absence of Munira and my family and consolidate my relationship with Irina, so I filed for divorce,” Reznik said in an interview.

According to Irina Romanova’s acquaintances, before she met Ilya Rakhmielevich, she worked as a masseuse in one of the beauty salons. “Ilya Rakhmielevich often came to pick up Ira, but did not go to her for procedures. Why, when there is such a craftswoman at home? Once I came to the salon with a huge bouquet Red roses. Just like that - I wanted to please. We were all jealous!” Romanova’s colleagues said.

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Name: Ilya Reznik

Surname: Rakhmielevich

Place of Birth: Leningrad

Height: 187 cm

Weight: 78 kg

Zodiac sign: Aries

Eastern horoscope: Tiger

Activity: poet-songwriter

Russian songwriter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Ilya Reznik was born on April 4, 1938 in Leningrad into a family of political emigrants from Denmark who came to the USSR to build a happy future in the early 30s. The poet's childhood fell on difficult times: he survived famine in besieged Leningrad, evacuation to the Urals along the Road of Life, the death of his father, who, having been seriously wounded at the front, died of his wounds in the hospital. Ilya was only 6 years old at that time.

Mom immediately got married and went to Riga, leaving her son with his adoptive parents - his paternal grandparents - Riva Girshevna and Rakhmiel Samuilovich Reznik. Boys of the post-war years grew up romantic; they created secret musketeer societies and preferred to play “Cossack robbers”. Ilya Reznik was fond of ballroom dancing, gymnastics, went to the club of young entertainers at the Palace of Pioneers, and studied in the “Skillful Hands” club.

In the 4th grade, he dreamed of entering the Nakhimov School in order to be an admiral in the future, and after the 10th grade he applied to the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema. He couldn't get in on the first try, or on the second, or on the third. 1958 turned out to be a happy year - on the fourth attempt, Ilya Reznik eventually became a student at the acting department.

One year before entering educational institution, in 1957, the main breadwinner of the family, Ilya’s grandfather, Rakhmiel Samuilovich Reznik, died. To feed his family, Ilya worked at different jobs: I was an electrician at a metal plant, a laboratory assistant at a medical institute, a stage worker at the theater, washing my hands bloody, rowing a boat for 2 rubles 50 kopecks in the Leningrad Culture Park.

After graduating from university in 1965, he joined the troupe of the V.F. Theater. Komissarzhevskaya. There he had the opportunity to play diverse roles. AT that time, Reznik was in constant creative search: he worked on words, wrote songs for student and theater performances, reprises, and took part in theatrical skits.

In 1969, Reznik wrote his first song, “Cinderella,” which was sung by Lyudmila Senchina. The song brought the poet great fame. In 1972, he left the theater and devoted himself to song poetry.

The first international success was brought to Ilya Reznik by the work “Apple Trees in Blossom”, sung by Sofia Rotaru. Then there were awards for the song “Elegy” to Feltsman’s music, as well as for the song “Prayer” by Zhurbin.

The poet became more and more famous every year. Songs based on the poems of Ilya Reznik are recognizable and loved. They were performed by many famous Russian pop singers. The famous Laima Vaikule sang such hits as “Fiddler on the Roof”, “It’s Not Evening”, “Charlie”, and in a duet with Valery Leontyev - “Vernissage”. Business card Vladimir Presnyakov had a song “A stewardess named Zhanna”.

Reznik’s songs are sung by Edita Piekha, Tatyana Bulanova, Irina Allegrova, Philip Kirkorov and, of course, Alla Pugacheva, with whom Reznik has developed friendly relations.

Ilya Reznik long time collaborates with Alla Pugacheva. The poet wrote the best songs for her, which are still considered hits to this day.

Pugacheva at one time insisted that Reznik and his wife move to the capital. They lived with her for 9 months until they settled down. Their joint work includes such works as “Without Me, My Beloved”, “Singer’s Monologues”, “Maestro”, “Antique Clock”, “Return”, “Troublesome Path”, “Starry Summer”, “Ballet”.

In 1969, Ilya Reznik’s first book for children, “Tyapa Doesn’t Want to Be a Clown,” was published in Riga. In 1972 he became a member of the Leningrad Union of Writers. Ilya Reznik writes poetry, fairy tales, funny fables with musical rhythms, which are filled with humor, love and tenderness for children. He published books from the series “Cuckoo”, “Fidget named Luke”, a collection of poems and fairy tales “Here!”. Books by Ilya Reznik were published in the “Small Country” series: “ Forest Tales", "Cow from Komarovo", "Sperm Whale".

In 1999, Ilya Reznik became a member of the Moscow Writers Union. He wrote such books as “Monologues of the Singer”, “Two Over the City”, “Favorites”. The poet wrote 600 quatrains, a large number of epigrams, then distributed them to people and they chose the best ones. Thus, another book was published, for which the poet will not be ashamed, since it passed all the tests. In 2000, he created the publishing house “Library of Ilya Reznik”.

Reznik has a large number of poems, scripts, and plays to his credit. His mystery opera “Black Bridle on a White Mare” was staged on the stage of the Film Actor’s Theatre. He also wrote the script “Olympic Moscow” and the fairy tale-musical “Little Country”. In 1991, Ilya Reznik founded his own theater, at the premiere of which the musical play “The Game of Rasputin, or Nostalgia for Russia” was presented. Then Reznik toured the theater in the United States, and in Russia he delights audiences with Ilya Reznik’s Vernissages on the stage of the Rossiya concert hall.

Ilya Reznik appeared in cinema for the first time as a songwriter in the credits of the film “The Adventures of Prince Florizel”. Ilya Reznik wrote the script for the film “I came and said” directed by Naum Ardashnikov, which was created on the basis of documentary material about the singer Alla Pugacheva. Main role The singer herself performed in this film. Ilya Reznik also starred in this film as himself. The film featured songs based on poems by Bella Akhmadulina, Boris Vakhnyuk, Alla Pugacheva, and Ilya Reznik himself. In 2004, another film, “Diamonds for Juliet,” was released, in which the poet participated.

The first wife of Ilya Reznik was the deputy director of the Variety Theater in Leningrad, Regina Reznik. This marriage produced a son, Maxim Reznik, who works as a journalist, and a daughter, Alice. The son took part in the “Sharks of the Feather” program.

Ilya Reznik met his second wife Munira Argumbayeva, who is an Uzbek choreographer and dancer, in Tashkent when he was creating a program for the group “Sado” with Aziza and Mila Ramanidi. Reznik is sure that the most important things in a woman are femininity, affection, obedience, and respect for a man. He finds all this in his eastern woman. Munira gave Ilya Reznik a son, Arthur. Ilya Reznik also has an illegitimate son, Evgeniy, who lives in Odessa.

At 74, Ilya Reznik got married in Once again after 14 years civil marriage and a scandalous divorce. His third wife, Irina Alekseevna Romanova, is a master of sports Soviet Union in athletics. There are no children from this union.

People's Artist of the Russian Federation, honorary member Russian Academy arts Ilya Rakhmielevich lives in the Russian capital. He actively creates and takes part in television shows. Reznik prefers Russian classics. In particular, he is close to the works of Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Blok, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, and among composers - Sergei Rachmaninov.

From 1967 to 1971, he wrote lyrics for musical parodies of the famous pop artist Viktor Chistyakov.

The first song based on Reznik’s poems, “Cinderella” (music by Igor Tsvetkov), was performed in 1969, performed by Lyudmila Senchina. She brought the poet all-Union popularity and decided to future fate. In 1972, Ilya

Reznik left the theater and began to study song poetry professionally.

In 1975, Ilya Reznik achieved his first international success. He was awarded the Golden Lyre prize at the Bratislava Lyre song competition (Czechoslovakia) for the song “Apple Trees in Blossom” to the music of Evgeny Martynov performed by the composer.

Songs based on Reznik's poems were performed by Alla Pugacheva, Laima Vaikule, Irina Ponarovskaya, Valery Leontyev, Philip Kirkorov and others famous singers and teams. Among the composers who wrote music to his texts are Isaac Dunaevsky, Mark Fradkin, Yuri Saulsky, Evgeny Krylatov, Andrey Petrov, Raymond Pauls, Vladimir Matetsky, Igor Krutoy and others.

The most popular works of Ilya Reznik are “Maestro”, “The Ferryman”, “Antique Clock”, “Without You”, “Vernissage”, “It’s Not Evening”, “Apple Trees in Blossom”.

The poet's work has been awarded various awards. Ilya Reznik - People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2003),

This year Ilya Reznik celebrated his 80th birthday. On this occasion, his colleagues, relatives and friends came to visit Yulia Menshova and Maxim Galkin on the “Tonight” program in the Channel One studio to reminisce, talk, laugh and listen to hits based on the poet’s poems.

Almost all the guests noted how in great shape the hero of the day is located. Reznik admitted that it was all thanks to his wife - with his third wife, master of sports in athletics, Ilya Rakhmielevich finally found true happiness, however, there are no children in this marriage.

In general, Reznik has five children. The eldest from his first marriage are Maxim and Alisa, his son Arthur was born to him by his second wife, Uzbek choreographer and dancer Munira Argumbayeva, and two illegitimate ones - a son Evgeniy and a daughter Elena.

The closest to Reznik is his son Maxim, who, after his parents’ divorce, wanted to live with his father and moved to Moscow with his dad. And already in the capital an incident occurred that Maxim recalls with a smile. Reznik’s son stole his father’s car, actually took it without asking, without having a driver’s license. Reznik Jr. staged a real race, trying to break away from the patrol car pursuing him, and felt like an action hero. As a result, Maxim was caught up and beaten.

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“It was a red “five”, which my father taught me to drive. He wasn’t there, but I wanted to drive – I drove halfway through the city, and then turned around in the wrong place. A black Volga drove behind me, from which they showed me an ID, apparently a KGB officer. But I broke away from him. Then the patrolwoman was chasing me, I also ran away, they shouted into a megaphone: “6330, move to the right!” Well, I pressed myself, they beat me a little, brought me to the police station, and then let me go, but they kept the car for themselves,” said Maxim Reznik.

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Let us clarify that Maxim Reznik followed in the footsteps of his famous father and also works with words - he is a journalist, publicist, and playwright. The relationship with his dad means a lot to Maxim; he named his son Ilya in honor of his father. Today, by the way, the poet’s grandson visited television for the first time.

// Photo: frame from the “Tonight” program